Stacy Julian’s informal survey
If you are a mad cropper, you may want to participate in Stacy Julian’s informal survey. Her question is:
If you could change one thing about scrapbooking (and/or our industry in general) that would allow more people to embrace and enjoy this amazing hobby, what would it be?
Here are some of the answers I picked up:
please!!! no more life artist layouts! I just want to document family life!!! with more than 1 photo. I am getting pretty tired of this approach. When my subscriptions run out to the various magazines that is it. no more.
My thoughts? It’s TOO OVERWHELMING!
Because:
1. While beautifully done and fun to look at, the magazine pages intimidate beginners because most of them know they will never have the money or time to do those type of pages. Or maybe they aren’t their style
2. Thinking about scrapbooking ALL your pictures is just downright scary! : )
3. If you can’t scrapbook everything why start?
4. Too many pictures (or not enough) and where do they start?A great magazine article (s) would be to do a Picture Organization Makeover. Help someone start from the VERY beginning (get the pics out of the magnetic photo albums and shoe boxes, etc). Sort the pictures so they can be put in appropriate storage products and labeled.
I haven’t been scrapping for very long but it was tough to begin. There aren’t a lot of resources giving good information when starting from the VERY beginning. Even though I have got all my photo’s sorted, there are just SO many pictures! ugh! : )
I would like to see diversity. Not just in styles but in content. I would like to see people of different colors, ages, lifestyle…. Show me a simple layout from a Red Hat gathering. Let’s see a Cinco de Mayo or Fiesta LO with people of all ages. How about people of different cultures and ages. I think if we saw diversity in style and content we would likely find more people embracing the hobby and expanding the customer base- a win win combination.
FWIW - I am a typical SAHM, caucasian, scrapper and I am hungry for diversity.
Interesting topic.
I could go on and on as I have been observing this hobby for 10 years, but what comes to mind…is slow down the inventory…its already dated when it hits the shelfs…it would be cool, too, if “stuff” was still acceptable after its limelight. I am done with the magazines once my subscriptions run out because for the most part, all the layouts look the same…one trendy layout after another.
What about you, what will you change?
Interesting answers on Stacy’s questions, really. Read them all HERE.
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