What happened to the days of taking a picture with a camera, putting it in a photo album and placing it on display? Modern Scrapbooking, a method which took shape in the 1980s preserves photos, personal and family history in an embellished album format. The sale and manufacturing of scrapbook supplies has currently made it a multi-billion dollar business with the advent of Digital Scrapbooking sites like Pinterest
Years ago while shopping I found a cute mini 4x6 album in the dollar bin at a discount store. It was sea green with a silver inset plastic window. Inside of it was a champagne bottle with the number 21 centered in silver scalloped background paper embellished with the repeated words Happy Birthday. My daughter was 14 at the time so I put the project on my scrapbook list, it was a little early but I figured where would I find this again when my daughter turns 21? Well the cute little album sat in my keepsake box for nearly 10 years. I had forgotten all about it. My daughter's 21st birthday came and went. One day in August while looking through the box I saw the album. Still encased in shrink wrap, untouched just like new. Determined to finish this endeavor I eagerly reached for my scrapbooking supplies only to discover I had no photos to put in it. Mani was away at college at the time, one of the few birthdays we spent apart. Luckily for me four weeks later after several nagging phone calls to my daughter, (All children just love that don't they?) she supplied me with the photos she sent up in 'The Cloud', 2 cell phones and 4 years earlier. I couldn't believe they were still there, scary but true. Here is the finished product, late but it turned out great.
On Friday, September 25, 2015 Mani turned 25 her 'Golden Birthday'. I decided to do something much simpler.......we went to Mortons.
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