On my last trip to Chicago, I made it to a new-to-me scrapbook store called Craft Fancy in Arlington Heights. The store was a mixture of supplies for scrapbookers and cardmakers and had crop/classroom space. I was pleased with the … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the last two months, I have written about some aspect of scrapbooking and shopping. Before I move on to cropping, here is a collection of the links to all of … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. A few respondents shop at local scrapbook stores while vacationing. A major reason people do this is because those stores might have something their store back home does not carry. Scrapbook … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Excluding scrapbook business owners, industry workers earn close to minimum wage, commission-only, or a combination of the two in addition to discounted supplies. A running joke among brick and mortar employees … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Industry workers emphasize that they do not pressure customers to purchase products, they offer better customer service, and they are more knowledgeable about scrapbooking than the competition. Industry workers focus on … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Direct sellers and brick and mortar industry workers feel the competition from online retailers. The internet makes it much easier for customers to find what they are looking for, but at … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. People who work in the scrapbook industry see their way of selling[1] the product as superior to the alternative. I was surprised to find that industry workers overall had little … Continue reading
On the first Friday of each month, I report my scrapbooking expenses in my quest to achieve Minimalist Scrapbooking. Here’s where my scrapbook dollars went in May: $44.10 at my local scrapbook store $1 on a postcard of Colorado from … Continue reading
In the comments section on my most recent post at Scrapbook Update, I was accused of not supporting Local Scrapbook Stores. I find this really troubling. I started out working in a Local Scrapbook Store. Besides the accusation being untrue, … Continue reading
Every other Friday, I write a post about Minimalist Scrapbooking. Well, today is the first Friday of February. Time to share my scrapbook expenses for January. The total is scary. Really scary. Like, I could have bought a Silhouette Cameo … Continue reading
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
