National Scrapbook Day!

Happy National Scrapbook Day! Today's dedicated to scrapbooker's all over the country. Did you know that scrapbooking goes back to century's ago. Maybe not in the way we scrapbook today. But even as early as the Renaiscance days, people scrapbooked. Noone really knows how old the scrapbooking tradition really is. Some scrapbooks have been found that date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The word, "scrapbook" was first discovered in the late 18th ccentruy. It comes from the brightly colored paper called, scrap, that filled the books of that time. These scraps could be collected and purchased from specialty stores today, just as we get our goodies from our LSS (Local Scrapbook Store).

Photographs did not begin to appear in scrapbooks until the mid-19th century, after the Kodak camera became available. The production of photo albums caused the scrapbooking frenzy to decline for quite some time. More people focused on the art of photography instead of the crafting of scrapbooking.

We can thank the Mormon's, specifically, the Christiensen Family, along with other Mormon families for the rise in popularity of modern scrapbooking. It was a requirement by the Church of Latter Day Saints to document their family history.

Nowadays, scrapbooking is the nation's third most popular craft, according to the Craft & Hobby Association.

There are three different kinds of scapbookers...Novice, Intermediate, and Dedicated.

The novice scrapbooker makes up about 17% of the sb population. He/she is introduced to this hobby by a friend or relative. The average, novice scrapbooker owns $095 worth of scrapbookign tools & supplies.

40% of scrapbookers are considered to be intermediate scrapbookers. We're motivated to preserve our memories in a crafty manner. 60% of us have our own scrap space or scrap room in our homes. We spend between 5 and 20 hours a month scrapbooking (I guess that's not me lol). The intermediate scrapbooker may own about $1721 worth of scrapbooking tools and supplies. (definitely not me!)

Then there's the dedicated scrapbooker! Is that you? You make up 43% of the sb market. We're considered the core of the industry..woohoo! We scrapbook simply because we enjoy it! Why not? We have invested approx. $2295 in scrapbooking supplies and 87% of us have our own scrap space. I think I might fall under this category!

Scrapbooking enthusiest are more likely to be females between the ages of 30 and 50 (sorry Scott & E!).

82% have a college degree and on average 50% of us are employed full-time (yep, that's me!)

Famous scrapbookers include
Thomas Jefferson
Mark Twain
Lisa Welchel (Facts of Life)
Rutherford B Hayes

The above info comes from the following sites:
http://angiepedersen.typepad.com/consulting/scrapbooking-survey-results.html
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/artman/publish/article_727.shtml
http://www.scrapbookersparadise.com/ideas/history.html

For more fun scrapbooking facts, be sure to join us at EBB Creations for our National Scrapbook Day on-line crop & celebration! See you there!