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In case you haven’t heard, the internet is so awesome! And one of the best things about it is the way it fosters connections.
I had a blast last night meeting Lain, an internet buddy who was in town to teach classes at the Creative Keepsakes Convention. She emailed me to find out about good crafty places to visit, and we ended up meeting for dinner.
In addition to being a teacher, Lain is a Contributing Editor for Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, and a crafty podcaster. Her show is Scrap Happy, and if you love the paper crafts, I highly recommend it.
In fact, I got to ask Lain some of my burning questions about scrapbooking – it’s such a huge segment of the craft market, and yet, in some crafty neighborhoods, it’s also much-maligned. What’s the deal?
Well, Lain opened a whole new perspective on scrapbooking for me. She had so many great insights, and BOOM! A new podcast was born. I’m looking forward to interviewing her for an upcoming CraftyPod. You’ll totally dig it, too.
Thanks for hanging out, Lain! It was a fabulous time.
Sadly, I think it’s human nature to denigrate things. Knitters (aka crochet haters), fiber snobs, anti-scrapbookers … can be a venomous lot sometimes.
But you’ll show us the light. :) You totally rocked plastic canvas, so I’m sure you’ll enlighten us all about scrap booking, too!
Sadly, I think it’s human nature to denigrate things. Knitters (aka crochet haters), fiber snobs, anti-scrapbookers … can be a venomous lot sometimes.
But you’ll show us the light. :) You totally rocked plastic canvas, so I’m sure you’ll enlighten us all about scrap booking, too!
This looks to be a very interesting interview. :) I can’t wait for you to talk about this subject with her.
This looks to be a very interesting interview. :) I can’t wait for you to talk about this subject with her.
I look forward to the podcast! Your most recent podcast is fabulous, maybe the best, yet. But there are so many bests there!
I have great respect for scrapbooking. It is a wonderful way to document and showcase people, places, and events. It’s how I got started and where I return quite often. I think it’s probably responsible for the launch of many collagists like myself who grew to love paper crafts because of scrapbooking. I think any ‘complaints’ about scrapbooking may be the feeling many have that scrapbooking doesn’t foster recycling of found objects, but I think that’s changing. And many collagists don’t recycle found objects as much as they could, so I think it’s probably as futuregirl implies, we want to minimize other things to make ourselves feel better. That doesn’t make it the real deal.
But now I’m concerned… if I crochet instead of knit, am I going to be judged unfavorably? Because I have a beginner’s book on both, so I want to learn the right one!!
:-)
I look forward to the podcast! Your most recent podcast is fabulous, maybe the best, yet. But there are so many bests there!
I have great respect for scrapbooking. It is a wonderful way to document and showcase people, places, and events. It’s how I got started and where I return quite often. I think it’s probably responsible for the launch of many collagists like myself who grew to love paper crafts because of scrapbooking. I think any ‘complaints’ about scrapbooking may be the feeling many have that scrapbooking doesn’t foster recycling of found objects, but I think that’s changing. And many collagists don’t recycle found objects as much as they could, so I think it’s probably as futuregirl implies, we want to minimize other things to make ourselves feel better. That doesn’t make it the real deal.
But now I’m concerned… if I crochet instead of knit, am I going to be judged unfavorably? Because I have a beginner’s book on both, so I want to learn the right one!!
:-)