Moxie Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 This might be today's dumbest question! Many of the scrapbooking "professionals" that I follow are LDS. I'm just curious if there is a reason? Is it just because scrapbooking is big in Utah? Is there something in the LDS church that pushes this kind of record keeping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I think it's the natural love-child of the LDS-theologically-stressed-importance of family record keeping (both geneological, and personal history, i.e. journals and photographs), and our LDS-culturally-stressed-importance of craftiness. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I am not LDS so I won't presume to know all the details, but I do know that family history is important in the LDS church. Also, it seems that any culture where family is a focus then documenting things about your life and those you love would be a very reasonable hobby. I used to work for a scrapbook manufacturer that was based in Salt Lake and the family that owned it was LDS; they even had a separate line of papers and embellishments with an LDS theme. I traveled for them to the SB conventions and you are correct in that many of the "celeberties" and company owners are LDS. I have also had the opportunity to tour the QuicKutz facility (warehouse and manufacturing) which is in Orem. When I was at one of our company retreats just before CHA, we toured the printing company that printed all the paper and stickers and they had to cover many other pallets of product that were in various stages of production while we were there; this print shop printed for at least 4 or 5 other scrapbook companies too and we were not allowed to peek at the other companies new products. Scrapbooking is big in Utah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yeah, I have lots of scrapbooking friends. It's not my thing, nor the thing of many LDS women, but there's definitely a connection. I do like family history, but I don't see a need to make a craft out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Ya, I don't scrapbook either. Card-making and vinyl lettering is actually more popular among the LDS women in my area than scrapbooking is (I don't do any of those either :D ), although our town's lone scrapbooking store IS owned by an LDS family. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Card-making and vinyl lettering is actually more popular among the LDS women in my area than scrapbooking is What is vinyl lettering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 What is vinyl lettering? Letters (or any shape) cut out of thin sheets of vinyl that you can stick to just about anything. Nearly every craft night my ward's Relief Society (women's organization) has done recently has included sticking vinyl letters to anything from plates to painted boards. Some people even stick them straight to their walls (you can peel them right off later, so it's easier than stenciling the letters on with paint). ETA: A google image search shows many examples of vinyl lettering. Many of them LDS-themed. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 This might be today's dumbest question! Many of the scrapbooking "professionals" that I follow are LDS. I'm just curious if there is a reason? Is it just because scrapbooking is big in Utah? Is there something in the LDS church that pushes this kind of record keeping? I think it's the natural love-child of the LDS-theologically-stressed-importance of family record keeping (both geneological, and personal history, i.e. journals and photographs), and our LDS-culturally-stressed-importance of craftiness. :lol::lol::lol::lol:Yep. I think Xuzi put her finger right on it. I'm LDS. I'm also a left-brained, semi-professional genealogist. I DO NOT scrapbook. I do label pictures with complete names, dates, and places. I do sometimes put them in professional, archive quality sleeves in a binder. I DO NOT add cutesy borders or crop just one face out of a photo. (Think 'preservation,' not 'decoration.') I have so many, far more worthy-of-my-time, other things to do. I also don't have my favorite scripture or saying vinyled to any wall of my home, though I have wondered if we couldn't create a really awesome, full-length of the hall, timeline out of the stuff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yes...it's our culture. Scrapbooking did begin here in Utah. Every town in Utah has at least two scrapbook/papercraft stores. Actually, I believe our motto is, "If you're taking time to make something, then you can take time to make it as cute as it can be." :D This doesn't just apply to scrapbooks. It extends to our homes, our gifts, our clothing and our young daughter's hair. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Ok, I read that as LSD and Scrapbooking and my mind went off in a totally different direction. I was envisioning psychedelic scrapbooks with distorted pictures. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm LDS. I'm also a left-brained, semi-professional genealogist. I DO NOT scrapbook. I do label pictures with complete names, dates, and places. I do sometimes put them in professional, archive quality sleeves in a binder. I DO NOT add cutesy borders or crop just one face out of a photo. (Think 'preservation,' not 'decoration.') I have so many, far more worthy-of-my-time, other things to do.Oh, I just reread this. It seems harsher than I intended. I think it is important to have a hobby or two that aren't world-changing and are just for you. There's just a lot of cultural pressure around here to have those hobbies be the currently acceptable/popular ones. Scrapbooking doesn't appeal to me, and it sometimes feels like I have nothing in common with others in my congregation because the majority of them do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeturn Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I had noticed that before and just always thought it came from the emphasis that the LDS put on family. We had LDS neighbors who were the best folks. And yes, she scrapbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Ok, I read that as LSD and Scrapbooking and my mind went off in a totally different direction. I was envisioning psychedelic scrapbooks with distorted pictures. :lol: In one of the Star Trek movies, 5 I think, they travel bacl to the 1980's. Captain Kirk tries to explain Spock's out of place demeanor and says, "Too much LDS back in the 60's." :lol: And in Mobster's and Mormons the mafia family goes clean and opens a scrap book store. :) I'm with Xuxi and others that it's a huge cultural thing. I'm not into scrap booking at all or much crafting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yes...it's our culture. Scrapbooking did begin here in Utah. Every town in Utah has at least two scrapbook/papercraft stores. Actually, I believe our motto is, "If you're taking time to make something, then you can take time to make it as cute as it can be." :D This doesn't just apply to scrapbooks. It extends to our homes, our gifts, our clothing and our young daughter's hair. :lol: :lol: And that explains why I stand out a bit here, as an LDS in Utah. I. Don't. Care. About. Cute. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I don't know if it's because my mom is a convert, but I missed out on the crafty/scrapbooking gene. Or maybe it's because I'm a California transplant living in Utah. Either way, crafts are so not my thing and I feel totally awkward at any craft-centered activity. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Well, I'll be the odd duck out and say, I love scrapbooking. Why? Pretty paper. And pictures. Pretty paper and pictures of my kids, what could be cuter?! Only I haven't scrapbooked in about 5+ years, ya know right around the time Pigby stopped sleeping all day long. I have too many other things to do. I'd like to learn how to digitally scrapbook, but I am so computer illiterate, do you know how long it took me to figure out what Google Docs were?!?! My mom was a crafter though. We lived in Colorado and she made lots of cute, crafty, Enrichment night things. I am so not like that, no matter how hard I've tried. I wasn't even very good at the scrapbooking thing, I had to have my husband help me coordinate paper colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) :lol: And that explains why I stand out a bit here, as an LDS in Utah. I. Don't. Care. About. Cute. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I have to be crafty. I'm the homemaking/enrichment/evening RS meeting counselor. It's the law. :lol: Edited to say: Although this month's meeting was a temple trip...no crafts anywhere in sight. We did have homemade pie the RS President's house afterwards. Does that count? LOL Oh, but next month is an entire "Homemade Christmas" fair. Lots of crafts, sewing projects, baking projects and papercrafts. Hmmm....just negated this month's "non-crafty" activity completely, didn't I? :D Edited October 13, 2011 by DianeW88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Is there something in the LDS church that pushes this kind of record keeping? yes. and journaling. and genealogy (i do that one - it's addictive). so that our posterity will know "us" and not just some name, place, and date. there are some pretty inspirational stories from people's ancestors who kept records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 :lol::lol::lol:Yep. I think Xuzi put her finger right on it. I'm LDS. I'm also a left-brained, semi-professional genealogist. I DO NOT scrapbook. I do label pictures with complete names, dates, and places. I do sometimes put them in professional, archive quality sleeves in a binder. I DO NOT add cutesy borders or crop just one face out of a photo. (Think 'preservation,' not 'decoration.') I have so many, far more worthy-of-my-time, other things to do. I also don't have my favorite scripture or saying vinyled to any wall of my home, though I have wondered if we couldn't create a really awesome, full-length of the hall, timeline out of the stuff.... :iagree::lol:. I don't "do" scrapbooking either. I have dug up some skeletons doing genealogy.;) (document, document, document. - those who are eager to connect to charlemegne make me nuts.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 NOt LDS but the my church here and my church in Florida seemed to have lots of crafty women. Maybe someday I will join them in some craft- probably sewing or quilting, but not for a few more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) [ and our LDS-culturally-stressed-importance of craftiness.:lol: Utah seems to be huge into this -other places not so much. It's not hugely popular here in Australia although some people certainly do it. The cost of materials is way too expensive - it certainly isn't something I could afford to do. My mum used to live in Utah. Once when I was visiting her she took me out VT. I was overwhelmed walking into each persons home - talk about cuteness overload. :lol: Every persons homes was decked floor to ceiling with cutesy craft everywhere - to even sit down you had to move cutesy decorations off the couch :D In Australia we are not into that type of thing. If we do any crafty thing at all it is usually service orientated -making quilts for others etc. We don't have the craft stores everywhere you go here either - we have two major chain stores and that's it - scrapbooking stores are rare. All my photos are still on the computer - I don't even have an album -let alone a "pretty" one :lol: Edited October 14, 2011 by sewingmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I have to be crafty. I'm the homemaking/enrichment/evening RS meeting counselor. It's the law. :lol: Edited to say: Although this month's meeting was a temple trip...no crafts anywhere in sight. We did have homemade pie the RS President's house afterwards. Does that count? LOL Oh, but next month is an entire "Homemade Christmas" fair. Lots of crafts, sewing projects, baking projects and papercrafts. Hmmm....just negated this month's "non-crafty" activity completely, didn't I? :D I'm on the enrichment committee now--still don't have the cute bug. :lol: There are plenty of lovely older ladies who have cute and crafty down to a science. I get to provide the quirky alternative ideas! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm another non-scrapbooking LDS mom. Although I sometimes think it would be fun to play around with I don't have the time and I can't justify spending money on all the cute supplies. I do quilt, though. How stereotypical is THAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I got into scrapbooking right when it came out. I'd always loved taking lots of pictures and putting them into albums. I'm an old-school minimalist though. And I haven't had time to do it for years; the albums stop in my second daughter's babyhood. :) Most of my scrapbooky friends have moved on to digital scrapbooking, which I am not interested in. Here in CA the craftiness isn't so pervasive, but it's still here! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 [ I was overwhelmed walking into each persons home - talk about cuteness overload. :lol: Every persons homes was decked floor to ceiling with cutesy craft everywhere - to even sit down you had to move cutesy decorations off the couch :D Miss Manners said every home needs a household atrocity to prove the owners have sentiment and things are not chosen only for their esthetic value. We have two sets of plastic grapes (one sil's, one mil's.) - RS craft items from the 70's - that are currently in dh's office and fill that description. they do make me laugh . . . . (and I don't have to look at them everyday.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Miss Manners said every home needs a household atrocity to prove the owners have sentiment and things are not chosen only for their esthetic value. We have two sets of plastic grapes (one sil's, one mil's.) - RS craft items from the 70's - that are currently in dh's office and fill that description. they do make me laugh . . . . (and I don't have to look at them everyday.) You made me giggle. Mom and I were talking about plastic grapes just the other day. (We never had any at our house, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 [ and our LDS-culturally-stressed-importance of craftiness./QUOTE]:lol: Utah seems to be huge into this -other places not so much. It's not hugely popular here in Australia although some people certainly do it. The cost of materials is way too expensive - it certainly isn't something I could afford to do. My mum used to live in Utah. Once when I was visiting her she took me out VT. I was overwhelmed walking into each persons home - talk about cuteness overload. :lol: Every persons homes was decked floor to ceiling with cutesy craft everywhere - to even sit down you had to move cutesy decorations off the couch :D In Australia we are not into that type of thing. If we do any crafty thing at all it is usually service orientated -making quilts for others etc. We don't have the craft stores everywhere you go here either - we have two major chain stores and that's it - scrapbooking stores are rare. All my photos are still on the computer - I don't even have an album -let alone a "pretty" one :lol: I'm not from Utah so that probably makes a huge difference. :) And neither of my parents are crafty or DIYers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 You made me giggle. Mom and I were talking about plastic grapes just the other day. (We never had any at our house, though.) I'm deprived--we never had any either. My mom is a convert and a hippie--I think she was around for the grapes but she probably refused to make 'em. :D Though we had plenty of atrocities around the house, they tended to be macrame or batik... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Miss Manners said every home needs a household atrocity :D I have plenty of atrocities in my home - most of them made by my children ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Forget the scrapbooking, which I used to dabble in with plain old paper before the crafty factor exploded with all those doodads, I haven't printed paper photos in years. Oh the guilt. It's not my season, right? I do send out an email update every Sunday with photos and narration about our week. That counts as family history in my book. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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