“Scrapbooking” has become the most popular and personalized craft/hobby since Mark Twain to President Thomas Jefferson.
Some say that the history of Scrapbooking goes back as far as the mid 1500’s. When men kept records of Political and Religious discussions and also recorded Public Notices’ on paper called “White Tablets”. Minor mementoes’ were also saved. Items like poems dried or pressed flowers, feathers, paper cuts and other perpetual. An album called “The Common Place Book” was where items were kept. In the early 1800’s President Thomas Jefferson had an album which contained newspaper clippings of his term as the President. Also at that time were created albums with personal writings and friendship, so locks were then introduced. Albums got fancier as time went by with embossed designs and lettering. The word “Scrapbook” came from pieces of paper collected and pasted in these albums. In the late 1800’s a scrapbooking enthusiast “Mark Twain” created a personal album which he then sold for nearly $50,000.00. Somewhere around 1839, photography was introduced. Louis-Jacques Daguerre was the culprit to introduce photography with scrapbooking, which would enhance the art of scrapbooking.

Now for longer protection of our photographs and the crafty paper and embellishments, acid free products are used.