Sunday, September 27, 2009

Famous Scrapbookers?

So I found on a site a short list of "some of today's most famous scrapbookers"
  • Lisa Bearnson, founder of Creating Keepsakes magazine, brought scrapbooking into the public eye by teaching new scrappers easy ways to preserve their memories. http://www.lisabearnson.com/
  • Becky Higgins, a regular contributor to Creating Keepsakes, is best known for her sketches that offer both beginning and experienced scrapbookers a simple way to design attractive layouts. http://www.beckyhiggins.com/
  • Cathy Zielske, a former graphic designer, popularized the Clean and Simple Scrapbooking craze by creating gorgeous layouts featuring cardstock backgrounds and lots of black and white photos. http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/
  • Ali Edwards took scrapbooking to new heights by popularizing the term "life artist" to describe a scrapper who uses her talents to create layouts as well as other unique photo display projects. http://aliedwards.typepad.com/
  • Elsie Flannigan's whimsical doodles and colorful designs make her a favorite scrapbooker among those searching for contemporary inspiration. http://www.abeautifulmess.typepad.com/

2 comments:

John McVey said...

some of the things noted in abeautfulmess are interesting, among them the Jim Hauser book Babel, also the gallery shot of plush dolls stuck to a wall (in Berlin?).
what do you think about these famous scrapbookers?
where do they fit into the big "map"?

John McVey said...

I like this page from Molley Kelley's scrapbook, 1927. It's rather like a storage facility. The Harkness Family Wine Book is another interesting angle (note the alphabetical tabs in the right margin).
These are instances of how hard-to-define the "scrapbook" is.