Digital vs. Traditional Scrapbooking
Blogger Karen has a written a thoughtful post on the “digital divide” in the scrapbooking community: “Digital vs. Traditional Scrapbooking.”
In my opinion, the more important issue is over scanability, as mentioned in an earlier post, “Archiving Your Memories.” Scrappers should create their scrapbooks in the way that is most pleasing, enjoyable or easy for them. Creativity isn’t limited by the tools you use; it’s limited only by what you can do with those tools.
Being able to pass along your scrapbooked memories to the next generation is also important. That’s why I think it is best to use standard-sized paper, whether you create your pages digitally or traditionally (or a mix). That way, copies or scans can more easily be made, and multiple copies can be distributed among your heirs. Why should scrapbooks (and the memories they contain) be split among your children when everyone could have a copy of their own?
That’s a great point. I hadn’t considered that angle before.
Thanks for linking to my article.
Thanks for the reply.
A more in-depth article on this subject will be done in the future. Actually, it is already written–just some additional work to do on it before it’s ready for publication.