Nancy over at Inside Scrapbooking is living her worst nightmare - the trend of handwriting coming back into style in scrapbooking. She much prefers to use her computer to journal, but because Heidi Swapp has a new book out about loving your handwriting she is feeling pressured to go back to handwriting.
I say that trends causing peer pressure in scrapbooking should be banished from the kingdom. Do we not have enough places in our life to keep up with society? I mean low-rider jeans alone have caused me to have to eliminate almost all of my pants. Pants that go all the way to my waist all of sudden now make me feel like a combination of my grandpa and Pee Wee Herman.
What about podcasting? I am desperately working to figure out how to get my MP3 player to automatically grab a list of audio files that I will not have time to listen to and thus will cause the same pressure as magazines I get and don’t have time to read.
Working out? I have a few friends who actually LIKE working out. While I really admire them for their zest for life and all that jazz, I am worn out from the pressure of wishing I liked to work out too (and actually did it).
So, Nancy, I hereby give you permission to stick with your computer journaling. This is YOUR hobby. This is your passion. Leave the pressure in life to jeans, the latest technology or workouts. Leave the pressure behind in scrapbooking and just enjoy what you like. Buck the trend - do it your way! =:)
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November 6th, 2005 at 6:34 pm - Edit
I agree! I did a post a while back on Swapp’s book. I found that I could use some of the techniques, but no pressure to totally abandon my computer. Frankly, I’m not going to journal a whole album but I will incorporate my own handwriting here and there for that “personal” touch. Heidi Swapp et al are those who are artists that probably draw too so of course their handwriting looks interesting and arty. She did have a whole line of rub-ons based on her hand, didn’t she? I say do what you want. It’s your scrapbook!