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My first official crop
By Carrie | November 2, 2007
So, I went to my first official crop at Archivers. A crop is basically any time you scrapbook with other people. I thought that this was going to be my first crop, but then I actually remembered that I have “cropped” before with Shira in high school. We did it in her family’s kitchen a few times. Well, scrapbook stores host cropping events also. You pay a fee to get in, and you get dinner, a gift bag, and they give out prizes and do demonstrations throughout the night. So it’s pretty neat. Plus you stay motivated to work the whole time you’re there. The one we went to was 5 hours but they host 12 hour and overnight crops too (for the extremely hardcore, we decided). Apparently you need one of the rolling scrapbooking totes to go to these things. It’s how the scrappy chicas travel in style. I have not invested in one yet.
I believe we were the only ones in the 20-30 year age range, but it was fun. We especially had a laugh when I questioned what the heck one of the scrapbook tools was, when one woman took it from me and said, “I think I get examined with this at the doctor’s office!” Yikes. I joined this recipe swap thing on scrapbook.com, and I finished one set of the recipe cards for the swap, so it was a very productive evening!! Yay.
Topics: scrapbooking |
