It’s time to stir things up around here. I’ve noticed that staples (you know, those things we use in the corner to hold papers together… not the, this-is-essential-to-your-diet-staples) are becoming some new craze. Or at least someone’s trying to start them as one.
Okay, people… who’s idea was that? A big CEO of a major scrapbook supplies corporation who was trying to find ways to make every little, ridiculous do-dad a possible scrapbook embellishment and cash in on it? Clearly, someone in some high up places is trying to exploit the “creative license” we like to call our ingenuity. But let’s face it folks, there’s nothing creative or appealing about sticking a staple on an album page. I don’t care what color the staple is!
If you haven’t heard of this yet, then check it out. They’re being offered in an array of colors — as if that will make me buy them. Think again, corporate bogey.
Now chipboard… that’s a cool idea. I don’t know why, but cardboard embellishments in various shapes, sizes, color and design make my mind spin with excitement. A flat page suddenly becomes interesting because the title is in chipboard! And what fun to paint it myself, too. Me and My BIG Ideas has a new line of chipboard. (Check out their sparkley stuff while you’re there, too.)
I love trends folks. I think it’s fun to discover the latest craze and see where people’s ideas take the rest of us. But staples? Seriously… we’re supposed to be preserving our pics, not driving metal rods through them.
Happy Scrappin’!
Staples…..hmmm……sounds like a scraptastrophe. But I am not a big fan of eyelets either and they have been a scrapbooking trend for sometime now. They are hard to set, and I don’t want to be banging on my scrapbook pages. Staples make me think that I would be banging on the pages too.
Chipboard is my friend. Chipboard is fun, and willing to be transformed. Chipboard does not put unnecessary holes in beautiful Bazzill cardstock. Plain white chipboard can be painted, chalked, inked, glittered, and decorated in any happy way you choose.
I recently did a page of lilacs and used chipboard letters to spell out “lilacs.” I painted the letters lavender and then lightly glittered them with a light purple. The page turned out great.
I just bought a set of pre-glittered chipboard letters in red to use for the upcoming 4th of July holiday. Yes, I am in the States and thinking in red, white and blue for my next pages.
I hope all the scrapbookers on the other side of the world are well. I love that scrapbooking creates bridges with paper. I am not holding my bridges together with staples though! I am holding those bridges together with love, prayers, and blessings.