I have many creative passions and one of my favorites is scrapbooking. If you did not know, scrapbooking is perserving, presenting, and arranging phtotos in a form of a book or card. It is a way of memeory keeping your favourite pictures and pairing them up with art materials such as stamps, stickers, washi tape, magazine cutouts, and coloured paper. Scrapbooks originated from England in the 15th century, although modern scrapbooks have not emerged until the mid 1800’s. I love scrapbooking because i get to be creative, customize it however i like, and I can store and record special events with decorated pages so they are aesthetically pleasing. when i do my scrapbook pages, i print out pictures, this is where photography also comes in because i do them together. i mostly take photos on my phone and then print them out. from there i would tape or glue it into a blank page in my notebook and write about that memory, like a journal entry but it looks more aesthetically pleasing. i write what i did, what happened, highlights of that event, etc. It is a fun, creative way to document moments in my life while crafting. Scrapbooks to me are also more than just photos glued on paper, but its pages are designed to enhance the content of the picture, to tell and express the photo and why that was a special event or moment. If possible, i add a souvenir /token like for example a ticket, pressed flowers, ribbons or reciept. Scrapbooking helps me make that memory more special and creative than just taking a photo. Overall, scrapbooking is a passion of mine because it is a creative outlet for me, it displays and personalizes fun memories, it motivates me to take photos more, and it helps tell stories through photos!