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scrapbooking

scrapbooking

8 3.2
To make decorated photo albums to keep memories and small items
  • noun
  • /ˈskræpˌbʊkɪŋ/
: scrapbooking
  • Her shop specializes in paper accents for scrapbooking, card making, gift giving, and home decor.
  • scrapbooking resources
  • digital scrapbooking

Renaissance Fair, Comic Con events, scrapbooking fair, book club about vampires, Why a club, nonprofit, charity you love.

Examples

  • The popularity of scrapbooking as a hobby is reflected in the number of print magazines devoted to it.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Topics include contests and quizzes, scrapbooking products, free downloads of scrapbooking resources, and tips and ideas for scrapbook pages.

    Academic text (2005)

  • My dream is to go to a bed and breakfast scrapbooking place.

    Blog text (3)

  • Americans spend more than $2.5 billion a year on scrapbooking supplies.

    Blog text (28)

  • The couple owned a scrapbooking store near a mall in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

    SATAN'S GUIDE TO THE BIBLE (2023)

  • I also love scrapbooking and crafting, and that involves a lot of paper products, scissors, tools, Knick knacks.

  • So we've got some bananas, some raspberries, some batteries, some Pritz stick because I've been doing a lot of journaling and scrapbooking recently.

  • I have taken up scrapbooking and made childhood memory books for my children and my stepson.

  • Every month, she teaches an at-home scrapbooking class for beginners who want to preserve their memories.

  • The couple opened a scrapbooking store where customers can buy supplies and attend workshops.

How Creative

scrapbooking
8 3.2
collecting
30 1.1

Surface Forms

scrapbooking singular
scrapbookings plural

Morphology

scrapbooking = scrapbook (transparent) = scrap + book + ing

The noun names the activity of doing what 'scrapbook' means, with the regular '-ing' form marking the activity.

Etymology

The word scrapbooking comes from scrap ('small piece') and book. People make a decorated book from scraps like photos, ticket stubs, and notes, so scrapbooking means creating an album to keep memories.