The Scrapbookers Bill of Rights

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THE SCRAPBOOKER'S BILL OF RIGHTS

A Scrapbooker is entrusted with documenting and safely preserving family photos in an album to be treasured by future generations. Creating a Scrapbook is an honorable and important task. As a Scrapbooker, you are entitled (but not limited) to the following rights:

YOU have the right to take as long as you want to complete one album page. This may be five minutes or two weeks.

YOU have the right to purchase a certain scrapbook item for no other reason than because 1) you like it; 2) you think it's cute; 3) you'll never find it again, or 4) you know you'll use it someday.

YOU have the right to a workspace of your own. This may be the basement, your college student's old bedroom, or the kitchen table. It's yours.

YOU have the right to scrapbook when inspiration strikes -- whether the dishes are done or not.

YOU have the right to request peaceful, kid-free, stress-less scrap time -- guilt free.

YOU have the right to create pages that reflect and celebrate the spirit of the one person who is usually NOT in the photograph: You.

YOU have the right to put whatever you want on your album page. This includes, but is not limited to: patterned papers, die-cuts, stickers and Punch-Outs. You may place as many or as few photos per page as you deem appropriate.

YOU have the right to do nothing more than snack and socialize at a 6-hour cropping party.

YOU have the right to value your personal scrapbooking style to be as important as your photographs. You are creating a treasure -- and part of that treasure is you.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CREATE YOUR OWN LEGACY, ONE PAGE AT A TIME.

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