So - yes in short a little book to stick things in. Mmm - seen that anywhere before? Is it something to get excited about? It appears that lots of people are and it could turn into a "marmite" subject - either you love um or hate um. Some people have already started to make their own - check out Emy's or Susie's or Ali's or MaryAnne's. Shimelle had an interesting take on the whole issue - is the product really aimed at a scrapbooker? As I read her post, I thought these might be nice gifts for my girls - something to complete over the summer holidays maybe.
So do I smash? Well sort of. For my last few holidays I have kept a travel journal, make notes on what we did each day. I make them using up old papers that I don't think I will use on my pages and decorate them with stamps. You may remember my Disney one I posted here. For my holiday last week, I added some plastic pockets to collect the ticket stubs, leaflets and postcards of places we had visited. Here are a few pictures.
Since starting blogging, I also carry a notebook around for noting down ideas when I'm not at my desk. It is something I do need to get better at as I quite often get ideas from stuff I see in magazines but don't make a note and then can't remember where I've seen it. I suppose I should just "smash" it into a note book!
So what do you think? Do you get the whole smash book thing. Will you smash? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
7 comments:
To be honest I have never really been sure what a smash book is. I like the idea, but just know that I am unlikely to keep it up, lol. Might do something similar to yours for my DD for the holidays.
It's very like the kind of notebook I have always carried around with me anyway, but I did like Shimelle's take on it - maybe I could convert a few nonscrapbooking friends with one
Thanks for the link to Shimelle's post - have to agree that I (and others) was getting a bit snooty about why I wouldn't PAY for such a thing. I'm glad that there is the hype and consequent DIY backlash as I want to make DS1&GF a travel journal for the summer and I now have lots of ideas :D
I probably do agree with Shimelle that it would be a great gift for someone who DOESN'T scrapbook, but not something I would buy for myself...I DO love your amazing Travel Journal Lynn!
Alison xx
I think it's a great gift for someone and when I showed it to a non crafting friend she really liked it and wanted one. I have a notebook all the time but I did make a smash book so that I would have somewhere to put special things from days out that won't necessarily make it to a 12x12 layout
I love the supplies, but in the same way I love all the stash available lol! I've made my own 'kit' using a notebook I've had hanging around forever, and now I have one designated space to collect together all the stuff that I collect and save already.... But I did do it myself from exsting stash :) I do similar with travel journals etc (though I do sometimes buy kits that I love and supplement them with my own bits and pieces) I love yours! xx
I have been pretty resistant to the hype surrounding 'Smash' since the last CHA. It rather annoyed me because they weren't even available. But I tend to be stubborn about resisting empty marketing hype.
They have given me a kick in the pants to get some travel journals made up for our summer camping trip, though. I'm hoping to get my boys recording their memories/thoughts of our adventures.
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