I am going to have to disagree with you. Some people don't use kits, design their own patterns etc. Anything in life can be art, cooking is an art, home design is an art, knitting is an art. Anything that is creative can be an art. I am sorry but that's my opinion.

Well I was disagreeing with the first comment etc...no biggie...

thanks Moni

You are very welcome hun!

I wouldn't say my scrapbooking is art but don't put it down either, it's a lot of hard work!

thanks Moni

Merriam-Webster's definition of art:

1: skill acquired by experience, study, or observation
2 a: a branch of learning: (1): one of the humanities (2)plural : liberal arts barchaic : learning, scholarship
3: an occupation requiring knowledge or skill
4 a: the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects; also : works so produced b (1): fine arts (2): one of the fine arts (3): a graphic art
5 aarchaic : a skillful plan b: the quality or state of being artful
6: decorative or illustrative elements in printed matter


Scrapbooking may not be considered one of the fine arts, it still takes some sort of skill to do it. Not everyone has the knack for it.

And as far as the pre-fab scrapbook kits, I think they're still art as well. I didn't paint Raphael's Sistine Madonna but I still have a print of the two cherubs hanging on my dining room wall.

Now, I define the way I scrapbook as more crafty than arty but I've definitely seen other people's pages that I wouldn't mind hanging on my walls (with my pictures in them, of course).

Scrapbooking is cute. It's fun. It's awesome for passing the time, and it's a really kickass way to organize your photos into an album.


But it's not art, damn it. And if I have to listen to one more uninteresting nitwit housewife brag about their artistic and creative prowess through scrapbooking, I might have to hit them with a frying pan.

It's cutting paper and ribbons and arranging it around a photo, people. That's it. I know that art is entirely subjective, and that one person's garbage is another's art, but come on! Can't we draw the line somewhere? Shouldn't art have to involve a little, you know, creativity or effort or thought process or original ideas or something?

You can buy pre-made kits and stickers and designs. There are books available for the low, low price of $24.99 telling their readers what good ideas are. There are goof-proof stickers in case you can't coordinate yourself enough to place it on the page evenly. You can even buy machines now to cut the paper into factory-set designs for you, so you never even have to put in the effort of picking up a pair of scissors.





Look, if any of you are into scrapbooking, that's cool. I've got nothing against scrapbooking in and of itself.

But God damn it, stop trying to call it art!

I am going to have to disagree with you. Some people don't use kits, design their own patterns etc. Anything in life can be art, cooking is an art, home design is an art, knitting is an art. Anything that is creative can be an art. I am sorry but that's my opinion.

I am going to have to disagree with you. Some people don't use kits, design their own patterns etc. Anything in life can be art, cooking is an art, home design is an art, knitting is an art. Anything that is creative can be an art. I am sorry but that's my opinion.

Cooking is art, but is making pasta out of a Lipton Sidekicks package art? That's the difference I'm talking about. Those rare few who put in the time and effort to create their own designs and decorations, I could see the argument for. But so far as I can tell, the majority are the pre-cut sticker "artists".

hey we never said what u do, isnt art, just what everyone else does

Cooking is art, but is making pasta out of a Lipton Sidekicks package art? That's the difference I'm talking about. Those rare few who put in the time and effort to create their own designs and decorations, I could see the argument for. But so far as I can tell, the majority are the pre-cut sticker "artists".

You have your right to your opinion, but I really feel that belittling others via a forum is very immature. What is art to some, might not be others. But that doesn't give you a right to tell them what they love to do is nothing.

but I scrapbook!

should have made and sent you one of these to welcome your guests

Shouldn't art have to involve a little, you know, creativity or effort or thought process or original ideas or something?

Did you make these? Beautiful !

RARE!!! do you know how big the scrapbooking world is???

I do. If the do-it yourself types are the majority, why is it that every craft and art supplies store I've ever been in takes up damn near half their space with scrapbook kits? And holds conferences and talks telling people what ideas are?

For people who are just starting, for inspiration maybe!!! They must provide for all their customers not just some

Shouldn't art have to involve a little, you know, creativity or effort or thought process or original ideas or something?