Staff Writer
CARIBOU — Over 25 people utilized a vast array of tools and scrapbooking knowledge during Crop Till You Drop, a Creative Memories function hosted by Sandy Marrett held on Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Caribou.
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JoAnna Richards of Castle Hill pieced together one of many scrapbooking pages she created at the “Crop Till You Drop” debut at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Caribou.
The group of inventive and creative scrapbookers not only organized their photos and documented special events of their lives, they raised $300 for the Make-A-Wish foundation while doing so.
According to Marrett, scrapbooking is a great way to preserve ones personal legacy.
“It’s like a little history lesson and I feel that I get to know people through their photos,” she said. “Sometimes I feel like I know their family and I’ve never even met them.”
Generally, scrapbookers will spend about six hours at one of the all-day events working on their albums. Many who attended the Crop Till You Drop were interested in the benefits of digital scrapbooking.
“Digital seems to be the way the world is going right now,” Marrett said, stating that many photos shared between family and friends are on a tiny camera screen and the photos seem to either stay in the camera or exist in a ‘digital abyss’ on the computer. Creative Memories offers digital scrapbooking software that can help you get the photos out of a computer folder, out of the camera and onto an actual page.
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Right, Sheila Archer of Caribou shows off one of her scrapbooking pages featuring Snoopy during last year’s Maine Potato Blossom Festival in Fort Fairfield. According to Archer, scrapbooking is a great way to save photographs from becoming aged and yellow looking.
Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet
Kendra McCoy of Washburn, Sherry Sands of Caribou and Michelle Savoy of Washburn offered each other creative support during the Crop Till You Drop debut.
