"Scrapbook" redirects here. For the horror film, see Scrapbook (film). Visual arts Portal Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. The idea of keeping printed materials of personal interest probably dates to shortly after the invention of printing. This trend is probably similar for photographs. Historically, scrapbooking was a tradition similar to storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than an oral, focus. An example of a traditional scrapbook layout Contents 1 History of scrapbooking 1.1 Modern scrapbooking 1.1.1 In the United States 2 Scrapbooking media 2.1 Scrapbooking materials 2.2 Digital scrapbooking 3 Common terms 4 Common scrapbooking idioms 4.1 Journaling 5