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NEW YORK -- For Lisa Tantillo, preserving memories of herself, friends and family meant throwing photos in a big box. But since her twins were born three years ago, the Westport, Conn., resident has become what the scrapbooking industry describes as a serious cropper.
Tantillo, 41, goes far beyond assembling attractive scrapbooks -- she's spent about $1,500 on such products as acid-free paper and glues, supplies once limited to archivists. She also attends seminars where she and other croppers (the term refers to their cropping photos) meet to assemble their scrapbooks. Tantillo even has her own consultant through a national organization called Creative Memories, which has helped to further the trend.See the full content of this document
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Boomers Behind Scrapbook Boom
"I want a real historical record," said Tantillo, who has created albums for her twins, Josh and Sarah, and now plans to assemble a book for her high school years.
Tantillo and a grow...See the full content of this document
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