N is for 'newspaper clipping collection'

People have collected newspaper clippings over the years and stuck them onto their scrapbooks. My dad cuts out a newspaper clipping, of say, a book review, and keeps it inside the book in question.

My dad tells me an anecdote of the time he was a student in IIT and one of the boys he met during an inter-university student leader’s conference had a huge collection of newspaper clippings on Kamaraj. The boy had collected news clippings of every news item pertaining to the Tamil political leader and arranged them chronologically in his scrapbook. Others collect pictures of strange UFO sightings, criminal cases covered in the media, favourite cooking recipes, pictures of touristy places and music festivals.

I’ve not been in the habit of collecting newspaper clippings, and now with print editions rapidly folding up, it doesn’t seem like a good time to start. I just add sites I want to go through later to my Bookmarks.

These days, people do online scrapbooking. I’m planning to start digital scrapbooking soon. Here’s a site that discusses some online tools you can use for digital scrapbooking.  I’ve not tried any of them yet. Have you? Do let me know in the comments section.

I’ve, however, made collages a couple of times with pictures cut out from magazines I owned.  Wellness specialists also suggest making vision boards to manifest what we want in our lives by sticking pictures of all that we want in one place.

The hobby teaches one about order and method and building up a large number of smaller items into a coherent whole. It’s a great hobby to introduce to your kids if you have any. It gives children a sense of achievement and purpose. If there are parents reading this blog, do share pictures of your child’s scrapbook in the comments section.