Start of a Capstone Idea

Thinking about it, a capstone really should be a reflection of the creator's personality. This is it, your final project, the culmination of new media! You're spending a year working on this one project, shouldn't it be something you have an interest in? So what are some of my passions? I love to work out (lift, swim, and compete in triathlons), play music, and scrapbook, among other things. Out of those, I think that scrapbooking would be the most interesting to work on. It is unique and my scrapbooks are some of my most treasured items.

Many people think scrapbooking is something old people do to show off pictures of their grandkids. However, I've noticed that more and more younger people are getting into it. Scrapbooking is such a great way to show the stories about our lives. It is not just displaying pictures in an album, but telling a story of an event or life. While I have scrapbooks for myself that document my high school and college years, I also created scrapbooks for my boyfriend (our first year together) and my sister (pictures of us for her to take to her first year in college). The book for my boyfriend went through the year, telling our story in my own words month by month. My sister's scrapbook had pictures of us from when we were babies until recently. I grouped them by categories such as vacations, holidays, and other events so that we could compare how we've grown over time. They both love them and show them off as often as they can. I think it would be neat to create an online community of sorts to share these scrapbooks on a wider scale somehow. The hobby is extremely popular (just check out any of these sites: http://www.scrapbooking101.net/ http://www.addictedtoscrapbooking.com/ ) and I think it would be great to bring it into the digital world :)