Scrapbooking for Hire
According to scrapbooking business maven Sue DiFranco, there are big bucks to be made assembling scrapbooks for busy, stupid rich people.Well, she doesn’t exactly put it that way, but on her Fun Facts Publishing Web site she explains that you can earn between $50 and $150 an hour scrapbooking, with virtually no set-up cost. Some people, she says, prefer to “hire out” their scrapbooking, much like they would pay professional organizers or house cleaners, rather than learn how to do it themselves.
If you’re wondering why anyone would need a professional to assemble a scrapbook, it’s time you woke up and smelled the rubber paste.
In middle-class homes, scrapbooks are the new measure of domestic adequacy. If you just stick your photos in chronological order in magnetic albums, well you might as well be leaving your children down at the laundromat while gambling away your afternoons. Any responsible mother wanting to hold her head high at the PTA should be spending at least $50 a month (some people spend $50 a day) and her spare hours (between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.) documenting, cropping, matting, embellishing, hole-punching and stamping little doodads all over the family scrapbook.
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People who don’t have the time, money or “talent” to scrapbook are hiring others to do it for them — for thousands of dollars. Even if you’re talentless they’ll hire you, according to DiFranco. She advises, “Don’t question your own ’scraptistic ability.’ Most clients actually prefer the look of simple layouts. And because they’re not scrapbookers themselves, they won’t be comparing your work to anyone else’s.”
Sunshine on November 21st, 2005 9:57 am
This is wonderful news, especially for the person who loves to scrapbook and needs the money. So, how would one actually go about pricing and advertising for such a business? Any help would be great!
Bill nadraszky on December 2nd, 2005 1:02 pm
Scrapbooking is definitely a big business. My wife is a scrapbooker and it is amazing how much people that are really involved with making scrapbooks and cards are willing to buy to do their craft.
I have even chipped in with cutting paper but never am able to do it without a little overseeing from “the boss”
Melissa Weaver on January 1st, 2009 5:02 pm
I would love to scrap for others. I have been scrappin for several years and my family calls me a scrap-acholic. I love to scrap book.
Let me know if I could help you out. Reply to the above email address.
Jeanmarie Cintron on February 10th, 2009 5:30 pm
I actually do scrapbooking for others, and offer different levels, from simple to very elaborate. Since I am a consultant for a scrapbooking company, I try to offer our albums and papers, but if they want something else I just do it! You can contact me at jeanma@onelinkpr.net.
Luisa on July 30th, 2009 2:33 pm
I am starting my business as an scrapbooker for hire after 4 years of being a passionate scrapbooker. Have finished my first 4 albums for other people and them an I are very happy. I do simple pages and more elaborated also. You can contact me at lmorgan1966@hotmail.com
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