Scrapblog Site Combines Blogs and Scrapbooks

Posted on March 23, 2006

Designtechnica reports that Scrapblog, LLC has launched Scrapblog, a free service that combines blogging and scrapbooking. The service includes a WYSIWYG webpage builder, photographic tools and photo tagging. They are currently running a contest for the best scrapblog designers with prizes of $1,000.

Scrapblog, said its developer, "goes beyond the status quo of online photo-sharing sites to incorporate the tradition and storytelling capability of scrapbooking and the power of blogging." Users start with a blank page and then can select a theme or mix-and-match elements from several themes to create their online scrapbook. Features will allow users to upload, move, rotate and resize images, group and decorate photos and pages to create online scrapbooks for individual events, tag photos by using keywords for easier finding and sharing and create blogs so visitors can post comments for others to see.
Each Scrapblog has a unique URL, which users can share through Real Simple Syndication (RSS) and email notifications, or keep private for viewing by invitation only. Scrapbloggers can also contribute creative content for other users or borrow designs from other users for their own use.

Scrapbooking is a popular hobby with over 4.4 million new scrapbooking households since 2001. We already know that blogging is hot, so Scrapblog could quickly become a popular website with its idea of mixing blogs and scrapbooks.