That is actually true of scrapbooking--at least to the people in my circle at the time.
When I owned my business in Arlington Gardens Shopping Mall, we held a Show and Share Day where we turned to center part of our mall into a bit of a craft fair where our customers could come and set up to show others what they were into. I had a customer who sold Longaburger baskets come (Love them!) and a gal who was a Creative Demonstrator came. All she had to show was her sample album, but I was hooked! I immediately asked her if she would like to come and teach classes in my shop and she accepted. This was long before there were any scrapbook stores and ladies, I could not get anyone to come to those classes. I tried and tried, going so far as to invite them to come for free, just to see what it was all about--No Takers. Right away I knew how precious to me it would be if I had something like that done by my mom and decided that I needed to do it for my kids. I began making mine and became a Creative Memories consultant at one point, later becoming the manager of the first scrapbook store here in Reno. I was so excited about the craft that if I hadn't been just a touch ahead of the craze, my store would have become the first scrapbook store here and I'm sure it would have been a success. Unfortunately I had to close my store and the trend hit not long after. I still work in the area of course and teach classes, but I sure would have loved to have a store to invite you all to. I absolutely loved owning my own business and worked my tail off for it, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards for me.
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