In the first piece regarding scrapbooking, Katriel and Farrell contribute to the idea that scrapbooking is a from of everyday writing. During our last couple of classes, we discussed "everyday writing" as possessing certain attributes. Some of these characteristics are prevalent in scrapbooking. To begin with, scrapbooking could be considered every day because it is relatively easy for any person to acquire the material needed to create one. In addition, the skill of scrapbooking is more often not taught in institutions but through family, friends, and one's own creativity. Also, the fact that their are few boundaries regarding the guidelines of creating a scrapbook make it more everyday. Claire stated a good point when saying that since scrapbooking is considered "a genre to self", it is evident that scrapbooks represent people's personal lives and memories, which only add to make it a form of everyday writing.
The only characteristic of a scrapbook page which would make it's everyday writing validity questionable is the fact that they have little to no words. Though in my opinion, I would still classify these prints as everyday writing because they still clearly convey messages. They are documentations of memories, that can be shared with people later down the years. The pictures in this case speak the story. It would safe to conclude scrapbooking as being everyday, although I would not consider Zines such. Though they are relatively easier to make than magazines one would find in a grocery store and they acquire few skills to be created, they are simply not a popular form or writing. I would consider them not everyday simply because unlike scrapbooking, they are not yet greatly embraced socially and culturally. An average, 'everyday' person would not think to go online and make a zine to convey a message. Instead they would turn to a different avenue, such as scrapbooking, blogging, or letter writing.
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