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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Student
club crafts
creative
few
By Cody Ferdinand
The Clackamas Print
The sounds of women laugh­
ing and scissors cutting away fill
the room, but not too many people
know what’s going on.
On the second and fourth
Wednesday of every month in the
Fireside Lounge, located in the
Bill Brod Community Center, the
Scrapbooking Club of Clackamas
Community College meets.
Deanne Tracy, Scrapbooking
Club founder, says there are many
reasons why she started the club.
“I wanted to bring diversity
through craft and history and
togetherness to students,” said
Tracy.
Tracy started the club back in
January, so it is still fairly new
and not too many students know
about it.
“I started the club to get people
together and turn their photos into
creative history,” she said.
“I would love to eventually
fundraise enough money that stu­
dents don’t have to spend their
own money to create this family
heirloom; it’s expensive to create.
Each meet ing we meet and review
the plan for the month, we review
past fundraisers, and the rest of the
meeting is spent scrapbooking. It
lasts about two hours and then we
end our ‘play time,’” she said.
The club is geared towards
anyone; whether you are a fac­
ulty member or a student here at
CCC, this club is open to you. The
club has four regular members so
they are always looking for more
people to come and join in on the
fun.
“For me, I scrapbook by myself
most of the time, so it’s nice to
get together and be around other
people,” said club member Nicole
Cagle.
Cagle, who is a long-time
friend of Tracy, joined the club in
April, and so far her experience
has been great.
“It has made me a better scrap
booker. It’s all about being cre­
ative,” said Cagle.
“It might sound boring and
stuffy, but we have fun. Pictures
are important; it captures a
moment you will never get back,”
Cagle added.
Tracy hopes that more people
will come and join in on all the
fun that scrapbooking has to offer. *
Her dream is to see the club grow
so that there will be even more
creativity then there is now.
If you’re handy with some
scissors and looking to capture a
moment in your history, or if you
are just looking to meet some new
people and develop a new skill,
then head down to Fireside one of
these Wednesdays and dive into
the creative experience that scrap­
booking brings.
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