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Photograph by Skye Dunlap
Treasure Trove: Keep Sakes owner Jodi Buda tells her clients to 'scrap it.'
Scrapbook store owner hopes trend catches on
By Chantal Lamers
Scrap those old baby photos. That's what Willow Glenite Jodi Buda, who opens her new scrapbook specialty store on July 15, might tell you about those old baby photographs, but she's not talking about throwing them away. She means keeping them.
Buda's new store, Keep Sakes, replaces the former South Bay Kicking Boxing Studio at 2259 Lincoln Ave., next to Silverleaf Antiques.
Keeping scrapbooks has been a hobby of Buda's for as long as she can remember. She's always collected scrapbooks and stickers--assembling memories for families and friends.
Buda worked at Creative Memories for several years, catering to the scrapbook party business. But she wanted to expand and started looking for a place to start her own scrapbook store about a year ago.
Her store will feature a long list of products for the customer wishing to preserve photos and memories in a crafty way. Keep Sakes will feature everything from acid-free paper, which keeps photos and papers from deteriorating, to special photo and wedding albums to pens, stickers and stamps.
Buda will also offer classes in scrapbook keeping, sticker art and paper dolls. Special "mommy and me" classes will be held once a month in the afternoons. Classes will cost about $10 per session and include the cost of materials. She also is planning theme classes throughout the year for different holidays such as the Fourth of July, Halloween and Thanksgiving.
During her two-month preparation time, Buda remodeled the back of the store where the scrapbook classes will meet.
During the day, Buda says, customers will be able to come in, work in the classroom and use the scrapbook tools for $2.50 an hour.
Buda says the scrapbook businesses became popular in Utah, and the trend spread across the country--to just about everywhere except California. The trend is growing, however, and is being called the "quilting bee" of the 21st century, she says. She hopes it catches on around here, too. For more information, call 408.269.6609.
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