Hello October! This month I am guest teaching over at Masterful Scrapbook Design, where alongside four other super talented paper and digital scrapbookers, I am sharing my tips and tricks for scrapbooking one of my favorite topics: pop culture!

I’ve never been one to shy away from including pop culture in my scrapbooking pages, whether it’s professing my love for reality TV…

Credits: Retro Chic by Melissa Bennett; 12 Months Alpha by Penny Springmann; Get Krafty by Kristin Cronin-Barrow; Layered Up In You: Shapes by Lauren Grier; Tiny Type Alpha by Zoe Pearn (retired); Chunky Chipboard Letters by Amber Clegg; Font is DJB Lynnette

Or my current obsession with Pinterest…

Credits: I Heart Paper Vol 1 Templates by NettioDesigns; Golden Afternoon by Shawna Clingerman and Penny Springmann; 12 Months: Alphas by Penny Springmann; Layered Up In You: Shapes by Lauren Grier; Teeny Type Alpha (retired) by Zoe Pearn; StraightLine Stitched No 1 by Anna Apnes; Font is DJB Lynnette

I’m all about keeping it real when it comes to documenting my pop culture loves in my scrapbooks.

So in preparation for this class I’ve been thinking a lot about different ways I can get my love for pop culture and our current world into my scrapbooks.

Which inspired me to use one of my very own templates: the This Day In History template from my Embellish Now collaboration with Traci Reed.

Traci and I had always imagined this page to be used as a kind of pop culture overview – a way to take a snapshot of the world as it is right now.

So that’s exactly what I chose to do thanks to a little help from Google and this super adorable kit by Penny Springmann.

Credits: 12 Months: August and Knowledge Factory by Penny Springmann; Life of the Party (alpha) by Dani Mogstad; Maths Class Alpha by Kate Hadfield; Embellish Now template by NettioDesigns and Traci Reed; Fonts are DJB Lynnette and Century Gothic

Could you imagine how fun it would be to have a page like this from your parents? Or even your grandparents?

Granted they wouldn’t be documenting their top website, haha, but it makes me wonder, what would they have documented?

Which is exactly why I love scrapbooking pop culture and the world around us. Because with the rate at which our world is constantly changing, what’s popular today, may be gone tomorrow.

And hey, in case you’re in need of some extra pop culture inspiration for using the Embellish Now: This Day In History template in a different way, check out this AMAZING layout Sweet Shoppe Designer Julie Billinglsey made, documenting 15 facts about her son’s freshman year in college:

Credits: Embellish Now by Traci Reed and Nettio Designs Template (This Day in History – modified), School Spirit, School Spirit Add a Grad and Life of the Party by Dani Mogstad; At the Dojo and Rapid Fire by Traci Reed; Technophile by Traci Reed and Lliella Designs; Cheeseburger in Paradise by Heather Roselli; A Dozen Reasons by Jenn Barrette; Zoom Zoom by Zoe Pearn; 1st and 10 and Pi Are Squared by Libby Pritchett; Turkey Day by Melissa Bennett

Is that not totally awesome?!

I absolutely LOVE her theme, her title work and the way she added an extra row of photos so she had room for all 15 facts. I can definitely think of a bunch of variations on the “facts” theme I’d love to scrapbook with this template, so thanks so much for the inspiration Julie!

How about you? Are you a pop culture scrapbooker like me or do you love to keep your scrapbooking to holidays and everyday moments? Have you done any pop culture scrapbooking lately? Professed your undying love for your current pop culture obsession? Let me know in the comments!

Psst…Want to document your own This Day In History layout? Pick up the This Day In History single template here or save some cash by buying the entire Embellish Now template four-pack here.

Psssst…Looking for more ways you can incorporate pop culture, current events, trends and fads into your scrapbooks? Check out this month’s Masterful Scrapbook Design seminar here.

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