In early 2017, I began sending souvenirs to one favorite and longstanding student to whom I was teaching conversational English. The souvenirs were such that you could collect, place and preserve them in a scrapbook. It is basically a blank book, sort of like a three-ring binder as a base, perhaps with sheet protectors that you could glue or tape things like special coins, foreign currency, trinkets, tiny seashells, comic cartoons, postage stamps, special postcards, valentines, some photos, etc. Actually, my student began a blog and posted photos of all the things that I sent. Thus, hers was a kind of meticulous digital scrapbook. The scrapbooking hand-crafted hobby began in the 1800s and continues to this day.

An offshoot of scrapbooking that emerged popularly and competitively in the 21st century is........

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