It was a night off from the hus-bands and the kids. In a suburban Chicago rec room, as stereo speakers cranked the beat of Barenaked Ladies, a crowd of 18 women were cutting loose. Scissors in hand, they hovered over photo albums and fitted their memories for the ages. It is the great scrapbooking trend sweeping America, the 21st-century version of the quilting bee. "Somebody, please, give me an idea!" cried out Jenny Johnson, 34, looking for help in designing a page that commemorated her 4-year-old daughter's visit to a beauty shop. Across the folding table, three women lifted their eyes from their own projects. "Bubbles," offered one of the scrapbookers, "cut out cute little bubbles." With an approving nod, Johnson set to work on pink bubble cutouts that framed pictures of little Cassady having her hair done. "She got her hair washed in the big bowl," her mother explained. "It was a very big deal for her."
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