About this episode

Leilani Schirmer discusses her passion for nostalgia and how it influences her scrapbooking and documentation of childhood memories.

Leilani Schirmer is a Mississippi-based scrapbooker, Project Life devotee, and self-described indoor kid who has turned her love of nostalgia into a creative practice. Known online as @leilani_scraps, she returns to the podcast to talk about why we’re drawn to looking back, the pop culture and physical media she’s collecting, and how she documents childhood memories she doesn’t want to lose. Turning 40 this year, Leilani brings a colorful, playful, maximalist energy to her craft room and ever...

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Wilson

Guest: Leilani Schirmer

Topics covered

• scrapbooking
• nostalgia
• childhood memories
• pop culture
• creative practice

Keywords

• scrapbooking
• nostalgia
• childhood
• pop culture
• Project Life
• creative practice
• memories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: @leilani_scraps

Places: Mississippi

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