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So I am notorious for doing layouts and never finishing albums. I have literal boxes of layouts that need albums, but albums are so $$$ and my Michaels closed several years ago, so it's not even like I can go pick some up on sale and not have to have them shipped. I have I would say 100s if not 1000 layouts that need homes. We moved here 14 years ago and there are still layouts in the moving boxes in the closet. Erg...LOL! And I have a few 12x12 albums that still have space (travel, 90s, school, DD's friends album, Halloween, a few others) so I am trying to do pages for those albums that can be put away right away. The other chronological/family ones are full. So you can imagine the hot mess all of this is. So one solution is to switch to 8x11 where DH can bring home all the binders in all the sizes I want. He has done that for the "special" albums (the pandemic, recipes, pics with Santa). So having said all that...I came across a set of 22 pictures from 2000 when we took DS to see Santa at Macy's. My goal is to start and finish this album before Christmas. 22 pictures doesn't seem so much...but I get distracted easily lol. So I'm going public and asking you guys to help keep me accountable LOL! And if you guys have ideas about albums / organization / not hoarding lol...I'd love to hear that too!

pictures done: 1/22

This is the first layout I've done for it. 

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

Such a cute LO Anne-Marie. I would be of no help because I have a dozen 12 x 12 Iris boxes full of Los that need a home. And that’s not counting the albums that are already full. We visited my BIL and wife in August and she has all of her LOs in albums and labled with the year in chronological order. I was so jealous. She won’t start a new LO unless the one she finished is put in an album.

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:09 pm

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

I knew I could count on you! 

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:09 pm

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.

VickiR wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:26 pm

Such a cute LO Anne-Marie. I would be of no help because I have a dozen 12 x 12 Iris boxes full of Los that need a home. And that’s not counting the albums that are already full. We visited my BIL and wife in August and she has all of her LOs in albums and labled with the year in chronological order. I was so jealous. She won’t start a new LO unless the one she finished is put in an album.

Oh wow! She is super organized!

None of my 12x12 albums are in any shape or form...considered in order. Each nephew has an album (Draven has 2), and other than the first couple of pages (hospital photos), nothing else is in order. The only albums that are truly "chronological" are my mini albums. Like the Shed Album that showcases the progress of DH's work on his shed.

All I can think when I read posts like this is . . .

Thank goodness I never tried to scrap chronologically!  I'm perfectly content seeing my daughter's graduation on one page, then my son's 5th birthday on the next, and then baby Flasher on the next!  I like the whimsy!

VickiR wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:26 pm

Such a cute LO Anne-Marie. I would be of no help because I have a dozen 12 x 12 Iris boxes full of Los that need a home. And that’s not counting the albums that are already full. We visited my BIL and wife in August and she has all of her LOs in albums and labled with the year in chronological order. I was so jealous. She won’t start a new LO unless the one she finished is put in an album.

Thanks! You know, surprisingly this makes me feel better - less alone at least lol. (I need to get more Iris boxes...) Although I wish I could channel some of your SIL's focus and energy. Dh would be like that. Maybe we can start an organizational project...once baseball season is over though. I don't have that kind of energy right now LOL!
 

blbabe1234 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:09 pm

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.

 

Haha! I love it!

blbabe1234 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:45 pm

VickiR wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:26 pm

Such a cute LO Anne-Marie. I would be of no help because I have a dozen 12 x 12 Iris boxes full of Los that need a home. And that’s not counting the albums that are already full. We visited my BIL and wife in August and she has all of her LOs in albums and labled with the year in chronological order. I was so jealous. She won’t start a new LO unless the one she finished is put in an album.

Oh wow! She is super organized!

None of my 12x12 albums are in any shape or form...considered in order. Each nephew has an album (Draven has 2), and other than the first couple of pages (hospital photos), nothing else is in order. The only albums that are truly "chronological" are my mini albums. Like the Shed Album that showcases the progress of DH's work on his shed. 

Well...the chronological ones are kinda chronological in my head... And then where do we put all these albums? I think we'd need another IKEA Kallix system!

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:49 pm

All I can think when I read posts like this is . . .

Thank goodness I never tried to scrap chronologically!  I'm perfectly content seeing my daughter's graduation on one page, then my son's 5th birthday on the next, and then baby Flasher on the next!  I like the whimsy!

Yeah, sometimes I get caught up and stymied by, like, omg what album should I put this in? I have quite a lot of "random" theme layouts that are also just not in albums. 

scrappinmom99 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:54 pm

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:49 pm

All I can think when I read posts like this is . . .

Thank goodness I never tried to scrap chronologically!  I'm perfectly content seeing my daughter's graduation on one page, then my son's 5th birthday on the next, and then baby Flasher on the next!  I like the whimsy!

Yeah, sometimes I get caught up and stymied by, like, omg what album should I put this in? I have quite a lot of "random" theme layouts that are also just not in albums.  

Create a random album. I have one of those. When something doesn't fit with my Dog or Cat albums....or a particular nephew....or Christmas....it goes into a "random" album.
 

I AM CAUGHT UP FOR THE MOMENT................... BY ALL MEANS MINE ARE NOT IN ANY ORDER EITHER................. I TRIED BUT GOT LOST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE AND MY ALBUMS ARE NOT LABELED EITHER............... WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH LABELING AS THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PIC'S IN THEM..................... I DO HOWEVER HAVE THE GRANKIDS ONE'S IN SOME KIND OF ORDER THAT IS..................... HEHEHEHE BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP YOU ANYWAY I CAN.................... EVEN IF IT'S CRACKING THAT WHIP....................... HEHEHEHEHEHE SO PLEASE KEEP US POSTED ON HOW YOU DO AND IF YOU NEED HELP OF ANYKIND..................... VALERIE

P.S. I STILL HAVE ANOTHER 280 PICS THAT NEED TO BE DEVELOPED WHICH COMES OUT TO ABOUT 65 LO'S FOR ME AND MOST OF MINE ARE 2 PAGE LO'S SOME MORE......................... UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

blbabe1234 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:58 pm

scrappinmom99 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:54 pm

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:49 pm

All I can think when I read posts like this is . . .

Thank goodness I never tried to scrap chronologically!  I'm perfectly content seeing my daughter's graduation on one page, then my son's 5th birthday on the next, and then baby Flasher on the next!  I like the whimsy!

Yeah, sometimes I get caught up and stymied by, like, omg what album should I put this in? I have quite a lot of "random" theme layouts that are also just not in albums.   

Create a random album. I have one of those. When something doesn't fit with my Dog or Cat albums....or a particular nephew....or Christmas....it goes into a "random" album.
  

Now you're cooking with gas (as my old boss used to say)! 

OKAY, today is the 5th!  Where is your next page???  

I am scrapping 2007 for my 3 kids.  However, I have started making albums by year(s) because I do scrap out of sequence, since a lot of these challenges make me say “oh, that time we went here”, or a photo of the kids that fits a holiday”. Plus, I don’t like to have all that pressure on scrapping all those photos in order.  I like a little chaos in my life.  Easily distracted?  Yep!  But, it makes scrapping MORE fun for me.  I agree with Kim. Do create a different misc. album(s).  I also like the carefree pages of one season on one page, then another different time/person on another page.  It depends on your personality. 

Set small obtainable goals, keep a list if it helps.  Have a goal of getting 1 or 2 albums a month and getting your pages into them, perhaps? 

I have lots of other pages organized by a cluster of years until I get them into albums.  I purchased plastic page protectors off of Amazon and from Michael’s at one time.  I will share a photo.  

SCRAPBOOKINGVLCS wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:05 pm

I AM CAUGHT UP FOR THE MOMENT................... BY ALL MEANS MINE ARE NOT IN ANY ORDER EITHER................. I TRIED BUT GOT LOST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE AND MY ALBUMS ARE NOT LABELED EITHER............... WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH LABELING AS THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PIC'S IN THEM..................... I DO HOWEVER HAVE THE GRANKIDS ONE'S IN SOME KIND OF ORDER THAT IS..................... HEHEHEHE BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP YOU ANYWAY I CAN.................... EVEN IF IT'S CRACKING THAT WHIP....................... HEHEHEHEHEHE SO PLEASE KEEP US POSTED ON HOW YOU DO AND IF YOU NEED HELP OF ANYKIND..................... VALERIE

P.S. I STILL HAVE ANOTHER 280 PICS THAT NEED TO BE DEVELOPED WHICH COMES OUT TO ABOUT 65 LO'S FOR ME AND MOST OF MINE ARE 2 PAGE LO'S SOME MORE......................... UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You are caught up? Please send me some mojo LOL! I am actually working on old, pre-digital pictures because they are already printed out. I have 1000s of photos over the years to print out. I should make that a priority too. It's a never-ending cycle. My phone is so slow right now because I have so many pictures on it. This is another of my "once baseball season is over" projects...back up and print out some photos!
 

blbabe1234 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:09 pm

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.

Made me think of that too Brandy ! And we tried to bring it back a couple years ago too!

Oh my goodness!!! I am NOT caught up at all! I do not scrap chronologically. So mine are just in the albums however they get in each one no specific order.
I do however sort my layouts by groups and put them in albums ! I have these groups-

DD

Me & DD (photos of us together)

DD & DS (photos of the kids together)

Doggos ( I have lots of albums of them and they all go into whatever album I’m filling at the time)

DD wedding and all the ones of her and her boy

DS
The DS wedding album is defunct since they are divorced. So I had not gotten many of them done.
DS & Me

DGS 1
DGS2
Grands together

My layouts ( this is for all of the layouts I do of songs or deer or scenery or me and friends - you get the idea)

I have been VERY fortunate. When I was traveling for work I was in lots of bigger cities that had good Marshall’s/tjmaxx/michaels/hl /joanns. I got alot of albums on clearance at Walmart before they stopped carrying most things.
Back several years ago big lots even used to have scrap stuff- anyways Marshall’s and TJMaxx used to have overstock scrappy supplies - when I found albums at any of these places at a good good price I got them. So like I said I’ve been super blessed that I have albums.

So that being said : Anne Marie I stalk Joann fabric online- they run sales on shipping sometimes 1.99 and sometimes 3.99 with no purchase cost requirement. That may be something to look into. Recently I got doodlebug 12 x12 albums for $$ 11 and 1.99 shipping.

I don’t know if that helps or not but that’s what I do. I do wait until I have several layouts before I put them in the albums.

suewho372 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:48 pm

blbabe1234 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm

Laura wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:09 pm

I'll be here to crack that whip for ya!

This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.

 

Made me think of that too Brandy ! And we tried to bring it back a couple years ago too! 

I remember that, during a NSD right?

I am completely organized,  but in my defense, I do not have children/grandchildren. 

I don't  use albums either because my pages are thick with embellies.  I scrap  DH and I vacations.  The completed layouts go in the 12 x 12 IRIS cases and labeled accordingly.   

Since we haven't  done much traveling since Covid, I started making mini albums instead of full page layouts.  One album can hold at least 12-16 photos.  They are also smaller and easier to store when completed.

The only layouts I'm doing new is for the challenges.