blbabe1234 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm
This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.
Kirby! Lol
blbabe1234 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm
This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.
blbabe1234 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:08 pmYeeessss!!!!suewho372 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:48 pmMade me think of that too Brandy ! And we tried to bring it back a couple years ago too!blbabe1234 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:40 pm
This reminds me of when Mildred had to use a whip on me and a couple of naughty cherries.
I remember that, during a NSD right?
Laura wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:49 pmAll 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!
Mommytron wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:41 pmOKAY, 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.
Wow, that did help! I'm so glad I posted about all this. I'm getting lots of good info. I don't drive and you would think there would be more craft stores in NYC but it's just not so. I had a Michaels in walking distance but it closed during the pandemic. I guess I didn't spend enough money there LOL! We do have a Marshalls and I had no idea they had scrappy stuff. I will have to look next time I go. And I will also start stalking Joann's for those deals!? And when I go visit my BFF (a couple of times a year) in NJ, we always hit up the craft stores but then I have to schlep it on the bus so...it depends if she's going to drive me home LOLsuewho372 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:06 pmOh 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.
PS: I just finished the next page, which has 3 photos (so 4/22 done now!) but will take pics when the light is better.Mommytron wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:41 pmOKAY, 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.
Kelly_R wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:13 pmI 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.
Marshalls is few and far between but only sometimes these days. Stalk Joanns!! I will try to remember to tell you when I see they have 1.99 shipping because that TOTALLY is a great deal! I hope that she drives you home!!! I grew up with no car at home so I was always walking or on the bus so i understand it very much!!!scrappinmom99 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 5:25 pmWow, that did help! I'm so glad I posted about all this. I'm getting lots of good info. I don't drive and you would think there would be more craft stores in NYC but it's just not so. I had a Michaels in walking distance but it closed during the pandemic. I guess I didn't spend enough money there LOL! We do have a Marshalls and I had no idea they had scrappy stuff. I will have to look next time I go. And I will also start stalking Joann's for those deals!? And when I go visit my BFF (a couple of times a year) in NJ, we always hit up the craft stores but then I have to schlep it on the bus so...it depends if she's going to drive me home LOLsuewho372 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:06 pmOh 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.
I started with 12 x 12 Creative Memories, strap-hinge albums. Switched to 12 x 12 post bound. The strap-hinge are holding up better with lots of pages in them. However, I do like the We R Memory Keepers 12 x 12 3-ring binders. They hold hundreds of pages! Unfortunately, all these 12 x 12 albums take up a lot of shelf space. lol I am running out of room. Still have hundreds of layouts on my computer that aren't printed out, too. I have been doing 2 albums for each year, because I take way too many photos and can't seem not to scrap most of them. (I am 10 years behind, however, currently working on 2013 and 2014...) But, I don't scrap in order. Year ago, I found it much more freeing to scrap what I want, so none of my albums after 2011 are complete. I have done some separate vacation albums for big trips, and I have an album for each of the pets, an All About Me album, and a couple of heritage albums with my layouts about my family. lol Let me know if you figure out a good system!scrappinmom99 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:05 pmKelly_R wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:13 pmI 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.
I'm wondering if I should just invest in more Iris cases which prob hold more layouts than an album. At least for the time being. I've started using 8x11 format for some themed albums over the past few years too. DH is the supplies manager at work and can get all the 3-ring binders I want lol. So that's what I'm envisioning moving forward, but I still have like 23 years worth of 12x12 layouts to deal with - ack LOL!
scrappinmom99 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 2:50 pmSo 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.