So- I have had many people email and ask me how I stay on top of Scrapbooking and dont get overwhelmed with the whole thing, especially with 3 kiddos running around. And, it could be REALLY easy to get behind and throw in the towel, but scrapbooking is suppose to be fun! So, here is how I do it :) I MAKE LISTS!
1. I Makes lists of events and random things I was to take pictures of. Example- pictures of Piper smiling, Kylin's tumbling, everyday moments, Kylin in her Princess dresses, Piper's nursery, Mckay and his hot cocoa. . By making lists of things to take pictures of then I can have ideas for special moments I want my kids to see someday and me to rememeber.
2. Make lists of everything you want to scrapbook from those pictures. I also put title ideas down or LO page number ideas next to it. Example- Piper smiling: "just to see you smile...we would do anything." Book II page 2 (I will tell you about my inspiration notebook in a sec) That way if you have a list of things to scrapbook, you dont forget anything and you wont feel overwhelmed becuase it is all there on paper and ready for you whenever you get a free minute to scrap. I dont even do them in order...I just do what I am in the mood for.
3. I get a subscription to 2 different scrapbook magazines, and so every month I sit and cut out LO ideas that I like and I glue them in an "inspiration notebook." That way if I am ever stummed or dont have time to come up with a creative LO of my own I can just look through my notebook. Sometimes I will go through and find LO's I want to use for certain pictures and then I write that page number next to it on my "Things to Scrapbook" list. Does that make sense. I number all the pages in that notebook and it really gets the juices flowing so I rarely get stumped.
4. Sometimes I go through digital sites and save to my computer the LO's I like to use later for inspiration. Plus, it really gets the juices flowing about fun pictures to take.
So, there are just a few of the ideas I use for keeping up with this WONDERFUL hobby. Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any questions...and HAPPY SCRAPBOOKING!
