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Getting Organized for the New Year

If your New Year’s resolution includes getting organized in 2013, you are not alone. When the clock strikes 12 on January 1st, I am vowing to better manage all aspects of my life. Of course, that’s the same resolution I made in 2011 and 2012. Hopefully, the third time will be the charm. I’m a busy mom, just like millions of other parents in the world, and more often than not, time gets the best of me. Actually, it haunts, punishes and kicks the life out of me. Hence, my New Year’s resolution. If you are looking for affordable ways … Continue reading →

My Personal Scrap Space – Analyzing the Problem

It was agonizing deciding whether or not to share pictures with you of my messy scrapbook area in the awful state it is. Or just waiting to show you pictures of once it was picked up and a clean scrapbook area again. When you work in your scrapbook area or studio every single day and you are involved in lots of projects, it becomes harder and harder to get things put away. Unless of course you follow the advice I have been providing all along and you don’t do what I actually did. Let’s take a look again at the … Continue reading →

How I Organize My Monthly Kits

Often, even when I share great organizing advice, I still get an email or message asking which method I use. So I thought I’d share my method of storing all those monthly kits that we get and can’t stop subscribing to. First, I subscribe to two monthly kit clubs (mostly because I cannot decide which one I like better) – Apron Strings and Scrap Jammies. I have also recently been tossing around the idea of a third one I found, that I really think I like. So, if I do join, it will be three monthly scrapbooking kits, each with … Continue reading →

Top 10 Scrapbooking Organizational Articles

Organization is key to a productive scrapbooking hobby. Knowing where your things are, and being able to access them easily is key to time management and giving yourself a bit more time to scrapbook. These are the top 10 articles on scrapbooking organization. I hope they help you as much as getting organized has helped me with my scrapbooking. It’s a whole lot easier to get some pages complete when I know what I have and where it is. 1. Color Sorting For Organization Color sorting has become a favorite, easy to use way, for scrapbookers to organize their dozens … Continue reading →

Top Scrapbooking Articles of 2007

Every scrapbooker is different. There are different levels that we are at, different styles we use, different techniques we try and different articles and layouts we seek. Several weeks ago, I sent out an email to my scrapbooking pals (22 responded) and requested that they help me out with a poll I was conducting. I asked them to go back through 2007 (January through October) and figure out what their very favorite scrapbooking articles were for each month. I emailed a wide range of scrapbookers from different areas, different levels of experience and different styles so that I would get … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week In Review for June 11th to June 17th

The Scrapbooking Week In Review is full of the latest and greatest scrapbooking articles, posted in the past week in the Scrapbooking Blog. You can find information on so many different techniques, tips, information, and ideas, so your scrapbooking can go to the next level. This is what has been going on this week in the scrapbooking blog. Monday June 11th Beginning the week as usual, is the Week in Review for June 4th to June 10th. You can find the articles that were posted that previous week, just as you can with this one. Next, due to my own … Continue reading →

Top Ten Gifts for Scrapbookers

Thinking about Christmas already? I know I have been. Only two short months left before that magical holiday filled with gift giving is upon us. So what do you get a scrapbooker for Christmas? Here is a top ten list of the best gift ideas for scrapbookers this year! If you don’t buy it for Christmas, save the list and periodically throughout the year for other holidays you can use these ideas. 10. A Scrapbook Tote Definitely check out the different sizes, shapes and colors available. Prices vary greatly on these but the Mimi Totes are my favorites and are … Continue reading →