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Scrappy Blog Mania

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A few years ago when I was scrapping a ton, scrapbook blogs weren’t all that popular. Maybe they were, and I just didn’t know it because I didn’t have a blog myself at the time. But, now that I currently run 4 blogs, aside from writing here, I have blogging on my mind. Big surprise huh? The thing that has amazed me is that in the year or so that I took off from scrapbooking after my 2nd child was born, it seems the scrapbooking blogging world exploded. When I am on message boards, and forums, everyone is promoting their … Continue reading →

Clean House in Your Scrapbook Space

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There are times when I feel like, “Why do I have all this stuff?” While I appreciate my craft and all that it contributes to my life, sometimes I look at my scrap room and think, “Should I give it all away?” I never feel like I should stop scrapbooking, but sometimes, I think it is a good idea to clean house and get rid of some things. It can help you re-focus on your scrapbooking, analyze what supplies you really need, and get back into it again. This is a really good idea if you’ve been feeling like you’re … Continue reading →

Jealousy in Scrapbooking

No matter how good we’ve got it, we can always be jealous of other scrappers. Right? OK, maybe it’s actually wrong, but it happens. I wrote about my personal scrapspace in the article, “How I Organize All That Stuff”. I am lucky. I have a room devoted to my scrapbooking. It also doubles as the office, and a place for my kids to make messes while I scrap. But, nevertheless, others might be jealous of what I have. I no longer have to store my scrap stuff under my bed, taking 30 minutes just to get it all out and … Continue reading →

My Personal Scrap Space – Analyzing the Problem – The Other Side

It would surprise me if by now you haven’t seen my earlier post regarding the mess in my scrap space and what my intentions are to fix it. All of that is in the process of being completed, but I thought since I am sharing my work in progress tomorrow, I would share the other side of the area today too. So here is the other side: Much, MUCH worse. That’s of course because it is the most often used side of my scrapbook area. It is where I write from every single day. It is where I close up … 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 →

My Personal Scrap Space – The Mess

At the end of May, I told you I would begin showing you my scrapbook area in a more personal way, so you could see the studio where I work, and see how I organize and store things. Sometimes it is nice to get a glimpse into the life of another scrapbooker and see how they do things. I believe it can help to see an organizational system that works, so you can implement it too. So here it is the middle of June and I haven’t bothered to show you any more of my space. Why is that? Because … Continue reading →

My Personal Scrap Space

Every scrapbooker dreams of having their own space to sit and create. Some are lucky enough to have a dedicated space, and some have to be content to use closets, share rooms or simply pull it out every time they wish to scrap. Once upon a time, in a land far away. Okay, well only about two and a half years ago and not really so far away, about two miles up the road. I lived in a house where I truly had my own dedicated scrap space. It was spare bedroom and I had it painted all pretty and … Continue reading →

How I Scrapbooked Events I Wanted To Forget: A Personal Journey

Being human, most scrapbookers are not caught up to date on their scrapbooking and probably have years worth of pictures to attend to. So what happens when you sit down to scrapbook and you are faced with something you would like to forget? Perhaps its a situation that was unpleasant, or perhaps it is a situation that is less than a happy memory – examples would be divorce, a marriage that didn’t work, ex boyfriends and girlfriends, really any subject that might be sensitive. It was extremely difficult for me to sit down and scrapbook my wedding to my ex-husband. … Continue reading →

“Why is My Child Clumsy?” The Symptoms of Dyspraxia

I’ve gotten rather used to driving my huge 12-passenger van around town. The size of my family requires it. However, I remember a while back when my sister loaned me her average-sized car. As I drove it down the highway, I felt like my rear end was scraping on the ground. It definitely required some getting used to. Everything was in a different location and I felt strange sitting in it. A child with dyspraxia feels this way in his own body. Although eventually I became acclimated to the smaller car, the child with dyspraxia continues to do things as … Continue reading →

My Scrapbooking Mess – A Personal Saga

Mess is my organization. Chaos seems to follow me wherever I go in my scrapbooking area. I currently have dozens of projects left unfinished all over the room. When does it end? Certainly I am better prepared to scrapbook or be creative when my mess is organized. Why can’t I seem to get it all in order? Time? Space? Energy? Sure it all plays an important factor in why I seem to create havoc wherever I go in this room. However, it’s also the love I have for each family member, each friend and each gift recipient on my Christmas … Continue reading →