To really get organized for a crop you’ll want to create a box for your paper, photos and embellishments. You can use a new pizza box if you find the correct size (should fit in your crop bag), they also sell plastic 13×13 boxes for this purpose in many chain craft stores. I recommend the [...]
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Organizational Tip of the Week – Preparing for a crop part 1
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Organizational Tip of the Week – coupons
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Keep you coupons in your car or planner or purse (where ever you are sure to have them with you). Even if you don’t think you’ll be going to that store, sometimes plans change and then you wished you had it. Personally I keep all my coupons in my car so if I end up [...]
Organizational Tip of the Week – clean out paper
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok – Lets face it – we all buy paper we think is pretty, or “in” to be used at a later date and then we don’t use it for whatever reason. Go through your paper and set aside patterned paper you know you wont use. Cardstock you can always use so it is good [...]
All About Me Album – June page layout challenge
Posted in page layout challenge, scrapbooking on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month we have 2 seperate page layout challenges, but depending on your circumstances you may choose to combine them. My first love – I am sure you have some photos of the person you first fell in love with, maybe this is the person you are still in a relationship with now, or maybe [...]
Organizational Tip of the Week – crop bag
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This may seem obvious but every 4-6 mos clean out your crop bag. Restock supplies you always maintain, take stock of supplies you regularly use and note items that need to be replaced or purchased. Pull out items you wont use and set them aside to sell or donate. Take everything out and clean out [...]
Organization Tip of the Week – layout list
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I get to crop once a month, so I try to make the most of my time. I always start preparing for a crop by looking at my pictures and making a list of the layouts I want to accomplish. You can even make a larger list of your backlog items to help you plan [...]
Organizational Tip of the Week – Embellishments part 2
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that you have gathered all your embellishments together and put aside items you no longer want or need, it is time to organize them. Depending on how much you have, there are several good totes on the market with small locking containers to store and organize them. If you have a local scrapbooking tag [...]
Organizational Tip of the Week – embellishments
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gather all your embellishments and clean house. This may take a while but there is no sense keeping or toting around things you will never use. Partially used supplies can often be donated to local charities. Good items you no longer want can be swapped or sold at local scrapbooking tag sales. You can also [...]
All About Me Album – May page layout challenge
Posted in page layout challenge, scrapbooking on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month we will be working on an easy and fun layout for our album. My favorite things to do. You can spend a day taking pictures of yourself doing some of your favorite activities. You can make a bulleted list. Lots of fun options this month. To start take a few minutes and write [...]
Organizational Tip of the Week – digital pic storage
Posted in organizational tip, scrapbooking on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every 3-4 months I save my photos onto CD to make more room on my hard drive. (ok – I also have an external hard drive copy just in case) I generally organize my photos in monthly photos by shooting date (since the camera downloads them that way). I get rid of “bad” photos and [...]
