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The Annual 'New Year Scrapbook Plans' Post

This year my main scrapbooking project was my digital journal, a 10x8 photobook called 'Digest'. It was a mix of project life, art...

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Making Plans for Making Stuff

This is the time of year I always start taking stock of my scrapbooking. What's working? What isn't? What do I want to do? What makes me...

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Layouts v Albums - Should Our Scrapbook Albums Be More Than Just A Filing System?

I've been thinking a lot about my scrapbook albums. Should I make them chronological or theme based? Should I stick with one size or mix...

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Some December Daily Ideas for Days You Don't Have Much Happening

December Daily is really a labour of love. Making 25 or more pages for one project is a lot and sometimes there's just not much happening...

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Using Trello for Scrapbook Planning (+ Video)

Let's talk scrapbook organising and planning. Trello is a free project organising app that you can log into via your desktop or devices...

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What to Scrapbook?

I have some projects that have a narrow focus (like music, food or even Project Life) which makes it easy to know what types of stories...

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Mid-Year Review & Taking Stock

At the end of last year, I took a hard look at my scrapbooking and where I wanted to go with this hobby (HERE) and my two main take-aways...

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The Rules Are..There Are No Rules

My elevator-pitch definition of scrapbooking would simply be: Telling a story with photos and words on a piece of paper. When I picture a...

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A New Year's Scrapbooking Pep Talk

In my 'real' life I struggle with people-pleasing and perfectionism. Always have. Reaching my 40's has done a lot to curb that - you just...