Friday, April 17, 2009

Scrapbooking - Where Do I Start Again?





I'm a seasoned scrapbooker so it's not where do I start as in I'm new to this but it's more like I've not touched my scrapbooks in so long I have no idea where to start. We've moved the last 2 summers and that has seriously put a cramp into my scrapbooking time. I did manage a crop over a year ago now back in January 2008 when I spent a couple weeks with my mom. I got 70 pages completed that weekend (go me!) But since then...I'm lucky if I've done 50 pages. I attended a crop last month at my local scrapbook store, Beach Scrapbooks. But did I get there this month? Nope. *sigh*

I needed to figure out where to start. I have albums 1/2 done, 3/4 done, completed but needs journaling - scrapbookers understand where I'm coming from.

Today I literally sat down and went through my albums and came up with a list. I'm hoping this will motivate me and now that the man is working some really late hours, I plan to use that time to get some pages done here and there....

I have my completely finished albums, my almost there - ya know the ones that are pretty much done but not quite done - need journaling or a few photos printed up to finish a layout or two...., then I have the albums in progress. These are the ones I'm trying to actively work on (but I've not done a very good job) and then there's the not even started list - yes I have a not even started list... daunting huh?
So, here's where I'm at:

Completed Albums:
Big Island Vacation (2002)
Wedding Album (1987)
Portrait Album (all family and kid portraits;finished until I have something to add)
Nascar (until the man hits another race)
#1 Travel (France, Germany and Japan vacations)
#2 Travel (2004 DC, New York City, Virginia vacation)
20th Anniversary 8x8 album
Cub Scout Album (8.5 x11 album)
Outrigger Canoe Club Album (8x8 gift to my oldest son)
#1 Navy Album (bootcamp to RTC Great Lakes years)
#1 USS Olympia Album
#1 RTC, Great Lakes years (1997-1999)
#1 Hawaii (2001)
#2 Hawaii (2002)
Christmas Card/Letter Album (added to each year with letters and cards)

Almost there:
#1 Boy Scout Album
#2 Boy Scout Album
(need to add Eagle Scout projects and Eagle Scout Court of Honor to both boys albums)
#2 USS Olympia Album (gotta get this done....)
#2 RTC GL Years (2000-2001)
Groton Years (1993-97) just a few pages left in this one
#3 Hawaii (2003)
#4 Hawaii (2004)

In Progress:
HAWAII ABC album (8x8)
My Childhood (8.5x11)
Glory Album (this is another Navy Album it holds Sr. Enlisted Academy, Sgt Major Academy and NSTPC...it'll also hold my husbands current command - this should be the last Navy album other than a retirement album....)

Not even started:
#5+ Hawaii years (2005, 2006, 2007)
Texas (2007-2008)
Virginia (2008-present)
Tyler's baby album (um, he's 18 now)
Corey's baby album (gonna be 17 in July)
Alyssa's baby album (turns 15 on Tuesday)

1 comment:

ibeeeg said...

Scrapbooking can be daunting especially when you get out of the groove.
I am switching to digital scrapbooking...have the software and the know-how but have I done any yet? Not really. I have found myself whipping up real quick yearly albums for dh's christmas gift (he complains all the time that I do not print pics). Those albums are not my pride but at least they are there.

I should put my scrapbooking back onto my to-do list...monthly??

Good luck!