Are you more intentional with your scrapbooking?

I didn't scrapbook when my kids were growing up. I am in awe of the moms who are able to do that.

The first albums I made were one for each of my children, a life-in-review album for each. So I did some family background, a couple of pages for each of the activities we did as a family each year, a couple for each child's favorite sport, a couple for elementary school, a couple for high school, and then some of the things that were unique and special to that person.

Looking back, it was easy to be intentional. I laid out all the photos (though no where near as many as I would have today) of a particular activity, and then chose just enough for those two pages. I didn't have 100 photos from one hockey tournament!

What I do now is record my dgk's experiences and personalities from my perspective. I do it as a fun experience I can share with them, but also as a way to keep my memories of the events and interactions alive. It is an experience of anticipation, action, and reflection, but not one of meticulous planning.

I try (but am not always successful) to--as the Brit TV show calls it--"curb my enthusiasm" when acquiring supplies, but most of my scrapping is done at home, far from a scrap store, and I enjoy the process most when I have lots of options. Often when I tell myself in store that I "need only ONE" of something, undoubtedly I will get home and realize I could have used two, or four, or...

So many of the activities in our lives need to be meticulously planned. Scrapbooking isn't one of them. I would hope when I am gone that the kids &/or grandkids will want to keep &/or share my pages. But if not, that is okay, too. It was FUN while it lasted!

I agree with this sentiment. I do not plan or scrap intentionally in the way that Becky means and I don't generally want to put those kinds of restrictions on myself. It's my hobby and it's fun and I focus on that aspect of it. I generally don't worry/care what happens to my books after I'm gone. So far, I'm lucky in that DS really loves and cherishes his books, but he's only 12 and may change his mind. And that's OK with me. 

Nope. I hope that as my kids get older, I'll be able to add a shelving unit or two to house completed albums that I can trust them to access without destroying them. Worst case, some albums will end up in storage or something.

My supplies far outnumber my completed albums at this point, but I scrapbook because it brings me joy (joy in the process and joy in preserving memories)...doing the math as to how many albums I can fit does not.

I do this with my season albums each year.  I may move a season to a fatter album if the pages are not fitting, or separate out one event or weekend to make a separate album, but I really want to see an end point to the season--at least in my mind.  It might be a date.  Or a change in the weather.  Or a tradition.  But it has to make sense to me at the time.  I certainly don't plan for this kind of stuff ahead.

My only intention is to not have more than one 12x12 per year. But i reserve the right to change my mind. The end result looks like me dead and whomever is left alive does whatever they want with my scrapbooks. I'll be dead, can't see that i'll be capable of caring at that point. Easy peasy.

I guess I'm somewhat intentional? As in, I'm going to scrap this trip and put it in this album.

But I don't restrict the photos to fit the album! I buy album(s) big enough to scrap the photos I want to include!

I understand her concept, but with only one child still at home, my life is different and it's not necessary for me to do it that way. If I had three or four kids at home still, I might look at things differently. But for me, I scrap our lives here and now, as much or as little as I feel like doing. Whatever happens to the albums after I'm gone isn't up to me.

My only intentions are to have fun with my hobby and tell the stories I want to tell. I'm not concerned with how many albums I'll have to store, how many pages per album, or anything Becky Higgins has to say about scrapbooking. I don't have an end in mind. I'm just having fun.

Nope I just scrap whatever pictures move me whether they be selfies, trip photos, events or heritage...So many other areas in life to be precise...my hobby isn't one of them for me!!

Nah.

I don't rightly care how many scrapbooks I end up making. I do it because I enjoy it and I like the chronological history of our family. I have about 45 12x12 albums that document 1998-2016. I'm still working on 2016.

I have always been ultra-intentional. I never thought about doing it any other way. Each kid (now grown) has about 7 albums. I have about 5 family albums that contain mostly vacations. There are gaps here and there, and a lot of family trips still to add, but the empty pages are there just waiting to be filled.

Since the kids left home, I have done a series of 8x8 season albums, my first break from 12x12. Now I just use a 9x12 SC pocket-page album that holds all family events, large and small, in chronological order. Each album will probably hold about 3 years, and I have 3 total. Every album I purchase has a plan, and they get filled as soon as photos are printed or 12x12 pages are complete.

It's practically a scientific process as this point! For fun and play, I do mixed media projects, make cards, and create my own decorative journaling and title cards. I admire the way everyone just works on whatever strikes them, but I can't imagine it for myself. Maybe I should try it more often.

Yes...this!

The only "intentional" thing I have done is to show my DS2 the ONE album not to toss. It is a genealogical type album my mother put together that goes back 6 generations. He was very determined that these would stay with someone in the family. I also strongly suggested he keep or give away the photo albums my grandparents did in the late 1910s. There are 2 albums. One has pictures my grandfather took while he was away in the army and the other album has pictures my grandmother took during the same time frame.

I told him I would appreciate him looking through the rest, pull out anything he would like to keep. He is not that interested in going through them but is going to make sure to offer them to anyone who might want them. As far as the rest went? I showed him were I keep the emergency lighter and matches. He is debating, in a joking way, between a bbq and the more practical trash can approach.

All I can say is

i would spend a lot of money if I could get my hands on scrapbooks made by either of my grand mothers, my sister and I talk often about how much we wish they had been scrapbookers