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Post by Linda on Dec 27, 2017 18:54:47 GMT
the countdown to the new year is on...and that means time to reflect on the passing year and look ahead to the new one. What are you hoping to accomplish in the new year as far as scrapbooking and papercrafting?
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Post by Linda on Dec 27, 2017 19:00:58 GMT
I think PROGRESS is where I'm at - I made progress in 2017 and I hope to build on that in 2018
Current Scrapping:
-finish 2017
-keep up with 2018
-keep up with DD11's GS album (she'll bridge in Sept and I would like the Junior one finished for bridging)
-keep up with DD17's GS album (she'll bridge to Adults over the summer and I would like her final album done by then)
-keep up with DS's Okinawa album
Backlog Scrapping:
-keep plugging away at finishing pre-2016 family albums
-scrap at least two trip alums
-scrap DS's Bootcamp/A-school album
Organising etc...
-keep buying actual albums
-scan all completed albums
-continue to go through supplies and get rid of ones I don't want/need
-use my Cricut more
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 27, 2017 19:06:25 GMT
Scrap more consistently
Go back and fill in years where I don't have a lot of pages (2005-2008), I shouldn't have to print photos...
Work on pages about my childhood (with photos if they exist)
Get the giant pile of kid art/school work scrapped/in albums/photographed, out from under the huge pile in my scrap space.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 27, 2017 19:37:30 GMT
Last year I knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish, and I didn't. Made a big dent but no where near made my goal.
My initial goal is to work on current pics. The challenge is finding the supplies I know I have to use with them. My disorganization is off the charts but I am not even going to dream about getting organized this year.
My long term goal for the year is to stay caught up on current pics and keep plugging away on my living history project. I may take a break from that for a smaller project like DH and my honeymoon 30 years ago. I have 2 retreats and two convention crops this year that I need a somewhat large project for.
My boys are grown so doing their current pics is much less important than getting the older ones scrapped, but I enjoy doing the current pics so I'll keep on with those for awhile.
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Post by Elsabelle on Dec 27, 2017 22:38:28 GMT
My goals for 2018 are simple. I want to find the perfect desk. Does it really exist? I hope so because I know that being better organized and enjoying my space will help me scrap more often. Which leads me to my second goal - scrap more often. That’s it. I just want to enjoy my space and scrap more. I don’t feel like I need to shop less and I don’t have specific goals. I didn’t scrap a lot this year and I’m a little sad about that. Hopefully this year will bring me more scrappy joy.
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Post by paperamy on Dec 27, 2017 23:55:57 GMT
My goals for 2018: Catch up with 2015, 2016,2017 PL. I think I have a couple months in 2015 undone, almost entire 2016 undone, and 2017 has about 5 months unfinished. I got a laptop for an early Christmas present and I’ve developed a good process from picking photos, printing photos and screenshots, and then putting spreads together. I can get a spread done in about 30 minutes start to finish, so I plan on staying current in 2018 on Wednesdays and doing older spreads on Saturday/Sundays. Organize supplies I’ve gotten from Black Friday sales AND dedicate myself to using them this year or no BF sales in 2018. That’s pretty much it for me.  |
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Post by freeatlast on Dec 28, 2017 0:06:40 GMT
2018 goals:
1) Make and donate 1,200 cards. Yeah, that's a big number but I need to push myself.
2) Find a memory keeping process that works and use it throughout the year.
3) Make time to be creative daily. Or most days.
4) Continue to get rid of crafty supplies that I won't/don't use.
5) During that daily creative time, try new things - drawing, painting, mixed media, etc. Don't worry about failing, just play with the pretty things!
ETA:
6) Shop in a mindful, purposeful way, not just because I like it or think it's cute.
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 28, 2017 0:13:23 GMT
I bought paper today to make a double paged Christmas layout. That is all I am committing to so far!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 28, 2017 1:45:48 GMT
My goal is to try to make time to scrap more often.
It is so much easier to read for a few minutes before I call asleep, than to try to muster enough energy to start a layout.
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Post by leeny on Dec 28, 2017 2:17:59 GMT
Finish organizing my craft room
Make the cards I have been wanting to and actually mail them out to people throughout the year
Go through my unfinished projects and either finish or get rid of them
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 28, 2017 3:16:26 GMT
Scrap more, spend less.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 4:38:20 GMT
My goals are I think a bit lofty considering how much I'm going to have on my plate - newborn baby, toddler, full-time study and planning a wedding! But I'm setting them anyway and we'll see how I go.
1. Stay up to date with my 2018 PL album
2. Finish off 2016 & 2017 PL albums
3. Finish my daughter's First Year album
4. Stay on top of my son's First Year album
5. Week in the Life & December Daily albums
6. Create 5-6 scrapbook layouts per month
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 28, 2017 5:16:20 GMT
To actually DO some scrapbooking! Due to a strange set of circumstances over the course of the year, I don’t think I completed a single layout this year. Not one. And not because I didn’t want to either because I truly did. Between being busy with stuff for DD’s school, helping out DH with his business, having surgery and recovering from that, sewing projects for Halloween, other crafty projects for other holidays and DD’s birthday and my studio being a near total dumpster fire mess most of the year, it just wasn’t happening.
It’s pretty clean now (by dumpster fire standards, meaning the work tables are at least clear and my desk is fairly cleared off) so I really need to find some times that work for my friends and invite them to come over more regularly and work on stuff.
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Post by crystalb on Dec 28, 2017 15:32:29 GMT
I met and exceeded my goal for 2017, a layout for each day (total 365). Now I didn't scrap everyday but there were days I knocked out tons and then days I did nothing but it all evened out. I think I am over 450/500 now thanks to the 3 awesome crops I went to.
This year I want to use my Silhouette and stamps on at least every third layout/project. They are WOEFULLY neglected. I also want to make at least 20-30 minutes a day to do SOMETHING with paper. It calms me, helps me focus and lessens my issues so it is very beneficial to me. I hope to be able to do it. I know I won't hit all 365 days but if I can do it 5 days a week I will be in a much better mental state. I also want to thin out my paper. I usually do that the first of the year, so coming up soon I will go through it all and donate to the kids school. I like refreshing my mind on what I have and purging out what I know I wont use.
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 28, 2017 15:47:57 GMT
For 2018,
I would like to build a system for keeping and using memorabilia. A left undone goal from 2017
Scrap more, spend less.
Continue buying albums to switch my layouts over.
I would like to start and finish another year of Christmas pages.
I would like to create 132 layouts = 80 layouts for Calvinball in March and 1 layout a week for the year.
I would like to devote more time to other crafts (thus the only 1 layout per week goal) and to cleaning and home projects.
updated 12/26/2018 4 out of 6 ain't bad...
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 28, 2017 15:50:08 GMT
crystalb, WOW! way to go! That is some truly awe inspiring page productions you have.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 19:25:11 GMT
1. Move my scrap room to my daughter's old bedroom and out of the den
2. Scrap regularly - contemplating setting a schedule
3. Use not buy (except for adhesive, pp's)
4. Print the damn pictures and be better at backing up my files
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Post by wallyagain on Dec 28, 2017 19:32:18 GMT
A leftover goal from last year, print my darned photos. I like to print my photos and have them sorted. I am behind back to 2015, eek.
Just do more scrapping, I have time after work Tuesday to Friday, so there is no reason I couldn’t scrap. I just have to do it.
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Post by streetscrapper on Dec 28, 2017 19:46:17 GMT
I bought paper today to make a double paged Christmas layout. That is all I am committing to so far! HAHA! Yeah, me too. But mostly it is to spend less and use the stuff I've had for years and never opened... and as I say this, I am travelling to the US tomorrow for the weekend and fully intend to hit Joanns, Hobby Lobby and a great scrapbook store that I haven't been to in far too long. I guess this goal will start in 2018! LOL |
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Post by steakgoddess on Dec 28, 2017 20:05:29 GMT
I want to wrap up scrapping 2016 and get a huge chunk of 2017 finished.
I need to finish a 2015 Disney album, a 2016 Girls Trip Disney Album, and a 2017 Disney Album.
At least the 2015 and 2016 albums are 3/4 finished.
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Post by msliz on Dec 28, 2017 20:40:23 GMT
2018's goals are to:
Finish the two vacation albums I started this year.
Start and finish a 6x8 book of all our Hanukkahs since 1998, something I can take out each year along with the seasonal decorations.
Scan and edit heritage photos and give them to my siblings.
And begin an art journal.
That's plenty.
With the exception of some small travel albums, I'm not going to scrap any of 2018 until 2019, but if I get the opportunity I'd like to continue to go backward in time to scrap my kids' early years.
ETA: go to monthly day crops! And there's a cork board project I've been wanting to do. And I want to make holiday cards again this year.
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Post by mamakoala on Dec 28, 2017 20:47:33 GMT
I dont have a ton of goals other than to keep crafting as much as possible I want to improve my card making techniques. I want to paint my craft room. I want to install a proper ac in my craft room so it can be used over the summer. I want to use up my last 3 months of SG kits!! |
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Post by ellewood on Dec 28, 2017 20:47:40 GMT
I think Id like to stop shopping so much. Specifically, I will do my best to stay far away from warehouse boxes because they almost always disappoint (though my stingy heart has a hard time passing up a bargain!). I'd like not to be collecting stuff I don't love, it's not worth it! Hopefully as a side effect, I'll use up what I already own!
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Post by carolynhasacat on Dec 28, 2017 20:50:17 GMT
This thread is so inspiring. I haven't thought too much about what I want to get done in 2018, beyond making a dent in partially finished December Daily albums from several years. Maybe do some heritage scrapping like msliz. crystalb - wow! amazing amount of LOs! You go, girl! LisaDV - GREAT idea about a system for memorabilia. That is something I need to do, too, but never think about. |
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Post by infochick on Dec 28, 2017 20:54:18 GMT
Hmmm...I looked at my 2017 goals, and I (sadly) wasn't particularly successful, so I am going to recommit to those goals, including doing a year of project life, organizing my scrap space, and doing the whole use more buy less thing. I did have a couple of successes, including finishing one big trip album and using a few of my mixed media supplies, so I want to build on those successes and keep using some of my supplies that will "expire" (paints, pastes, markers, etc.) and some of my more "investment" supplies like stamps, dies, and my Silhouette.
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Post by alone_inacrowdedroom on Dec 29, 2017 3:59:12 GMT
-Use at least one stamp on every layout. I have so many gorgeous clear stamps, I want to use them more
-Create a stamp inventory/at-a-glance visual guide
-Continue ordering prints monthly or bi-monthly
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Post by mom on Dec 29, 2017 4:19:26 GMT
I want to go back through previous PL albums and make sure they are all caught up. I've done PL for 6 years and I know atleast one year was never completed. I also want to keep up with 2018 PL.
I also want to complete a couple of travel albums - I have the photos, papers, memeroablia, etc all I need to do it get the 6x8 album put together.
I also am determined to make scrapbook layouts. The past two years, I have barely done any actual layouts. Everything has been PL. So I want to get back to making actual pages again.
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Post by steakgoddess on Dec 29, 2017 4:56:08 GMT
I think Id like to stop shopping so much. Specifically, I will do my best to stay far away from warehouse boxes because they almost always disappoint (though my stingy heart has a hard time passing up a bargain!). I'd like not to be collecting stuff I don't love, it's not worth it! Hopefully as a side effect, I'll use up what I already own! Warehouse boxes are my downfall, too! |
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Post by ecvnj58 on Dec 29, 2017 13:03:13 GMT
I’m going to set some goals this year. My word is steady and I would like to make steady progress on this scrapbook thing.
Continue a photo a day. I’m on day 70 of my 4th 365. I would like to continue and add more self portraiture.
Do a monthly DITL. I do one photo an hour. I did probably 8/12 months this year.
Do WITL. I loved this last year. It came out great.
Learn photoshop. I would like to do photo editing and digital scrapbooking. I can’t figure out if I want to commit to $10 a month but I waste money on so many worse things.
I recently unkitted all my kits. I have a plastic box filled with felicity jane papers and another filled with felicity Jane embellishments. I love this stuff and am trying to use it. I would like to make steady progress on using it.
I would like to do project life in 2018 using my stash and kits from ali. My kids say so many adorable things that I want to capture in this.
Also stop shopping so darn much. I say that as I have 10000 things coming from studio calico.
Finish December daily 2017. Start December daily 2016.
Post on my crafty Instagram more. This year I posted 76 posts which were mostly layouts. I would like to continue that.
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 29, 2017 13:32:38 GMT
Do a monthly DITL. I do one photo an hour. I said last year I wanted to do a WITL but every quarter to really snapshot our life, but I think a DITL every month is probably more doable and such a brilliant idea. Thanks |
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