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Post by mikklynn on Dec 20, 2022 13:58:22 GMT
I tried and stalled out several times in 2022. So I let it go. It was a bad year and I don't ever know if I will go back and scrapbook it. I think I've finally worked through some things. I feel like I am Ina much better place now and I'm doing journal your Christmas and I wasn't sure if I would scrapbook this month but now I'm really leaning toward the fact that I do need to do it. For my own peace of mind. I'm 2023 I plan to resume my project life. I feel I'm ready again. I have let my disappointment over not scrapping 2022 go. I share many of your feelings. I have no intention of scrapping DH's illness or passing. My scrapbooking is an activity meant to be fun for me and an escape. I only scrapbook what I feel like scrapbooking. |
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Post by Neisey on Dec 21, 2022 4:04:10 GMT
I’m a slow scrapper and I’m ok with that 😉 My production has always been low compared to my scrappy friends.
This year I was very pleased that I got my craft room organized and tidy and that I started having friends over again to craft with me. J didn’t do too much spending as the closet SB store is almost 1.5 hours from me. I do a bit of on-line shopping but really like to see things before I buy them.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 21, 2022 10:37:54 GMT
I barely have. And I don't feel good about it at all.I
At the beginning of the year I was still sort of sharing a space that I was able to sometimes use to scrap (and where I had all my stuff organized and available).
Then fairly early in the year, i needed to put my stuff away in the basement so the shared space could be a solo space for an adult family member.
Even though I technically have a very small bin with some scrap paper & photos in it on a shelf in the dining room, I haven't actually scrapped at all since putting my stuff in the basement.
For 2023 I really, really want to somehow make being able to scrap again a priority.
It is my therapy.
It was the only thing that was mine, and an escape.
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 21, 2022 14:26:26 GMT
LavenderLayoutLady I hope you can find a way to make it happen. Scrapbooking has been my therapy for a long time.
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Post by Elsabelle on Dec 21, 2022 19:48:56 GMT
Even though I technically have a very small bin with some scrap paper & photos in it on a shelf in the dining room, I haven't actually scrapped at all since putting my stuff in the basement. I went through that very same thing. I didn't scrap at all when my stuff was in the basement. I tried bringing stuff upstairs but it just wasn't the same. When I moved from that house to another house where I had a scrap room all to myself it took me a while to get started again. I was so out of practice. Anyway, I hope you can figure something out. Hobbies are good for us. |
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Post by joyfulnana on Dec 26, 2022 16:55:28 GMT
If anyone else shares their craft room with their office I'd love tips on how to mentally separate the two. I have WFH for 7 years and had my craft room and office in the same room. I could not mentally separate the two and I ended up moving my scrap space. Now it shares my bedroom. It's not ideal and I'm not exactly crazy about the arrangement, but I couldn't make myself spend my scrappy time in the same room I work all week in. I hope you have good luck keeping them separated! I'm not happy at all with my 2022 scrapping. I could never get any traction and just had no mojo most of the time. The word that came to mind all year was fallow. So I gave scrapping a rest. I got less than 20 pages done. I have so many projects and pages in my head that it's hard to know where to start, so not starting became the default. I'm working on organizing things so that I have a better flow. I also feel my scrappy feelings bubbling to the surface and that desire coming back. LavenderLayoutLady I hope you can find a way to scrap again. It's hard when things are in different rooms/places. |
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Post by Linda on Dec 27, 2022 16:02:06 GMT
If anyone else shares their craft room with their office I'd love tips on how to mentally separate the two. I don't work from home but if you can set the room up to have 2 specific areas/stations - preferably where you aren't sitting/standing to scrap where you're looking directly at the working area. Kallax and the like make good space dividers - perhaps visually split the room into two section and use storage furniture as the divider/wall. If the room configuration allows it - I would have the office furthest from the door and the scrapbook area closer - that way you're not walking through the office everytime you want to scrap. |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 27, 2022 20:21:19 GMT
I just finished my 2021 album yesterday. 😂
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