Fluff: Making stuff halfway and then abandoning it

I scrapbook and also have a scrapbook-mixed media style journal. No other crafts.

Scrapbooking is my passion, my therapy, my favorite thing. I would never abandon it. I take breaks, then go back to it.

I scrapbook in chronological order. I rarely skip ahead.  Once in a rare while, if I am stuck on a layout....then I will skip ahead to the next photo(s), then go immediately go back to the previous photo(s) and layout.
I have a hard time going out of order. I am crazy like that . I would rather take a break from it, than to go out of order.

I found I did this when I jumped into projects I found enticing without any forethought. Engaging in some introspection about my current motivation and goals for the hobby helped me better adapt and personalize projects so they’re in alignment with my goals. The Plan, Prep, Play class on Ali Edward’s site helped me in this regard.

Maybe thinking about ways of incorporating new techniques into your existing scrappy goals might help?

I may resemble that remark.

My problem is that I have a limited amount of creativity. I often try to find others artists to use for inspiration, but quickly find I don’t have the skills necessary to complete a project.

Even with that, I do find a certain amount of satisfaction in the process of creating even if the project is never finished. So there’s that.

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As to how I found a way to complete more projects?

For me, it has been a matter of allowing myself to do things my way, and change the process as I go along. I found that by trying to stay with a certain structure or process just because that’s the way other people do it or it was considered the “right” or “correct” way, was far too confining and resulted in frustration and disappointment.

For example, after years of scrapbooking and card making, I recently began the paper crafting hobby of glue books and collage.  I was excited to find a paper craft where I could use my large stash of scrapbooking supplies.

One of the Facebook groups I joined seemed to be just what I was looking for. In January, I started on the admin’s weekly collage challenge. I was looking forward to sharing my collage art with like minded paper crafters. However, when I inquired about the appropriateness of using my scrapbook paper supplies, I was quickly shut down. The name of the group has the word vintage in it, and they strictly adhere to all items on the collage page being old/vintage. I was so disappointed.

After stepping away from the project for several weeks, I finally decided that this was an opportunity for me to make something that was strictly for me, by doing it the way I want, with no limitations.  I follow the prompts, but interpret them my way. I use anything and everything that I have in my stash.*I* have NO rules!  I do not nor will I ever share my pages with anyone and I’m good with that. 

I’m doing things that are fun. I have come to the conclusion that the end result isn’t as important as the process itself. I’m doing what I love. And that in itself is reason enough to complete each and every project.

I have some projects that I have started and now have waiting in containers, but since I usually scrap my kids' books, I guess I don't have too many.

This is 100% me. As I've been unpacking/organizing, I've found SO many partially completed projects - most of them mini albums or non-card/layout paper crafty things. I'm not sure if I will ever finish them, or what I should do with them. For now I'm stacking them in 12x12 Iris containers that I've labeled WIP. I figure it's a problem for future-me to solve.

This is me. I have sooo many partially finished pages/projects. I'm not sure if I will go back and finish them, but I have been trying to finish things before I move on to something else. But the new ideas, the shopping for supplies is always more exciting to me than actually doing the thing. And that is obvious by looking around at my stash 

I do that with travel albums. I am all excited about scrapping vacation pics after I get home, then get half way through and get inspired by something else, or go on another trip.

Oh Yes.
I recently destashed some of my sewing stuff and was shocked at the unopened kits I had and no desire to use them .
Thankfully I was able to recoup a small amount at a garage sale at my local quilt store 

Well, every yearly album I've started since 1998 is unfinished, so yep, I definitely do this too.

I have albums that are unfinished but not layouts. I find that layouts are usually small enough that I can push through and make sure that I finish them. I do have some big album projects that I have been working on for a long time. One from a trip in 2013, and another from a trip in 2016. Since I don't scrap chronologically I'm not too fussed about either of these projects. They will get done eventually. For both books there is an element of organization that needs to happen before I can wrap them up and that is way less fun than just finding some photos and sitting down to scrapbook.

Now don't even ask me about my knitting/sewing/weaving projects...I have a ton of half finished projects. They reside in what I call the Cupboard of Shame.