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Post by Texas Scrap on Sept 30, 2024 14:12:51 GMT
Read all of the comments and then watched the video. I think for me, I have a lot of inconsistency in what and when I scrapbooked chronologically + trips over the past 30 years. The only thing I have done with decent consistency is December Daily, and even some of those I have gone back and done earlier years. I get so overwhelmed by the idea of going back through albums that are half done and trying to make order out of them so a project like this might immobilize me. This is helpful to me in the sense that it makes me think about what I might ideally want to do with all of my albums, how I might go back and fill in years and trips that are not done. I have boxes of printed photos in iris storage by year that are just sitting in boxes. I have gone back and looked at a few, but not much. My Dec Daily albums I look at at least some of them every December and put them out, like decor. So those albums are like gold to me:). I do need to organize and document what is and is not actually done for both of my kids - I started baby albums for both but then was inconsistent after that. I have also been inconsistent with trips. I think looking at this makes me wonder what would be the ideal way to both store things i want to keep, but won’t look at often, as well as how I want to store things I want to make more accessible to look at AND catalogue what I have not done so that I can decide if I want to finally document. Travel is probably my biggest weak point on scrapbooking. We look back at photos of trips on my phone ALOT, so that seems like a good thing for me to go back and document. In my first 10 years of scrapbooking I did a great job capturing the details of my trips in journaling. My photography was not good at all, but I did a good enough job with the journaling to make up for it - that was late 90s, early 2000, so before iPhone and before I owned one  . All of say, her video is making me think, which is a gift in and of itself. |
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Post by needtime2scrap on Sept 30, 2024 14:16:58 GMT
It wouldn't work for me either but I get why she would do it. Albums are expensive and take up space and if you rarely look at them again this would be a good alternative. Though the cardboard box made me cringe...just a hint of moisture and that thing is done.
For me, I'd rather flip though an album. Do I do it all the time, no but I have too many to change over now. *But* if I decide that the space is too much I think I would do digital versions into a photo book and possibly put the completed albums into a cold storage space. I might even do the boxes but I would choose something other than cardboard.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 30, 2024 14:29:09 GMT
And again…if you are creating for internet content or as a product advertisement…most of us don’t create the volume of pages that she does I only came back to scrapbooking in 2012. I have 12 albums of project life. Right now those 12 albums take up three cubes. I'm also working on my son's childhood. Those layouts are in 4 albums. I also use my Kallax for storage of my supplies. The only one who flips through my albums is me. I can just as easily pull out a box and look through layouts. I don't have any desire to go back and create an index. I can just label what is in the box. The more I think about this, the more I think this is a good option for me. |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 30, 2024 14:40:59 GMT
More thoughts, I would not get rid of all albums. I would keep my current year PL in an album because I think it would be easier to work on that way. Storing previous years in a box I would include a separator between years.
I've just started scrapbooking DS' childhood. He's 34. Most photos through age 10 are not digital. I'm not scrapbooking his childhood chronologically. I have his childhood separated into location. So ages birth-four in Texas is all together, ages 5-10 in Georgia together, etc. none of those layouts are scrapped or organized chronologically either. I pick and choose which photos from a location to scrap and I add to that album when done. A lot of times have no idea when they were taken other than within the years we lived in a location. Storing them in a box or remembering the order won't be an issue. I would probably keep them in an album until it was filled, then transfer to box and continue on.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 30, 2024 14:55:14 GMT
To be fair, if you plan on handing down your LOs to the next generation, I'd recommend continuing to use albums. The boxed approach likely only makes sense to some established scrapbookers to begin with.
I'm firmly in the "memory books" gang but I can see how other documenters would prefer the box method. I see the boxes like a more generic archival approach. Some, like me, still prefer the library approach to memories. And I guess for others still, it'll be a mix of both (like baby albums and December Daily albums the library way, older large LOs in boxes).
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Sept 30, 2024 16:48:38 GMT
I watched the video and she mentioned that she could pull a layout and pass it around while her family is reminiscing. That seems like a lot of work! I know when my family gets together, I will sometimes pull out a vacation album so we can look back and remember.
I’m probably the opposite of most scrappers, I started with mini books and only started more recently in 12x12 for PL. I have a few big albums for my daughter, her first year and high school, but otherwise I did minis. So I have them all stored in plastic totes and pull them out as decor, like someone else mentioned. December Daily, Halloween, Spring, vacations and all of my daughter’s earlier school years.
So I guess it seems like looking at one isolated layout, or pulling out a box for someone to look through does not seem enjoyable.
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Post by scrapcat on Sept 30, 2024 17:03:29 GMT
I didn't see video yet, but in 2022 I bought a Pioneer photo storage box to start keeping some layouts. My one kallax is full of albums, and another shelf is pretty full. I use WRMK faux leather albums and was finding they do start to wear out over time and really can't overstuff them for that reason.
I am trying the box because most LOs I just make for the process and for me. No one is looking through it, so I don't need it to be in an album. I am having some construction done to house and will have some more shelving for my albums, but plan to continue to put in box for now.
I never go back and change anything I've done already, so I have my albums and will continue to add to box, make mini albums, or add albums where I want.
I try to always use what I have instead of changing everything over, like for storage solutions, so if I change the way I do it, I start at that point and leave what's done done. I don't like to change for aesthetic or trendy reasons as to not waste what is already there or my time.
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Post by boymom5 on Sept 30, 2024 20:15:35 GMT
I haven’t watched the video yet but just the idea doesn’t sit with me. I often have little hands looking at albums and for ease as well as me not going crazy with pages left all around and ruined, I prefer albums.
Now also with that said, I currently have piles of layouts in iris containers….
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Post by joblackford on Sept 30, 2024 20:43:08 GMT
Ooh, I watched this yesterday and knew you guys would have thoughts!  I think the key thing she mentioned is that NO ONE currently looks through her albums. She doesn't bring them out to browse, doesn't have little kids paging through them. They are more like archives. I suspect she gets 95% of the joy just in making them. While this system may also not get looked at very often, I can see a situation where she would gather a few related pages together for a birthday party or other gathering and be able to have them out on coffee tables and for people to take a look. I'm sure she wouldn't pull out a whole box for people to dig through at a party! And I totally agree with her that it's awkward to put a giant album in someone's hands and expect them to look through and be able to carry on a conversation. (regular non scrappers, that is). Most people I know either page through so fast you can tell they're thinking "that's nice ( kill me now)" or they feel like they should notice every detail and barely make it through a few pages. It's hard to show other people what you're talking about and in my experience once the talking starts the album just gets put aside. Maybe some families can, but my albums have barely ever been touched. I do like the "book" aspect of scrapbooking which is why I make small photo books that can be mailed to family overseas, and easily handled and shared. My initial reaction to the boxes was hell no, but mostly because I can't handle the idea of managing that many pages in any storage system. If I were her kid I would be dreading inheriting that, tbh. But I'm not her, and it sounds like this may work well for her, even if the boxes turn out to be an archive where pages go to die, just like her albums were. Definitely a "your mileage may vary" idea. |
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 30, 2024 20:46:33 GMT
Nothing about this works for me. Way too anal for it. How do you whip out your Costa Rica album to bring it upstairs when you want to do research for a hotel and places to visit for trip #2? I feel like her layouts are more like product than loved pictures. Of course, it works for her, so that is just my nope button talking.
I kind of feel like this is something new and might work for others. Right now I am just getting my ephemera storage back from trying to put it all in binders. That looked like a good idea, but it so did not work for me. I just didn't use it. I have a good 50+ books that are in a huge room and space isn't an issue. I like being able to whip out a 1995 book to see what my kid looks like compared to his daughter. Everyone passes it around and then the last person puts it back on the shelf in the space. In two seconds.
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Post by mbanda on Sept 30, 2024 21:53:44 GMT
My immediate reaction was "NOPE" - this wouldn't be a preferred method of storage for me. I like having my albums out and we do tend to look through them. Do I still have several Iris totes with layouts...yep! I haven't put those in albums yet but they will eventually end up there.
BUT if it works for her or others (and it seems like it does) then great!
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Post by A7 on Oct 1, 2024 6:00:14 GMT
Reading this thread, it seems the crucial point is whether or not someone is looking at your layouts. And it makes a lot of sense, too.
For scrapbookers who share their pages with family and friends, it's absurd. For those who scrapbook for themselves, it's a good alternative. 😁 Of course, no right or wrong opinion.
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Post by janamke on Oct 1, 2024 19:24:53 GMT
When first saw this post I was "No way, that is the dumbest idea."
Then I watched the video. And I'm thinking about this. A lot.
Scrapbooking is about preserving the memories for sure, but it's mostly about the creative outlet for me. My kids more often than myself, go back and look through albums.
I purchased a special shelving unit to fit the 12x12 binders. 12 albums fit on one shelf, I have 4 shelves total. 2.5 are full. Honestly, I hate the way it looks. And I recently discovered the messy, peeling WRMK albums others have complained about. I have no desire to replace those albums at $30 each.
In the next year or so we plan on adding builtins in the family room where albums are kept, deep cabinet storage on the bottom, shelves on the top. I can really see storing via the box method, at least some of my albums. I have 13 project life albums, they get looked at the least. I might box them. Maybe keep my kids favorites out, their first year and school albums.
This is giving me a lot to think about.
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Post by gizzy on Oct 2, 2024 1:05:22 GMT
Not having them protected by page protectors wouldn't work for my family. They'd be bent and grubby in no time.
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Post by A7 on Oct 2, 2024 5:52:34 GMT
Not having them protected by page protectors wouldn't work for my family. They'd be bent and grubby in no time. She keeps the page protectors. |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Oct 3, 2024 4:00:00 GMT
I actually hate this idea. To each their own of course, but to me part of the fun is telling the story in the book format. I obsess over the order that my pages go in, because it has to make sense and flow with the story I’m trying to tell in the album. The box just seems like a storage solution and not a cute one. Also she says her layouts have been looked at more. Well yeah because she is testing it out, but once those boxes get stored away, who is going to want to drag out the boxes, look thru her index sheets, pull the layouts, etc. Even the way she has it now, I bet nobody wants to actually look thru the layouts in the box on the bottom because that would require moving the top two boxes.
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Post by steakgoddess on Oct 3, 2024 4:45:59 GMT
Not my jam.
I can see why it appeals, but I love looking through an album.
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Post by cbscrapper on Oct 6, 2024 16:29:21 GMT
Well, that’s one way to come up with some unique content to drive people to your YouTube channel and get people talking.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 6, 2024 22:06:09 GMT
got rid of her albums and have all of her layouts stored in boxes from IKEA. I gasped. If that works for her, awesome, but that will not work for me. I couldn't even imagine. And I do have a ton 50+ 12x12" and 8.5x11" albums, all currently in Rubbermaid bins in my basement. I get that they take up a lot of space, but.... I just couldn't do it. When I am into my scrapping, I love thumbing through an album. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 9, 2024 16:41:00 GMT
I have a ton of pages in boxes, not because I want them there but because I haven't gotten around to putting them in the albums yet! It is definitely easier to look through albums, IMO. One of my goals for the next few months is to get those pages into albums.
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Post by leftturnonly on Oct 10, 2024 0:07:32 GMT
I haven't been here in forever and a day, and this got my attention. Mercy Tiara! That's the name I just couldn't seem to remember. Thank you. I'm combining hard-core genealogy and scrapbooking, putting them together in historical context. Which means that I'm finding a lot more interesting information than I can add to just a scrapbook album. Plus, albums fill up FAST. I'm concerned I'm going to have more than I'm going to be able to take care of, especially if I move cross-country again. (I have some really beat-up WRMK albums, too.  ) So... working in album format while I create pages and then adding them to boxes - along with additional information - may be a really good idea. These are to be handed down. There's no reason actual albums and boxes can't both be used. Pages can be added to an album whenever you want to see them, and then they can be put back in a box for longer term storage. Definitely something to think about. I'm not sure about the boxes themselves, but it's nice to find something sturdy that actually fits 12x12 page sleeves. Mercy Tiara. Can't believe I forgot her name. |
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Post by A7 on Oct 10, 2024 7:05:24 GMT
I haven't been here in forever and a day, and this got my attention. Mercy Tiara! That's the name I just couldn't seem to remember. Thank you. I'm combining hard-core genealogy and scrapbooking, putting them together in historical context. Which means that I'm finding a lot more interesting information than I can add to just a scrapbook album. Plus, albums fill up FAST. I'm concerned I'm going to have more than I'm going to be able to take care of, especially if I move cross-country again. (I have some really beat-up WRMK albums, too. ) So... working in album format while I create pages and then adding them to boxes - along with additional information - may be a really good idea. These are to be handed down. There's no reason actual albums and boxes can't both be used. Pages can be added to an album whenever you want to see them, and then they can be put back in a box for longer term storage. Definitely something to think about. I'm not sure about the boxes themselves, but it's nice to find something sturdy that actually fits 12x12 page sleeves. Mercy Tiara. Can't believe I forgot her name. What is her real name though? I forgot. Tracy...? |
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Post by leftturnonly on Oct 10, 2024 7:26:55 GMT
I haven't been here in forever and a day, and this got my attention. Mercy Tiara! That's the name I just couldn't seem to remember. Thankls. What is her real name though? I forgot. Tracy...? Yes, Tracy IDon'tKnowLastName |
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Post by riversong1963 on Oct 10, 2024 10:40:01 GMT
I believe her real name is Tracy Banks.
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Post by A7 on Oct 10, 2024 13:28:12 GMT
I believe her real name is Tracy Banks. No, it's an anagram so it's something else.  |
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Post by brenda89 on Oct 10, 2024 13:47:17 GMT
I believe her real name is Tracy Banks. No, it's an anagram so it's something else. is correct, it's Tracy Banks. Her Youtube name is Mercy Tiara, which is an anagram for Tracy Marie (her middle name). |
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Post by coloradocropper on Oct 10, 2024 14:05:04 GMT
I really like seeing my albums all lined up! I don't care if my albums aren't matching because I love a colorful array. Also, I don't think my family would be inclined to open a box of layouts like they do now by just pulling out an album. Not for me.
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Post by A7 on Oct 10, 2024 14:58:08 GMT
No, it's an anagram so it's something else. is correct, it's Tracy Banks. Her Youtube name is Mercy Tiara, which is an anagram for Tracy Marie (her middle name). Thank you! riversong1963 sorry, you were right! |
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Post by riversong1963 on Oct 10, 2024 22:23:32 GMT
riversong1963 is correct, it's Tracy Banks. Her Youtube name is Mercy Tiara, which is an anagram for Tracy Marie (her middle name).  Thank you! riversong1963 sorry, you were right! No worries; it's all good. I remembered her real name from the Paperclipping Roundtable. She was a frequent guest. |
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