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Post by scrappinmyadventures on Jan 14, 2015 16:29:44 GMT
Like many, I'm taking advantage of January momentum to get things organized.
I have a plan in place for my photos (modified Library of Memories / Photo Freedom) and my stories to tell (Karen Grunberg's Book of Stories class was really useful here), and luckily my stash is small enough that it is not too scary.
But I'm stuck on how to organize inspiration materials. I have articles clipped from magazines, books, pinterest pins, handwritten notes, and text snippets in evernote. I feel like I need some sort of easy to maintain index or summary so that when I'm looking for ideas for X I have a better plan than flip through lots of stuff (whether hard copy or digital).
Anyone have a system that works? Thanks! |
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Post by scrappinmyadventures on Jan 14, 2015 21:45:08 GMT
After much googling, I have a few leads, but still hoping to hear what others have implemented! 1) The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker by Wendy Smedley, Aby Garvey - from the description, sounds like it may have some great ideas. I have requested it from the library. 2) For the hard copy sources, this blog link www.makelifelovely.com/2012/11/how-to-organize-all-your-ripped-out.html has some good examples for non scrapbook categories in a three ring binder. In terms of scrapbook categories, initial thoughts: sketches stories to tell (short index referencing longer text elsewhere) albums in progress shopping list / wish list references (lists of the books etc I own / have read so I don't double buy) techniques to try cards specific projects / albums (ie, December Daily, Week in the Life) journaling prompts / strategies heritage scrapbooking |
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Post by amyl on Jan 14, 2015 23:59:57 GMT
I do something similar to what's mentioned above... Keep a binder with tabs, put in sheet protectors. Nothing fancy or pretty... I save my time to scrap the "real" stuff.
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Post by angelpea on Jan 15, 2015 7:23:04 GMT
I think it really depends on how you scrap. What do you see when you first look at a layout? Colors? Themes? Sketch (layout of photos & embellishments)?
Some ideas are:
- single-page layouts
- double-page layouts
- cards
- mini books
- by # of photos
- themes (holiday, vacation, beach, winter, etc.)
- by techniques
- new ideas
- scraplift ideas
I personally tend to look at layouts as a sketch to scraplift. My magazine clippings are first separated into single-page and double-page layouts, and then those are separated into number of photos. For single-page layouts, I have 1, 2, 3, 4+ sections. For double-page layouts, I have ~4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+ sections.
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Post by Peace Sign on Jan 15, 2015 20:00:13 GMT
I have a binder full of layouts I like from magazines. I have them sorted by number of photos on a page. then I have PL separately. I also have a notebook of other things, like prompts, quotes, interview questions, etc.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 16, 2015 15:08:30 GMT
I 'see' mostly sketches too, so that's mainly what I keep- in a 3-ring binder.
I also have some photos/clippings that I have saved for embellishment, die-cutting, or layering inspiration, and for those, I tape them to a piece of paper and write a note about what caught my eye. Those go in a separate section of the binder.
I don't arrange my sketches by number of photos, becuase I can always get inspired by something about them besides just the # of photos in the sketch-- I have them as 1-page or 2-page, but other than that, they're randomly arranged so I can just flip thru them.
I have another large binder (3-inch, I think!) with dividers where I store printouts of class hand-outs I've gotten from Shimelle's classes, Big Picture Classes, etc. For class handouts, I make a point of identifying them with a name & page number on each page so if I take one out of the binder to put in with a page kit, I can still put it back where it's supposed to go after I'm done with it.
as far as page ideas, stories to tell, etc. I don't really keep that stuff written down- I'd like to, but haven't found a system for that. I'm going to have to check out the link you posted for that!
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Post by scrappinmyadventures on Jan 21, 2015 19:16:55 GMT
Thanks everyone! Definitely want to save most of my time for scrapping, but also making sure that I remember to check in with the great resources I have for design, stories, etc.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jan 21, 2015 22:11:53 GMT
I have a binder full of layouts I like from magazines. I have them sorted by number of photos on a page. then I have PL separately. I also have a notebook of other things, like prompts, quotes, interview questions, etc. This is how I have mine organized, too. I have them in page protectors. Like angelpea said, it depends on how you scrap. I start w/how many photos are on the page and what their orientation is and that's how I choose a sketch, so that's how I have mine organized. My friend gets inspired by colors/patterns and makes her photos fit the sketch that appeals to her. Neither on of us can grasp how the other one works, lol. She doesn't have her sketches organized in any way, so I'm afraid I can't actually help you w/that. I also have Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker and it's a great book. I also found Wookie Mouse's organizational challenge really helpful when organizing my space. |
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Post by mikklynn on Jan 22, 2015 1:03:14 GMT
I have some file folders with themes and also by # of photos, 1, 2, 3, and more than 3.
Then I have box I just dump them in! Once in while I find a sketch or layout for a particular collection I have. I usually put that with the collection's paper.
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Post by alissa103 on Jan 22, 2015 2:29:09 GMT
I used to have a binder with sketches printed out and in sheet protectors, with other layout ideas stuck in protectors or glued on cardstock and slipped in a protector, too. But now I find myself going directly to Pinterest and looking at what I've pinned. It's just easier for me. I even have some sketches pinned.
The only other "hard copy" books I look at are the scrapbook generations sketch books. I do look at those for inspiration, especially if I'm stuck and want to use a certain number of photos. I just flip until I find a good sketch that will work. I have used so many of those sketches over and over, but once I get going my LO rarely looks like the sketch so you'd never know it. I love those! I also look at Pagemaps.com for inspirational sketches. I used to print those out and I probably should again because I do really love them. Lately I've just been going to the website and pinning the ones i really love.
For me I found I was rarely grabbing for the binder and it was more work to maintain it that I was actually benefitting from it. But definitely if you think that will work for you, go for it!
And that book The Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker is great!
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Post by alissa103 on Jan 22, 2015 2:33:41 GMT
I should also note I used to clip articles and layouts out of magazines that I loved and put them in my binder. Now that scrapping magazines are pretty much non-existent I haven't been doing that for years. I just pin the electronic versions I like  I was also curious when the last time was that I printed out the sketches for my binder from PageMaps and it was July 2011. LOL! That was right when I started getting some nasty morning sickness (like all day sickness) when I was pregnant with DS. And I haven't printed any since. Oops. I really should print them again. You just inspired me to do those! |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jan 22, 2015 16:10:36 GMT
I print [some] of the sketches I pin... no way could I print all of them! The reason I print sketches and design inspiration is so I can put the hard-copy sketch together with the photos and papers as I'm making up my page kits. Otherwise by the time I get around to the actual 'scrapping' of the photos I'd never remember how I wanted the page to look. I also pin detail/embellishment photos and sometimes I print those as well, so I can flip thru them to get inspiration for how to use a particular embellishment, or also add the photo to my page kits for future reference when making the pages.
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Post by lovefuzzies on Jan 30, 2015 14:56:15 GMT
I used to print all the ideas I found that I wanted to try but it began to get a little out of control. I recently came to the realization that I could utilize Evernote for storing my idea books so I'm starting to move that direction. For hard copy items I'm scanning them and saving them into Evernote. Anything I find new online I can just use the web clipping tool to save. I'm really really excited about this process because once it's done (in theory, lol) I'll be able to search Evernote and find any idea that has been tagged with the keyword I search on.
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