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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 16:57:18 GMT
I have a personal planner just for events. No goal planning or extensive to do lists. I really think I'd be more productive if I had a place to keep track of things like albums and pages to complete, pictures to upload and print, products I want to buy, etc... A planner that is kept at home. As much as I'd love to be a scrap what I feel, I get overwhelmed and need to break it down in steps or nothing gets done. I've tried using notebooks and they just don't have the organization I need. Any suggestions? I'm not caring about making it really pretty with lots of embellishments. It's more of the format that will sell me on the planner. I'm open to anything; printables to put in a binder or other ideas.  |
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Post by Elsabelle on Dec 6, 2015 17:29:01 GMT
My scrapping, specifically editing, uploading, and ordering pictures needs to be organized. I don't really use a planner so I can't help you there. I use a simple notebook when I start the editing process. First I choose the pictures for the layouts I want to scrap. I might jot down a title idea, a quick sketch, a collection I might use, or a note about a pin that I was inspired by. Then I edit, then I might use Photosheet, then upload and order. In my notebook I start off with writing down the folder date and the image names/numbers underneath. I make notes when I have edited them, Photosheeted them, uploaded, and ordered them. It seems tedious, but if I stop somewhere mid-process I'm lost when I come back. Once I walk away I completely forget what I've done. When I'm ready to get back to it I can with just a quick glance on where to start. I've taken breaks from scrapping for long periods of time so without doing it this way I wouldn't be able to jump back into it when I come back.
If I could find a planner that works the way my brain does I'd buy it, but the way I do it is simple and certainly cheap.
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Post by freeatlast on Dec 6, 2015 19:31:16 GMT
Years ago there was a planner called the Memory Dock Creative Planner. It was a 6 ring binder with dividers for notes, sketches, shopping lists, inspiration, photography and journal cards. It even had a template for 12x12, 8-1/2x11 and 8x10 pages with different sized photo options so you could lay out a page to scale.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Dec 7, 2015 1:17:16 GMT
I do! I have one that I write down supplies I have, page kits, planning plans, stuff I want to acquire, that kind of thing. I have a few planners and I love them all. I need to make a section in my planner for Cricut. I don't know how to handle Prima. I have so many flowers and I am not sure what to do with that. I also have a section for dies and stamps. The planner just helps me to get organized. (I think...or gives me more work.)
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Post by FurryP on Dec 7, 2015 2:02:53 GMT
Hmmmm....I have always wondered why someone would need a sb planner unless they were on design teams or something, but what you have mentioned, OP, totally makes sense!
No advice to offer here, as I don't have a sb planner, but I personally, would incorporate it into my regular planner. I need to be able to see everything at a glance in one place. Having 2 planners would not work for me. Thanks for the idea, though!
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Post by scrapcat on Dec 7, 2015 16:25:40 GMT
I usually just use the Evernote app and keep different notebooks for different things. I feel like the planning thing sometimes gets a little overwhelming like I spend more time trying to organize and plan than execute. Being able to jot down notes in an app is the most real practice that actually works for me. That said, I did purchase the Scrapbook & Cards creative planner, it was very reasonable and very happy I did. Lots of great inspiration, I'm looking forward to using it. Here is a link: www.scrapbookandcards.com/2016-creative-planner |
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Post by nicolemann9 on Dec 7, 2015 17:15:21 GMT
There is a planner specifically created for scrapbooking created by Jennifer Wilson of Simple Scrapper. It is just the electronic version, so you'd have to print the pages and house them in some kind of binder/planner, but it would probably work great for what you're looking for. I used to subscribe to her membership, but dropped it, just because I was cutting back on spending, but she is great at helping you be organized to actually TELL YOUR STORIES. Here's a link to the planner Simple Scrapper Planner |
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Post by Prenticekid on Dec 7, 2015 17:40:33 GMT
I don't have a specific planner for scrapbooking, but I do have a section in my regular planner. It used to be more involved, but now, I just basically keep lists. At one point I tried printable forms. They did not work for me. Now my planning lists include lists of my projects by current and future, a to do list of things I want to accomplish (like classes, techniques, photo printing etc.), supplies that I want to buy or use for specific projects. My first page is a master list of projects I want to do. The following pages are a list for each project. Each project has a bullet type list on the first page. Then I make notes on the second page.- like what photos to get printed or what sort of supplies I want to use. For the pages, I put a box in front of each, that I X off as they are completed. For the notes, I just make a deletion line through each as I complete it. Of course, some projects fit on one page, some on several. That is kind of why I like doing my own thing. I can keep it flexible.
I got one of those paper multi-packs at Tuesday Morning that had ledger paper, and I cut that down to size to use in my planner.
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Post by Linda on Dec 7, 2015 18:06:45 GMT
I'm digital for planning (although not for scrapping).
I have an excell document - each worksheet = an album and each row is a layout. I have tick boxes for uploading photos, ordering prints, receiving prints, finishing the layout and a notes section. It would be easy to add more columns for supplies etc...
I also have a word document (which is way out of date) with different albums I want to do and which albums are complete or in progress.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 19:36:08 GMT
My scrapping, specifically editing, uploading, and ordering pictures needs to be organized. I don't really use a planner so I can't help you there. I use a simple notebook when I start the editing process. First I choose the pictures for the layouts I want to scrap. I might jot down a title idea, a quick sketch, a collection I might use, or a note about a pin that I was inspired by. Then I edit, then I might use Photosheet, then upload and order. In my notebook I start off with writing down the folder date and the image names/numbers underneath. I make notes when I have edited them, Photosheeted them, uploaded, and ordered them. It seems tedious, but if I stop somewhere mid-process I'm lost when I come back. Once I walk away I completely forget what I've done. When I'm ready to get back to it I can with just a quick glance on where to start. I've taken breaks from scrapping for long periods of time so without doing it this way I wouldn't be able to jump back into it when I come back. If I could find a planner that works the way my brain does I'd buy it, but the way I do it is simple and certainly cheap. That's me! Or sometimes I lose the notebook.  Thank you for all your suggestions! I know I do better if it is on paper. Electronic is out of sight, out of mind for me. |
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Post by playmaker9 on Dec 8, 2015 2:02:39 GMT
Joann's has free shipping through Tues 12/8.....I see they have buy one get one on 'Me and My Big Ideas'....checking it out now.
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 8, 2015 12:10:29 GMT
I use excel for most. I have one workbook that is stories to tell. It has a master sheet of stories. Then a page dedicated to each album or theme. I add new important and untold stories here. I also have this printed off in a binder. The binder has roughly handwritten journaling from those stories. If it's not handwritten, I've roughly journaled it in word and those are printed out and kept behind each tab in the binder. I have one that is Digital Supply Organizer. This is list of my digital supply collection. Or at least the most current. And has the breakdown for how to organize it within ACDSee. For IRL supplies, I use ScrapStash app (check out scrappypedia) and computer program. It's from Margareta Carlsson a.k.a. paperpilekitten. She also does the Use Your Stash and Scrap Stash Kit Club. I totally love this app/program. Right now the search doesn't work on the iphone app, but you can do it within the website. I have one that is my sort of my photo/finished organizer. This is the one that has changed the most in the last couple of year. It has a worksheet for layouts that have been completed. When I'm going through pictures to see what I want to scrap. I place the story further down the page. Once the layout is completed, the date is listed in the appropriate column and moved up to the next completed slot. I list the picture date in the appropriate spot. I do pocket pages in a PL style for smaller stories that don't need an actual whole page and I have a worksheet to list out those photos as well. I also have a spot for recurring themes so I can make a couple of pages or a miniablum instead of a page every single time. Like Legos, every time DD dresses like a princess, gaming, views from my hubs hotel stays. etc. It's not overthought and quick for me. But I should probably tweak the pages to reflect more of the way I'm doing things now. Like have I picture # spots, and whether they're printed. I do have a column for journaling whether it's done or not (because of my stories to tell). |
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Thank you for all your suggestions! I know I do better if it is on paper. Electronic is out of sight, out of mind for me.
