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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 12, 2016 10:05:26 GMT
Do you scrapbook at that time because it is your most productive & inspired time or because of opportunity?
I scrap late at night (after 10pm) or very early in the morning (5am-6:15am). I scrap at this time solely because it is my only opportunity. Between work and kids and errands, my days are packed.
I'm sure I would have more creativity if I could sleep soundly, and scrap at ten in the morning or mid afternoon, but alas, not in the cards for me.
So, what about you?
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Post by pas2 on Jun 12, 2016 11:52:13 GMT
I'm a morning person and an early riser so between 4:30am and 8:00am.
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Post by disneyer on Jun 12, 2016 12:03:09 GMT
I'm all over the place except early morning! If I have morning free I just seem to want to chill with coffee and tv or my laptop.
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Post by Linda on Jun 12, 2016 12:05:53 GMT
daytime mostly - not first thing in the morning because I need to wake up slowly and not too late at night anymore because I'm too tired
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Post by grammadee on Jun 12, 2016 12:28:45 GMT
My best time to scrap is in the morning, when I am well rested and full of ideas. Mornings when dh goes out for coffee are my most productive.
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Post by carolynhasacat on Jun 12, 2016 12:32:27 GMT
I do photo editing, write journaling, and watch videos/listen to podcasts at night for about an hour before bed. Sometimes a little pinning or blog hopping, too. Actual playing with product only happens on the weekend.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 12, 2016 13:00:31 GMT
My little scrap room is not air conditioned. in the summer it's very early or late when we still have cool mornings/evenings. During super hot spells like this past week, I don't do anything. I hate having to move stuff to scrap downstairs.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 12, 2016 13:02:35 GMT
I usually scrap in the evenings. I would love to be able to play in the morning, but alas, I must work to support my craft - and buy food, pay the mortgage, etc, lol.
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Post by kitbop on Jun 12, 2016 13:05:50 GMT
Evenings, typically after sunset because my scrapspace is in my basement, and I hate going down there when the sun is shining! It feels... like when you go to a matinee, and come out of the movie and the sun is shining? It feels weirdly wrong! And it makes me feel like I'm "wasting" the day
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 14:08:19 GMT
I am most creative in the mornings but during the week that's impossible. So I jot down ideas and sketches. I scrap whenever I can get in a few minutes here and there.
For some reason when it rains, I have an urge to scrap alllll day long.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 12, 2016 14:10:07 GMT
I pretty much only scrap at crops, so I would say I like to scrap between 9 am and midnight. After that I lose steam.
I really don't like scrapping at home. I could scrap today easily but the mess of my house would surround me, the TV would be on, and the dog would be bothering me. I mean, it just doesn't feel like fun to scrap at home.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 14:18:43 GMT
No particular time for me, but seldom after dinner. After I finish the dishes, I'm afraid I'm a couch potato until bedtime! It's always after my chores and errands are done, though. Can't enjoy if I have anything else I know I need to be doing.
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Post by freeatlast on Jun 12, 2016 16:05:38 GMT
My favorite time is around 8:00 a.m. The dogs have been walked, the visit to the gym has been taken care of and it's time to get crafty.
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 12, 2016 17:30:29 GMT
Mostly durning the day while DH is at work. The only time I really scrap at night is when DH has something he wants to do (watch a tv show that I don't watch...), or if I am on a deadline and have to get something completed.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 12, 2016 20:38:59 GMT
Mostly just at weekends - Sat afternoon and Sunday. Once I get home from work and get dinner I'm usually too tired to be creative and mornings before work I'm out running or doing other exercise.
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Post by FurryP on Jun 12, 2016 22:35:26 GMT
My most favorite times for crafting is late evening. I have to go to work during the week, and weekend mornings are usually taken up with other things. Late evening is usually my alone time, and weekends are the best because I can stay up later than usual. However I do not craft every day, nor every week.
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Post by checkwheelsdown on Jun 12, 2016 22:53:27 GMT
Since I'm a stay at home domestic goddess, I'm free to pick whatever time I'm in the mood. It's usually the afternoons. I'll scrap from after lunch until it's time to make dinner. Occasionally after dinner, I'll go down and scrap until bedtime. Of course this isn't every day and depends on what needs to be done in the house first, but I'd be lying if I said I don't scrap until all the chores are done. Sometimes the dust bunnies and the laundry just need to wait while my creativity is flowing, lol!
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jun 12, 2016 23:35:40 GMT
I'm usually too exhausted after work to do anything during the week except play online so I mostly scrap on weekends. I love nothing more than a day where it is pouring rain and I can play all day without feeling guilty about all the other things I should be doing. I'm more an afternoon - evening scrapper.
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Post by Linda on Jun 13, 2016 2:34:05 GMT
I usually scrap in the evenings. I would love to be able to play in the morning, but alas, I must work to support my craft - and buy food, pay the mortgage, etc, lol. I am very blessed to still be a SAHM even though my youngest is entering 4th grade (and my middle will be 11th grade - my oldest graduated in 2010) and am able to scrap in the mornings during school (and even sometimes in the summer). I'll probably go back to work when the little one is in 7th grade (13) and I'll miss that freedom.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 13, 2016 3:20:54 GMT
Pretty much only when I can get away to a crop or retreat, or when I can host one at home and can block out the time to do that, specifically, with DH and DD away at the lake or something. I do my best work when I'm well rested and the ideas are flowing. Mid morning can be good, but it can also take me a long time to get in the zone. So when I have a day (or a few) to scrap, my productivity ebbs and flows. Sometimes I'll get a decent second wind after dinner time so it makes me a little sad when everyone I'm with wants to pack it in at 8:00 pm!
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Jun 13, 2016 3:30:21 GMT
Mostly weekends... work, kids, husband and regular home life stuff gets in the way during the week. I'm not one who can do little snippets of stuff. I need one good long sit down session of at least a couple hours.
Back when the kids were small and I was a SAHM, they would be in bed by 7pm and I would stay up late into the night scrapping to my hearts content while everyone was sleeping. No interruptions, no nothing! It was heaven. Oh how I miss those days!
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Post by justjac on Jun 13, 2016 16:29:58 GMT
When I was doing Layout a Day and Calvinball, I scrapped in the evening during the week and the afternoon on weekends. Other than that I'm usually a weekend only scrapbooker.
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Post by dancingwithpaper on Jun 13, 2016 17:46:10 GMT
All day if I'm off and home alone! Otherwise just fitting it in in between other commitments.
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Post by papersilly on Jun 13, 2016 18:14:43 GMT
during the week, I SB for a few minutes before I go to work and then a couple of hours after work before DH gets home. I usually don't SB on the weekends because we have other stuff to do but if DH is doing office work at home, I will work on my projects too. I get longer stretches of work time when he is on a business trip.
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Post by nana2callie on Jun 20, 2016 16:10:41 GMT
Not much now... but I'm thinking of trying a routine to where I stay up later than everyone else in the house one evening each week.
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Post by woodysbetty on Jun 20, 2016 16:53:29 GMT
I'm an early morning scrapper...
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Post by christinec68 on Jun 20, 2016 17:58:39 GMT
I usually scrapbook in the evenings and once in a while in the mornings on the weekend.
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Post by nicolep on Jun 20, 2016 18:00:03 GMT
Between working full-time and our 15 month old I don't usually scrap during the week. Once he goes to bed we try to catch up on things around the house, laundry and getting ready for the next day. I try to be in bed by 10:00 (even though I wish I had the energy I used to and would stay up 'til midnight or 1:00am). Saturday mornings before he and Daddy get up and during nap time is when I try and get some creative time in.
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Post by texasjen on Jun 20, 2016 21:04:23 GMT
For some reason when it rains, I have an urge to scrap alllll day long. Me too! I much prefer to scrap mid-morning, after my morning caffeine has kicked in. And ideally with an empty house! That is very rare though, and I will be going back to work very soon, so it's probably going to get even more rare! Mostly I scrap in the evenings, after DS (aged 6) is in bed. I go through spurts with this hobby (and all my hobbies). When I'm in a more active phase, I will work not just in the evenings, but for a few minutes here and there during the day when DS is otherwise occupied. The phase things works best for me, because I am better able to make use of small pockets of time. If I have a LO in progress, it's easy for me to use 5-10 minutes to work on it, because it's fresh in my head and I know what I'm planning to do next. Plus, I have the luxury of a dedicated scrap desk in the basement, so I can leave my stuff out.
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Post by texasjen on Jun 20, 2016 21:08:16 GMT
Not much now... but I'm thinking of trying a routine to where I stay up later than everyone else in the house one evening each week. Ooh, this is an interesting idea! I am a night owl by nature, but kid/life/work generally trump that. But one night a week might be feasible...
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