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Post by mikklynn on Aug 31, 2017 12:32:16 GMT
Actually being paralyzed... From the waist down... Sorry I had to. LOL. Humor is one way I've dealt with it for the past 26 years. When someone asks me how I'm doing I usually reply "can't kick". I love that! Sounds like a mentor I had years ago. He lost part of his middle finger, so I called to check on him. He said he was fine, but could no longer "signal" in traffic. My DH has a sense of humor like yours regarding his cancer. I admire yours, too!
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Post by palmharborscrapper on Aug 31, 2017 12:55:15 GMT
Deciding on the page design
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 31, 2017 18:08:14 GMT
I take soooo many more photos now with a digital camera (example, we went to a museum show and I took over 300 pictures in an afternoon); I always have *paralysis* associated with that part of the process: -- choosing which photos I *might* want to scrap. I know I should delete the crappy pictures, but what if that ends up being the ONLY one of a particular subject? shouldn't I still keep it? *just in case* ?? what if I delete it and then immediately regret it? (I'm a digital photo hoarder!!) -- editing the photos-- do I only do the *get lucky* color and brightness correction? do I need to change the color tone, saturation, etc.? do I crop it at all? if so, square, or rectangle? how close do I zoom in to the subject? But if I zoom in too far, then I won't be able to crop any of it once I print it... the questions and personal debate inside my head can be endless!) -- choosing photo sizes to print- do I print them all at 4x6, or do I make photo collages (two 3x4 on one 4x6) out of them? -- uploading the photos to the store website to get them printed (Costco, Walgreens, etc.) if someone else did all of that for me, it would be great!! ETA: I picked other. For me it is cleaning off my desk (and floor) before I can start scrapping. I just pile stuff around me while I'm creating and in the end it's a huge mess that I leave. Then that stops me from creating the next time I have some time available. ^^^ That's a given for me, for sure. I don't see cleaning off my desk as part of the process of scrapbooking, though... which might be why my desk is always in a state of chaos, lol.
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Post by jenr on Aug 31, 2017 18:10:41 GMT
For me it's deciding on a layout. I LOVE picking out paper and embellishments, but have a few go-to layout styles and so I always struggle with using the same layouts over and over just to get something done, or forcing myself to be creative and search for new ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 19:33:22 GMT
It seemed like I could answer with "time" but I think I get enough. Problem is, only about 50% of the time I have is spent being creative. The rest is re-organizing, catching up on computer/paperwork (craft related, like putting together my next order ) or just vegging out. Makes me feel guilty, although we rarely watch TV and the computer I mainly use is in my craft room. Sometimes it feels like a no mojo problem and other times just a relaxing too much problem! I am very grateful for printing photos at home. I swear I'd give up scrapping as I don't think I have the patience to regularly upload and order...when I do occasionally it makes me want to poke my eyes out!!
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Post by thriftyjenny on Sept 1, 2017 4:35:34 GMT
I usually take a whole day to get prints in order, I would definitely call it and ordeal! I have to narrow my photos down to the good ones. Then I get to edit every single one of them, color correct, slight sharpening, occasional blemish, wrinkle or red eye correction.
I also crop each one. Sometimes I have to add back color to my cell phone photos because they are not 4x6. I have to consider all the photos I have to fit on a page and make "collages" and crop accordingly. I manually make my collages in Photoshop which I find to be annoying.
Collages have become the bane of my existence since I don't have access to piscasa any more and take probably about half of my time, but I don't need 4-6 4x6s on each layout so it's a must if I want all of the special moments to have their 15 seconds of fame.
Ordering the prints is usually a battle in itself. I have to check all the sales. Does Snapfish have penny prints? How is the shipping at each site? What would be my price/photo here v here v There? I ordered from Amazon prints last week because I have prime so I never have to pay shipping. $.09 gaurenteed 4x6s for 10 or 100 from what I can tell. Then 20 mins of uploading photos.
It's all so exhausting, I never look forward to it.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 1, 2017 21:41:21 GMT
For me it's deciding on a layout. I LOVE picking out paper and embellishments, but have a few go-to layout styles and so I always struggle with using the same layouts over and over just to get something done, or forcing myself to be creative and search for new ideas. I like the Scrapbook Generations books that give you ideas for different numbers of pictures. I often don't even use the paper the way they suggest, I just look at the different photo sizes and orientations.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Sept 1, 2017 22:07:45 GMT
I picked other. For me it is cleaning off my desk (and floor) before I can start scrapping. I just pile stuff around me while I'm creating and in the end it's a huge mess that I leave. Then that stops me from creating the next time I have some time available. This is specifically why I won't let a mess sit when I am done. If there is a meas I need to clean up before I create, it's an instant mojo killer.
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Post by gramasue on Sept 2, 2017 17:10:25 GMT
For me, definitely finding the time. I love everything else about it.
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Post by thracian on Sept 2, 2017 20:21:37 GMT
Editing and printing photos is my choice. The struggle is real.
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Post by LisaDV on Sept 2, 2017 20:43:29 GMT
I choose Other. I don't find any of it paralyzing. But I do really dislike editing and getting my photos printed, although I think I have a system I like now for it. I also find that I forget to take photos so much now that the kids are older and don't want a camera in their face all the time, they've conditioned me to not think about taking photos as much. Life gets in my way a LOT and time does become an issue. Although I do traditional, digital, and use the project life app for layouts; when life gets so busy that all I have time for is the digital or PL app layouts. I find myself getting twitchy. -- Like right now. I've only completed digital layouts for the last 2 months. It's great to tell the stories, but I need that creative paper play therapy too. And the BIGGEST suck of joy out of the process is cleaning up afterwards!!!
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Post by jstblondie on Sept 3, 2017 5:22:18 GMT
Getting started.
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Post by dasmith2 on Sept 3, 2017 15:00:15 GMT
For me it's mojo and getting started. I rarely edit photos and print mostly from home so that part is fairly quick for me. I just feel lost lately when I try to scrap.
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Post by susanstwins on Sept 3, 2017 18:52:12 GMT
Getting started is the hardest part. It does paralyze me, the picking of photos, papers and layout. Geez I almost sound like I don't like this hobby
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Post by melanell on Sept 3, 2017 20:12:53 GMT
Embellishments & titles for sure. I don't have any sort of cutting system so I only have purchased or homemade embellishments to use and because I am on a budget AND O love paper, I tend to buy more paper than anything. So I often feel like I don't know what to do when embellishment time comes around.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 3, 2017 21:03:34 GMT
I picked editing/printing photos. I usually print at home unless I'm playing catch up. I don't edit photos for anything but size and maybe cropping. But deciding what size when I'm not even close to doing the layout can throw me. I generally print all landscape photos at 4x6 and all portrait in 3x4. It's when I have square photos that I dither on how big to print.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Sept 5, 2017 0:09:27 GMT
I picked other also. I can get pictures printed, choose a lay out, paper, embellishments, get it all in order and then freeze when it is time to actually cut the paper. Once I start cutting I feel there is not turning back. I am trying not to buy so if I cut a paper wrong, I won't just go buy more. Once that first cut in made, it is all good.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 5, 2017 0:31:35 GMT
now that I have {some} photos printed, I'll say my second choice is choosing photos. I took over 300 pictures at one museum show. I edited and sent some to print; 4x6, some 3x4, and some 2x3 'close-up details' shots that I want to use for embellishments on the layouts.
But even though I thought I made some decent choices in 'editing down' the number of photos I sent to print, after getting them back, I STILL have over 50 different photos from just THAT ONE EVENT! I don't want to have 10 layouts of just that ONE museum show in my album, but there were SO many things to look at when we went, how do I decide which ones to use and which ones to NOT?
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Post by needtime2scrap on Sept 5, 2017 4:18:41 GMT
Lately it seems like I put so much pressure on myself to have a good "story" to go with the pictures. Like if I don't have something profound or important to say about the photos that connects with stuff I feel like the page isn't worth doing. I used to knock out pages with a bit of journaling and call it good but now I feel like I have to tell a life story. That and feeling like I need to reinvent the design wheel with every page.
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Post by pas2 on Sept 6, 2017 13:05:25 GMT
I chose editing and printing photos but really its selecting just a few out of dozens of photos to use thats my problem. Needless to say my layouts are always photo heavy.
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Post by samncam on Sept 6, 2017 14:37:16 GMT
For making SB layouts, it's mostly time and mojo. I will just scroll through my pix on my iPad's photo stream (which includes my iPhone photos) and use PicTapGo to edit the one or few pictures I want to scrapbook right now (usually anything current) if I just need the creative outlet. For PL, it's choosing, editing, and printing photos. I tend to pick too many pictures so I get overwhelmed trying to fit them all in one spread and usually need inserts; by the time I am done with all this, I am too mentally exhausted to actually journal and just end up with pix and filler cards and no journaling.
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Post by samncam on Sept 6, 2017 14:41:37 GMT
Lately it seems like I put so much pressure on myself to have a good "story" to go with the pictures. Like if I don't have something profound or important to say about the photos that connects with stuff I feel like the page isn't worth doing. I used to knock out pages with a bit of journaling and call it good but now I feel like I have to tell a life story. That and feeling like I need to reinvent the design wheel with every page. A lot of my pages start with the same basic design principles/sketch and I decided to get over my pages being kind of similar. I never notice the similarities when I am flipping through my album anyway, bc all the colors, PP, embellishments, title placement, and pictures are so different....I mostly focus on the photo and relish in the memory.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 6, 2017 15:51:02 GMT
Lately it seems like I put so much pressure on myself to have a good "story" to go with the pictures. Like if I don't have something profound or important to say about the photos that connects with stuff I feel like the page isn't worth doing perhaps it's the type of pages you're making? or the fact that right now the 'industry' (i.e., Ali Edwards et. al.) seems to be pushing 'story' related to scrapbooking, at least right now?? An emotional-type story is never something I've been comfortable putting on my SB pages so I've just never worried too much about it. Some pictures (okay, very FEW pictures) are just good photography and I want to showcase them, and a lot of my pages are travel / sightseeing type pages, that don't have much emotion-- it's just telling the who/what/where/when, and sometimes a why. (basically, if I felt like I *needed* a stellar story to go with my pages, I'd never get any pages done!
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