Wednesday, October 12, 2011
I like to be organized. And I'm known in my family for my organizational skills (or anal retentiveness, depends on who you talk too!). Being organized gives me a sense of peace and definitely reduces stress. But since starting to work from home, I have not been as organized or as methodical as I would normally like. I'm trying to change that this month. I promise you. And I promise myself!
So last week, when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed with what was on my plate, I took on the monster task of organizing and loading my scrapbook albums with the HUGE pile of completed layouts waiting for just such a day. And it did take ALL DAY. But boy, was it worth it!
Here are my nicely organized and labelled albums:
And here is my Close to my Heart Work In Progress album. It's got the L/Os from 2010 and 2011 (I'm still catching up!) because I don't have enough albums yet.
I love it because it's got the binder clips that lets me put L/Os in and take them out so easily. So I can do the pages as I feel like it (I'm not a chronological scrapper) and get them ready for the albums even before the album is ready. It gives great protection for my completed work when I'm away at a crop or retreat.
In the process of organizing, I found out I had two sets of duplicates. I have 2 layouts using the same Halloween pictures in 2008. And I did 2 layouts of my niece Alexandra in her Snow White costume with the Snow White doll we gave her. I had searched HIGH and LOW for those pictures after I printed them, only to go and print them again. I had completely forgotten that I had scrapped them already. But I love both layouts!
I also rediscovered some of my favourite moments and favourite layouts. Here are 3 of them:
My Cute Charlie
Sam and his Big Catch
The boys at Dad's Barber Shop
It was a lot of hard work and I hope to not let it get to this point again where I have so many pages NOT in albums. But it was so worth it. And I loved looking at all the precious work I've done over the years.
So I'm organized now. Well, my albums are organized. Next step, organize my time. ;)
So last week, when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed with what was on my plate, I took on the monster task of organizing and loading my scrapbook albums with the HUGE pile of completed layouts waiting for just such a day. And it did take ALL DAY. But boy, was it worth it!
Here are my nicely organized and labelled albums:
And here is my Close to my Heart Work In Progress album. It's got the L/Os from 2010 and 2011 (I'm still catching up!) because I don't have enough albums yet.
I love it because it's got the binder clips that lets me put L/Os in and take them out so easily. So I can do the pages as I feel like it (I'm not a chronological scrapper) and get them ready for the albums even before the album is ready. It gives great protection for my completed work when I'm away at a crop or retreat.
In the process of organizing, I found out I had two sets of duplicates. I have 2 layouts using the same Halloween pictures in 2008. And I did 2 layouts of my niece Alexandra in her Snow White costume with the Snow White doll we gave her. I had searched HIGH and LOW for those pictures after I printed them, only to go and print them again. I had completely forgotten that I had scrapped them already. But I love both layouts!
I also rediscovered some of my favourite moments and favourite layouts. Here are 3 of them:
My Cute Charlie
Sam and his Big Catch
The boys at Dad's Barber Shop
It was a lot of hard work and I hope to not let it get to this point again where I have so many pages NOT in albums. But it was so worth it. And I loved looking at all the precious work I've done over the years.
So I'm organized now. Well, my albums are organized. Next step, organize my time. ;)
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I think I need to get that work-in-progress album.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I can totally relate to functioning at my best when things are organized. It IS peaceful. I completely agree.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, thank you so much for showing us what a Work in Progress album looks like. I had always wondered what it looked like on the inside. :-)
Wow! That’s a lot of scrapbooks! How many are they? Were you the only one who made all of these? I admire your determination, hard work, and patience! Keep on doing what you enjoy!
ReplyDelete-Max Macbeth