March 31, 2005

Been a while

Been a while since I blogged, probably because I feel guilty that I haven't scrapped lately. I am going to challenge myself to at least a page a week. I promise that I won't buy anything until I scarp at least three pages : ). Well unless I really need it. Maybe that way I'll get with the program.

I would love to hear from more people about how they motivate themselves!

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March 22, 2005

Scrappin at last!

I finally went scrappin last friday! It was great to get two paged that had been buggin me out of the way/ Two more ledt for this book and then I can move on to other things!

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March 13, 2005

Feeling Lazy

Not too motivated still, but I have made a date with some friends to go scrapping. Should be fun. We'll go to a scrap night at a local store...can't wait, I have lots of "ner" thing to try out. I also want to get jump started again.

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March 10, 2005

Journaling

Do you like to journal. I do, but sometimes its hard to get started. I just recently bought a Creative Memories journaling template. I hope to put it to good use.

Usually I tend to find poems that I think are appropriate for the pictures. But I really think it would be nice to get into journaling and write more descriptive explanantions for the pages that I scrap. I plan to start this weekend by finishing a book that I have been working on for over a year. I want to move on to other things, but I feel compelled to finish one first. Just three more pages to go. Lets see what happens this weekend.

Cindy

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March 4, 2005

Paper

I love all kinds of paper and have slowly accumulated a fair amount. The best investment made was a SLAB pal from Michael's. Course them Michael's and JoAnn run coupons all the time as well as the fact that they take each others coupons. Great for high priced items.

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March 3, 2005

Ebay Revisited

As mentioned in the comment on Ebay it is indeed a dangerous place to go. As for myself I do keep a mental checklist of items that I want or am interested in. What is nice about Ebay is that you can factor in shipping and place a limit on how high you'll go. In addition you can use strtegies to get at the best prices.

For instrance I wanted a Creative Memories Corner Rounder. I bid and watched several for sale, but let them go when they went over $5. Then I caught several ending at 5:00 in the morning and watched the bid for a while and finally won it for $.15. Granted the shippiing is about $3.50, but I still come out ahead.

Easy to get out of control, but you can get some good prices.

Cindy

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March 2, 2005

Motivation

Greetings All....

I wonder sometimes where people get the motivation to scrap. Much as I like to do it, I find that I somtimes lack the motivation and energy to do it.

What inspires you!

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February 24, 2005

Checking out Ebay

I was in search of creative memories items and decided to look on Ebay. Well of course I found several things to bid on, but I restrained myself. I did bid on the corner clipper, which is what I was looking, for...but they also had a lot of other things that I liked...

Do any of you ever go there????

C

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Photo Organizing Tips

Thanks for the comment about getting organized. I am amzed at how many photos I have. Some of which I definitely want to scrap and others that can simply go in a book.

Besides my own I have extended family pics from both my mom and dad. Some vintage. I wish I could take a week and do nothing but scrap, but...

I did go on a scarpping weekend and actually completed 13 pages...it was fun, relaxing and great to ideas from others...

C

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Organizing Photos

I have lots of phots to organize and can never seem to get started. Do you have any tips. Perhaps if I set a monthly goal I would get more done. I'd love to hear other people's thoughts.

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