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In celebration of our celebration perhaps a little singing is in order . .

(to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Mary had a scrapbook room
scrapbook room,
scrapbook room.
Mary had a scrapbook room as tidy as could be.

She put her ribbon into jars,
into jars,
into jars.
She put her ribbon into jars as tidy as could be.

Her alphas each got their own drawer,
their own drawer,
their own drawer.
Her alphas each got their own drawer as tidy as could be.

Her paper was all neatly stacked,
neatly stacked,
neatly stacked.
Her paper was all neatly stacked as tidy as could be.

Her scraps were organized by color,
organized by color,
organized by color.
Her scraps were organized by color as tidy as could be.

She bought herself some matching tins,
matching tins,
matching tins.
She bought herself some matching tins to be as Jody as could be.

She kept her tools in a carousel,
carousel,
carousel.
She kept her tools in a carousel as tidy as could be.

Her stamps went in their cute binder,
cute binder,
cute binder.
Her stamps went in a cute binder as tidy as could be.

She tidied after every page,
every page,
every page.
She tidied after page to be as tidy as she could be.

We can't come tidy up after every page, but we can help you have some nifty organizing items to help you get there. If you would like to receive this

(a Making Memories carousel and a pink Making Memories apron)

or this

(a Making Memories stamp storage binder and a pink Making Memories apron)

please leave us a comment telling us what you do to be tidy, neat, organized. Comments will remain open until 8:00 pm PST and two lucky numbers will be drawn at random and posted tomorrow. Remember to check back before Saturday to see if you are one of the lucky numbers! Good luck and don't forget to get organized!

WCS Presents: Spring Cleaning and Organization Week Day 3!

Welcome back for Day 3 of Spring Cleaning and Organization Week! Today team members Celeste Smith, Rebecca Cooper, and Melissa Kaiserman open their doors to WCS readers! While all three work in very different spaces, you'll notice that each scrapbooker believes that her tools, papers, and embellishments should be easily accessible and close at hand for best results!

Celeste: I think I've been talking about this (ongoing process of organization) for years! I mentioned it in one of my blog posts here on Write.Click.Scrapbook back in July, and I know I've mentioned it on my blog. I have been purging and organizing for over a year and the time finally came. I moved out of my studio so that my son and I could switch rooms. My husband is currently renovating the room down to the studs. It's going to be a while before I have a room of my own again, but I'm excited—one wall in my new room is orange! For now, though, my new space is the front corner of our living room. 

I moved one of the Expedits and my Lack bookcase with my albums into my bedroom. The other Expedit was empty and will end up in my son's new space. Otherwise I have everything else right here in my corner.

I'm down to only two tables in my new smaller space and I'm not missing the third one. I'm gaining a closet that will store most of the items that were on that table—my husband will install shelving across the whole closet. It's fun being in the middle of everything. My husband keeps telling me don't get used to it—you are moving. He's not big on clutter!

I'm sure you've seen these ribbon holders for sale in craft stores and your LSS. I made this one and it only cost $7. I went to the drug store and purchased a clear makeup bag. Then I used my Cropadile to make holes in it. I simply pinched the plastic and made two holes at once. Then you just thread your ribbon through. It was amazing how much ribbon fit in this one bag!  Another idea is to use the zipper container that sheets come in or buy a set of lotions at Bath & Body Works and use the container to make one! I think it's fun and functional!

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Rebecca: I keep my embellishments/adhesives/letter stickers etc. loose in these metal bins that I got at a store here in Canada called Superstore for about $6-8 each. I love them because I can see my supplies easily and the larger ones fit perfectly in my Ikea Expedit shelf. My favorite thing in my office/scrap space would have to be the island that I picked up at a garage sale for $5. I repainted it and had a metal top put on it and I love having the extra storage space and extra work surface. I'm a stand-up scrapper so must of my work is done at my little island.

I keep my ribbon in those clear glass jars on my island shelf—again—everything is visible so I can find things quickly!

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Melissa: I store my non-adhesive chipboard alphabets, numbers, and punctuation in these IKEA drawers that I covered with patterned paper and rub-ons.

 

It helps me to mix up my fonts and patterns every once in a while for a title, and it's certainly a lot easier than trying to keep sets together and sorting through to see if a letter I need is there.

I've gone through a few different ways of storing brads, but keeping them together by general color is the simplest way I've found. I love the clear lids on these watchmaker tins, and the fact that they're not magnetic means I don't have to pry the brads from the bottom!

I've also tested out different methods of ribbon storage and have finally settled on this one for my creative space. I can easily grab a spool and hold it up to a layout or project to see if I want to use it.

The pins keep the ribbon in place, and there is no noticeable hole left behind. To make it easy to leave the house with ribbon, I keep a sampling in heavy-duty zipper bags which have been punched in the corner, reinforced, and slipped onto binder rings.

I love my American Crafts rub-on books but got weary of opening each one to see its contents.  So I photocopied the sample sheet for each of my sets, mounted them on a piece of black cardstock, and labeled them. Now, all I have to do is look in one place to see if there is a rub-on I want to use.

This is by far my favorite storage item, and not just because I got it at The Farm Chicks Show.  I keep my smaller embellishments here, sorted mainly by color (and a tiny bit by theme, such as seasons & baby).  Because it's out in the open, it makes it so easy to find a little something for a page or project!

 

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Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for an organization-themed giveaway! Tours and tips will resume on Friday—we'll visit a beautiful new attic room and an unheated, dark and sometimes spidery basement corner. Scrapbookers know how to "make it work!" We know Tim Gunn would be proud.

WCS Presents: Spring Cleaning and Organization Week Day 2!

Today we travel to Australia to get a more in-depth tour from the highly organized scrapbooker who inspired this entire week, Jody Dent-Pruks. You might remember a glimpse into her highly organized space back in February 2010. Jody takes organization quite seriously, and proves you don't need a lot of room to achieve a clutter-free creative area full of your favorite products!

Let me begin by saying that I am an organised person (most of the time). I find life calmer and easier when I am clutter-free and organised. So in the spirit of full disclosure, I will first show you that having my belongings neat and tidy is not just a scrapbook thing; it extends to all areas of our house.

My pantry:

My fridge: 

My linen cupboard:

Now you know what you are dealing with. Trust me, I take a little ribbing from my friends, but it's all good.

Let me also tell you that I live in a very tiny house (just five rooms total) and storage is at a premium, especially when you have a hobby that threatens to overtake your storage areas. I have already posted my scrap area as part of my blog hosting week back in February, so for our spring cleaning we will go a little deeper.

This used to be a linen/storage cupboard but it now holds most of my craft supplies. Everything has a home and everything is labeled. Labeling is key to organisation! I can put my finger on most items very quickly because it has a label on the front. If I add a new item to a storage box/drawer, I just add another label.

Medium-sized plastic tubs hold bulky items and things that I don't use as often. The middle shelves also hold drawers of varying sizes. The drawers hold my most used items and are at eye level for easy access—this is key, people! You won't use it if it's a drag to get it out! My bulkier tools like my Epic 6, Xyron, and Bind-it-All sit on top of the drawers so they are always easy to take out, use, and put away.

The smaller tubs hold often-used items that are bulkier and the purple photo containers by Cropper Hopper hold most of our photos.

The last lot of tubs are large and are a combination of scrapbooking, general craft, fabric, and my husband's sports clothes (see, I am a very sharing sort of person!).

One set of drawers holds my cardstock scraps, sorted by colour. I used to try and keep all my scraps no matter how small, but this is unrealistic so now I only keep larger scraps and what fits in the drawer. Part of keeping things organised is the upkeep; if the drawer starts to get full, I have a purge and take all the smaller pieces to work for craft at the library. Having your scraps sorted saves time when you just need to use a small piece for a punch or embellishment and saves you from having to cut into a fresh piece of cardstock.

My most used punches are stored in the drawers with all the other punches on the top shelf.

I treat my patterned paper just like my cardstock—all scraps go into these two drawers to be used for cards and embellishments. Sometimes I can complete a whole layout or mini-book just from my scraps. Again, anything too small goes to work.

My inks are kept in the middle drawers and I often flip them over to keep the ink pad moist. Again, ease of use is key. The drawer above holds the stamp cleaning pad and the tubs below hold my stamps. When I need to use them I can just carry the tub to my desk and play around. When I am finished it all goes back in, lid goes on, and away it goes—makes pack-up a breeze.

I have also managed to take over part of the other linen press in our dining room and I put a bookshelf in the cupboard that could hold the large-sized albums; they do not fit any other bookshelf and we have no free walls left. Small house strikes again! My cardstock and patterned paper collection is here as well. What you can't see to the left is the vacuum cleaner, my husband's guitar and amp, our CD collection, my wedding dress, my first-date-with-Gary-dress (oh please, who doesn't have that in a box somewhere?) and the box that has all those crazy cords and plugs from our collection of computers (I know you all have one of these boxes, ha!).

The top shelves hold my cardstock and my category drawers (from my BPS Library of Memories class). All my cardstock is housed in Cropper Hopper vertical storage boxes—the best thing ever, in my opinion. I can see my cardstock easily, it takes up less room, I have them in all sizes—12 x 12, 8.5 x 11, and 8 x 8—and they are all labeled. I can pull them out and carry them to my desk, and I have been known to just sit them in a tub when I go away to scrapbook, just in case I need a colour. I have made peace with what I like and so my collection is heavy with white, kraft and black with a small selection of other colours.

The bottom shelves hold my albums and my folders, I am still in the process of moving pages around in my albums using the Library of Memories categories. Other albums belong to my boys and class that I have taken.

I also have a series of white folders on the bottom shelf. These folders hold class notes from Big Picture Scrapbooking, divided by teacher. I also have a couple of folders for inspiration. Because I can't house an unlimited supply of magazines, I do tear out what I like (I think I heard a few of you gasp—and yes, it was hard to do at first), punch holes in it and put it straight into the folder. So, my very favourite things are right at my fingertips, including folders that house inspiration for sewing, knitting and crochet, computer and font tips, Christmas ideas and records—well, the list goes on but it is all in one easy-to-get-to place.

The kraft folders house all things school for my sons Oscar and Byron. I have another two folders that contain all their primary school stuff, but these folders are for high school. These are not their school albums; these are the report cards and achievement certificates and awards—you know, all that stuff. Having a place to put it as soon as it comes home stops it from becoming clutter somewhere else in the house.

To the right of my bookshelf is a container that holds my rolls of wrapping paper. It has a lid, keeps everything neat and I only keep basic colours that will get me through any event.

Finally, here is my built-in bookshelf in the dining room. I will say that I have taken a few shelves for my hobby, but this bookshelf holds all our family books and also serves as storage for our boys' Playstation and Wii. I regularly go through my books to see if I still want to keep something; if not, it's donated to the library. When you have a small space, it forces you to be ruthless!

OK, there you go! Yes, I have a disproportionate amount of storage just for me, but those are the perks of being the one that keeps everything sorted. Ha! Knowing that my space can't expand, I have to think about what I do bring into the space. Sometimes there is room and sometimes something else has to go. Because I scrapbook in the lounge room, I need to be able to pack up quickly and this system of tubs, containers and drawers makes that very easy. I am a visual person, so it makes sense that if I can see it, I will use it. It works for me and I hope it helps you a little to take control of your scrap stash—because I know you all have one!

WCS Presents: Spring Cleaning and Organization Week!

Welcome to our first-ever spring cleaning and organization week! We're excited to highlight some of our most organized team members' scrapbook spaces this week in hopes that their hard work to build beautiful, functional creative areas will inspire you to look for the best solutions for your own organizational challenges. Today, please welcome Jody Wenke as she takes you on a tour of her scrapbook room.

Barring any natural disasters or computer issues, I am finally going to show you my studio, and I'm very excited! Let's go back to the beginning: two years ago, my husband realized that this little hobby of mine had turned into a full-blown obsession and agreed to build a scrap room for me in our basement.

It certainly helped that he was able to build the entire room by himself because he is in the remodeling business. I wanted it painted a soothing yellow because the color just makes me happy. Fast forward to a couple of days just past Christmas when a burst pipe wreaked havoc on my studio. The lower cabinetry needed to be torn from the walls and the carpet needed to be ripped up and dried, but thankfully no scrap supplies or layouts were ruined:

So while two years ago I had a beautiful scrap room, I didn't use it to its fullest potential. This flood lit a fire in me and I went through every single drawer and streamlined all my supplies so everything would have a place. When you walk down the stairs to my basement, this is the first thing you see:

To the right is a brand new wall of my favorite family photos. I love the uniformity of equal sized (8x10) frames. They were all bought at a Joann's store; each frame was $5 and I would use a coupon for 50% off each time I went. Same with the mats—each one $2.99 at Michael's and then I would use a coupon. I would buy a couple each time I went shopping, so it wasn't a big chunk of change to spend all at once.

I recently bought this frame at Ikea ($25) and searched high and low for a quote that would fit the personality of the room. I did manage to find a great one and used my personal stash of my most favorite ever American Crafts Subway Thickers.

This next photo is where the magic happens...: ) I like to refer to this table as the Autopsy Table, it's that big and sturdy...enough room to spread out supplies—and enough leftover room for a friend, too! There are a total of 16 pull-out drawers all organized differently; some have letter stickers, some rub-ons, some scrap papers, some chipboard letters and some color-sorted embellishments. Every drawer has compartments for all the supplies. They were all bought at different Dollar Stores. The large white plastic bins were $1 and the smaller ones were 3 for a $1. Here are just some of the ways I have organized everything:

You know those sheets of embellishments/stickers that we all have much too much of? Well I cut them apart and put everything in color-coded bins and on the back of each product I initial the manufacturer's name so if I ever need to know this info for any publications coming up it's right at my fingertips:

Target is also a great place to buy these galvanized buckets for storage, the small rectangular bins are a steal for a $1 each!

On top of my scrap table, I love my Making Memories carousel ($39 at Michaels before 40% off coupon) This is worth its weight in gold. It houses everything I use constantly (pens, scissors, tape, my glasses,etc...)

I keep all my cardstock and patterned papers in Sterilite bins (they can usually be found at Walmart on sale for $10). They are organized in colors and by manufacturers name (American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon, Jillybean Soup & Basic Grey are my personal favorites).

Now, onto the cabinets! The left cabinet houses some embellishments sorted by themes and all my different sized photos. Again, the buckets were bought at Target (small buckets $1 each, larger buckets $2.50 each).

The right cabinet is so organized I can't stand it! Whatever I am looking for is available at a glance (foam, felt, Easter, Valentine's Day, butterflies, arrows, Halloween, school, photo corners, etc...)

This shelf holds all my scrapbooks:

One of my very favorite things in the whole room is the SIMPLE sign bought for me from my sweet friend Carmela. No other word sums up my scrapping style like this one :) Here's another angle, and right outside this window is my girl's swing set and trampoline—what is nice is that I can take totally candid photos of them, kind of like a paparazzi, if you will ;)

In this cabinet I store all my favorite scrap books and magazines (Creating Keepsakes and Simple Scrapbooks :::wiping away a tear:::) and also my photo CDs and stamp/ink and brad storage. They were all purchased at Walmart for $6 each. Here is the uniformity rearing its vicious head again!

This is another wall which I hang my most recent scrap pages from a curtain rod; I had seen it in other scrap rooms and loved the look. I can easily change the layouts and at least I don't have to put them into the scrapbooks where no one can see them, at least for a little while:

Here are a couple more angles of the room itself:

I hope you enjoyed seeing my studio; I certainly enjoyed showing it to you. I really tried when decorating for the room to keep costs at a minimum to show you that you don't have to spend a lot of money when putting together a room. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments section—I will be happy to answer anything you'd like to know :)

Spring Palette

photo by Aly Dosdall

Baby Alterations

 

Good Saturday morning! I wanted to round out the week with a look at some decor and other baby themed altered items. 

One of the cool things about scrapbooking supplies is that you can use them for many other things. Even if you're not the queen of altering (and I'm not), they can come in handy for simple personalised projects. Because Kieran's first nursery was tiny, and because of budget constraints, I wanted to add some personal homemade touches, as there wasn't much we could do with the space we had.

The first project I made before he even came was this clipboard, an attempt to keep me organised and on track.

   

It's where I kept all my lists of what we needed to get to prepare his arrival. I'd carry it with me when we went shopping to make sure that we were getting what we needed, plus not being tempted to buy all the cute baby stuff we saw!

For his room I made this ribbon frame: lengths of ribbon wrapped around canvas board and stapled to the back.

 

I used my Making Memories Slice to cut the shapes and word out of patterned paper.

On a roll with the Slice I then made this shadow box house

 

At the time we weren't sharing his name, but it should say Kieran there! Now that he has a real room it will go on his door.

This piece is really a sewing project, but since I used my Thickers felt letters I feel justified in posting it on a scrapbooking blog.

 

Aly came up with a clever way to sort and store all the little things a new babe needs

 

I love the personalised nature of the categories!

When Kieran was about five months old I did my first clearing out of his too small items, and realised that there were a few things I wanted to hold on to! I used a box that a gift came in to create this keepsake.

 

Finally, I wanted to keep all the congratulatory cards we received in a way that didn't create clutter. The Bind-it-All came in handy for that

  

 

I used the bingo card to create a pocket for keeping the written notes we received.

  

Have you created any baby themed decor or other altered projects? Share them in the flickr group! With a new nursery to decorate since we moved I am always looking for ideas!

It's been a blast being here this week, sharing my new favourite scrapbooking topic. I loved all the feedback and am glad that you were able to find some inspiration from my posts. 

Dont forget that our Spring Cleaning Week starts Monday! So be sure to come on by!

What About You?

Hello friends and happy Friday! I'm so glad to hear about people making lists of ideas for getting those baby pages done! Don't forget to upload your creations to our flickr group so that we can see your precious ones!

Let's switch gears for a bit. Yes, it's important to tell baby's story and that first year I know that 99% of our time and energy and love is focused on the little one, but let's answer the question above. What about you? It wouldn't be at all like me if I didn't scrap pages about myself (that's where my scrapbooking journey started after all) and that hasn't changed. Granted I am doing a lot less pages about me, but some things are still worth recording.

What about you during the time you were expecting?

My lament at not being able to drink alcohol or eat some of my very favourite foods!

My attempt to look cute while pregnant.

And some thoughts on the big day upcoming

Moon did this gorgeous minialbum documenting her pregnancy

You can see more pages from the album here on her blog.

What about you during the first year?

I still have quite a bit to document about my experiences during this first year. So far I have managed to tell these stories:

About this indispensable piece of furniture

About my battle of the bulge!

And about my nursing reminder bracelet

And I think we can all relate to Celeste's plea in this page

I'm currently planning a page to address the question that every.single.person asked me after Kieran was born "So how does it feel to be a mother?". I'm the world's least mushy person, so it won't be a sappy page, sorta like the non-sappy answer I gave to that question. I think I will do a blog post about it first to get my thoughts together.

Tomorrow we will switch gears completely and talk about nursery decor and other altered projects!

and the giveaway goes to . . .

First, thank you to SRM Stickers for their generous offering of the calendar kit. We appreciate your kindness in supporting our site!

Next, congratulations goes out to

Vicki, we hope that your calendar will add to the pleasure of your making gifts for your cousin. We are all too familiar with the tragedy of miscarriages and hope and pray that all goes well for her baby's arrival!

Please send us your contact information to writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com by Saturday! Thank you!

Next up, Francine talks about staying present in your own scrapbooks once you have a child! Stay tuned!

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Tiny babies with tiny fingers and tiny toes lead to giant stacks of photos.

Tiny babies with tiny fingers and tiny toes lead to big time hours spent gazing, not sleeping, not even scrapbooking.

Tiny babies with tiny fingers and tiny toes lead to little moments spent drinking it all in, certain that it will never be forgotten.

But as those tiny babies begin to grow and the sleep deprivation sets in, things can slip from your mind as easily as a wet baby slides in the tub.

Knowing you might not have time to scrapbook those photos as quickly as you take them (and while the memories are still fresh), we have found a giveaway that will help you keep track of milestones, stages, and unforgettables (that sadly are a bit more forgettable than you hope).

Meet SRM's baby calendar system. With a 13 month calendar and accompanying stickers to help you remember all the little things, you can build it as you live the year, or do the basics beforehand. Or prep it for a gift. What new mother wouldn't appreciate having such a quick, easy, and darling way to look back at her baby's first year.

Francine, Aly, and Elizabeth all had a chance to play with the calendar kit.

True to Kieran's scrapbook pages, Francine selected a very non-traditional color palette.

And in signature whimsical style, she cleverly added photos right on the calendar.

Notice how the bottom of each month has room for specific little details. Fabulous.

Next up, Aly. Her sweet Faith got a girly girl calendar. Would you even imagine both calendars came from the same starting place?

Here you can see how the reminder stickers can work:

Elizabeth, not giving in to pregnancy peer pressure, used her calendar to create a gift for a friend.

With some (hoarded)scraps, Elizabeth created a calendar with room for mom's additions, though with a unified color and design scheme throughout.

And what an ingenious way to store the stickers for new mama. Close at hand, ready to go--not to be lost with the ever disappearing pacifiers!

If you would like to be considered for this tremendous giveaway, please leave us a comment with a reminder (to yourself and to inspire others) of a baby page (yours or your child's) you are looking forward to completing this week! (How is that for positive mental energy?)

Comments will remain open until 8:00 pm PST and one lucky number will be drawn and posted tomorrow. For more SRM inspiration, please stop by their blog. If you click here, you can see some creative and amazing cards and projects that the SRM team made using the same stickers that can be found in the calendar kit!

Don't forget to stop by the SRM site where you can view all of their products, and even do a little shopping!  You can order right from them, and one of their retailers will gladly ship you your new baby calendar kit!

Enjoy! Good luck! and be sure to check back before Saturday at midnight!

Telling Kieran's Stories

Happy Wednesday everyone. I am glad to hear that some ideas are brewing for you from the last two days posts. Now here's a tip "write them down right away!" If I didn't keep a running list of the pages I wanted to do, I'd never get any scrapping done! When I have some time to scrap it's easy to decide where to start since I have my ideas noted.

Now here comes my favourite part. Telling those everyday stories about Kieran. As a new mother it was a wonder for me to see this little human develop. And not just physically. His little personality was showing itself in the early stages, giving me lots of thing to note and later scrapbook about like

- the fact that he really hated tummy time

- the day I realised how much like a little boy he was looking already

- the story about his pacifier that was really big for his tiny face

- how amusing it was to see him "reading"

- the fact that he loves to chew on his shoes

I also wanted to document specific items and events like

- the nursery he came home to

- all the tools we used to help ease the pain of teething

- his first vacation

And then there are the pages I did just because.

Just because he looks so adorable in the wrap (note - I took these photos by holding my arm out and snapping in his general direction).

Just because my friend sent him this (way too big for now) t-shirt (and at the time he was a willing subject)

and just because he looked way too handsome in his turtleneck

And don't forget to get some photos of your family!

Still on my (super long) list to create are stories about

Our daily routines
How the word "Ploof!" makes him laugh
Our experiences with Baby-led Weaning
Mummy and Me
Papa et Moi
Bilingual Baby (I already have a blog post about this so I am a step ahead!)
Teaching him to clap his hands
A minibook about his toys
How whether he looks like me or his dad changes depending on the day

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

All these layouts (including the ones I posted yesterday) will be kept in an American Crafts Modern 3-ring album. And not necessarily in chronological order. 

So here are some more tips for you

1. Make the most of those first six or so months when baby isn't moving around yet and take as many photos as possible! I have a pretty tough time getting non blurry shots of Kieran these days. And keep the camera close, you never know when you will get that perfect shot!

2. This one is worth repeating: Keep a running list of the stories you want to tell.

3. If you blog, use your blog as a way to get the stories told. That way when you're ready to scrap you can just find the particular post and have instant journaling. This also works if you keep written journals.

4. All the paper layouts above, plus most of the ones I posted yesterday were created using monthly kits. (The others were created using items already in my stash). Most of my digital pages are created using layered page templates, which make it nice and quick.

Monthly kits have been a life saver for me. I only subscribe to one, but have quite a nice pile up since I didn't scrap much in the last months of my pregnancy, or for the first few months after Kieran was born.

My new method for scrapping involves a sort of "batch processing" using blocks of time. First I decide what photos I need, and print out a nice stack. The next block of time I have I take the photos and go through my kits to choose which ones I'll use. I don't spend a lot of time second guessing myself here, if one sheet of paper in a kit looks like it will coordinate with the photos, I call it done, and move on to the next set. Finally when I want to scrap, I can grab a kit plus photos and get to work.

If you don't get a kit, perhaps you can first create "kits" from your stash, or just use the same method going through your supplies, but trying not to get stuck in scrapbooker indecisionitis!

Ok, here is one more for the road

I'll be back on Friday to talk about scrapping you during baby's first year. But come back tomorrow because it's giveaway day with a baby theme!