Are you suffering from scrapbooking burnout? Are your photos and scrapbooking supplies piling up and you don't have the motivation to create a single page layout? Here are a few ideas to help you cure your scrapbooking burnout.
1. A new scrapbooking technique may be just what you need to spark your imagination. Grab some photos and try one out today.
2. Don't think you have to get through your entire photograph backlog. Just pick one photo today, and showcase it on a page. Just getting started may be just what you need.
3. Give yourself permission to throw out poor quality photographs. Your backlog will start to shrink and just looking through your photos may inspire you.
4. Go through and organize your scrapbooking supplies. Can you use your materials in a new way? Or can you create new color combinations?
5. Your scrapbooking magazines are a great resource of inspiration. Read one today for review of the latest products and ideas for page layouts.
6. Sign up for a scrapbooking class. The excitement of a class is a terrific boost to motivate you to get more pages done.
7. Gather your friends together for a scrapbooking crop. There's inspiration and motivation in numbers. If you prefer not to set up a party of your own, check out your local scrapbooking store for a group crop.
8. Go shopping! Browse through your local scrapbooking store or craft store and get inspired by all the new products available.
9. Stop trying to be perfect. Thinking every page you create must be a work of art only stops you before you ever get started. Give yourself permission to make a less than perfect page layout.
10. Sell or give away some of your scrapbooking supplies. Scaling down can help you overcome supply overload. Sometimes too many choices can keep you from taking action.
11. Don't try to take on too much. Are you trying to create a whole album in one night? Try to scrapbook just one page at a time.
12. Sign up for a scrapbooking challenge. You can find these online in scrapbooking community message boards. Joining the competition and excitement will start your scrapbooking creativity going again.
13. Try digital scrapbooking. Learning how to creative scrapbook albums on your computer can be inspiring.
14. Check out the message boards and galleries at online scrapbooking communities. The excitement of the members and seeing their ideas and pages provides plenty of inspiration.
15. Let others see your scrapbooks. Show your pages to your friends and family. Seeing how others react to your albums can motivate you to create more albums.
Try these tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear.
About the Author:
Christine Perry is an avid scrapbooker and has over 10 years of scrapbooking experience. Her favorite scrapbooking subjects are her reluctant teenagers. She invites you to her website, http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more scrapbooking ideas and how to make a school scrapbooking album.
