Scrapbook Your Way

Is your scrapbooking deeply satisfying? Let's figure it out and make a plan for 2025. This episode offers an introduction to the eighth year of the Planning Party and serves as a companion guide to the Planning Workbook. The workbook and associated events are free, but do require registration at the link below. ✨ Register for the Planning Party at simplescrapper.com/plan25🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

In this episode I’m chatting with my accountability partner (and returning guest) Alissa Williams about the evolution of our planning needs. We share personal experiences with different planning tools and discuss areas for improvement in goal setting, documentation, and weekly planning. Our conversation highlights contrasts our approaches and includes the role of systems in Alissa’s planning process.Links MentionedStamp Joy by Taylored ExpressionsBullet JournalPlum PaperAli Edwards Week In The Life Day One AppHobonichi Original A6 (*)Archer and OliveClickUpShimelle's Best of Both WorldsProductive FlourishingAsanaDavid Allen’s Getting Things Done (*)TrelloAnyList appColibriErin CondrenMay DesignsMosseryAura EstelleSterling InkLeuchtturm (*)Persnickety PrintsSimplified Planner by Emily LeyAlissa’s Instagram: @alissarecommends💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw283 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Helen DeRam returns to wrap up our series on creating in alignment with the seasons, following episodes no. 250 and no. 267. Our conversation continues to highlight our unique approaches to Aligned as a creative project as well as our insights on the ongoing experience. With Fall as the final season, we also reflect on what we will carry forward into 2025 and beyond.Links MentionedPretty Little Studio You Are My Sunshine CollectionModern Pressed Flower Classes49 and Market Quad Folio AlbumCanvaHelen on Instagram: @hderamHelen’s YouTube channel: Helen De Ram💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw282 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

I love how these conversations, with creator after creator, illustrate the breadth of what brings us joy. CJ Flynn is our October 2024 featured artist, inspiring our latest member challenge with her clean and simple scrapbooking style.You'll find CJ combining minimalist hybrid pages with her favorite products, typically on a smaller scale. Our conversation highlights her journey to clarity about her 'way' of scrapbooking as well as insights into the resources she uses to document with ease.Links MentionedCJ on Instagram: @ink.paper.photosCJ’s BlogAli Edwards December DailyDecember Daily Paislee Press Kit - sold outBlurbLightroom ClassicShutterflyKelly Purkey's shop: Paper PersonHeba’s My Little JournalAli Edwards One Little WordStudio CalicoBecky Higgins Project LifeEveryday ExplorersAli Edwards Stories by the MonthEpson Paper Size SettingsJennifer’s sticker paper: Avery | MACO (*)*Affiliate links help to support the work we do, at no additional cost to you.💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw281 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

When I asked Jo Guihot to join me on the podcast, I wanted to highlight her genuine desire to welcome shy newcomers to Simple Scrapper as well as some of the challenges she faces as an Aussie scrapbooker in a very US-centric industry. What unfolded was a sincere conversation about the snowballing value of actively contributing to the health of a community. Jo shares how she has created more than she ever thought possible, in part due to the accountability members like her continue to foster.Links MentionedJo on Instagram: @jgandthreeAli Edwards December DailyBecky Higgins Project LifeStacey’s Paper StudioUniquely CreativeCocoa VanillaStudio 73Vicki Boutin (*)Shimelle Laine (*)*Affiliate links help to support the work we do, at no additional cost to you.💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw280 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Last year I chatted with Holly DeVore for one of our My Way episodes, celebrating her as our featured artist for the month. Today Holly is a Simple Scrapper member applying our strategies to refine and add more intention to her hobby.In this episode you'll hear how Holly's effort to index her layouts and albums shifted her focus in scrapbooking. Our conversation is full of thoughtful insights and clever techniques that help Holly take a more minimalist approach to memory keeping. Links MentionedHolly's previous episode: SYW222 - My Way with Holly DeVoreHolly on Instagram: @hollydevore_Ali Edwards December DailyAli Edwards Week in the LifeCanvaBlurbMixbookDay OnePassion Planner💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw279 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Inessa Persekian hopes to create an album documenting her childhood in Ukraine with photos she thought were lost forever. Inessa is the September 2024 Simple Scrapper Featured and in this episode she shares how her passion for this hobby developed. We discuss how she carves out time in her busy days and organizational strategies for the bright and colorful products she loves. Our conversation also includes insights and lessons learned from her 20-year scrapbooking journey.Links MentionedInessa on Instagram: @paperandblingInessa's Facebook pageInessa's YouTube channelShutterflyErica Rose CreatesPaige Evans (*)Vicki Boutin (*)Simple Stories (*)Bella Blvd (*)Pinkfresh Studio (*)Spiegel Mom ScrapsScrapbook and Cards TodayInessa’s classes at Big Picture Classes*Affiliate links help to support the work we do, at no additional cost to you.💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw278 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Everything we do at Simple Scrapper is about helping you find ways to scrapbook that feel good and are sustainable. That looks like troubleshooting your storytelling sticking-points and laying out the options when you're craving consistency.In this third and final episode of our special Q&A series I'm answering more submitted questions, including some that were specifically about me and my scrapbooking hobby. Links MentionedMy 2017 December Daily albumProject 365#Thursday3Project LifeStop the BlurMonthly RoundupAligned year-long classThe "Pick Three" Document a photo from nowTell a Bucket List StoryCreate a page inspired by a class or challengeSimple Scrapper membership community💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw277 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Sometimes our minds get squirrelly, taking us from feeling like our supplies are in need of TLC to wondering why we should even bother with scrapbooking at all. This episode takes you on that journey, but counters the challenges we often face along the way. You'll hear practical strategies for managing your files and helpful questions to ask yourself about your hobby.This is the second of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. I've also opened up the ability for listeners to submit future questions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:Organizing a very disorganized computer Assessing the space your scrapbooks requireUnderstanding your personal value of our hobbyFinding meaning in your unique experienceLinks MentionedThe Finishing Project class💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw276 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus

Every time I interview a guest for Scrapbook Your Way, I leave our conversation more excited to scrapbook. But recently I've been missing the chance to share some of the guidance I offered when Simple Scrapper was just a daily blog.This is the first of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. If you enjoy the format, please let me know and I'll open it up to regular submissions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:Considerations for changing your scrapbooking formatHow to successfully return to scrapbooking after a breakApproaches to managing multiple photo librariesStrategies for scrapbooking with poor quality photosLinks Mentioned2025 A6 Hobonichi with Original - English bookSticker kit subscriptionCurrent plannerFree Focus Finder toolThe Finishing Project classMerging an old iPhoto library with Apple PhotosFinding duplicates with Apple PhotosMy perspective on duplicate removal💬 Visit simplescrapper.com/syw275 to comment on this episode.🧐 Get the Focus Finder tool at simplescrapper.com/focus