How to Get Out of a Scrapbook Slump

I started to scrapbook for fourteen years. About 2 years ago I began to find myself in a scrapbook slump. There were several reasons. I had made an album for my daughter's 40th birthday and one for my grandson when he graduated from high school. I got carried away and put more pages in the albums than I should have. The binders were not staying closed and I had to begin to reduce the number of pages. The second thing I did was put many original pictures in those two albums and two other heritage albums.

I bought a new printer that had a scanner and found myself taking pictures out of these albums that I couldn't find in my picture file on my computer and scanning many of those photos. When I was finished my albums were a mess!

My niece Cindi, my scrapbook buddy, gave me a pep talk and I began the laborious job of redoing those albums. 

I needed fresh inspiration so I checked out Pinterest scrapbook ideas and perused some old scrapbook magazines. Recently I was able to finish my daughter's album and am now working to downsize my grandsons. 

Another thing I did was rearrange my scrapbook closet. I have my supplies in a nice array and easy access and I no longer dread going into that walk-in closet.  I brought all my albums out of the closet that I am working on and displayed them in a bookcase so I would see them every time I was on my computer in my scrapbook room. I think out of sight out of mind was in play in this situation. Now I look at those assorted albums in different stages of completion and feel like I finally see light at the end of the tunnel!




The last couple of times my grandchildren have been over they want to look at their in-process albums or their siblings. I had the idea that I had to hide them in the closet until the big reveal but found my grandchildren enjoy my process.  Recently my six-year-old grandson made me two pictures and added a sticker sheet to my gift from him. I realized if those albums had been hidden away he would not have thought of that sweet gift of a sheet of the stickers for his Memaw!

So if you are in a slump in your scrapbooking I encourage you to find ways to inspire yourself to get back preserving those family memories!