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. Learning a new technique can spark your creativity. Just find some photos and try out the technique. It's always best to try a new scrapbooking method as soon after you learn it as possible.
2. Ignore the backlog of photos and just scrap one photograph. Choose a favorite photo, and make it your focal point. Sometimes getting started is all the motivation 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. Your supply stash can bring inspiration. Organize your supplies, and see if you are inspired to mix embellishments or papers in a new way.
5. Flip through scrapbooking magazines for inspiration. They are filled with great page ideas, techniques to try and information on the latest products.
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. Attend a scrapbooking crop. Either sign up for one at your local scrapbooking store or plan one yourself and invite your friends and family
8. A trip to your local scrapbooking store to see all the new products can also inspire you to start creating scrapbooking pages.
9. Don't think you have to be perfect. Scrapbooking doesn't have to be complicated. Allow yourself to make mistakes and make simple pages. Not every page needs to be a work of art.
10. Have a scrapbooking supply sale of your own. Give away or sell some of your supplies. Sometimes have less is more. You may have so many choices you don't know where to start.
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. Join a scrapbooking community online challenge. You can find these on message boards and forums. Competing with others may jump start your motivation.
13. Have you tried digital scrapbooking? Digital scrapbooking is becoming more and more popular among scrapbookers. It's certainly less messy than traditional scrapbooking.
14. Join a scrapbooking community online and read their message boards and forums. Most of these communities have galleries where members upload their scrapbooking pages for others to see and make comments.
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 tips and how to make a school scrapbooking album.
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