Friday, June 24, 2005

10 things to get you motivated

1. Take a favorite photo out of a box or frame. Decide today is the day you will show it off.

2. Pull out some patterned papers or embellishments you have bought. Remember the photos you were thinking of using them with?

3. Set out photos from one event. Now journal all your feelings, the facts (ie. where, when), and any quips you remember someone saying at the time.

4. Buy a new magazine.

5. Scope out a new technique book. There are many at the local library.

6. Get your friends together for a crop.

7. Visit online message boards. Chat with other croppers and look through the online galleries for scrapbook ideas.

8. Try to schedule time each week or month to scrapbook. It is easier to keep the creative ideas flowing if you are using them regularly.

9. Take some new photos and get them developed right away.

10. Show your completed scrapbook pages to everyone. Nothing like a confidence boost to get you in the mood to scrapbook once again!

copyright 2005 Val Selby www.littlescrapbookshop.com

2 comments:

Moonwishes said...

While I'm not a scrapbooker, I do crafts, and some of these rules would work for other things. Part of doing a craft, is just get started and do it bit by bit. Remember you are doing this because you like to do it. stop in a visit my site if you get a chance.

Val said...

Yes, they definitely do apply to many things in life. Thanks for stopping by!