15 Tips to Chase Away Scrapbooking Burnout
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. Clean out your photos. Why are you hanging onto blurred or poor quality photos? Give yourself permission to toss them, and watch your backlog shrink.
4. Start organizing your supplies. Just seeing all the cool materials you have to work with may spark your creativity.
5. Scrapbooking magazines are designed to bring inspiration. Read your favorite magazine today for new techniques or the latest products.
6. Enroll in a scrapbooking class. The excitement of taking a class can often spark your interest to start scrapbooking again.
7. Plan a scrapbooking crop for your friends. If you don’t want to plan one yourself, attend a crop at your local scrapbooking store.
8. Browsing your local scrapbook or craft store may encourage you to start scrapbooking again. Try buying a scrapbooking kit that has everything you need to make a complete album.
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 scrapbooking 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. Join the digital scrapbooking craze. It’s a lot less messy than traditional scrapbooking.
14. Read online scrapbooking message boards and peek in their members’ galleries. Just reading about the excitement of other scrapbookers may jump start your own creativity.
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 just a few of these scrapbooking ideas, and chase away your scrapbooking burnout today.