15 Tips to Chase Away Scrapbooking Burnout
It happens to every scrapbooker. No matter how long you've been scrapbooking, you're going to face scrapbooking burnout at some time. There can be so many reasons for it. Maybe you just can't decide what papers to use or which embellishments. Here are a few tips to help you overcome 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. 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. Go through and organize your scrapbooking supplies. Can you use your materials in a new way? Or can you create new color combinations?
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. 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. Go shopping! Browse through your local scrapbooking store or craft store and get inspired by all the new products available.
9. Stop trying to be perfect. Thinking every page you create must be a work of art only stops you before you ever get started. Give yourself permission to make a less than perfect page layout.
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. Sign up for a scrapbooking challenge. You can find these online in scrapbooking community message boards. Joining the competition and excitement will start your scrapbooking creativity going again.
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. Show off your scrapbooks. When was the last time you pulled out your scrapbooks when family comes to visit or let your children read through your albums? When you see all the pages you have designed, you just may be motivated to create some more.
Try these scrapbooking tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear.
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