Scrapbook Your Way

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SYW283 - Effective Planning with Tools and Systems Nov 06, 2024

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In this episode I’m chatting with my accountability partner (and returning guest) Alissa Williams about the evolution of our planning needs. We share personal experiences with different planning tools and discuss areas for improvement in goal setting, documentation, and weekly planning. Our conversation highlights contrasts our approaches and includes the role of systems in Alissa’s planning process.
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SYW282 - How Do You Stay Aligned? Oct 28, 2024

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Helen DeRam returns to wrap up our series on creating in alignment with the seasons, following episodes no. 250 and no. 267. Our conversation continues to highlight our unique approaches to Aligned as a creative project as well as our insights on the ongoing experience. With Fall as the final season, we also reflect on what we will carry forward into 2025 and beyond.
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Pretty Little Studio You Are My Sunshine Collection
Modern Pressed Flower Classes
49 and Market Quad Folio Album
Canva
Helen on Instagram: @hderam
Helen’s YouTube channel: Helen De Ram

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SYW281 - My Way with CJ Flynn Oct 21, 2024

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I love how these conversations, with creator after creator, illustrate the breadth of what brings us joy. CJ Flynn is our October 2024 featured artist, inspiring our latest member challenge with her clean and simple scrapbooking style.

You'll find CJ combining minimalist hybrid pages with her favorite products, typically on a smaller scale. Our conversation highlights her journey to clarity about her 'way' of scrapbooking as well as insights into the resources she uses to document with ease.

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CJ on Instagram: @ink.paper.photos
CJ’s Blog
Ali Edwards December Daily
December Daily Paislee Press Kit - sold out
Blurb
Lightroom Classic
Shutterfly
Kelly Purkey's shop: Paper Person
Heba’s My Little Journal
Ali Edwards One Little Word
Studio Calico
Becky Higgins Project Life
Everyday Explorers
Ali Edwards Stories by the Month
Epson Paper Size Settings
Jennifer’s sticker paper: Avery | MACO (*)

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SYW280 - The Untold Value of Community Oct 14, 2024

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When I asked Jo Guihot to join me on the podcast, I wanted to highlight her genuine desire to welcome shy newcomers to Simple Scrapper as well as some of the challenges she faces as an Aussie scrapbooker in a very US-centric industry.

What unfolded was a sincere conversation about the snowballing value of actively contributing to the health of a community. Jo shares how she has created more than she ever thought possible, in part due to the accountability members like her continue to foster.
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SYW279 - Indexing Layouts and Scrapbooks Oct 08, 2024

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Last year I chatted with Holly DeVore for one of our My Way episodes, celebrating her as our featured artist for the month. Today Holly is a Simple Scrapper member applying our strategies to refine and add more intention to her hobby.

In this episode you'll hear how Holly's effort to index her layouts and albums shifted her focus in scrapbooking. Our conversation is full of thoughtful insights and clever techniques that help Holly take a more minimalist approach to memory keeping.
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Holly's previous episode: SYW222 - My Way with Holly DeVore
Holly on Instagram: @hollydevore_
Ali Edwards December Daily
Ali Edwards Week in the Life
Canva
Blurb
Mixbook
Day One
Passion Planner

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SYW278 - My Way with Inessa Persekian Sep 30, 2024

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Inessa Persekian hopes to create an album documenting her childhood in Ukraine with photos she thought were lost forever. Inessa is the September 2024 Simple Scrapper Featured and in this episode she shares how her passion for this hobby developed. We discuss how she carves out time in her busy days and organizational strategies for the bright and colorful products she loves. Our conversation also includes insights and lessons learned from her 20-year scrapbooking journey.
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SYW277 - I'm Not Trying to Be Caught Up Sep 30, 2024

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Everything we do at Simple Scrapper is about helping you find ways to scrapbook that feel good and are sustainable. That looks like troubleshooting your storytelling sticking-points and laying out the options when you're craving consistency.

In this third and final episode of our special Q&A series I'm answering more submitted questions, including some that were specifically about me and my scrapbooking hobby.

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My 2017 December Daily album
Project 365
#Thursday3
Project Life
Stop the Blur
Monthly Roundup
Aligned year-long class
The "Pick Three"
- Document a photo from now
- Tell a Bucket List Story
- Create a page inspired by a class or challenge
Simple Scrapper membership community

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SYW276 - Why Do We Bother to Scrapbook? Sep 16, 2024

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Sometimes our minds get squirrelly, taking us from feeling like our supplies are in need of TLC to wondering why we should even bother with scrapbooking at all. This episode takes you on that journey, but counters the challenges we often face along the way. You'll hear practical strategies for managing your files and helpful questions to ask yourself about your hobby.

This is the second of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. I've also opened up the ability for listeners to submit future questions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:

Organizing a very disorganized computer
Assessing the space your scrapbooks require
Understanding your personal value of our hobby
Finding meaning in your unique experience

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The Finishing Project class

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SYW275 - Making Decisions in Scrapbooking Sep 04, 2024

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Every time I interview a guest for Scrapbook Your Way, I leave our conversation more excited to scrapbook. But recently I've been missing the chance to share some of the guidance I offered when Simple Scrapper was just a daily blog.

This is the first of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. If you enjoy the format, please let me know and I'll open it up to regular submissions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:

Considerations for changing your scrapbooking format
How to successfully return to scrapbooking after a break
Approaches to managing multiple photo libraries
Strategies for scrapbooking with poor quality photos

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SYW274 - Memorabilia Management Aug 21, 2024

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My friend and accountability partner Alissa Williams returns to the podcast with a big development. This summer she invested significant, focused effort in managing her personal and family memorabilia. In our conversation Alissa shares her motivations, objectives, and specific details of her process. And of course, we briefly chat about how our planners are working for us in this season of life.
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