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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Allow yourself to make mistakes. Trying to be perfect is a sure way to get scrapbooking burnout.
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. 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. 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 just a few of these ideas, and chase away your scrapbooking burnout today.
