See, I told you the last post wouldn't really be the final Simplify post! This is just a little update of how I'm doing on those posted goals for Scrapbooking!
September 2011 - Finish 2010 Digitally and Updated our Family Album (pull the envelope and make sure that all of the pictures are in the album; file the duplicates for future projects) I did not set up this list until halfway through September so I'm actually working on these projects in October. I can say that I am halfway through December 2010 digitally and I am almost finished with Family Album project. We did just get a few family shots done last weekend which I need to order and then add to this as well. Ok these albums are not put together yet; I had my order ready but then needed to order photos for Josh's birthday so these got put on the back burner. My plan is to order them this next week so I have them for my scrapbooking day on November 29th. I'm going to take the books with me to use as a break from digital scrapbooking throughout the day. Also, I'm still working on Dec 2010 - I kinda lost the momentum I had but have started to pick it back up and really want to have December done before I go scrapbooking!
October 2011 - Do Jan-March 2011 Digitally; Christmas Ornament project - put pictures in kids 1st Christmas Ornaments; Update Josh and Nate's books (Pull envelopes and make sure all of the pictures are in the albums and file the duplicates for future use; order Josh's 3 year photos and put in his book as well); Order 20 pages digitally. I finished the Ornament Project It was such an easy project, I just never took the time to do it! I will admit that I printed the photos of Nate from the computer so that they were done until I can locate and/or order the pictures I want. I didn't want to delay the project though (I should say they ARE the pictures I want, they just aren't on photo paper.) Also, I've almost finished up Josh's and Nate's books with the exception of the most recent photos from a week ago as well as photos from our last two shoots (I guess I ordered to give to the family but not for their books!). I will be ordering those this coming week and will update his book as soon as I get them! I need to finish up Dec/Christmas 2010 so I can start 2011. As far as ordering pages - I need to wait and see if I can fit it into our new budget yet; it might need to wait a little longer :-( The same is true for Josh and Nate's books as what I stated in "September" - I will be working on these books on that Scrapbooking day. I have not ordered pages - we've decided to earmark some Tax money at the beginning of the year so I can hopefully get just about everything ordered at once. So, now, I REALLY want to have all digital stuff done so I can order all at once :-)
November 2011 - Do April- October 2011 Digitally (there is one 12 hour crop that I will be going to which will help with this!); Finish Red Pet Album (before Kids, I did an album for our pets and they are so much fun but, now, I've found that it is easier just to do the pet pages in with the regular pages so I want to finish this album since it is for 2008-2009!); Alive Album - I originally started doing an album for all of my husbands concerts but, again, I found that this really isn't a great album and now I include the pages in our regular album so I need to decide what to do with the album I started; Order another 20 pages digitally. Since I am still working on Dec 2010 - I obviously haven't started 2011. I am hoping to get Jan-April done when I go scrapbooking at month end. I'm also hoping for a Friday evening of Scrapbooking with some friends in December, if we can work it out, where I can get more done. The other two albums - the Pet Album and Alive Album, I just need to pull out. I will also take the Pet album with me to try to finish on that day I keep talking about :-) I think the Alive album is just going to "go away" :-)
So, that is where I stand right now. Running a little behind but I'm not surprised. I had a birthday party in October, then a shower to plan for November, Thanksgiving coming up, planning for some special December ideas plus another birthday and Christmas plans! I still am hoping to be able to start Traditional Scrapbooking with the beginning of the new year. I'm SOOOO ready to get back to paper and pictures instead of always being on the computer!
