Scrapbooking Giveaway Day
This weekend, one commenter will win a class pass for themselves and a friend to the latest class here at Shimelle.com Cover to cover
Cover to Cover starts on the seventh of May and runs for four weeks, finishing on the third of June.
It includes 25 full-colour PDF prompts sent to participants by email, so you can read straight from your inbox.
It includes an entire series of videos made just for this class so you can see all the concepts in action, including plenty of example albums but also the process of going from a stack of layouts (or um… many stacks!) to a collection of books that showcase your work in the best way for you.
There is a private message board to ask questions and share with other participants, we’ll gather for a live chat session and I’ll be available for questions and answers throughout in case you want a second opinion on what will work best for the way you scrapbook.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post telling us how you usually plan your scrapbook albums.
Entries close at midnight Thursday UK time and the winner will be posted Friday evening, so be sure to check back to see if it’s your lucky day!
Good luck!
We have two winners to announce this week. Firstly, congratulations to Angela who wins a place on the Sassy Scrapping with Shannon class over at twopeasinabucket
Secondly, congratulations to Dalreen, who wins a gorgeous camera strap from Bluebird Chic.
Dalreen, please email me (shimelle at gmail dot com) with your address.
There’s a new giveaway every Friday night, so check back next week for another chance to win just by leaving a comment.
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4 May 2012, 18:40
I don’t plan my albums. I scrap in a random order and put my layouts in an album as I go. Start a new album when the previous one gets full. I kind of like the eclectic mix but am open to other options. :)
4 May 2012, 18:42
bwahhahahahah! Plan? Plan? There’s no planning! ;) No, seriously though. I scrap whatever pages I feel like at the time- as far from chronological as you can imagine. The only organization is that since 99.9% of my scrapping is about my son, there’s a 2007-9 book (needless I haven’t scrapped many baby pictures), one for 2010, and one for 2011. I don’t have one for this year yet. The additional few pages I’ve done for us and about me go into two other albums.
4 May 2012, 18:43
I don’t plan them. I use the Library of Memories system sometimes.
4 May 2012, 18:45
I don’t really plan my albums…they just are a random conglomeration!
4 May 2012, 18:49
I would love to win this class – I desperately need help!
4 May 2012, 18:50
Plan!! I have an empty one that’s been sitting on the side since before christmas (I think) and loads of loose layouts piled high. Have been contemplating your class to get me organised. Would be fantastic to win a spot – thank you :)
4 May 2012, 18:51
Would love to win this class. Right now I scrap out of order but try to put them in chronological order.
4 May 2012, 18:56
Hi Shimelle,
I placed an earlybird registration for Cover to Cover, but have not received any confirmation. I am getting nervous as the start draws nearer. The reason for wanting to do this class is I don’t plan my albums – they just happen.
4 May 2012, 18:59
So love the idea of putting my pages together in a special way.
4 May 2012, 19:02
Plan?? My albums make no sense at all. I don’t scrap in chronological order but rather what inspires me at the moment. My layouts are then placed in an album in the order I made them in other words my albums make absolutely no sense! I’ve already signed up for the class and can’t wait to get started!
4 May 2012, 19:04
I usually dont plan my albums, I just make pages for the photos that I like :) Thanks for the chance to win, I would love to try one of your classes!
4 May 2012, 19:07
Once again that sounds great. Thanks for the chance to win.
4 May 2012, 19:09
We’re supposed to PLAN our albums??? I usually scrap based on what strikes me. I’m lucky if I get all my finished layouts into an album (totally randomly)… Would love a chance at the class!
4 May 2012, 19:09
Most of my albums were in chronological order and then…I started to scrap whatever I wanted to scrap. So now I have “neat” stacks of random pages ;-)
4 May 2012, 19:10
I don’t plan – which is why I need this class! I kind of scrap chronologically and then place them in albums. When one is full I start another.
4 May 2012, 19:11
i don’t plan albums except that they are more or less chronological. super excited about this class!
4 May 2012, 19:13
I typically do my albums chronologically. I have done special albums for travel only.
4 May 2012, 19:27
I would like to say I have a plan for albums, but the truth is that I haven’t even printed my pages yet. (I’m a digi scrapper.) I could definitely use a class like this to give me the push to figure out how I want to put my albums together so I can finally get around to the printing part.
4 May 2012, 19:37
I am slightly ashamed to admitt that until I started following Shimelle’s 4×6 photo love series I never planned in whole albums. I am proud to say that my travels album has a direction and a plan! Would love to win this class to further my knowledge!
4 May 2012, 19:38
right now i am scrapbooking chronologically and when the album in starting to get full i find a logical place to end it and then start the next one where i stopped. the exception is the couple little “vacation” albums i’ve put together :D
4 May 2012, 19:47
Usually by the person since I have three children. But there are some in random albums.
4 May 2012, 19:49
I really don’t plan my albums either. I have to agree with most of the comments about scrapbooking random pictures and putting them in my albums.
4 May 2012, 19:54
I am looking so forward to this class! I scrap chronologically, or I should say I scrap whatever event I am in the mood to do. Then I arrange them chronologically. I really hope to get some tips on how to get started scrapping some huge trips.
JamieH
4 May 2012, 19:55
The majority of my albums are in chronological order with no real planning. Vacation albums are planned, and the papers & embellishments are selected before I begin. Then I have one album just for fun layouts that are in no particular order and no planning necessary.
4 May 2012, 20:23
I don’t plan them at all, lol! I scrap out of order and layouts go into albums as they’re finished. There could be a page from 2012 on one side and one from 2002 on the other. :)
4 May 2012, 20:24
My albums are in chronological order, and a separate book for each member of the family. I’m a little OCD when it comes to their organization!
4 May 2012, 20:31
Well, there are two precious grandchildren that do and say the cutest things. So, my plan is to scrapbook them as soon as possible so I don’t forget! Learning to handwrite my pages helps as well.
4 May 2012, 20:32
My albums are sorted randomly. I have our wedding album, an album for our dog, a pre-married album, etc. None of them flow or go together in any way…which is why I would LOVE to win a spot in your class. Thank you for the great giveaway!!
4 May 2012, 20:33
Umm… Plan a scrapbook album?? Whatever do you mean? I do layouts of pics that inspire me, stick them in an album, and when it’s full, I buy another album, and keep on going. Do you think I need this class?? Yeah…
4 May 2012, 20:36
I don’t plan my 12×12 albums, but I have several theme albums that layouts will go into as I make them. I only plan mini albums for travel or special events.
4 May 2012, 20:42
I usually plan my mini albums/theme albums ahead of time, but it really depends on the album’s purpose & content. If it is for a specific purpose, I will draw a page of notes w/ squares for each page & plan what photos/text will go on each page before starting. If it is simply an ongoing theme project [like my cookbook] I come up w/ a simple formula for each page & then continue it as I add pages. For my 12×12 albums that incorporate layouts about anything & everything I don’t plan ahead & I typically just end an album when it seems full & comes to a logical stopping point [i.e. end of a year, end of a school year, etc.]
4 May 2012, 20:46
Plan, am I supposed to plan them? I“m lucky anything gets out of a pile and in them! Would love to be more organized and have nice neat albums. This class sounds wonderful! Thanks for the chance.
4 May 2012, 20:57
I have changed my scrapbooking because of you (True Scrap 2) I used to do LOM style and just couldn’t develop the concept. I love the random scrapbooking pages but what I heard last year was amazing and it has made me love my albums. I would love to win this class – you have some awesome ideas. ~Ann
4 May 2012, 20:57
I categorize them according to the Library of Memories system. Once a section gets fills over half of an album I move it to it’s own album.
4 May 2012, 21:01
I plan my albums by theme, but I don’t complete it all at the same time
4 May 2012, 21:03
I haven’t planned in the past – but am starting to do so now as it feels less chaotic – more ideas would be great :)
4 May 2012, 21:05
Oh I plan as I go hahahaha! I like the sound of this class, maybe if I had a plan I would get more done =)
4 May 2012, 21:15
I have some version of LOM system with some modifications. I have A About Us albums, separate for each kid, for me and DH, and family. I also have People We Love albums. Everything else is chronological. I do not scrapbook chronologically. When I finish a layout I decide which album it belongs to and add it to the album in chronological order.
4 May 2012, 21:39
I mainly scrapbook my grandkids and their albums are chronological. My mini albums are themed (events or vacations) but I don’t scrap chronologically (just organize the layouts that way). I’ve already purchased your class. Looking forward to it.
4 May 2012, 21:43
I don’t plan too much… I tend to have a few theme albums, like week in the life and travel albums, but the rest of the stuff seems to just go in albums randomly. I do try to keep them semi chronological though!
4 May 2012, 22:16
I have to admit, I don’t plan books anymore. I kind of hop around from layout to layout. Then I spend precious time trying to figure out where to put the layout when finished. I think I am in dire need of assistance. Love Shimelle videos and classes so I would dearly love to win a class pass.
4 May 2012, 22:23
I scrap what “moves” me at the time, therefore there is little planning that goes into my albums. I use 3 ring binders to I find it quite easy to just fit the pages in chronologically and move things around as they get full! I do keep track of my layouts with a spreadsheet to ensure that I am being “fair” to all the loves of my life. Shimelle, you have been a great inspiration to me! I adore your videos and thank you for all the classes that you put on, you are awesome!
4 May 2012, 22:26
I usually scrap chronologically, but since I haven’t done any layouts in a while, I will try to start with pictures that will motivate me. Thanks for the chance to win!
4 May 2012, 22:29
Congratulations winners!! Planning albums is always a problem for me… I mean I do these little mini-albums about certain events (like Christmas) and a yearly album for my grandkids, but then I have all these layouts that are just shoved in my AC binder without rhyme or reason because I have no clue what to do with them. I have a real hard time trying to figure out how to put my miscellaneous layouts together in a constructive way – sometimes, I just give them away and let that person figure out what to do with it!!! For instance, what to do with all those layouts I did a couple of weekends ago for this blog! Those layouts are hanging on my “clothesline” because I’m just not sure what to do now.
4 May 2012, 22:31
I usually do theme scrapbooks, and then those are in chronological order.
4 May 2012, 22:41
In the past, my albums were mostly chronological, but I am (loosely) using the Library of Memories system. I also have some theme albums and do a separate scrapbook/photo album for each of my major vacations.
4 May 2012, 22:49
Plan??
I scrap completely out of order and have nothing but albums in progress. I put the layouts away based on the date of the pictures. If there are mixed ages of pics on a page I file based on the newest. It makes for uhm … interesting albums.
4 May 2012, 22:53
Albums? We’re suppose to have completed albums? I’ve got bits and pieces in chronological order. Then I’ve tried using the Library of Memories system. I’m hoping this class will help me to find what works best for me.
4 May 2012, 22:55
Just a few years ago I wanted to scrapbook, but was intimidated by tons of pictures and the feeling I could never catch up. I read someone’s blog that said, just start with whatever photos are on the top of your pile. I did and I have never looked back! So my albums are all mixed up unless I have made a special one from a trip or a december daily. I think I’m ready for a Shimelle intervention!
4 May 2012, 23:01
I scrap randomly. I only plan albums for trips/vacations.
4 May 2012, 23:06
The only ones i know how to plan are the albums for my son. I do one album per year; but that might not work for too long since i keep finding more and more pics to scrap and the album’s seem to be getting thicker each year. But, the rest of my albums are not very well planned, IDK where to even begin, lol
4 May 2012, 23:21
I don’t plan my albums. I just take my photos and scrap them and then try to organize them later.
4 May 2012, 23:34
Mine are not planned either, I don’t scrap chronologically but I put layouts chronologically in albums with one for each kid and one for the family… Thank you for the chance, I am very much intrigued by this new class!
5 May 2012, 00:00
I don’t usually plan my albums. I have a rough idea of what I’ll put in my albums, but there is no consistency in style in each album. I would love to win a spot in this class so that I can get a better flow in my albums!
5 May 2012, 00:00
I try to catch up on holidays first and then move on to day to day events- but I am so far behind that it is almost too overwhelming to start!
5 May 2012, 00:07
I need a plan? ;) Currently there is no rhyme or reason to my albums. Thanks for the chance to win!
5 May 2012, 00:14
Not too much planning for me…albums in chronological order for children and family…love the sound of this class
5 May 2012, 00:31
No rhythm or reason for my scrapbook album just get pages done & then I try to put them in order. Thanks for chance.
5 May 2012, 00:50
I honestly don’t plan my albums. I usually just put my pages in random order. Thanks for the chance!
5 May 2012, 00:57
LOVE the sound of this class. I need help with my albums.
5 May 2012, 01:12
hmmm… I don’t plan actually. I’m quite random when making pages. I just find elements and PP that matches the photos I’m using :P I would love to learn how to organize and plan better! :)
5 May 2012, 01:17
I don’t have a plan for a lot of reasons. Mostly because I have no idea how to plan, but secondly I just make pages at random and slot them into albums. I have a big stack of finished layouts waiting to find the right home
sighsand more growing.5 May 2012, 01:23
Ah come to me anything from Shimelle! I don’t usually plan it, I just wing it. I guess that’s mostly because I don’t really have the time to plan since my scrapping time is so limited.
5 May 2012, 01:25
My albums are chronological although I scrap randomly. I have special albums for Disney, my wedding, our hOneymoon and my baby’s first year. The first JYC I did is in a seParate album but I plan to do future years in my usual year album so that the whole year is together. I want to map our family tree and have a separate album ready for that.
I don’t plan colour schemes or continuity through albums, I just go by the colours in photos or what mood I want to portray.
5 May 2012, 01:27
The only plan I have for my albums, is that I have different albums for different subjects. (The Library of Memories way.) My albums are People We Love, All About Us, Things That Matter-Everyday Life, & Places We Go. When I complete a layout, I decide which album it would fit in best, and I place them in chronological order within the album. But would love your class to see if there’s a better way. There’s always room for improvement!
5 May 2012, 01:37
Well Mrs N, is time dragging for me or is it a while since your last post? Apart from 2 cruise albums and a couple I am doing (too slowly) for others I have no planning for my albums. I make the pages and whack ‘em in an album before they get damaged. Makes it easier to show my family the recent stuff but otherwise totes not me. I even have my CDs filed alphabetically by artist for goodness sake and my bookcase is organised by subject matter!
5 May 2012, 01:42
I plan my album chronically. Thanks for a chance to win.
5 May 2012, 01:43
The only planning that goes into my scrapbooking is for the time to do so. I just grab a stack of photos and work with whatever I’ve picked. Absolutely no rhyme or reason!
5 May 2012, 02:01
I only plan for mini albums to have coherent pages from a specific event. As for a 12×12… help is greatly appreciated…
5 May 2012, 02:04
I typically put my layouts in my albums chronologically. I don’t scrap them in order, but I do file them that way.
5 May 2012, 02:10
My albums are not planned except for event albums and one of my trips when I first got serious about scrapping. I do assign pages to albums. My categories – me (and friends), me and DH, family and family friends, holiday, travel, and then one I call “stuff”. Stuff is for all the things that do not fit the other categories – like a page about the ducklings in the pool.
5 May 2012, 02:11
I’ve got a Christmas album with one double sided layout added each year, which is in chronological order. The rest, I’m sad to say is in a haphazard way as I am trying to scrap older photos as well as the more recent events in my life at the same time. I’m just kinda happy if I can find a spare page protector for the new layout to go into, as I always feel they’re a bit of a waste of money, when you could spend that money on gorgeous goodies :-)…
5 May 2012, 02:23
Not much of a plan for my scrapbooks really. I put them in the albums chronologically. I don’t scrap them in order necessarily though.
I have really enjoyed seeing your travel album with its Kraft cardstock & glimmer mist to give it a coordinated feel. Would love to take this class.
5 May 2012, 02:32
Love your classes! As far as planning I have different themed albums. I work in chronological order but recently have been just scrapping as I go.
5 May 2012, 02:47
I would love to win this to put the va va voom back into my scrapbooking, and get my photos into albums
5 May 2012, 02:50
I don’t plan my albums at all maybe I should but I don’t know how to..
5 May 2012, 02:50
I do not really plan my albums. I just scrap and put my layouts into a album.
best wishes Silvia
5 May 2012, 02:58
I used to do only themed albums – mostly vacations. I’ve just started scrapping everyday life so don’t have a plan.
5 May 2012, 03:03
I have an album (or two) per year plus extra albums for special holidays. I scrap whatever takes my fancy, and have several albums on the go at any one time plus some pages in pizza boxes until I buy more albums. Currently I’m trying to concentrate on finishing my general 2011 albums and a holiday album from 2009.
5 May 2012, 03:06
I dont plan any albums, so could do with guidance, plus an enormous kick start to get me scrapping again as my mojo disappeared 2 1/2 years ago!!!!!!!!
5 May 2012, 03:09
I really love your special insignes in scrapbooking, may be it is the european touch?
I really wantto take my scrapbooking a step further then a double page at à time. I hope you do also use double page layouts in your class?!
5 May 2012, 03:15
I don’t organize my albums either. I have a wedding album,a pregnancy album, and then everything else is basically just by the year and that is as organized as I get. This class sounds great!
5 May 2012, 03:49
I only organize them in such a way that each of my daughter’s have their own album and I started on a wedding album. Otherwise I just put them in a album that has space.
5 May 2012, 03:51
i try and put my pages in order, and when i get alot of older photos of the kids done when the kids were little i make albums together, your blog always inspires me and i love the videos each week thanks Shimelle!
5 May 2012, 04:04
Hi, thanks for the chance to enter. My albums are put together as I go I scrap some photos and then put them in. I just start a new one when it gets full for family things. Each of my kids has an album of their own as well. Would love some new ideas on how to bring them together – you are always inspring. Thanks again
5 May 2012, 04:28
Wow, this class would be perfect for me. Certain aspects of my life have recently changed which means I want to re-order my layouts (not that they are in order at the moment anyway!)Also I want to be organised by the time I go to Vietnam in November. Thanks for a wonderful opportunity!
5 May 2012, 04:51
Hi thanks fior the chance to win, if I’m doing a album of a event ie a trip, I try and do the LOs in order of when they were taken,
5 May 2012, 05:10
I scrap whatever I feel and then try and organise them in chronological order as that’s how my mind works. With the exception of my wedding album and honeymoon album, both of which I’m trying to use to tell as story and not doing very well at it!
5 May 2012, 05:10
I don’t plan my albums – that is why I signed up for Cover to Cover =)
5 May 2012, 05:14
I don’t really plan my albums. I scrap whatever photos motivate me at the time and they go into one of two albums…. Travel or family… Which is why I’d love to win this class! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!
5 May 2012, 05:26
I’d love to get my albums in some sort of order. I just scrap random pages and put them in a box to be put in an album later… later hasn’t happened yet ;)
5 May 2012, 05:40
I don’t plan my albums. The only ones I do, are my themed mini albums. Thank you for the chance. I will enroll for this class but if I win it would be awesome!
5 May 2012, 05:50
my project life is planned but nothing else is. I scrap what I feel like when I feel like it and have the last 3 1/2 years of scrapping in boxes and piles
5 May 2012, 06:15
I let you plan them for me! Seriously, the only albums that have ever had any kind of plan have been the ones I’ve made for your classes. Otherwise it’s totally random.
5 May 2012, 06:16
The only albums I plan are my travel albums. I make a list of the places/events I want to scrap and then the photos that go with each. I try to print all the photos for one trip at the same time, then sort them by intended LO into a file box. Sometimes, I will add notes about possible materials or a sketch idea that might work.
My ‘everyday life’ albums get scrapped in no particular order, and are a bit messy at the moment to be honest.
5 May 2012, 06:41
I have a scrapbook for each year, and then a separate one for special occasions where I can fill a whole one, like holidays, my wedding! The class looks great x
5 May 2012, 06:48
Thanks for the giveaway (although I have already signed up for you class – absolutely love your videos!). I don’t “plan” whole albums unless they are minis. Right now mine are organized a la Stacey Julian and library of memories, so I have 4 categories: Us, People, Things and Places. I am currently doing Project Life so not scrapping as many “traditional” pages.
5 May 2012, 07:27
WOW! I love this giveaway!
5 May 2012, 07:35
planning? What is that? My plan is put the LO in the pile on the piano. Ha ha! I hope to come up with a plan. P.s. glad you are back on line. I was starting to get worried.
5 May 2012, 07:43
I don’t plan my albums but this year I started a weekly album and I love it!
Thanks for the chance to win!
5 May 2012, 07:58
I sort of plan my albums, I have separate albums for trips and each of my daughters has their own album. I am having trouble with the photos and layouts from the 70’s and earlier. How to plan those albums!
5 May 2012, 07:58
I scrap randomly but my albums are in chronilogical order with a few special albums such as Christmas, my wedding and Disney.
5 May 2012, 07:59
I don’t really plan my album, and would love to learn how by following your new class. For now, I just put my layouts in my albums chronogically.
5 May 2012, 08:06
I use Stacy Julian’s Library of Memories. Other than that, pages just get plopped into page protectors. I would like a little more direction, so this class sounds awesome!
5 May 2012, 08:11
I don´t plan, everything goes in in the order I made the layout, and that is why I am sorely in need of that class!
5 May 2012, 08:26
I just normally put my layouts in an album chronologically. Thanks for the chance to win!
5 May 2012, 08:30
Hmmm, did you say plan? That doesn’t seem to be in my vocabulary when it comes to scrapbooking :)
5 May 2012, 08:30
Hmmm planning – I don’t usually, my photos steer what I scrap but at the moment it is fairly chronological.
5 May 2012, 08:35
I tend to either scrap chronologically or do specific projects like a holiday or Christmas. It doesn’t sound very creative but it keeps me on track!
5 May 2012, 08:43
Thanks for the chance to win! Love your classes and ideas
5 May 2012, 08:55
The only organization I put into my albums is to make sure they’re chronological. Can’t wait for this class to start!
5 May 2012, 09:04
Thanks for the chance to win.
5 May 2012, 09:16
I don’t usually plan my large albums and that’s exactly why I need this class! I tend to make layouts and they go into a stack to be put into albums. The only albums I organize are my mini albums.
5 May 2012, 09:17
I don’t really plan my albums, I exasperated the layouts between my 3 children. Then I have a couple family albums.
Your new class sounds great!
5 May 2012, 09:30
would love to win this class….right now I am just scrapping and have a stack of completed layouts just waiting to be organized… :(
5 May 2012, 09:34
I usually don’t plan my albums, but I would love to learn how you do it, and maybe start to organize my layouts!
5 May 2012, 09:42
It depends….if it is a specific album that will cover one topic (wedding, vacation, etc), I usually plan page by page as I am editing pics. But other than that….there is absolutely no planning happening. I make the pages and then find a home for them.
5 May 2012, 09:44
I’m another one who doesn’t plan! Albums seem to just evolve but I do have specific albums for each of my children and for my wedding. Everything else gets stacked up in order of scrapping. Although at the moment, they’re mostly just stacked – must buy more albums!!
5 May 2012, 09:47
Help! I HAVE no plan! I just put pages into my album after I make them, in that order! At least I just started a travel album a few weeks ago, that’s something, at least :D
5 May 2012, 09:47
I am suppose to have a plan?
5 May 2012, 09:55
I now do my albums by year date and have separate albums for my children, family and dog!!!
5 May 2012, 10:12
My regular layouts are organized by Library of Memories categories. I do have a few smaller travel albums. And I’ve been “planning” both a Disney album and a School album for several years. Never got past the planning stage.
5 May 2012, 10:18
My family albums are chronological, but I also have travel albums and albums for the kids’s school or sports.
5 May 2012, 10:34
I have been recently moving from scrapping chronologically to doing everyday albums and theme albums. It’s slow going but I am loving the freedom to scrap what I want!
5 May 2012, 10:39
Hi!I would love to win this class. I just scrap what I feel like that day;)
Lori R
5 May 2012, 10:41
Been using the LOM system so haven’t had to plan – would love to learn for minis though! Thanks for the chance!
5 May 2012, 10:47
This sounds like a fascinating class, Shimelle. Thank you for the chance to win!
5 May 2012, 10:57
Plan an album?? The only planning I do for my everyday type layouts are by page, not album. Although if we take a big vacation I will plan that album. Thanks for the chance to win!
5 May 2012, 11:02
I’m a chronological scrapper. I feel like I HAVE to do it that way and I have to actually scrap it in order too. I’m currently scrapping photos from 2008 even though I would enjoy scrapping more current photos I can’t bring myself to skip ahead. I feel like if I do I’ll never go back and do the previous photos I skipped.
5 May 2012, 11:07
I plan my albums by year or or if it is something special for one of my kids it goes in their growing up album.
Angela
gypsydreamdesigns.blogspot.com
5 May 2012, 11:07
I use a Library of Memories system. There is a relationship section, a section for each family member, an album for friends & family, places get divided by country (as they get big enough for their own album) as well as a ‘home’ album. Our ‘Things’ album has sections for each season, and the everyday (or not so everyday) stuff. This is one of my favourite albums. For example, I love turning to the winter section and seeing different bit and pieces of Christmas over the years that, together, become the whole story of the traditions we keep and how they change.
5 May 2012, 11:08
Right now I don’t plan my albums, I’m treating each layout as an individual story.
5 May 2012, 11:12
I haven’t been making layouts for that long so I haven’t had the need of albums until now. I haven’t planned anything yet but I realize I have to have a plan soon :) I dont know if I should put them in chronological order or in different topics or…
And how do you sort layouts with pictures from different times? I have a lot of work to do to find out how to organize it all.
5 May 2012, 11:19
Feeling a bit sheepish, here. I just realized that I didn’t follow instructions! I organize my albums a bit like Stacy Julian recommended in her book, Photo Freedom. I don’t usually plan an entire album, unless it’s a mini book, or when I took Journal Your Christmas last year.
5 May 2012, 11:34
I am like many of the others who have posted comments here already, in general, I don’t plan my albums. When I started scrapbooking 10 yrs ago, I had just had a baby, so my first album was of her first year. As I time went on I got bored of scrapping in order of date and became more random. At first I thought I’d go back and put them in order, but now I like that the pages jump around, I think it’s more interesting. That said, I do make some planned albums, usually a special project like a mini album or paper bag album.
5 May 2012, 11:44
My scrapbooks are usually event driven. I plan to make an album so I take a great many photos just to make sure I have enough.
5 May 2012, 12:17
My albums are all mixed up, that’s why I need this class!
5 May 2012, 12:19
i would totally love to win this class. :)
plan my albums? LOL!
i currently have 12×12 boxes of layouts. seriously. every month they go into the boxes after photographing.
i need help! :)
5 May 2012, 12:28
I would love to learn from you, thank you, grasshopper!
5 May 2012, 12:38
I roughly follow the Library of Memories model.
5 May 2012, 13:00
I don’t really plan my albums they just evolve over time as I do individual pages.
5 May 2012, 13:27
I would love to win a spot in this class… as I usually don’t have a plan for my albums… I just make layouts and then put them in to the albums by year — hoping Cover to Cover could help me look at this in a different light!
5 May 2012, 13:39
I don’t scrap chronologically but my albums are in chronological order. I have thought about doing theme specific albums but that idea doesn’t seem to sit well my my personallity type – I like everything ordered. Maybe this class will help me see things differently. Would love to win a place.
5 May 2012, 13:59
I don’t plan; I started an album at the start of this year, and everything I’ve done so far is in that – and everything else from before that has yet to be put anywhere!
5 May 2012, 14:25
I am working on a big multi album project for a trip to Europe, but otherwise I just have a few albums and put pages depending on the time frame the pages are about.
5 May 2012, 15:01
Not planning sort, I fill albums in the order that the layouts are made.*
5 May 2012, 15:08
I don’t.
5 May 2012, 15:28
I have to say that I usually don’t plan them out. I go with the flow and go little by little :)
5 May 2012, 15:29
for most chronologically is as much as I organise them. I’m not good at all at looking at the album as a whole and not just individual layouts
5 May 2012, 15:37
I don’t currently plan my albums as I don’t scrap chronologically so I’m looking forward to class to see what tips you have up your sleeve!
5 May 2012, 16:28
I try to plan my albums chronologically with travel in a separate album.
Luv all the tips I’ve learned from you!
5 May 2012, 16:28
Thank you for all the giveaways and heaps of inspiration in your classes :D
5 May 2012, 16:48
I don’t scrap chronologically and I don’t have a system – i.e. I put all layouts in the albums one after the other, in the order they were created. Maybe it’s time to rearrange now when I’m at my 12th (or so) album…
5 May 2012, 17:02
I don’t plan … which is why I need help! :)
5 May 2012, 17:34
I am trying to plan my albums in chronological order, but am extremely behind! I really need to take your new class!
5 May 2012, 17:53
Sadly I have no system for my albums. When I’ve made a pile of pages, they go into an album. They could be pages of photos from 20 years ago to current photos. It’s all totally random.
5 May 2012, 18:04
I don’t plan. I just do pages and add them to my current album. All mixed up by date and size. I’m interested in seeing what happens in this class.
5 May 2012, 18:14
I have only ever planned one album – the rest are an eclectic mix of themes!
5 May 2012, 18:15
I don’t normally, have tried in the past to – but then things just get grouped together.
5 May 2012, 18:21
I’m new to scrapbooking, so I only have created a few layouts so far. Don’t really have a plan at this point. Would love to take your new class! Thanks for the chance :)
5 May 2012, 19:38
Unless I am making a book especially for someone, I just throw them radomly in a book.
5 May 2012, 19:51
I don’t plan my albums…I’m lucky if I just finish a page or two, much less a whole album, lol.
5 May 2012, 20:02
I do not scrap chronologically, but I do organize my pages in albums chronologically. Each child has a 8.5X11 and a 12X12 album, 12X12 Family album(s), 8.5X11 All about Me album, and several travel albums.
5 May 2012, 20:26
Like many I don’t plan, I have never completed an album, and would love to take this class. Thank you. Laur
5 May 2012, 21:18
I use Stacy Julian’s Photo Freedom method with my albums along with a baby album for each child that covers only their first year.
5 May 2012, 22:48
I don’t usually plan my albums. I have just a few that I put in page after page. There’s one of pages for me (and my husband), my Project Life album, and three so far for my daughter. I’ve purchased a few spare albums for her bc I’m scrapping just her of late. At some point, the idea is to get the albums ordered chronologically. I don’t scrap that way so it’s a bit of an unclear task right now. I’d love some ideas about how to plan my albums!!
5 May 2012, 23:05
Sounds awesome. I am slightly embarrassed to admit I have never planned an album. I am more of a spur of the moment scrapper! I scrap what interests me at the moment!
5 May 2012, 23:06
Unless it’s a specific subject like a holiday, I don’t really plan. Everything just gets put in the albums mainly in the order that I do the pages…I need help!!! Would love to win this prize.
5 May 2012, 23:11
I then to do things in chronological order or theme , such as vacation.
5 May 2012, 23:57
I start from the overall concept and then find the right photos, the paper with a good vibe for that topic, write journaling on computer (although I often go back and hand-write it) and then seek out other goodies to achieve the look I’m after.
6 May 2012, 00:33
My best plan? Never start. I think it puts too much pressure on expectations and I find it hard to stay creative. So I just don’t plan and take inspiration when it hits. Thanks for the chance to win!!
6 May 2012, 02:52
Planning? There’s a novel idea! I need help!
6 May 2012, 03:00
My albums are organised loosely by main character e.g me, boy child, girl child, rest of family etc. Within the albums they are vaguely chronological although I scrap out of order.
6 May 2012, 03:02
To be honest, I plan as I go along. I like to have a bvariety of page sizes and I do take that into consideration. Also I like my albums to be a good reflection of my year, I try to think about what I include but it’s a little hit and miss!
6 May 2012, 04:39
LOve your classes..I could use new ideas on how to do albums other chrono…Thanks
6 May 2012, 05:29
I would love to win this class. I have piles and piles of layouts laying around but no home for them yet! I think the cover to cover class will definitely be helpfull for me :)
6 May 2012, 05:33
HI
My albums are organised by people ie the children have their own and the cats even have their own, sadly all the randomers are all together and definately need orgainising in a more structured way.I also have a wedding album and a seperate honeymoon one ohh and a tinkerbell one as my mini guilty pleasure. !!
This class sound ideal for me to organise myself finally . xxx
6 May 2012, 06:54
The only albums I plan are mini books for holiday photos usually after we come home. All my 12×12’s are just put in post bound albums in no order.
6 May 2012, 06:54
Yes please. My albums are not as organised as I would like.
6 May 2012, 07:48
hi shimelle
i do one album for my eldest niece 2010-11,and my youngest niece 2010-2011, because i only started scarpping than and i have’nt started this year yet but i don’t really like them very much. and of course i have my own albums which i put anything about just me or things i love which i call my handmade blogs.but i’m going to start a new album about my childhood which i need a little help with.
6 May 2012, 08:09
I don’t plan my albums, but am beginning to think I should! I’ll need to get more organised though…
6 May 2012, 08:39
The only albums I have ever planned are JYC and a holiday album of our trip Florida. The rest are a hap hazard mess!
6 May 2012, 10:02
I really don’t have a plan for albums in general. I’m actually in need of some new albums and thinking of reorganizing :)
6 May 2012, 10:28
no planning.. maybe i would have more complete if i planned… :)
thanks for the chance!
6 May 2012, 10:45
I just go with nice pics, fab paper,a few embellies and arrange until amazin!!!!! xx
6 May 2012, 12:24
The only planned albums I’ve done are my kids’ football and dance albums, and only because they were chronological! Everything else is kind of random…but I like it that way!
6 May 2012, 12:29
My albums are evolving over time rather than being planned. I have one for 2011/12 and one for older pages. It’s difficult to work out the order when I use old photos. Looking forward to the class tomorrow. X
6 May 2012, 13:29
I organize my albums by year. I don’t always scrapbook chronologically, but when I’m done with a layout, I put it in the album for the year it belongs in. I also do a baby album of the first year’s ‘firsts’ for each child and a birthday/school events album for each child. If there’s an event I have a ton of pictures for, I’ll often make a mini to highlight just that event. My problem comes when my year albums get too thick!!
6 May 2012, 13:41
I have separate themed albums for vacations and Christmas and then have chronological albums for everything else in between. I lleave out the Christmas albums on the coffee table over the festive period so that family and friends can look at them and recall happy memories from previous years! I do tend to get hung up on the chronological albums though and need help in giving myself permission to scrap out of sequence on what inspires me that day, instead of getting hung up on dates often feeling that I am so behind I will never catch up!
6 May 2012, 14:15
You are supposed to plan albums? Just kidding, sort of. I have albums for each family member for individual things – traits, accomplishments etc. I also have a family album for each year that chronicles family events like holidays. I have a separate “places we go” album as well for trips and vacations.
6 May 2012, 15:03
I don´t plan my album, but i am a beginner and there is only one album.
6 May 2012, 15:12
I have a mix of albums. Some are by year, some are not. Those that are not, are “themed” ones like Christmas and my son’s School album.
6 May 2012, 15:56
I don’t plan. :( I’d like to start, but I’m not sure where!
6 May 2012, 16:02
I just scrap what I feel like, when I feel like it. There’s no planning at all. I have divided them into travel (x2) me (x1) and my brother has albums for his family (x3). I’ve only just put them into chronological order because I found I was repeating photos.
6 May 2012, 16:06
As it stands, I don’t plan my albums at all! I scrap whatever story/photos are inspiring me at the moment, and I just stick them into the album as they are completed. At first, I didn’t have enough layouts about any one subject or time period to create separate albums, but now I’m getting to the point where I could probably start breaking them up. So, I think your workshop would be PERFECT! :) Thanks for the giveaway.
6 May 2012, 17:23
well all my albums are pink (naturally) and I try to put them in the order of when the photos were taken! I live making mini albums for special events/memories too, although they are not always so pink :)
6 May 2012, 17:29
I just started scrapbooking, so this class would be perfect for me!
6 May 2012, 17:33
I SB photos that I like and then they just go into the album as the pages get finished. I plan my minis better – usually because space is limited so I limit the photos too. I’d love to be in this class – thanks so much for sharing it!!
6 May 2012, 17:55
I´m not a good planner. So I had the problem to get the pages in the right order, to have enough sites, forget some photos and have not enough place. I need planning -I know.:)
6 May 2012, 19:44
This class would be so amazing!! I recently reorganized my albums into different themes (as doing it chronologically was not working for me). I’m loving the creative freedom!!
6 May 2012, 19:49
I have albums by year, and then special ones {mini ones about friendships, words, WITL} and the vacations. Would love to get a spot in the class!
6 May 2012, 21:19
That class sounds wonderful! I could use something like that to get my summer scrapping jumpstarted.
6 May 2012, 21:46
Wow awesome comp! Well I’m trying to add continuity after watching other videos. But I haven’t been planning my albums but have realised that I need to learn how to do this. Keep making videos, I love glitter girl, I often watch it in my break at work. Laura :)
6 May 2012, 22:43
I have my albums separated by theme: Asia, Europe, London, Family/Baby, Nephew, etc. Then I just make pages and file them away. I don’t ever really finish any of them and some have several volumes.
6 May 2012, 23:00
Honestly my albums are a disorganized disaster! So I guess I really don’t have any certain way I plan them. I could really use this class :)
6 May 2012, 23:56
I only have a PL album and one 12×12 album and everything goes in it… without any planing.. in fact as I finish a new page I reorganized the last ones to match at least the color palete when it is possible :) I just start thinking in planning after I saw the cover to cover class banner…
7 May 2012, 00:12
I really don’t plan further than what color album i want for the next year! I could really use this class!!
7 May 2012, 00:24
It would be so cool to win this class. I need some motivation!
Melanie O
7 May 2012, 02:28
I have just started scrapbooking and havent completed an album yet. When i do i guess i would go chronological with large events/holidays given their own book.
7 May 2012, 02:31
I have several album, one for my DD, another one for my son. Then I have mine with layouts about my favorites theme. Of course I’ve made albums about our travels, but format is different. I have the feeling my albums are too strict, I need some fantasy !! Hoping I could win this class ! I dream about this.
7 May 2012, 02:33
I have an album for each year of my little ones life but the thing is Ive got more pages for certain years so they seem to all flow into each other! would love the chance to win!
7 May 2012, 03:38
I don’t plan my albums but I use Stacy Julian’s Library of Memories approach. I want/need to go back through and create some section title pages but I don’t have enough full albums yet to plan really. That said, I want to do a couple of travel albums asap.
7 May 2012, 04:14
I tend to do my albums by theme, but I have lots of loose pages that don’t fit into any theme.
7 May 2012, 05:29
My boys are now 27 and 29 so I look through my pictures of them as children and scrap the ones I feel inspired by. Then I try to do a bit of current scapping along the way. Days out, holidays etc. The eldest has just got married so I want to do a complete album for them as well as some pages for myself.
7 May 2012, 08:05
I love making themed albums (holidays, travel etc). I select photos, then plan in which order they go and then select papers. Everything else comes in the process.
7 May 2012, 08:33
I’ve been thinking for awhile that there is probably a better way than just throwing layouts into an album when their done.
7 May 2012, 10:13
I think my albums are sometimes a little too planned! I keep all my everyday layouts together , generally in the order I scrap but each of my holidays seems to have its own album! Really need to get them more organised!
7 May 2012, 11:38
I gather my photos first, then see what products I think I want to use – then I start sketching.
7 May 2012, 12:14
Love this chance to win a spot! Thanks!
7 May 2012, 13:07
I have a album for daughter 1, 2 & 3. A album for each of my 3 grandchildren.I also have albums for my daughters weddings. These are all albums with work in progress and in a mess, as i tend to put pages in as i scrap them, and never get to sort. I do have completed albums for our wedding, our 25th wedding anniversary and JYC.
7 May 2012, 13:35
I’m not much of a planner either when it comes to scrapbooking…which explains the randomness of my albums! I haven’t actually scrapbooked properly in a while – I seem to have lost my mojo…maybe a new class is what I need to give me a kick up the proverbial and some much needed inspiration x
7 May 2012, 14:54
The class sounds great.
7 May 2012, 16:38
I usually organize my layouts after the date of the story/photos. After reading your blog though I’ve considered other options and have been trying to rearrange some older layouts, from 2007 and earlier, into 1 travel album, 1 family celebrations album and 1 everyday album.. :) I’d love to win this class as I can’t afford it right now but I’m very interested in the topic!:D
7 May 2012, 17:10
I don’t usually plan them, they are just done by date. Thanks for the chance to win! Love your classes.
7 May 2012, 17:12
Right now I have all of my pages organized by year but nothing in albums..not much of a system. I would love to win a spot in this class! Thanks for the chance to win :)
7 May 2012, 17:14
I don’t usually plan albums but scrap whatever takes my fancy and then store them in albums chronologically – unless I have a lot of photos from one particular event (eg. holiday) and then they might go in a separate album, but again, I don’t usually plan the album.
7 May 2012, 18:30
I’m a completely random scrapper most of the time – just scrapping whatever comes along next and popping it into my album once it’s dry. Holidays and my BOM are separate along with a couple of other projects. One day, I’ll have a major reorganise and put them into a more chronological order, but I’d rather scrap that file!
7 May 2012, 19:24
Plan is too strong a word for what I do with my albums. I used to just throw everything into one, but now they are loosely divided by “era” of my life. I do plan out theme albums and minis.
7 May 2012, 19:56
I use Stacy Julian’s Library of Memories system so my pages go into albums based on “Us”, “People We Love”, “Things We Do” and “places we go”.
I’ve heard Shimelle talk about her albums on Paperclipping Roundtable and I’d love to learn more.
7 May 2012, 20:54
I keep my albums by subject, with the pages in random order – I love the unpredictability of what’s on the next page. But with 20+ full albums and counting, I need to refine my system.
Very rarely will I preplan an entire album – usually for a past vacation or something where I already have all the photos.
7 May 2012, 21:17
I gave myself the freedom to scrap what inspired me, as opposed to scrapping in chronological order, when I discovered Stacey Julian’s philosophy. I don’t follow it exactly, however, and I have some stacked up to put away so I’d love to win this class. I have taken 2 of your classes recently and I love them!
8 May 2012, 00:01
I don’t plan. with 2 small kids I’me happy of I got any scraping done. dont have a system.for my albums…. love to learn how to….
love your site, work and video’s!! you inspire me big time!!
8 May 2012, 08:55
My ‘works in progress’ are made up of an album for 2012 (albums for 2011 and 2010 both have a couple of pages to finish) an album for each of the children, one for my sister’s 50th birthday, random holidays, charity events, our round London walk (on page 2 – need to walk more/scrap less) and about 6 others – well it all make sense to me…
8 May 2012, 09:49
I usually plan my albums by theme or chronological order^^
I would love to win your class!
8 May 2012, 13:14
I have a baby/kids album, a vacation album, and an everything else album. That is about as much planning as they get.
8 May 2012, 18:19
The only planning I do is to color coordinate my albums – red for my daughter, blue for my son, green for vacations, etc. I scrap out of order and just rearrange the pages into a rough chronological sequence when it’s time to add a new album to the series. I am doing PL for the first time this year – so maybe that will get me into an album mindset – or maybe I need to take a class (wink, wink)!
8 May 2012, 18:56
Typically I don’t plan a album unless it’s for something specific like a big trip we take. I’ve been going off of prompts through challenges, Twelve (from Stacy Julian) and other classes. I typically just use photos I already have printed and/or use photos that I print twice a month.
8 May 2012, 21:24
Plan? Well. No, I don’t. I can’t seem to break away from the necessity to keep the pages in chronological order – no matter what. And I almost always do two page spreads (heaven forbid the two pages clash!). I wish I could do mini albums with a theme. Maybe someday! Shimelle, your classes are wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win!
8 May 2012, 22:52
I organize by theme for large groups of photos that easily take up an album (Disney, Hawaii, Christmas, etc) and then chronologically for all the rest.
9 May 2012, 04:03
I don’t scrap chronologically, but kind of follow Stacy Julian’s Library of Memories system with an album for each of my daughters, an ‘All about us’ for family layouts, Places we go, People we love (friends and outside our own family) and Things we do – which includes sections on work, farm life, etc. Some are chronologically arranged, but others are sectioned (even though there is no ‘section’ breaks yet!).
I use AC ring bound albums which allow me to change the order of layouts within an album easily. I’m glad I decided on some kind of system (even just the type of albums I use) early on before I invested in too many post bound albums, although I have a few which I intend to use for special topics (wedding, honeymoon, disney) and where the order won’t change. Thanks for the chance though – it’s always great to see others’ perspectives on albums, etc.
9 May 2012, 08:18
Alas very little planning goes on, there are far too many memories to catch up on so the pages are all mixed up. Except my Project Life album since Jan 2012 which is in perfect order, yay! Thanks for the chance to win the class, it sounds like just what I need.
9 May 2012, 11:24
Wow for me and a friend, that would be amazing! I usually group my scrap books now by large event, family, my husband and I, or puppy. I am in the process now of changing over to the system and type of scrapbooks you use. This is huge project of course but I am excited about it!
9 May 2012, 11:27
i would love to win this class as i am off work with time to scrap as i have very badly sprained my ankle, falling off a kerb!!! clumsy is all i can say !! would love some crafty time and inspiration xxx katharine hart
9 May 2012, 12:30
Just found this wonderful site, i’m just starting out on crafting and scrapbooking after a break of 10 years due to ill health. So looking forward to the future.
9 May 2012, 15:17
Ha, ha, ha, planning albums?! I’ve only just bought a few albums to try to arrange the growing stacks of layouts!
9 May 2012, 15:45
Plan an album?? Gosh I wish I was that organised!! I plan a layout literally to death before I’ll stick anything down. I’ve got about 1000 photos from a 3 month stint in Antarctica….. Where on earth would I begin planning with that!! Haha ;o)
9 May 2012, 17:19
I have a series of albums that contain summer memories by the year, a series for my grandaughters that I can add to, albums for classes I have taken and also Project 365 books. But I am still challenged with each new project I take on.
9 May 2012, 17:23
I’m strictly a chronological scrapper, so planning is just more of a sorting process. I usually “power layout” and separate pix by event, add any paper I know I want to use and stack it up to work on in order.
9 May 2012, 23:26
I’m from the “just do it” club. I scrap whatever new pictures or products I happen to have. Should probably get more organized :)
10 May 2012, 04:33
I don’t really plan my albums. I have a system loosely based on Stacy Julian’s Library of Memories ideas where I have certain albums for certain categories. Then I add completed pages in as I go. Actually, mainly I just leave them in piles……
10 May 2012, 07:03
I have never planned an album, which may explain why I have never been able to finish the one i started about my kids years ago. I tend to scrap pages based on the photos I have and what inspired me to get the page done. This sounds like the perfect course for me. Thanks for the opportunity.
10 May 2012, 08:59
I have never planned my albums but am looking at doing some by theme so winning this class would be brilliant!
10 May 2012, 12:36
I’ve never planned an album but would love to learn how!!
10 May 2012, 13:16
looking for the 10 things link up! Hope it’s coming soon!!
10 May 2012, 14:08
Most of my albums are by year with exception of school albums and an album with random family pics. Can always try new ideas tho! Love this hobby:)
10 May 2012, 14:36
I have many albums but the ones I use most are the 3 Ring binder type from American Crafts. I start with the photos and then when I look and find the theme I plan the album, it doesn’t matter which order I scrap them because with these albums I can move the pages around. Would love to take part in this wonderful sounding class. x
10 May 2012, 17:55
I didn’t really plan my albums, but recently changed over to the D ring binders (having had them sitting there for a couple of years!) so now just scrap what I want when I want and put them in the album in a date order – as much as I can tell, going by the date of the photo. The styles can change depending on when I did it but I’m not worried about that and am much happier having this accessibility. Very excited about the class though as it’d be great to learn a different perspective.
11 May 2012, 03:04
Not much of a planner but I do have my pages in chronological order and I scrapbook whatever inspires me at the moment. I would love to learn more. Thanks for the chance to win !
4 June 2012, 20:16
I’m not really good in planning my albums. But I would love to learn it. Looking forward to this tutorial. :)