PRT063 – Strangely Obsessed and Sick Group

What a great topic! So nice to hear about everyone’s process and look at the layouts at the same time! Would love to see you do this again with Stacy, Ana, and Ali, too! Thanks, as always, for a great show! You always make my day!

Is it just my pc or is the episode not in Itunes yet (4:40 pm EST)?

Me too.

Thanks to everyone who has chimed in on this. We had no idea it wasn’t
working. Izzy’s looking at it now.

Love the explanation of how the layouts were created. Very informative.

I’ve updated a few times – It’s not in I-Tunes. IZZY??

Hi! Loved the show! Just wanted to weigh in on one thing…

In regards to Emily Spurlock’s question regarding jobs within the industry, I am living proof that they DO exist!

I work as an In-House Designer for American Crafts and we are an expanding company with new jobs cropping up regularly. The only catch is that these jobs are “in-house,” meaning that you must be willing to relocate to Utah if you would like to be considered for the position. I made the move from Southern California to Utah last summer, and while it was a HUGE change, it was definitely worth it! I love my job and the industry I work in so much that it makes the cold winters and conservative culture much more bearable! ;)

I would recommend that Emily look at the larger companies (i.e. AC, Making Memories, Basic Grey) who do in fact hire full-time graphic designers. You CAN make a decent living working in this industry, so keep your eyes peeled, Emily!

Hey, guys! This has been one of my favorite episodes of Paperclipping. Hearing the design process and having the Q&A with the other panelists was really inspiring. When I find layouts in scrapbooking magazines that appeal to me, I tear them out, and with a Sharpie I’ll actually circle what I like about the layout and write notes to myself out in the margins. Rarely do I ever want to copy an entire layout, but I can usually find a part of a layout that fits into my style. So listening to each of the panelists “break down” their layouts was GREAT since that is exactly how I look at others’ work. Would love to see this format as a regular feature, especially with some of your regular panelists.

As always, thank you for all you do for the scrapbooking and memory keeping community! :)

Jennifer Stewart

I’d also love to hear if folks scrapbook outdoor photos differently from indoor photos. The one thing I’m conscious of doing differently is in my choices of patterned paper for outdoor photos. When I scrapbook outdoor photos, I usually use patterned papers with motifs that are small and densely placed and that have colors that are tone-on-tone or tone-on-cream. I almost always use greens, browns, and tans in my patterned papers on outdoor pages. I’m a digital scrapbooker and the kits and papers by Lynn Grieveson at Designer Digitals are where I begin when I’m making an outdoor page. She’s got both themed and abstract motif prints that I find work well for outdoor subjects.

I had no idea! She may not know either!

I agree with LadyDoc, just to clarify, Fiskateers is a very active site with over 7000 members and growing. We invite anyone to join at fiskateers.com who loves to craft (including sewing, knitting and things other than papercrafts)!!!

Well, hello, all you Fiskateers!!! :)

I’m proud to be a Fiskateer too – love using Fiskars tools and being part of such a creative community :)

I did buy the Yesterday & Today class, though I’m not someone who is super
active in the forums. I shared all of the layouts I did do, which were
mainly from the first 4 or 5 weeks. At least one of those was in an article
I wrote about scraplifting — I shared my specific changes and the reasons
for those changes + how an understanding of design principles can help you
be a better lifter.

If you do a search on my site for “scraplifter” or something like “How to be
a better scraplifter,” you’ll probably find that one. The other layouts
should be somewhere around that same time period.

Hi! Wanted to add my comments on the actual material presented in your show. Absolutely love the discussion of process of construction of pages. What makes this better than a simple presentation of constructing the LO is the questions from the other panelists. I always learn better in a group situation. Other questions and opinions always make the learning experience richer. True Scrap was good in that way. Get It Scrapped with Debbie’s question interviews and places like Big Picture Classes with active forums are so much better than just watching U-tube videos. Of course, videos are fine if you miss the live presentations or there is no forum, just not as good.
Picks of the week remains an excellent segment. Always get great info from these. Thanks for the links.
Interesting question about how some folk scrap indoor and outdoor photos differently. I guess, being a product driven scrapper like myself that question seems foreign to my experience. If you look to your photos for page and color scheme inspiration, I guess that would make sense. That ties in to my first comments about the show. It’s always interesting to see how folk go about constructing their pages. We scrapbookers are a “strangely obsessed and sick group”, LOL!

Great feedback about the group situation! Thank you!

Love the show. I’ve enjoyed all the episodes but really liked this one. Just want to chime in that I was one of those who listen on the commute and didn’t have the layouts in front of me. I’ll probably go back to listen again when I can have the images up on my computer but I still got a lot out of it listening on the bus. I had pulled up the posting ahead of time so had an image of the layouts, as best as my memory could do, as I listened which did help.

Thanks for sharing your processes. I loved the layouts and would love to have more topics like this in the future!

first, just wanted to say that I love love the show! and Izzy please dont take my comment as a reason to threaten to stop recording the show ;)
but since you asked…I like the regular format better just because I usually listen to the show either in the bus or while I am working out, and the thing that I love the most is that, contrary to online classes, I dont have to be on the computer to be thinking about scrapbooking.
On a lighter note, you should have seen my face on the treadmill as I was trying to imagine the layouts while listening LOL
thanks for the show!

I also wanted to chime in. The jobs do exist, and I echo everything Ann-Marie has said. You just have to look for them. I was hired at SU straight out of college because I was looking on Monster.com. Granted the economy is different now and most places aren’t hiring, but when they do, they often put feelers out everywhere they can. :)

And I also echo the “it’s all about who you know” sentiment. Often times those hiring employees will ask current employees for recommendations. If I know a spectacular designer who I think would be a good fit, I pass along their info. A lot of companies are like that, actually.

I’m really enjoying this show. Listening to everyone talk about their process is fascinating to me. Having the layouts to go with helped to follow along. I’d love this to be a regular feature from time to time! The layout with the circles is probably my favorite circle-based layout ever. I don’t use circles a long on my pages, but I want to scraplift this one! It’s gorgeous.

Change of topic, with regards to scrapbooking-related jobs, you might also consider digital scrapbooking. Digital designers who are committed to creating as a business can make a full-time living from it. And, you get the benefit of working from home and for yourself! And the best part, you don’t have to wait until after you graduate to start. With a background in graphic design, and Photoshop, you have a great start on what you need to know to create digital products. If nothing else, you’ll be building a portfolio as you network and try to find the perfect job you are looking for.

This episode is so inspiring! Love it :)

Sorry to be so behind in commenting.  I always listen in the car on my long commute, and then I forget to hop on here to comment.  This was easily one of my top 3 favorite Roundtable shows ever.  I thought I was the only one that liked talking about my process.  When I go back and look at my albums, I find myself reminiscing more about making the page than the memories contained therein sometimes.  And it was HUGELY helpful to hear you guys talk about your process.  I hope you’ll do another like this in the future.