Comments on: PRT074 – Polka-Dots with Buddhist Temples

By: Peggy Schmidt Makurat

Peggy Schmidt Makurat — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0000

I’m still getting caught up on my podcasts and really enjoyed this one. As someone who listens to her scrapbooking friends talk about not being able to MATCH that color or this to their photos, I’d like to be able to get them to see that it doesn’t have to be perfect and be more inspired.

By: Noell

Noell — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Yay!

By: Dana Dennis

Dana Dennis — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:26:00 +0000

btw I got a double FRED hookup for my b’day this year – totally b/c I saw it on here. It arrived in June and summer is not my biggest scrappy time, but I am so excited to start using it this fall.

By: KPOIRIER-BRODE

KPOIRIER-BRODE — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:50:00 +0000

If you do not want to convert a lot of photos to B&W or sepia to use them, neutrals work best. I love bright colors but I’ve learned they make it hard to use the photo. Neutrals like gray and brown also hide a lot of dirt and anyone who travels a lot knows how important that is!

By: Noell

Noell — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:21:00 +0000

I’ve never heard the tip to dress neutral for trips b/c of backgrounds! I
guess I do where a decent amount of black or brown, but I do like to wear my
favorite outfits for travel. For a long time I packed light and brought only
necessities for travel-wear. But I finally decided that when I’m traveling
I’m out and about and I want to wear my favorite stuff, not just necessities
and light-wear.

Of course, I normally take short trips so it’s easier. :)

By: Noell

Noell — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:07:00 +0000

From what I can tell we’re just taking one week off for the summer — Aug.
9th! :)

We actually try to have a new guest almost every week all year long! It just
doesn’t always work out when it comes down to scheduling, but I would guess
that it averages out to us having a first-time guest every 2 or 3 shows!

By: Hokiecoyote

Hokiecoyote — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:19:00 +0000

It was amazing to listen to Shimelle. I’m a childless scrapbooker as well and have scrapped numerous trips but traveling around the world with only a backpack is way too adventurous for me. I can’t imagine scrapbooking 1000 out of 9000 photos.

I also wanted to let you guys know that I signed up for my first BigPicture class. I’m so excited. I have an SLR and have been shooting in auto mode for 5 years. I can’t wait to start the Mastering Manual Mode class.

By: Shannon McPheeters

Shannon McPheeters — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:52:00 +0000

So I just finished listening to this show… for the third time! And each and every time I actually cried when Shimelle told her crop party story. I wish I could give insight into why girls are like this with other girls but I am truly at a lose. I once had a very wise friend tell me not to feel for guilty for scrapbooking about myself. Her view was it actually is for our kids. Her mother had passed away when she was 4 and there was no documentation of her as a mom or a person. She values every letter, picture, and scrap she can find about her mom so when she discovered scrapbookng the first thing she did was to make an entire “all about about me” album. Her rationale was that if she died young her children would KNOW her. They would not be left with questions about who mom was or why she did things the way she did, if she hadn’t already told them it would be documented for them.

On an entirely different note… I apparently have WAY too much free time on my hands. There is now a Round table picks board on my Pinterest boards. I’ve gone back to show 51 as that was the show that picked Pinterest as a pick. (Say that 10 times fast!) It seemed strange to go any further back but I probably will some night when I’m killing time. (As a teacher I actually still have summer vacation! Yea!)

By: robbieandmelissa

robbieandmelissa — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Just want to thank y’all for giving me a laugh today as I listened to the conversation about scrapbooking just for me and why women don’t take time to do things just for themselves. I don’t have children and am blessed not to have to work outside the home, so I’m taking the afternoon to just enjoy. I have the laptop set up so I can listen to the Roundtable while I’m finishing up a snack of crackers & hummus, then I have everything ready to pamper myself with a manicure & pedicure (I have a couple of roundtable episodes to catch up on!). I have the Harry Potter book I’m reading sitting beside me so I can read a little while my nails dry (I’m re-reading all the books before the last movie comes out next Friday). And now I’m laughing wondering what all “those other people” would say about my taking all this time just for me! LOL MelissaTX (www.melissagross.blogspot.com)

By: Sara G.

Sara G. — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:21:00 +0000

Great show! If you had not mentioned it, I would not have guessed that it came together at the last minute. The Roundtable has a great chemistry and flow no matter what topic is covered.

I am going to selfishly ask that you don’t take a break in the summer. This is my busy time at work, and the Roundtable keeps me entertained while I work on files. Maybe in the spring you could hold a contest or ask for volunteers/suggestions for summer topics and panelists. It would be fun to hear some new voices each summer!

Thank you to all who put time and effort into the show!

By: Terri-Lynn Torrez

Terri-Lynn Torrez — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:27:00 +0000

I have to admit that when my son was born I turned to scrapbooking because I needed a creative outlet and I felt like this was a hobby I could “justify”. When he was a baby I would go to a crop at my LSS once a month. When I came home, my husband would ask to see what I worked on. Of course, he was just trying to show an interest in what I was doing, but for a long time I felt really guilty if I didn’t produce a significant number of pages. After a while, of course, it ceased to be fun and the guilt was so overwhelming I nearly stopped doing it. In fact, I had given up my other hobbies, particularly playing computer role-playing games. I just couldn’t justify that many hours on something totally useless.

Needless to say I got over the guilt and the martyr complex. Now I scrapbook for fun and, of course, as a result, i’m more productive than ever. I’ve even picked up the video games again. Last year I deliberately set aside scrapbooking for a month so I could play through a new game that came out. I still struggle with making time for myself, before things like chores, but i’m getting better at managing both.

On a totally different note — Nancy, don’t feel bad about all your pics. I started not much earlier than you did and my LR catalog has 31,000 pics. From our 10-day Disney trip in January I have 3700 pics. I’ve always purged pretty heavily and I am doing a thorough purging in my LOM/Photo Freedom refresh, but it’s still only a drop in the bucket.

Great show. I love hearing from Shimelle!

By: Diane Curry

Diane Curry — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:24:00 +0000

Was listening to the podcast in the car and nearly drove off the road when I heard Noell read my comment. Squee. It was so exciting. Thanks for making my day. Great show as always.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:29:00 +0000

Just wanted to thank Shimelle for being on the show and explaining her “upgrade” system of organizing albums — a simple solution to something I’ve been struggling with! Thanks so much for sharing; loved your insights on this episode!

By: Jonesfamilyny5

Jonesfamilyny5 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:09:00 +0000

I would love to see more samples of your mini books Dedra – I do have your tutorial w/ Noell, is there a place on your website to see examples. Keep up the great work! Love your pics…your inspiring me to become a better photographer:)

By: Dedra Long

Dedra Long — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:41:00 +0000

Loving the roundtable. Let me start with travel. I think there are several ways of approaching how to document your travel experiences. Honestly, I think it depends on the person and what is easiest and more meaningful for them. Over the years I have tried several different methods. This year I tested two ways that I thought would be most meaningful.
In January of this year our family went to Lake Tahoe and my thought was to take a journal and write the experiences of our day at night before bed. I also took some plastic baggies to hold ticket stubs, receipts, lift passes, maps etc. I was successful in taking a few minutes each night and writing down what we had done that day as well as collecting the ephemera I wanted to remember the trip. In all honesty, the journal, ephemera and photos are all still sitting in a box ready to be put into a minibook. I did create a photo book for my in-laws and my mom but that is as far as I have gotten.
In May of this year our family went to Maui and using my past experience from Lake Tahoe I decided to try the “scrapbook on the road”. I chose a minibook before the trip and a little pencil box of basic supplies and packed them in my suitcase. I blogged about what I planned to do this time in Maui to document the trip and a photo of the supplies I took. Every night I would spend a few minutes journaling the day and then putting the ticket stubs, snorkeling receipts, etc. into the rings of the minibook or into envelopes inside.
I found “the scrapbook on the road” to be a much better system for me. On the plane ride home I was so happy that the minibook was complete with journaling and I felt that my story had more meaning, writing the experiences, the smells, the thoughts or funny things family members said on a particular day. The minibook is completely done and I love how it turned out. Every person is different, with different lifestyles and family situations (I work full-time, we have two daughters, a very hectic schedule), so trying a few different methods and finding out which one works best for you is helpful.

Moving on to recycled products. I love using odd things in my scrapbooking and/or minibooks. One of my favorite minibooks is from 2008 and I created it for National Scrapbook Day here on Paperclipping back in 2008. I used old gift cards I had, and I’ll be honest I even went to Starbucks to get one more because I loved the design on the card. The cards became the pages within the minibook, I added pictures and journaling. It was so tiny and cute. The other thing I love doing is using little frames on the covers of minibooks. Sometimes I just look around the house and find something that would be interesting to use or that has meaning in the story that I’m telling (I have even used cupcake wrappers as an embellishment). Funny story, I was at Noell’s house and she has some coasters that I want. They would be perfect as the front and back covers of a minibook. Every time I’m over there, if I see them I will pick them up and we both laugh.
Sorry for the long post! Great episode Noell and panelists.

loves.
d.

By: Heather Mayfield

Heather Mayfield — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:30:00 +0000

It was great to have Shimelle on the show. I could relate so much to her method of making the pages that motivated her and keeping them in a chronilogical order. I loved hearing from a scrapper who travels and doesn’t have kids. As someone without kids it is nice to hear that you are not alone. I could relate to the reader and to Shimelle’s expirence of being put down for scrapping for themselves. I loved Izzy’s comment that men don’t think there is anything wrong with playing video games for leisure.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:40:00 +0000

This was a great show! Really, for a last-minute scramble, you’d never know by listening. Thank you!
As for themed elements: I’m a digi-scrapper and the digi world is awash with themed kits and elements. I think that probably the lower investment for the designer and the lower cost for the consumer makes it more do-able. But, I rarely use them. I have no interest in putting a sticker (paper or digital) of the Eiffel Tower on my page when I have a perfectly lovely photograph of the *actual* Eiffel Tower. Or stickers of kids and kiddie pools, when I have the very real kids in a picture. I know it’s just me, and lots of scrappers really like themed kits. But I *love* the photos of my life and the memories they hold. A themed element holds no emotional ties. And, again, for me, that’s what is important.

By: Lindsay Petersen Neumann

Lindsay Petersen Neumann — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:02:00 +0000

Thank you Shimelle for “saving” the show. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to listen and I need to get my Roundtable fix. I totally look forward to hearing the newest episode every week. Noel & Izzy – keep up the awesome work and know that your work is valued by many! Thanks.

By: Marya ...

Marya ... — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:39:00 +0000

I think you’ve talked about this on the show before but I don’t scrapbook at all while I travel or even do it all when I get back. Some ideas feel like they need to be recorded right away so I might do a page but most of the time, especially for bigger trips, I love giving the trip time to settle in before creating a page. Since I write in journals copiously while on the road, I go back to those and they prompt memories that I have actually sometimes forgotten. The process, for me at least, of going back to the journals and the photos, after the initial travel rush/euphoria, often creates a more profound, cohesive page for me. that focuses on story more than image.

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:24:00 +0000

I have 8 children, but that doesn´t meen I only scrapbook about them. I am a person too, with my own life and if mothers have nothing else to scrapbook than their children I´d say to them: get a life of your own! There is thousands of things to scrapbook about for everyone, to think that those who have no children have nothning to scrapbook about is such an insult and says a whole more lot about the poor woman who says it than anyone else.