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ladybug4233
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 248,678
February 2006
Posts: 2,337
Layouts: 0
Loc: Colorado
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Hi ladies!! I know that this has been brought up 100 times so now it will be 101. 
I take soooooo many pictures that I scrap 2 page layouts that are 12x12. Sometimes I think I would like doing one page layouts but then I can't use all of my pictures. How do you do it?
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mandy*g
BucketHead
PeaNut 537,800
January 2012
Posts: 1,257
Layouts: 1
 | Posted: 12/21/2012 9:56:03 PM
I scrap the 'main' photo of what I wish to document on a 12x12 layout and then use divided protectors to include the remaining photos. if there's more to the story than on the layout or a quote or something then I journal onto the extra photos or include a journaling card | |
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biochemipea
likes shiny things
PeaNut 114,614
November 2003
Posts: 19,365
Layouts: 444
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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I don't scrap all of my pictures! And I'm totally OK with that.  |
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tinaev
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 370,270
April 2008
Posts: 2,319
Layouts: 14
 | Posted: 12/21/2012 10:38:31 PM
I used to do only double page layouts. Once I started doing single pages I found that I liked my layouts so much more because they became more "story focused". I would choose only my absolute favorite photos from the event and use a title and journaling to tell the rest of the story. When I did double pages I would just load up on the pictures and often skipped the title and very rarely journaled.
To actually answer your question, I don't feel the need to scrap every single photo. I just want to tell the story and the photos I choose are only one aspect of that. | |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70,644
February 2003
Posts: 19,331
Layouts: 783
Loc: Southern California
 | Posted: 12/21/2012 10:48:00 PM
Oddball here. While I do a lot of pages like yours, I also have some subjects where I only take a single photo, or only enough for one page. Other times I rescrap copies of single photos. |
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CraftyNikki
PeaNut
PeaNut 280,770
October 2006
Posts: 315
Layouts: 16
Loc: Tennessee
 | Posted: 12/21/2012 11:14:05 PM
I don't scrap all of my pictures! And I'm totally OK with that.
This is me too. My motives for scrapping are about 80% because I enjoy the process and only about 20% for memory keeping. It would take all the fun out of it for me if I worried about being caught up or having every single picture I took scrapped. |
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myshelly
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 471,001
June 2010
Posts: 7,387
Layouts: 0
 | Posted: 12/21/2012 11:55:55 PM
Scrapping "all" of my pictures is not a goal of mine. I just don't care about how many pages I get done or how many photos I scrap.
I don't scrap just to "get it done."
I store all of my pictures in chrono order, labelled by event, and keep detailed journaling calendars. Even if those pictures never get scrapped, nothing is lost or wasted. My kids will still be able to find the pics and know what they are, when they were taken, and who is in them.
I scrap for artistic purposes. I scrap for myself because I enjoy the artistic process.
My view is that my kids will remember their childhoods regardless of whether I scrap them or not. What I hope to leave behind in my scrapbooks is a piece of *me*. They are my *art* and as such they tell my kids more about *me* than they tell about whatever the subject matter of the pictures is.
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jenp1024
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,697
October 2002
Posts: 5,991
Layouts: 9
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 12/22/2012 2:03:50 AM
I don't scrapbook all my photos. I make layouts of the ones that speak to me or have a special story to tell. |
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shimelle
Garden Girl
PeaNut 2,356
January 2000
Posts: 3,584
Layouts: 351
Loc: london, england
 | Posted: 12/22/2012 4:32:34 AM
Yep, I'm in the same boat: I have no desire to ever be 'caught up' or scrap all my pictures. And I don't think anyone would ever be interested in looking at my books if I did, because there would just be so much! (I suppose on one hand that means I could consider taking fewer pictures, but I'd rather keep taking lots of images and just scrapbook the photos and stories that are inspiring me at any particular time.)
While I do scrap predominately single page layouts, I do add in pocketed page protectors here and there to hold up to a dozen 4x6 photos all in one place, so if there is an event with lots of photos I want to include, that's one way to add them in. But often it just means I will do more single pages on that theme, and that's fine by me because I enjoy making those pages!
I also find when I'm scrapping specific stories, sometimes I only have one or two photos, especially if it's something that happened many years ago. Creating single pages or pages with just one or two photos means I can still document that particular memory without trying to figure out how to make it just one small part of a larger layout with more photos. I tend to call those pictures 'oddball photos' because they don't have a pair in my photo collection, but there is still something I want to record that goes along with that image. |
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izzy b
PeaAddict
PeaNut 431,441
July 2009
Posts: 1,235
Layouts: 318
Loc: North Carolina
 | Posted: 12/22/2012 5:58:31 AM
Whenever I take photos of an event, say a trip to a tree farm to get our Christmas tree, I upload the photos as soon as I get home. I look at them immediately and tag the best 5 - 10 photos, sometimes fewer. I am looking for the photos that "speak to me" or tell the story. Sometimes one great photo will do that, even though I took 75 pics! If I happen to have several really wonderful photos, I either make a collage or use divided page protectors in my album.
It is freeing to not try to scrap every pic! |
I blog here: http://www.izzyanderson.com/
I tweet here: @IzzybAnderson
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/izzyb/ | |
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caspad
peas&crackers
PeaNut 3,602
April 2000
Posts: 13,656
Layouts: 374
Loc: Massachusetts
| Posted: 12/22/2012 6:08:10 AM
I have plenty of photos that won't make it on the page. Even when I used film and had envelopes of 4x6 prints from the developer. 
Now with digital, I pick the photos I want to use to and resize before printing. |
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scrappycass
You Wanna Peas of Me?
PeaNut 413,587
February 2009
Posts: 5,614
Layouts: 37
Loc: Western New York
 | Posted: 12/22/2012 6:29:12 AM
No....I usually choose photos that highlight the event or day I am trying to scrap. I'm okay with not including every photo from that event/day on my pages. |
Chocolate......who needs a reason?!
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transprntbutterfly
BucketHead
PeaNut 478,947
August 2010
Posts: 856
Layouts: 2
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 12/22/2012 7:24:44 AM
I don't scrap every picture I take, but I have done one page layouts with a lot of pictures.
Two of my favorite methods are both from Shimelle's 4x6 photo love class last year. One is her September class I love this method and have used it multiple times when I didn't want to do a double page lo. I love adding the pocket and half sheets with photos.
My other favorite is from her July 4x6 photo love class. I love the accordion pull-out when I really want to scrap the photos but love another photo better for the main focus of my layout. | |
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besskinn
PeaAddict
PeaNut 471,901
June 2010
Posts: 1,330
Layouts: 232
Loc: Hillsboro, TX
| Posted: 12/22/2012 8:15:08 AM
I scrap a lot of one pagers with four photos. I also narrow events down very specifically so for Thanksgiving for example, I may have 6 or 7 different layouts: watching the parade, the turkey, family, playing outside, etc. but I'm kinda nerdy like that! |
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writermom1
Thrift Whisperer
PeaNut 114,407
November 2003
Posts: 22,289
Layouts: 66
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:10:53 AM
I scrap only the "five star" photos. It took years for me to realize that every photo I took was not album worthy. |
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aJerseyGirl
[insert clever title here]
PeaNut 246,022
January 2006
Posts: 6,404
Layouts: 97
Loc: New Jersey
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:11:34 AM
I don't do a lot of single photo layouts but I still don't scrap all my photos. It would be too much and a lot of them as similar anyway. I like to have some photos that are not in my scrapbooks for lots of things like framing, giving away, etc.
When I do a single page layout, I often have 2-4 pictures on it. A double page could have 12 or more depending on cropping. But what I've also done sometimes is on a double page layout, do the left page as a single page layout and the right page a multiphoto. |
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KVRLVN
PeaAddict
PeaNut 503,801
March 2011
Posts: 1,869
Layouts: 266
Loc: West Texas
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:34:18 AM
I scrap the best of the best photos, but that still comes out to several pages. I tend to use wallet size photos and get as many as I can on one page. I finally gave in that it didn't matter how many pages I have to an album as long as I get everything in it I want. Many of my albums have 35 - 50 pages in it. |
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KBPea
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 395,153
October 2008
Posts: 9,916
Layouts: 135
Loc: Here
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:39:11 AM
I'll pick a couple favorites from an event instead of using every single photo, like everyone else said.
I also second the suggestions to look at Shimelle's 4X6 Photo Love class (you can find the videos under the Classes & Events link on top of the page). There are some great ideas for getting photos on one page! | |
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Sophikins
PeaAddict
PeaNut 62,725
January 2003
Posts: 1,502
Layouts: 27
Loc: Pacific NW
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:45:11 AM
When my family looks at the layouts I have done over the past 15 years, the pages that get the most time and attention are the ones with a lot of interesting photos. I take the same approach as was mentioned above- I break down an event. I just finished last year's Thanksgiving and I had several double page layouts- cooking day before, serving buffet dinner, sitting/eating at the table, and after dinner family photos.
For my scrapbooking reasons, I simply do not "get" the idea of one or two teeny tiny photos surrounded by white space and a ton of stuff. Oftentimes I can barely see what is in those photos. But, from an "artistic" viewpoint, that is a different story.
Even when I follow Shimelle's methods, like the class guide for cutting up a whole collection, I will stick more photos on the pages than she shows in her videos.
The great thing about scrapbooking is that there is no "one way", and it serves different purposes for different people. I can still put "artistic" effort into titles and embellishments and have a lot of photos on the page (I still can't let "white space" go by, though.) |
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Tashak
PeaFixture
PeaNut 223,381
September 2005
Posts: 3,403
Layouts: 79
Loc: somewhere over the rainbow
| Posted: 12/22/2012 9:46:06 AM
I don't use every photo. There are so many that are near duplicates, didn't turn out well for whatever reason, etc.
I can still get plenty of photos on a single page, I have a Christmas LO in my gallery that has 10 photos on it. Occasionally I'll think something needs a double page and I'll make one, but honestly most things will fit on a single page. Sometimes I dissect the day as well. Like the day my son was born I could have done a double page that hit just about everything, but I'm choosing to do a bunch of single pages that highlight of the best of the best. |
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AngieandSnoopy
Michel's Mom ~ Sugar Plum's Mummie
PeaNut 52,307
October 2002
Posts: 5,288
Layouts: 80
Loc: Land of Enchantment - Louisiana girl in a Southwest world.
| Posted: 12/22/2012 10:02:40 AM
I scrap all because I don't really scrap, I make decorated pages to put pictures and captions on and have albums with a color or decorating theme. |
Angie ~ Snoopy, Amanda, Michel, Davy, Benji, & Onkita - my fur kids!
Red, Black & Tan, & Double Dapple mini Dachshund's! Is it Snoopy or Snoopea?
Michel 9, Onkita 14, Jeannie the Chiweenie 14, and Sugar Plum 16 years!
  
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myboysnme
one of those "entitled" peas
PeaNut 69,081
February 2003
Posts: 6,733
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 12/22/2012 10:09:31 AM
I scrap mostly one pagers because I don't take tons of pictures of one thing. Example, I recently returned from Germany. I will do a one page of a certain Christmas market, one page of buildings in a certain town, etc. I guess you could say I look for a theme to group certain pics together into one layout, even when I have lots of pics of one event.
Like a birthday, I might do a page of gift opening and a page of cake eating, not all one 2 page spread called 'birthday.' |
My choice is to not take it personally - people have opinions. Particularly people here.-Peabay 12/29/11
I know this is assuming, but I'm really starting to think you are one of those "entitled" peas - Dalayney 4/2/12
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(By The Sea)
peain' with my toes in the sand
PeaNut 12,495
March 2001
Posts: 12,765
Layouts: 438
 | Posted: 12/22/2012 10:28:30 AM
I don't scrap all my pictures, either. I also scrap more than one page layouts if the subject requires it.
There are no rules, so I don't self-impose any. | |
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Jaimeelynn
PeaAddict
PeaNut 518,558
August 2011
Posts: 1,820
Layouts: 110
Loc: Minne-sooooota
| Posted: 12/22/2012 10:38:01 AM
I was a one pager this year (previously a two pager) and will be starting PL for 2013. I don't scrap every photo I take, I couldn't possibly. Some months I take hundreds of pictures. I would never be done. |
I am a project lifer. That's why I am taking so many pictures.....
Savor the Moment. It is the Everyday Moments that Make Life Meaningful.
Mom to Jackson (4)
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KBPea
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 395,153
October 2008
Posts: 9,916
Layouts: 135
Loc: Here
| Posted: 12/22/2012 11:21:35 AM
The great thing about scrapbooking is that there is no "one way", and it serves different purposes for different people. I can still put "artistic" effort into titles and embellishments and have a lot of photos on the page (I still can't let "white space" go by, though.)
This is something I love about this hobby. Everyone's approach is different. You can't let white space go unfilled, and I am always worried about not having enough white space on pages, even when there is only one or two photos. I wish I could let go some of that white space so I could use more embellishments and fun things on my pages! | |
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LisaEDesign
PeaAddict
PeaNut 439,654
September 2009
Posts: 1,092
Layouts: 209
Loc: NC
| Posted: 12/22/2012 12:20:09 PM
I used to be mostly a two pager and now mostly a one pager. I've just found that a lot of photos really don't add to the story. The main thing is that I don't print that many photos. I typically decide when I'm uploading photos to print what will get scrapped. I always tell myself I can print something at home to go with what I ordered but then almost never need to do that. |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 68,093
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
 | Posted: 12/22/2012 9:37:38 PM
I take so many photos of every event and daily photos of just stuff.
Probably 10,000 a year.
I don't scrap ALL my photos.
I only scrap the best and the ones that tell the story.
The rest I just store on my hard drive or print and put in photo boxes. I also delete the ones that don't turn out great |
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Wendy McKee
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 153,055
June 2004
Posts: 2,630
Layouts: 472
| Posted: 12/23/2012 2:55:54 AM
When I used my normal camera I only really took photos at events... I would then scrap the ones I liked.
Since I got my iPhone I now use that more and get some really good photos... I know scrap these so there are normally only one to use... I prefer my iPhone photos the best though |
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Characterfan
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 489,208
November 2010
Posts: 2,656
Layouts: 158
Loc: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 12/23/2012 4:53:18 AM
Another one for the I don't scrap them all boat.i scrap the important ones. Most the time I'll just use 1-2 photos to tell the story and if I have more than one story to tell it'll get 2 layouts. |
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*kaleidoscope*
Leader of the Banned
PeaNut 52,171
October 2002
Posts: 17,509
Layouts: 105
Loc: Froogville
| Posted: 12/23/2012 9:54:46 AM
You're going to find that most people aren't like me. They don't scrap all their pics. I do - I don't see the point of keeping separate photo albums or boxes of photos. For me, scrapping is supposed to replace regular ol' photo albums.
I also scrap chrono and I'm way behind so I'm still working with film developed pics. I just try and fit as much as I can onto a page. Sometimes I can crop and sometimes I can't crop much. If I have to, I'll expand into more pages but I do try and condense. Sometimes I use the old color-blocking method.
Sometimes, I've let the worst of them go. It took me awhile to get to that point.  But if I've got a bunch of pics (even if they're all lousy) I might narrow down and chuck the worst.
With digital, I can go back and narrow down to what I want to scrap and delete the others. Sometimes, there's still going to be a lot of pics but at least I can try and be judicial before hand. And now with digital, I can also print some of them in smaller sizes and more will be able to fit. |
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kiwifarmer
PeaNut
PeaNut 77,643
March 2003
Posts: 107
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 12/23/2012 12:56:49 PM
I can really really really recommend the class ( now an e book I understand) "Finding Photo Freedom" by Stacey Julian at BPC . It was not until I took this class last year, that I actually looked at my photo taking processes and the way I deal with photos after I have taken them.
I don't scrap every photo....Far from it. And I am ok with that.
Seriously....if you have the chance to take this class, do!!!! It will change the way you look at scrapbooking forever. I was never a Stacey fan particularly, I scrap a lot fancier than she does, but her theory and work flow resonated with me. A lot of what others have spoken about earlier posts, is like her system, but I found with it all in one place I was able to look at it easier. | |
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