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ashazamm
BucketHead
PeaNut 217,769
August 2005
Posts: 575
Layouts: 18
Loc: NY
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I'm finding myself behind. I just finished up my DD today, so happy to be finished.
Next, I'm tackling my kid's albums that are behind since June 2012, so six months. Should I start from June and work my way to present or work on Fall/Halloween and go back??
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tinkgumby
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 281,136
October 2006
Posts: 2,262
Layouts: 6
Loc: DFW, TX
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Current - get your memories while they're fresh!  |
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KikiPEA
Pea, Glorious Pea
PeaNut 43,536
July 2002
Posts: 15,283
Layouts: 160
Loc: In the land of loss...weight loss, that is. 35.5 down, 10-15 to go! :D
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Neither. Although, I do scrap a lot of my photos as soon as I can, most get pushed aside for other things. I scrap whatever suite my fancy. When a photo was taken makes no difference as to when I scrap them. |
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MisasMom
PeaNut
PeaNut 524,203
October 2011
Posts: 394
Layouts: 2
Loc: Near Seattle
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I alternated between old and new until I ran out of old photos. |
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dreamsbedreams
PeaAddict
PeaNut 229,609
October 2005
Posts: 1,485
Layouts: 9
Loc: East Coast
| Posted: 1/6/2013 6:19:52 PM
I agree with KiKiPEA, I scrap whatever makes me happy. It's very freeing to not think about being behind and just scrap whatever you feel like scrapping |
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scrappingolfer
BucketHead
PeaNut 308,134
April 2007
Posts: 558
Layouts: 0
Loc: Missouri
| Posted: 1/6/2013 6:27:59 PM
I think it's a matter of personal prefferance, but I do from past to present. |
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guzismom
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 31,617
March 2002
Posts: 9,342
Layouts: 59
Loc: southern new mexico
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When I first started scrapping, I started with current pictures and when I was current with those, I went back and scrapped older photos. Over the course of a few years I was able to scrap all the old pictures I wanted to yet keep current with my new photos.
These days I generally run about 4-6 months "behind".
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makinglegacies
PeaNut
PeaNut 11,926
March 2001
Posts: 374
Layouts: 0
Loc: West Virginia
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To get over feeling guilty at being behind in my hobby, I've just started scrapping whatever I'm in the mood to work on. Sometimes it's vacation photos, other times birthdays, and not in any particular order either. |
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StreetScrapper
AncestralPea
PeaNut 251,919
March 2006
Posts: 4,839
Layouts: 18
Loc: Toronto, Ontario
| Posted: 1/6/2013 6:36:42 PM
I also scrap whatever makes me happy because I don't care about being behind... If I did I'd probably be too stressed about scrapping and not create anything! But if you're that current, I'd go with present to past because the memories are fresher... But I might throw in an older one every now and again too! |
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KBPea
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 395,153
October 2008
Posts: 9,916
Layouts: 135
Loc: Here
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I pick my favorite and jump around from there, but if you are determined to do them in chronological order then I agree with the posters who said to go from present to past so you can get your newest memories scrapped while they are fresh. | |
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jerseygirlanne
Stuck In The Bucket
PeaNut 553,290
May 2012
Posts: 744
Layouts: 0
Loc: NJ
| Posted: 1/6/2013 9:32:01 PM
I personally dont know how anyone can be caught up! I have all my childhood to do and I have all my grandparents pictures ,too. Plus I now have 3 grandchildren...so there is NO WAY I will ever be caught up!!! I have more pictures than I will ever have time!! At this point I scrap mostly my GC but not in order,but what strikes me when I sit at my desk. I  this hobby!!!!! |
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cards made- 192
mini albums made- 1-16 page
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elphalba
PeaNut
PeaNut 31,845
March 2002
Posts: 460
Layouts: 53
Loc: Poconos PA
| Posted: 1/6/2013 9:40:32 PM
I was three years behind and went to "catch up" and I found I rushed through some layouts and didn't do my best work. Even though I was caught up, I was disappointed with the caliber of my work in some cases. |
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mytwoandras
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 204,991
May 2005
Posts: 2,900
Layouts: 95
Loc: New Jersey
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I scrap a little of this then a little of that. There is no rhyme or reason. I just pick pictures that I like at the moment and that is what I work on. So on any given crop weekend you may see me working on baby pictures from 20 years ago, pictures of my grandson, and anything in between.
I would work on whatever interests you at the moment. To me it takes the fun out of scrapbooking when you feel forced to work on certain pictures. |
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Dancingfish
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,456
October 2002
Posts: 14,094
Layouts: 83
Loc: VA
| Posted: 1/6/2013 9:54:45 PM
Can I suggest that you take an afternoon and sit in front of your pictured and jot down notes. You think you will remember it all but over time the fall down funny stories just become who what &why.Then like others have mentioned try and scrap what makes you happy |
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ElsaBelle
California Dreaming
PeaNut 153,156
June 2004
Posts: 11,991
Layouts: 39
Loc:
| Posted: 1/6/2013 10:07:50 PM
I think it's a matter of personal prefferance, but I do from past to present.
Me, too. It motivates me to get caught up. I'm working on August 2010 pictures right now. |
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Paperclips29
Photo HapPEA!
PeaNut 110,614
October 2003
Posts: 8,531
Layouts: 248
Loc: Århus, Denmark
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In any order I choose. I flip all over the past century, depending on what speaks to me. Unless the photos are new, I'm usually inspired by a story and pull photos to go with it. And if I am working with shiny new photos, I'm usually scrapping them by what inspires me most, rather than any particular order. |
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ashazamm
BucketHead
PeaNut 217,769
August 2005
Posts: 575
Layouts: 18
Loc: NY
| Posted: 1/7/2013 6:06:32 AM
Thank you for all your feedback! I usually do past to present but like some posters, I rush through it and don't enjoy it to get to the current stuff. I think I"ll try something different this time and jump around to whatever I want to work on and maybe work out better for me. | |
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Madeline
Jeepers PEApers
PeaNut 54,155
October 2002
Posts: 2,201
Layouts: 357
Loc: River Ridge, Louisiana
| Posted: 1/7/2013 7:16:32 AM
I work through my newest supplies and newest photos first, but if one doesn't work with the other, I have a stack of photos and stacks of papers that I can pull from. Somehow it's more fun to scrap the newest memories...and I remember more about them to boot! But I would feel terribly constrained if I went in ANY sort of order.
I suggest you pick through your photos for those that are either super meaningful or fun and go from there.
As for being "behind", I had 25 years worth of family photos before I ever heard about scrapbooking! |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70,644
February 2003
Posts: 19,335
Layouts: 783
Loc: Southern California
| Posted: 1/7/2013 11:04:52 AM
I actually am only doing current photos in order, the older ones only when I feel like it. Current photos means that the last LO I finished, day before yesterday, was of Dec. 1 and then I will progress the rest of the way through December ending with some I took on Dec. 30. (I have not taken any photos in January I want to scrap, primarily because on Jan. 1 and 2 I was using my improperly loaded film camera)
When I first started scrapbooking in 2001, I started with my wedding photos (2000) and worked forward, and from then on for the most part kept up with current photos. I also started with my oldest photos, which were from my teen-age years, and worked forward. In 2003, I was scrapping photos from 1994, but a combination of things stopped me from moving forward. 1) I was also scrapping DH's photos, but they were not in order and every time I thought I had finished those from a trip he took in 1987, I found more. 2) My XH took way too many photos when we went to the Grand Canyon in 1994, and I just couldn't keep thinking of new creative ways to scrap photos of the canyon. 3) Life got in the way and I ended up not scrapbooking for eight months, at the end of which time I had to spend quite awhile catching up on "current" (by then, almost a year old photos), and 4) I became really enamored with the Two Peas challenges, but on quite a few of them, if I wanted to participate, I couldn't limit myself to specific photos.
So, I decided then that I would do my best to stay current with the current photos, but give myself permission to take breaks from that and scrap any photos that fit with challenges. |
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robkaynel
1 Pea, 2 Pea, Red Pea, Blue Pea
PeaNut 530,045
November 2011
Posts: 865
Layouts: 151
| Posted: 1/7/2013 11:18:13 AM
I tend to lean towards current because are those are what are on my desk. I typically am able to find something in them that a. strikes a chord to scrap or b. feel like i need to get done to get it off my desk. On the latter note, I gathered up all my son's football pics from this fall & pulled page protectors last night. I also got one 12 x 6 insert done. There are around 60 photos, most will just go in photo sleeves but I picked a couple of different protectors to mix it up a bit & force me to put some inserts in to jazz them up a little. | |
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MerryMom937
PeaFixture
PeaNut 472,567
June 2010
Posts: 3,083
Layouts: 0
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I try to scrap current and if the supplies I am using are a certain theme or seasonal, I will check to see if I have something from the past to scrap along the same theme or season.
For example, if I was scrapping current football season pictures, I check in my past "to do" list to see if I have any past football seasons to scrap.
About 1 or 2 times a month, I scrap something from the past. | |
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scrapjulia
PeaNut
PeaNut 335,340
September 2007
Posts: 184
Layouts: 9
Loc: mount vernon wa
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I jump around and do whatever I find inspiring. If I find myself skipping certain pictures over and over I put them in a photo album instead. |
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ScrapRn
PeaNut
PeaNut 84,507
May 2003
Posts: 165
Layouts: 3
| Posted: 1/7/2013 2:43:45 PM
I'm not much help but I am in the same boat as you with lots of old and current pics to scrap. I find that if I scrap what I am in the mood to scrap the pages come out so much better. They eventually get up in an album in chronological order. Sometimes I'll sit down and do several years worth of team pictures or sports all at one time. That way I have all of my sports themed papers and embellies out and don't have to look back and make sure the layouts don't look the same!
Good Luck!
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crimsoncat05
PeaFixture
PeaNut 273,602
August 2006
Posts: 3,298
Layouts: 99
Loc: Phoenix, AZ area
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ashazamm
BucketHead
PeaNut 217,769
August 2005
Posts: 575
Layouts: 18
Loc: NY
| Posted: 1/7/2013 6:35:20 PM
So I scrapped in reverse today. Got my Thanksgiving pages done and started halloween! Let's hope I keep up the momentum! | |
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