finish my scrapbooks!

I just want to finish by first scrapbook. I keep starting on new events and not finishing the ones I have already started! So now I am going through it and finishing them.

Working on a memorial scrap page for my best friend who passed away.

My other projects are as I left them several months ago. Will pick those back up when it gets cold outside (Fall/Winter)

Today I went through all my high school stuff and sorted it out into categories. I am ready to finish those two scrapbooks – the high school one and the corny senior book I bought from Josten’s. I spent some time filling in some of the blanks to the cheesy questions tonight while watching TV with my brother. It was really fun because I kept showing him pictures of himself when he was a child as I came across them. I am hoping to make at least 1 page a day for the next few weeks (except when I’m on vacation, because I will not be carting my scrap booking gear on a plane…heck no.)

I am excited…I have been wanting to do this for a long time. I wish I had more stuff saved from college, guess I’m just not as much of a packrat anymore – moving 11 times will do that to a person. Oh, dorm life. I also have to print a bunch of pictures for the college one, since it was my freshman year of college when I converted from film to digital and the only pictures i have printed is the collage on my wall – but since I am planning on moving out soon, perhaps I will take them down and put them in the scrapbook – but I just put them up!

I have so much work to do on my scrapbooks. I even have one from high school that isn’t done (and my 10 yr. reunion is this year)!! I collect all sorts of momentos and take an insane amount of pictures. I need to set aside some time to just sit down and do a little at a time. Would like to finish the scrapbook I started for my brother’s wedding but it’s been so long I’m beginning to think that I should just give it up.

Well first step is trying to find an area to work on everything that has enough room.

First I need to finish my New England vacation scrapbook, then I need to do a memory book for Alex and 3rd is to finish Kelli’s GS book. I will be going to an all day crop on Saturday and then a 3 day scrap in May so New England should be done and hopefully the memory book for Alex.

Well, I’ve just kept taking pictures and collecting mementos and just haven’t kept up with puting them into the books. My son’s book is pretty much caught up. But my daughter’s and my husband and mine’s are rediculously behind!

1. Framed allot of photos and got them on the walls.
2. Printed out hundreds of my favs from my puter (ran outta ink)
3. Laying out some wall collages for a bunch of frames I bought
4. Will start filling pages in the books here soon!

I have 13 books for different reasons all in various stages of completion.

My goal this years is to finish all of my kids’ books for them by 2008 Christmas! I haven’t even finished my first son’s babybook (he is 27 now).

Now I have to start a scrapbook for Braeden too! He is another nephew.

I have:

The 2nd Birthday at Bouncertown
Playing in the fall leaves

The fact that I finish one scrapbook and promptly start another is really preventing me from accomplishing this…

I’m on my 4th 12×12 scrapbook…