Scrapbook Your Way

Whether you are a digital or traditional scrapbooker, we all have non-photo files on our computers that need to be managed. From printables to cut files to digital kits and beyond, your digital clutter can cause just as much stress and headache as the physical. In this episode Melissa Shanhun and I chat about our favorite strategies for making sure your files are safe and easy to locate. You won't want to miss Melissa's top suggestions for duplicate file finders. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

Today we're kicking off a three-part series of episodes on decluttering, with a simple goal of sharing real life scenarios and practical ideas. This week I'm joined by prolific scrapbooker Barbara Picinich to explore how she approaches reducing the crafty clutter within her spaces. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

Have you ever noticed the one thing that Lou Stiner does on all of her pages? I love hearing about the favorite techniques, products, and processes that define a scrapbooker's style in the My Way series. As you get to know this month's Simple Scrapper featured artist, take note of all the subtle and not-so-subtle ways Lou stays a happy, productive scrapbooker. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

Sometimes it feels like life is an ongoing battle with clutter.  In this episode, Kim and I kick off Decluttering Month with some of our best advice for the clutter accompanying creativity. You'll walk away with new strategies for your scrap room as well as your entire house! See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

How do you make time to scrapbook? How do you stay organized? I asked My Simple Scrapper members to share their questions and curiosities. In this wide-ranging episode, I offer my personal reactions and suggestions to the most pressing concerns of our scrapbooking community. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

The key to staying motivated and productive in scrapbooking might be letting go of expectations and self-selected rules. In this episode Shannan Manton describes how her memory keeping plans have changed since the last time she was on the show. We go in-depth on the creative and logistical reasons for making changes, along with offering a hefty dose of permission to tweak your hobby so that it works for you. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

The "Pie Chart of Creative Joy" is a tool to ensure that your scrapbooking stays fun and fulfilling. I truly mean you, specifically. This activity helps you personality the hobby, discerning which parts of the process to streamline and which parts are worthy of your time. Everyone's pie chart will look different. This activity is part of Simple Scrapbooking School, a self-paced course inside of the My Simple Scrapper community and a live course I'm teaching on Sunday, February 16. Registration for the live session opens February 5. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

When Kim and I sit down to chat, we not only have our own experiences to draw from but those of our entire community. Kim Edsen is my teaching assistant inside of My Simple Scrapper and we're chatting every month about what we've learned from the past month's theme and how we see the upcoming theme apply to scrapbookers. This particular conversation is full of creative and lifestyle favorites, along with helpful insights on how to find more fun and fulfillment in your hobby. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

It's one thing to talk about planners and another to actually use them. In this follow-up to episode 43, Alissa Williams and I review our big-picture goals for the year and the adjustments we've made to our respective planning processes. We're both practical planners, yet we take very different approaches. If you enjoyed our previous conversation, you'll love this conclusion. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership

A full cup of coffee was all it took to get me going on my favorite subject: scrapbooking. I'm excited to share a solo episode today, where I share what's working so darn well for me right now (Hint: It's something I've never done before!), how you can start fresh for the season ahead, and what to expect from my newest class. See the full show notes for this episode.✨ Find your creative home at simplescrapper.com/membership