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Have been pulling / printing pix for the twin albums for DGD Kathryn and myself from our Spring Break trip. Hope to get some serious scrapping done this weekend.
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2014 Scrapbook pages count: 60 / 250
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Had a very good week-end of scrapping, getting a great start on the twin albums for the March trip. Originally was going with the traditional 12x12 albums, even getting the title pages done, but DGD Kathryn stated she liked the "ones you slip the pictures in", so decided to go with Simple Stories' SNAP albums since you can either do traditional pages or just pictures, AND the smaller size will fit on her bookshelf better. Have been completing pages for both albums as I go along, so that they will truly be matched. It has been a real test of creativity, with some of the spaces as small as 3x4! I've been able to use small pieces of paper and stretch a single sheet to fill several pages. I have truly been "scrapping"!
BUT - it doesn't seem right to count each of the small pages as an entire page toward my year's total. So I need some guidance. Do I count the smaller pages in a 2:1 or 3:1 method? The time and materials involved in two of the small pages just about matches what I would usually use in one simple regular size page. But some of them are REALLY simple, so it might take three to equal one large page. I'm inclined to simplify things and just count 2:1, but am quite willing to go for the 3:1 count if that seems more fair. Please give me your thoughts!
I completed 28 pages in each of the two albums this week-end for a grand total of 56 pages. Using the 2:1 count, that makes 28 pages done for a total of 129 / 200. Using a 3:1 count, that makes 18 (almost) for a total of 119 / 200.
And I still have three days, including the Flower and Garden Festival, to add!
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It has been a real test of creativity, with some of the spaces as small as 3x4! I've been able to use small pieces of paper and stretch a single sheet to fill several pages. I have truly been "scrapping"!
BUT - it doesn't seem right to count each of the small pages as an entire page toward my year's total. So I need some guidance. Do I count the smaller pages in a 2:1 or 3:1 method? The time and materials involved in two of the small pages just about matches what I would usually use in one simple regular size page.
I completed 28 pages in each of the two albums this week-end for a grand total of 56 pages. Using the 2:1 count, that makes 28 pages done for a total of 129 / 200. Using a 3:1 count, that makes 18 (almost) for a total of 119 / 200.
And I still have three days, including the Flower and Garden Festival, to add!
I say, a page is a page! Especially since you're spending lots of time on many of them. A couple of years back, I did a small 8x8 book for myself of a "just-me" visit to the beach. I counted each page as a page, and I'd say you should do the same....you'll probably want to increase your goal for the year, though! Don't worry about "cheating"--the goal is your own, not a competition with anyone else, so don't feel guilty. You're having fun, you're keeping memories alive, and you have something concrete to show for your effort, so it's a win-win all around.
Meanwhile, I've finished printing out the remaining pictures from our spring break WDW trip and have a 2-day crop this weekend, so I'm hoping to get a lot done.
As Ginger said, I believe a page is a page. I've done 8 x8 and 8 x 10 albums and counted each page as one just as in my 12 x 12. Sometime it is honestly more difficult to work on small pages than large as there are fewer ways to arrange everything. So I say you did 58 pages.
I will count them as "each" rather than "half", and will also take Ginger's suggestion to increase my goal. I'll up it to 250 for now. That puts me at 157 / 250.
Thanks for the feedback!
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I have been slacking on the pages for myself - but have been very busy creating borders and making lots of die cuts with my cricut for a gift for my cousin for her shower for a wedding album and a honeymoon album
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Sounds like you've been busy Lisa, even if it's not actual pages. I went through our Olympic memorabilia last night and I really need to get on with scrapping that...
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I finished 16 pages at a small crop this weekend, putting me at 80 pages into my goal of 265 for the year. Let's see, breaking this down, I'm at 30.1% of goal and the year is 30.4% completed...not too bad.
Got 11 pages done for each of the twin albums, for a total of 22. It is so much easier to do two of the same - sort of like a production line. Am now half way through the trip. Would be great to have them done by the time DGD Kathryn gets home for the summer, but not certain I'll get that done. Oh well, it is still the fastest I've ever done an album!
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So I need some guidance. Do I count the smaller pages in a 2:1 or 3:1 method? The time and materials involved in two of the small pages just about matches what I would usually use in one simple regular size page. But some of them are REALLY simple, so it might take three to equal one large page. I'm inclined to simplify things and just count 2:1, but am quite willing to go for the 3:1 count if that seems more fair. Please give me your thoughts!
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