What a weekend we had! After spending all day Saturday in pain, I went to an urgent care clinic to find out I had pain coming from my right ovary. Not exactly what any woman wants to hear! The pain was so intense that I actually laid down on the floor of the waiting room! Those of you who know me fairly well know that I must have been out of my mind to do that!
Anyway, I had an ultrasound Sunday morning and they couldn't find anything! The Dr. thinks it might have been a small cyst that ruptured, but since there was no fluid, he couldn't be certain. After talking with a few women who'd had similar things happen, we think that is what it was!
You should have seen my poor husband wondering how he would take care of our nursing baby Caralyn who has never even seen a baby bottle! He was quite relieved, as I was, to know I was fine. I am basically back to normal now...I even made a trip to Wally World with the girls today! (Oh, Wally World is Walmart for those who don't know!)
So, this weekend I got some great questions from Heather that I can use for my questions of the week AND I found some more at Scrapjazz. So I am going to ration them out slowly and see how long they last.
Also, with reworking my website, I am working on putting together some scrapbooking pages on a variety of different subjects and thought I would recruit anyone who would like to help out! Basically I am looking for any articles that other scrapbookers would find interesting. If you have photos of your scrapbook room, you can write an article around them. If you are into altered projects, you can share how you do them. If you have some ideas for pages, especially anything baby related, let's hear them!
If I decide it is something I can use, I will let you know and there's a really good chance I will e-publish your article on my website with your own page and possibly in a scrapbook e-book I have been thinking about! What do you think about that? If you are chosen, you will get a free copy of the eBook, of course! Feel free to pass this along to any of your friends. The more the merrier! Just visit my website (www.BarefootMemories.net) to email me and I will get you more info.
So, enough of that...let's get to our question of the week!Drum roll......
How do you overcome scrappers block?
I know, this is a toughie. I usually dig out my sketches and search through them or pick up any scrapbook magazine that is handy. I also like using any Leaving Prints instructions I have since they are step by step to design a simple layout.
Well, how do you get over a slump? I look forward to your replies!
Until next week,
Susan
P.S. Thanks to everyone who responded to my plee for help in getting rid of some of my old scrapbook inventory. I still have a bunch left and am going to do a HUGE auction on eBay later on this week, probably Sunday. It's got over 25 POUNDS of scrapbook stuff, so if you've got a few friends that want to go in together on all this, you will be getting a great deal. The bidding will start at $0.99, just for fun, and we'll see who wins! I think the retail value is well over $400, but don't tell my hubby that! Just scroll down to see my previous post for the link to my eBay auctions or search for my User ID micnsu.
2 comments:
Scrappers Block happens to all of us and knowing this, I made myself well prepared for the moment when I sit and stare at my layout and draw a blank. I subscribe to a bunch of scrapbook magazines and as I go through them each month, I rip out the pages I am going to us for future layouts or if I like the design of the page. Then, I have several binders that have ABC dividers. I then, take out the page I ripped out of the magazine and file it accordingly (Easter layout goes in the "E" divider). An example of the binder dividers would be the following: "D" might have a section for Dad, Disney, etc. Then, I can flip to the letter and find its appropriate place to put the layout idea in a page protector.
So I have found that planning ahead helps to eliminate all the wasted time I used to spend staring at layouts. Having the magazines just sitting on a shelf doesn't suit my needs because I have no idea what layouts I like in them after I've already looked through them. The binder makes finding a page idea really fast and really easy.
HJGriffith
Most of my layouts resemble each other -but every once in while I'll come up with a new design. Then of course that ends up repeated down the line. :)
I have an idea book by Becky Higgins that I like. I really need to get it out more! A friend of mine, Brandi, also gives me good ideas (she's a stampin scrapper).
I used to subscribe to a few magazines full of beautiful but complicated layouts, but I'm never going to have time to spend 2 hours on every layout...so I've given up on those for now! Maybe when the kids are older. ;)
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