find that you scrap in time order or jump around?

I had originally planned to go from 2000 forward but, now I am finding that I jump around especially since I have so many negatives still to scan and unorganized stuff(too much to organize) I'm talking 4 boxes of paper-photographs, 1 large file system of stuff from school(which has family stuff mixed in-really a pain in the butt) and all the digital files to add to that(no way to give an exact number but, I would guess about over 500 rolls.) thus my new title... so much to scrap so little time...HELLLP hehe

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Mommie of Christopher, Wife of Jeremi

My main priority is to try to keep up with my current photos, partly for me, but mostly for the demanding grandparents who live halfway across the country. I put the pics up on a website for them to see. It is also easier to journal (something I really need to work on) if the events in the pictures are fresh in my mind, so that's another incentive for me to try to keep up. If you were good about keeping a diary or something like that (which I'm not), you could just refer back to that later though.

As time allows, I'm going back and picking some of my favorite older photos to work on. I think I would be totally overwhelmed if I tried to scrap everything, so I consider the older pics to be just sort of a fun change of pace from my current ones. I doubt I will ever get through everything. I've even got a huge stack of slide reels from my childhood that I borrowed from my folks. I plan to start doing a few of those soon too.

I don't see a problem with jumping around though. Scrapping should be fun, so I think you should work on whatever inspires you at the moment. You can then organize the finished products as you go in a way that will make sense for later on. For the older photos I'm working on, I plan to post them as I do the pages, but also have them listed by date and by subject, sort of a cross-reference kind of system.

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Kim J
Texas

I tend to scrap chronologically. Every once in a while I do current photos. I'm only about 10 months behind...which seems like an eternity..but it's not too bad!

Have you seen my gallery -- it's SO out of order -- One second you're seeing devan NOW and next you're seeing her before she could walk -- lol -- i just grab some photos and go with it -- I figure as long as I put the dates on the layouts of when the photos were taken, I can always order them if i need to.

Nope I've got so many photos to scrap, that I hope that I have some variety completed before I die...



Kristie

I'm glad I'm not the only one then...I'm 3 years behind though I would like to be 10 months! I think I'm going to start doing current to keep up with the current and supplement with the past b/c my family lives in NC and we here and it will be better for them to see the now than the then...eventually I'll get caught up one day.

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Mommie of Christopher, Wife of Jeremi

I am currently working on a family heritage book, so my scrapping time frame is really extended! I scrap the photos that I am admiring at the time.

KSMaggie

Order? What's that? I seriously have no idea what you mean! : LOL

I scrap whatever I am in the mood to do. A lot of times I start with a background and an element or 2 and then find photos to fit. Other times I wake up with an incredible idea for a certain photo. You just never know with me! It's supposed to be fun. Order takes fun out of things sometimes. Then again, sometimes you can't find anything if it's not in order. So .... once again I have no idea what order is for!

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April Anderton
Contributing Editor
Digital Scrapbooking Magazine
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I wanted to scrap in order, from her hospital picture on, after doing some current picture layouts, but right now, I just browse through all the photos on my computer and wait for something to jump out at me.