15 ways to escape your scrapbooking burnout

Posted on August 6, 2009
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Are you suffering from scrapbooking burnout? Are your photos and scrapbooking supplies piling up and you don’t have the motivation to create a single page layout? Here are a few ideas to help you cure your scrapbooking burnout.

Learning a new scrapbooking technique can cure your burnout. Just try a new technique on one page layout today.
Don’t think you have to get through your entire photograph backlog. Just pick one photo today, and showcase it on a page. Just getting started may be just what you need.
Give yourself permission to throw out poor quality photographs. Your backlog will start to shrink and just looking through your photos may inspire you.
Your supply stash can bring inspiration. Organize your supplies, and see if you are inspired to mix embellishments or papers in a new way.
Scrapbooking magazines are designed to bring inspiration. Read your favorite magazine today for new techniques or the latest products.
Take a scrapbooking course or workshop. This is sure to bring your some motivation.
Gather your friends together for a scrapbooking crop. There’s inspiration and motivation in numbers. If you prefer not to set up a party of your own, check out your local scrapbooking store for a group crop.
Go shopping! Browse through your local scrapbooking store or craft store and get inspired by all the new products available.
Don’t think you have to be perfect. Scrapbooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Allow yourself to make mistakes and make simple pages. Not every page needs to be a work of art.
Sell or give away some of your scrapbooking supplies. Scaling down can help you overcome supply overload. Sometimes too many choices can keep you from taking action.
Don’t try to make an album tonight. Just make one single page layout. One page a night leads to many completed pages over time.
Join a scrapbooking community online challenge. You can find these on message boards and forums. Competing with others may jump start your motivation.
Join the digital scrapbooking craze. It’s a lot less messy than traditional scrapbooking.
Join a scrapbooking community online and read their message boards and forums. Most of these communities have galleries where members upload their scrapbooking pages for others to see and make comments.
Put your scrapbook albums on display. Let your family and friends enjoy your page layouts. See their faces light up as they appreciate your pages will motivate you to get scrapbooking again.

Try these scrapbooking tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear. I guarantee that you will be back to full-time scrapbooking in no time.

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