In this episode I’m chatting with my accountability partner (and returning guest) Alissa Williams about the evolution of our planning needs. We share personal experiences with different planning tools and discuss areas for improvement in goal setting, documentation, and weekly planning. Our conversation highlights contrasts our approaches and includes the role of systems in Alissa’s planning process.

Links Mentioned

• Stamp Joy by Taylored Expressions
• Bullet Journal
• Plum Paper
• Ali Edwards Week In The Life 
• Day One App
• Hobonichi Original A6 (*)
• Archer and Olive
• ClickUp
• Shimelle's Best of Both Worlds
• Productive Flourishing
• Asana
• David Allen’s Getting Things Done (*)
• Trello
• AnyList app
• Colibri
• Erin Condren
• May Designs
• Mossery
• Aura Estelle
• Sterling Ink
• Leuchtturm (*)
• Persnickety Prints
• Simplified Planner by Emily Ley
• Alissa’s Instagram: @alissarecommends

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Helen DeRam returns to wrap up our series on creating in alignment with the seasons, following episodes no. 250 and no. 267. Our conversation continues to highlight our unique approaches to Aligned as a creative project as well as our insights on the ongoing experience. With Fall as the final season, we also reflect on what we will carry forward into 2025 and beyond.

Links Mentioned

• Pretty Little Studio You Are My Sunshine Collection
• Modern Pressed Flower Classes
• 49 and Market Quad Folio Album
• Canva
• Helen on Instagram: @hderam
• Helen’s YouTube channel: Helen De Ram

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I love how these conversations, with creator after creator, illustrate the breadth of what brings us joy. CJ Flynn is our October 2024 featured artist, inspiring our latest member challenge with her clean and simple scrapbooking style.

You'll find CJ combining minimalist hybrid pages with her favorite products, typically on a smaller scale. Our conversation highlights her journey to clarity about her 'way' of scrapbooking as well as insights into the resources she uses to document with ease.

Links Mentioned

• CJ on Instagram: @ink.paper.photos
• CJ’s Blog
• Ali Edwards December Daily
• December Daily Paislee Press Kit - sold out
• Blurb
• Lightroom Classic
• Shutterfly
• Kelly Purkey's shop: Paper Person
• Heba’s My Little Journal
• Ali Edwards One Little Word
• Studio Calico
• Becky Higgins Project Life
• Everyday Explorers
• Ali Edwards Stories by the Month
• Epson Paper Size Settings
• Jennifer’s sticker paper: Avery | MACO (*)

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When I asked Jo Guihot to join me on the podcast, I wanted to highlight her genuine desire to welcome shy newcomers to Simple Scrapper as well as some of the challenges she faces as an Aussie scrapbooker in a very US-centric industry. 

What unfolded was a sincere conversation about the snowballing value of actively contributing to the health of a community. Jo shares how she has created more than she ever thought possible, in part due to the accountability members like her continue to foster.

Links Mentioned

• Jo on Instagram: @jgandthree
• Ali Edwards December Daily
• Becky Higgins Project Life
• Stacey’s Paper Studio
• Uniquely Creative
• Cocoa Vanilla
• Studio 73
• Vicki Boutin (*)
• Shimelle Laine (*)

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Last year I chatted with Holly DeVore for one of our My Way episodes, celebrating her as our featured artist for the month. Today Holly is a Simple Scrapper member applying our strategies to refine and add more intention to her hobby.

In this episode you'll hear how Holly's effort to index her layouts and albums shifted her focus in scrapbooking. Our conversation is full of thoughtful insights and clever techniques that help Holly take a more minimalist approach to memory keeping.

Links Mentioned

• Holly's previous episode: SYW222 - My Way with Holly DeVore
• Holly on Instagram: @hollydevore_
• Ali Edwards December Daily
• Ali Edwards Week in the Life
• Canva
• Blurb
• Mixbook
• Day One
• Passion Planner

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Inessa Persekian hopes to create an album documenting her childhood in Ukraine with photos she thought were lost forever. Inessa is the September 2024 Simple Scrapper Featured and in this episode she shares how her passion for this hobby developed. We discuss how she carves out time in her busy days and organizational strategies for the bright and colorful products she loves. Our conversation also includes insights and lessons learned from her 20-year scrapbooking journey.

Links Mentioned

• Inessa on Instagram: @paperandbling
• Inessa's Facebook page
• Inessa's YouTube channel
• Shutterfly
• Erica Rose Creates
• Paige Evans (*)
• Vicki Boutin (*)
• Simple Stories (*)
• Bella Blvd (*)
• Pinkfresh Studio (*)
• Spiegel Mom Scraps
• Scrapbook and Cards Today
• Inessa’s classes at Big Picture Classes

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Everything we do at Simple Scrapper is about helping you find ways to scrapbook that feel good and are sustainable. That looks like troubleshooting your storytelling sticking-points and laying out the options when you're craving consistency.

In this third and final episode of our special Q&A series I'm answering more submitted questions, including some that were specifically about me and my scrapbooking hobby. 

Links Mentioned

• My 2017 December Daily album
• Project 365
• #Thursday3
• Project Life
• Stop the Blur
• Monthly Roundup
• Aligned year-long class
• The "Pick Three" 
  • Document a photo from now
  • Tell a Bucket List Story
  • Create a page inspired by a class or challenge
• Simple Scrapper membership community

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Sometimes our minds get squirrelly, taking us from feeling like our supplies are in need of TLC to wondering why we should even bother with scrapbooking at all. This episode takes you on that journey, but counters the challenges we often face along the way. You'll hear practical strategies for managing your files and helpful questions to ask yourself about your hobby.

This is the second of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. I've also opened up the ability for listeners to submit future questions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:

• Organizing a very disorganized computer 
• Assessing the space your scrapbooks require
• Understanding your personal value of our hobby
• Finding meaning in your unique experience

Links Mentioned

• The Finishing Project class

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Every time I interview a guest for Scrapbook Your Way, I leave our conversation more excited to scrapbook. But recently I've been missing the chance to share some of the guidance I offered when Simple Scrapper was just a daily blog.

This is the first of three podcast episodes answered questions submitted by Simple Scrapper members. If you enjoy the format, please let me know and I'll open it up to regular submissions. This episode provides suggestions on the following topics:

• Considerations for changing your scrapbooking format
• How to successfully return to scrapbooking after a break
• Approaches to managing multiple photo libraries
• Strategies for scrapbooking with poor quality photos

Links Mentioned

• 2025 A6 Hobonichi with Original - English book
• Sticker kit subscription
• Current planner
• Free Focus Finder tool
• The Finishing Project class
• Merging an old iPhoto library with Apple Photos
• Finding duplicates with Apple Photos
• My perspective on duplicate removal

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My friend and accountability partner Alissa Williams returns to the podcast with a big development. This summer she invested significant, focused effort in managing her personal and family memorabilia. In our conversation Alissa shares her motivations, objectives, and specific details of her process. And of course, we briefly chat about how our planners are working for us in this season of life.

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