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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Desiree Lamar creates page that feel light and fresh, featuring a lot of white to balance the bright colors she chooses. Her style inspired one of our current member challenges and her work is often featured by the numerous brands she creates for. In this episode you'll learn more about Desiree's scrapbooking story, including how she keeps her hobby fun.

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Finding blocks of time for scrapbooking can be challenging in the busy seasons of life. And when you do carve it out, will you even be motivated to begin? To help move past those common blocks, Cheri Johnson started aiming for just 15 minutes. In this episode Cheri shares why she made this shift and how it has helped her scrapbook more consistently.

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Online tools like Canva and alternative photo editing and design apps from Affinity have piqued the interest of many scrapbookers, creating new competition for industry icon Adobe. When Canva announced in March 2024 that it had acquired Affinity, users of these tools were intrigued and also full of questions.

Now that the dust has settled a bit, Kelly Sill joins me on the podcast again to chat about what's known and unknown about the acquisition. Together we share personal thoughts on what has already changed and what could happen in the future with these tools.

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Monica Moriak is an empty-nester with a full plate, so the iPad has become a core part of her scrapbooking process. In this episode I'm chatting with Monica, who is also a Simple Scrapper creative team member, about how she developed her style and workflow to add simplicity and ease to the creative process.

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Gloria Parra’s work is consistently innovativeyet true to her fresh, floral style. In this episode you'll get to meet Gloria and learn about her creative journey and approach to scrapbook page design. As our July featured artist, Gloria's pages inspired our latest collection of sketches and templates for Simple Scrapper members.

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✨ Get free access to the SPARKED workshop and start scrapbooking consistently at simplescrapper.com/sparked.