Today was a snow day and this came in the mail. Unfortunately I did work a lot today and wasn't able to sit down and read it until this evening but it was well worth the wait. I highly recommend this book. Happy to say I'm not "toooooo" far off from what she recommends. Need to let what I've read process and see what changes I may want to make.What I really like is that she has developed a system that once in place it allows photos to flow thru it to be pulled out and used in a flexible manner. Some photos will be scrapped, some will not (archived but available to be pulled back out and put back into pending mode). It made me realize that scrapbooking is a process of documenting our lives (I know that's be said 100 times) and although I may get get "done" with some of my photos, but I will always have photos. I will never be 100% done. So why not set-up a system that allows this process to happen in a creative and flexible way. The best part, is if I decide for awhile to take a break from doing actual pages, I would still have a good place to store my photos for those moments when I'm ready to pick it back up again.
On a sidenote, ran into HomeGoods the other day and snapped a couple pictures of pieces that caught my attention. I just *heart* HomeGoods. Love rounding the corner of each aisle to see what goodies I might find. This first piece would be a wonderful addition in a large scraproom as a worktable. It's basically standing height which I can't believe but I'm warming up to. I do not need this, nor do I have space for it, as I'm using my huge, old drafting table that I found at an estate sale now as my work surface which is working out very well. But, this is the first alternate table that has me drooling. If only I had that HUGE loft workspace I have designed in my head. This would be perfect for another work station!
Isn't it special?! Oh, and this for our backyard would be lovely. Unfortunately it's a bit costly and it wouldn't fit the space anyway but I snapped a shot of it for inspiration:
