Whether you are a digital or traditional scrapbooker, we all have non-photo files on our computers that need to be managed. From printables to cut files to digital kits and beyond, your digital clutter can cause just as much stress and headache as the physical. In...

Today we're kicking off a three-part series of episodes on decluttering, with a simple goal of sharing real life scenarios and practical ideas. This week I'm joined by prolific scrapbooker Barbara Picinich to explore how she approaches reducing the crafty clutter...

Have you ever noticed the one thing that Lou Stiner does on all of her pages? I love hearing about the favorite techniques, products, and processes that define a scrapbooker's style in the My Way series. As you get to know this month's Simple Scrapper featured artist,...

Sometimes it feels like life is an ongoing battle with clutter.  In this episode, Kim and I kick off Decluttering Month with some of our best advice for the clutter accompanying creativity. You'll walk away with new strategies for your scrap room as well as your...

How do you make time to scrapbook? How do you stay organized? I asked My Simple Scrapper members to share their questions and curiosities. In this wide-ranging episode, I offer my personal reactions and suggestions to the most pressing concerns of our scrapbooking...

The key to staying motivated and productive in scrapbooking might be letting go of expectations and self-selected rules. In this episode Shannan Manton describes how her memory keeping plans have changed since the last time she was on the show. We go in-depth on the...

The "Pie Chart of Creative Joy" is a tool to ensure that your scrapbooking stays fun and fulfilling. I truly mean you, specifically. This activity helps you personality the hobby, discerning which parts of the process to streamline and which parts are worthy of your...

When Kim and I sit down to chat, we not only have our own experiences to draw from but those of our entire community. Kim Edsen is my teaching assistant inside of My Simple Scrapper and we're chatting every month about what we've learned from the past month's theme...

It's one thing to talk about planners and another to actually use them. In this follow-up to episode 43, Alissa Williams and I review our big-picture goals for the year and the adjustments we've made to our respective planning processes. We're both practical planners,...