Scrap Happy Saturday

I've been in quite the crafty mood lately.  I haven't gotten the chance to actually sit down and do the crafting, but that hasn't stopped me from dreaming up all sorts of scrappy fabulous ideas.  This sudden burst of creativity is for the most part motivated by my upcoming adventure.  (The major sale at AC Moore, I'm sure, also has something to do with it...) Though I haven't quite mastered the art of the camera yet, I plan to take loads of beautiful pictures that will be dying to be displayed in some fabulous way or another. 

Herein lies the problem.  Even though I say I'm a scrapbooker, that's not really the whole truth.  I'm more of a paper crafter than a scrapbooker. I like to focus on cards and frames.  12x12 scrapbooks are just too overwhelming for me.  I feel they need to have a theme therefore throwing a bunch of unrelated pictures into a scrapbook doesn't work for me.  Also, after one page fails, I lose all motivation for the next 10.  It really is a vicious cycle.  But that's beside the point. What I really want to say, is I've discovered a new way to scrapbook which just may turn my whole scrappy outlook around.

A few months ago, I ranted about Project Life; the new craze that's spreading through the craft world wherein you scrapbook every day of each year.  How completely and utterly overwhelming and terrifying is that!?  My little crafter's heart started fluttering just thinking about it.  But, with the rise of Project Life, came the invention of the Project Life scrapbook to make this behemoth task slightly easier.  These albums have pocket pages instead of just 12x12 inserts.  Basically, if you want, all you must do is drop your pictures in the handy dandy sleeves and add a bit of journaling and you're all set.  This fabulous invention is just what I needed to jump into scrapbooking.  Much less scary and all together beautiful in the end.  Not to mention, all the little pockets are perfect places to add maps, and other little accessories I'm sure I'll accumulate after 10 days in GBR.   The best part is, since Project Life tends to be such a big accomplishment, there are tons of ideas up online to scrap-lift from in the case of failure.   Just look what I've found after just a few minutes on Pinterest:

 

Now there's only one small question left to ask: Is it too soon to start or must I really wait until I've taken the pics?