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Have You Encountered One of These High School Scrapbook Problems? - Part 2

Welcome back to the high school scrapbook special. In the last article, we covered how easily you can overcome Problems getting started and the best methods to source more materials for your album.

In this post, we'll be heading over to issues that you may encounter when working on your next album.

I don't have the time to make one

While this isn't an argument directly with the school scrapbook itself, its is no less a vital one that must be covered.

You might be just suffering from a lack of "you" time. Free time is time commonly used up doing the things that are important to you, doing what you truly want to do.

Its easy to fall into a pattern that sucks up your free time too - between, working your job, running a house and keeping your family running, time seems to disappear swiftly .

You want to set aside some time for yourself. A great time for that is right at the end of the day - work is over, dinner and the family is sorted out and you can relax. Find a place that's out of the way, a spare room or a corner in a room that your family use less and get yourself set up in there.

You'll be amazed at how much you get done when you're out of a busy traffic area!

My Album Looks Like Everybody Else's!

This is an all too common problem and one of the largest surprises is that some people don't even know it is happening to them. If you do notice - congratulations! You have got a keen eye and good observation skills.

The way this occurs is that folk often fall into a routine. While its good to draw inspiration from other scrapper's school scrapbook, it can have the problem of coming out looking similar, if not the same.

I usually get around this by making the first page something totally original. Everything I do on this page should be of my own design using my very own creativity . This puts me into a great process where I then go on to make subsequent pages using both inspiration and original thought.

So there you go, I have covered the primary issues that many folk seem to have when putting together their school scrapbook. With a little ingenuity and creativeness, you'll notice that you can beat any other scrapbooking problems by tackling them head on!

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About the Author

To get more great high school scrapbook layouts and embellishment ideas check out Janette Miller's website. Also while you're there why not download some of the free scrapbooking layouts that are available.