I saw a great article by Andrea Steed over at Scrapjazz.com about what to do with all the Christmas cards, letters and photos you received over the holidays. I have a hard time deciding whether to store them all safely away or put the photos on the fridge.

Andrea collected all of them and put them in a big manila envelope - decorated it and kept track of the pertinent details of her family and friends. It is very cute idea. You’ve just got to see how cute the envelope turned out and how easy it was to do.

I’m inspired.

I find it frustrating to read scrapbooking magazines. The majority of the layouts are too fancy, feature just one photo and look like they took hours to create. I was beginning to think it was just me, but then I came across this post by Kim Guymon of ScrapBizness where she launches a Campaign for Real Scrapping.

Amongst other things she suggests we:

Focus on the photos
Crop conservatively - Grandma’s house in the background may be precious someday
Keep the page simple - don’t overwhelm the photos with embellishments

Count me in!