Request for Memory Keeping Q & A

I have Photoshop Elements 7.0 and I love it but it really messes up the colors if I print from there. I have been printing photos from windows or larger ones from Microsoft Publisher after saving them as a jpeg in Photoshop & reopening them in Publisher and the colors are just fine. I would love to save myself the time and hassle of the extra steps. Do you know what I am doing wrong in Photoshop?

Do you ever struggle with a total lack of motivation? When you are alone at home with no physical boss, do you ever find yourself completely wasting time? Not with intention, but maybe as an escape to feeling overwhelmed and/or frustrated? If none of this applies to you, please just skip this question. Thanks Ali!

Ali - You mentioned that you aren't using the binder that comes with the Project Life kit - what type of binder do you use for Project Life?

Thanks!

Where are you now with the relationship between your digital photos and your scrapbooking? I am wondering about a more global view to taking hundreds of pictures a month, and scrapbooking a small percentage of them. While I am enjoying scrapping random things with a small percentage of my photos, I am also feeling a tug towards my entire photo catalog and how I want to edit (as in reduce,not process) organize, annotate and preserve these files for the future. Is this something that you think about?

Hi Ali,
I would like to know if you're planning on doing a Disneyland/world project similar to your Scrapbook on the Road? And maybe even collaborate with Cocoa Daisy again to put together a Disney minibook kit?? I've seen some mention and questions from others regarding this in your past post comments section and was just curious....and hoping you might!!

I already asked a question (#8). Brooke commented on my question saying she uses Project Life journaling cards to tell the stories.

But that's not the type of story I'm referring to. I do Project Life and journal those little bits of daily life, but I'm talking about the in-depth reflective introspective stories, those we connect with. I've taken your Yesterday/Today classes -- it'sthat kind of journaling. How do you decide which ones to tell?

Most of my pages seem rather two-dimensional. I would like to ask how you use semi-bulky embellishments, like ribbon, brads, or chipboard, on your pages. Do you use page protectors on those pages? Thanks for an inside peek into your scrappin' world!

Am a fairly new member of the Technique Tuesday AE collection. How do you store the clear stamps, yours and others, so that they are easily accessible and usable? Do you categorize by designer or company or theme? Thanks so much. Love your creations!

When you realize or decide you just are not going to use a specific supply or tool, what do you do with those items when throwing them away is not an option?

I am curious how you and others out there handle your physical prints from the past. I have boxes of photos (childhood, high school, college + my husbands) and I am not planning (right now) to scrap them but I want to keep them for when I do get to that project one day or just to flip through. How do you decide what to keep (questions/process you ask yourself)? what to part with? how do you organize and store? I feel like there is a lot of focus out in blogland on digital which is valuable but I struggle with those prints from the past. Really fun to read everyone's thoughts and responses!! Love all the sharing!

I would like recomendations on design books, web sites etc. I have the instinct to know when something is wrong with a layout, but I do not have knowledge base to fix the problem. I'm sure I can cure the problem (or at least move on to a different problem LOL) if I simply read, but the books I've picked up are over my head and not really a cure. Thank you!!

I love to take photos, I'm just not very good. Any recommendations on how to become a better photographer and not be so scared of my camera? (I have a DSL.) Any decent on-line classes you can recommend? Thank you.

I have soooooo much paper and I just dn't know how to organize it. I have metal racks and I've done it according to colors. Then I'm looking for polka dots, checks, or stripes so I changed it again. I've broken the paper down by seasons and holidays... didn't work for me. How do you organize paper?

Thanks so much,
joni possin

I first have to say I love your work and find it inspiring and do some scrapbooking/journaling/memory keeping of my own but for some reason I get caught up worrying about what will ultimately happen to it all. Part of me is completely fine with enjoying the process and enjoying my 5 year old getting a kick out of her baby book but part of me worries what if my daughter doesn't want all the scrapbooks of her childhood and then do you just toss them? Do you ever worry about this and how do you get over it and just keep creating? As a note, I think I worry about this partially because my mom make about 10 giant scrapbooks for me and I can't figure out what to do with them :)

I am sitting on about 3000 slides my father took over a 40 year period of travelling the world. It's amazing to think about the places he has been and he was quite a good photographer. He even wrote notes on each and every slide!!! I want to cull the images, send them off to be scanned and digitized, and get them in a photobook. The project is so daunting I'm not sure where to start. Help :)

Do you have a list of photos you take often or like to take? Ex: Things around your house, Kids playing, Dinner, Etc. I would love a list of photos to get in the habit of taking to better document my stories.

First of all thank you for this website and all your inspiration.
I have learned so much from you in the past year especially with digtal scrapbooking. I just bought your letters and downloaded them onto my computer. So my question is how do I put them in Photoshop or word where I can use them to journal with? I have been trying to use them but it only lets me use them one letter at a time!! (grr.) sorry if this is a silly question but I still feel very new and clueless in the digtal world! Thanks again.

Hi Ali,

I have a granddaughter that lives accross the country, I have started a scrapbook for her (she is 13 mo.) the photos I get are posted on FB with little or no comentary. Wondering what is a way to document for her without being there to experience her in person?? I'm running out of ideas. the whole "I'm missing you grow up is getting old"??? Thanks

Annette

I was wondering about your cameras. I know you have a DSLR and something a little fancier. But, do you ever use a point and shoot? I am thinking of investing in a 'fancy' camera, but I really love how easy it is to throw my point and shoot in my purse. So, I was just wondering your theories or thoughts on using cameras.

Hi Ali!
I would like to know how you decide which layout to put in which childs album, ie. if they are both in the pictures, do you do 2 layouts? Make a copy? Keep a family album?
Thanks so much!