Getting Inspired

I don't know if many out there are like me, or at least how I was. I use to organize the photos I was going to do, even put the papers and cardstocks together. I was taking the time to be organized and making my scrapbooking easier. What I found was that when I tried to get inspired by the pictures and things that I was "Organizing" I was running into scrap block. I spent a lot more time looking over the organized folders of pictures and papers and not getting inspired by any of it.
Then I would run away from all of it for days and days until I could get rid of the frustration and look at the over all picture. I would load all my folders up and go to scraps and sit there the whole night and maybe get one or two pages accomplished. I finally figured out that my block comes from looking at those pictures and all the "Organizing" I put all those folders aside and went for it. I grabbed photos and started getting inspired in the moment, not the organization of it all.
I truly believe in organization and its great to have everything where you can find it, but when it comes to scrapbooking my photos I realize that its about the moment and the inspiration that comes when I start cutting and placing them on the paper. I am what you call an inspirational scrapper. I can't organize my moments by placing my pictures in neatly organized folders. I need to let myself go and grab the scrapbooking papers and embellishments as I go along.
I guess what I am trying to say for a tip, is that you need to take a moment and find out just what kind of scrapper you are. If you are running into frustration over your pages, maybe its time to re-evaluate the way you are scrapping. Making it your way is the only way. Scrapping should be full of fun, inspiration and not frustration.
If my tip helps one frustrated scrapper, then I am so happy to have put my input onto paper!

Sandra
Oaklahoma