Lots of good things planned for 2008. I too would like to simplify, purge the house of 'stuff'. Mostly though we're tackling the garden this year. Trying to grow some veggies along with our fruit trees. Nothing like home grown fruits and veggies!

My 2008 resolution is to cut back on the amount I spend on scrapbook/craft products. I'm doing this in part for the obvious monetary reason. But, in addition, I tend to have a hard time making time to do all the scrapbooking/crafting that I to do, and often by the time I get around to a project where I could use some of the products I bought awhile ago they are no longer to my taste.

In 2008 I am using what I have! Would love a good idea book to help me with this goal. =)

I am resolving to use more of what I have and enjoy the process more. I tend to stress over projects, and I need to get over myself and just relax and enjoy the process as much as the results.

This is my year of "comfort and joy", so while I'm not going to be PURGING my scrap supplies, I am going to be taking the time to finally use them. I'm also redefining the way I scrap- my main focus now is not a beautiful page, but to get my photos in the book and the stories told. Sure, I'll embellish and use beautiful paper, but I won't spend more than an afternoon on a page. I just can't agonize over it anymore- I want scrapbooking to become the joy and fun it was when i first started.

I'm also rediscovering watercolor paints- I bought myself some really amazing ones for Christmas and a bunch of masks and I'm going to town. So much fun!

My goal is to use what I have and TRY to organize pictures, paper, embellishments, ect BEFORE I go to a crop so I can have more time to scrapbook and less time deciding on what supplies i will use.

My goal in 2008 is to simplify. I want to be able to enjoy life and not be so stressed. This also applies to my scrapbooking. I want to simplify by organizing my scrap room and donating what I don't need or will never possibly be able to use. I really would love to get my gal pals that don't scrap to use my extra supplies to try scrapbooking at no cost to them!

I am resolving to use more of my stash instead of buying new stuff and to quit hording my favorite stuff for a LO that's "good enough"

I have 2 resolutions this year.

1. Spend less and scrap more. I have so much stuff in my scraproom that it is unreal.

2. To get into our house this year. Tired of renting and it not being ours. Just want to finally put down roots

I am going to try out Ali Edward's One Word for the year and I chose mine to be: LIVE.
By this I want to spend my time on my life rather than extraneous endeavors - more time with my kids, husband, family, crafting (which I love), learning new things or improving on things I know .... in other words spend more time on the FUN stuff. Oh, and clearing out my stashes of 'junk' wouldn't be bad either!!! Especially since I am pregnant with my third child - we will need the room.

My goal for 2008 is to declutter the house of old clothes, toys, books, plastic storage containers, etc. and not buy something just because it is on sale. So far so good. I didn't buy a lot of stuff from the after-Christmas sales if I didn't really need it.

On Jan 9 2004-July 2006, I lost 100 lbs. I have gained some back, but my resolution is to get back to goal and scrap my journey. So tomorrow...Jan 9th, I will take a picture/measurements/ect and start over. I met my goal then and met Richard Simmons & he put me as a success on his site. But I want to be a success to me and scrap my journey, not just pictures but thoughts/struggles & joys. This book would give me awesome abilities.......

My 2008 goals are to slow down on purchases, purge my current supplies, and improve my photography skills (and also to get published in MM! ;). I want to learn to use my new digital SLR and take better photos.

Like many others, my goal is to not purchase as much and to use what I have, but I have a unique technique that I'd love to see others adopt. I actually began this a few months ago: I keep track of the amount of money that I spend on scrapbooking supplies each month and donate the same amount of money to a charity. This keeps my spending reasonable because I know I am actually "spending" twice as much AND it helps others as well.

Exercise
Craft more!
Print photos that are just sitting there in the computer...
Work less, or smarter, at my real job so that I can do more at home
Clean the house and get it put together - I can only use the "we just moved" line for so long

My resolutions for 2008 are to spend less money on scrapping supplies. It sounds sacreligious I know, but I really need to ct back and save more money. And on more of a goal note, I am creating a calendar page a month to document my year so that at the end of the year I can look back at all of the things I have done and see what my daily life was like.

I would just LOVE to be organized, not just in my scrap booking, but in my whole life. I would like to be able to find everything that I need. Not have 10 of everything, because I can't find it. This is something I have wanted since I had kids, now my oldest is 18 and I still have not accomplished this aspect in my life, if anything I have gotten less organized. Clean and organized life is not to late to get done in 2008.

with baby number 4 coming in a couple months my goal is to keep MY sanity! Hoping to be able to keep "my cool" in those sleepless weeks, keep everything under control, and still be able to do some scrapping :) we'll see.....

My 2008 resolution is to read through the entire Bible this year. :)

I have gone through and reorganized my suppies. I have a lifetime of photos that were packed into 2 64 gallon totes and shipped from Florida following my Ex Husbands funeral. He died unexpectedly at the age of 48. I now have the huge undertaking of scrapping 17 years of marriage and the birth and lives of our 3 sons who are now grown.

I have decided to tackle this in 2008 and use all my stash to do so. Alot of pages will be done in triplicate as I want each son to have his own book.

They know I am working on it and will get it when I pass on, its a labor of love for them and they look at what I have done when they visit.

I also need to scrap my youngest sons Army life, he is on his 3rd tour of duty in Iraq at age 23 he has 4 purple hearts and is a sergeant.

I would love to be organized and I resolve to find the time to organize and scrap! I love seeing the great ideas and would love to put them to good use by scrapping my own pictures.

This year my goal is to start scrapbooking again, after not doing it for 6 years. I already started thanks to the great inspiration you offer out there, thanks.

My goals are to play with my kids more, give more unsolicited hugs and kisses to my hubby, organize and decorate my house the way I want it and to drink more water. As far as scrapbooking, I do want to use up my supplies and get more layouts done than I ever have in a year.

This year I would like to try to keep up with my scrap booking. I have my wedding to scrap book. So that should keep me busy. I need to try to keep my office tidy so that I can scrap book. I need to figure out how to put differnt colors and patterns together as well. That is my ultimate goal.
Kyla

This year I want to spend more time as a whole family. Our two kids are spaced fairly far apart in ages and we often split up so each child is doing something appropriate for their age. Now that the little one is two, I hope to find more activities that we can all do together! As for scrapbooking, I resolve (again) to set some time aside each week to scrap. I have a very hard time doing this, as I think many people agree. Happy new year!

With 5 grandchildren who love art supplies I am constantly in debt buying crayons, paper and other such items for them. However, having such an abundance of supplies in my "scrappy" room which has always been pretty much off limits for them now has a basket of supplies with their own table and chairs so they can 'scrappy' too. It is much more fun for them to use Gram's special things and it keeps them busy for longer periods of time too!

My resolution for this year is to organize my rubber stamps. they are currently in pizza boxes (not used ones), and it is really hard to see all of them. My other "plan" is to really stop and think about what I am wanting to buy and see if I really NEED it. Wish me luck with that one!

My daughter has just left home so I have gained a scraproom for the first time. I would dearly love in 2008 to be able to kit it out & organise it just as I have dreamt for many years.

I would love to set up a way to contain everything in my scrapbooking area. I have some really cool organizational stuff that my husband got at an auction. I plan to utilize all this and hope to be able to scrapbook the great trip to Virginia we had over Christmas to see the grandkiddos.

My goals in 2008 are simple: simplify my life more - reorganize my work/craft space, go through my "stuff/horde" and either use or donate embellishments/paper that I do not think I'll use, finish scanning heritage photos and start scrapping them, along with family stories. And, hopefully, do the same process in my house.

I HAVE GOT to get my LAUNDRY undercontrol..it is taking over my house...if I can get that undercontrol, maybe I can find some extra scrappy time..=]

I'd like to organize my life more and rid my home of clutter and items we don't use anymore. I'll sell some but mostly donate. My scrapbook area is a mess, so I will be cleaning that up as well, especially my papers.

I plan to use my scanner. I finally got the thing hooked up and now I will use it! I know...sounds silly, but I need to do it! LOL!

I also plan to read more. I love books, but it is so hard for me to make the time to read them. I will.

I will also submit scrapbook layouts for publication and not be devastated when they are not chosen.

Those are my goals for the new year.

My first goal of 2008 is to MAKE memories with my family. I want to spend more time with family and then scrap those awesome fun times we've had. Last year I spent more time scrapping OLD photos then having fun with them making more, and this year I have a granddaughter to spend time with too. I also want to really learn to use my camera settings (new one for Christmas). Thirdly, get myself reorganized.

My plan for 2008 is to live simply. That would also include purging on a regular basis and being totally organized. I want to have more time on my hands to enjoy my family and life :) THANKS!!

I plan on making 2008 more green and more streamlined. I will make a point to use more of my supplies plus at least 50% of my new projects will be all digital to avoid more waste and to make use of all the lovely digi-scrap kits that I have! Any non digital supplies that I don't use within 4 months will be donated to my niece what at 6 years of age is dying to learn to create scrap books.

My resolution is to organize my mind in terms of scrapbooking. I've got bits and pieces of papers and notes everywhere because I've written down an idea or sketched out a sketch for a layout or written down a cool quote I read somewhere. I would like to get all this crap organized together is some sort of altered book along with ideas I rip from magazines, ads I might see in a magazine, etc. So all my inspiration is together in one spot! I have a great friend who is a great scrapper that is published in this book, and sadly for me I can't afford to buy it! :(

Corinna
www.myscrapbooklife.com

I too have unscrambled my craft room. Having most recently dedicated myself to teaching 4H ladies the fun of scrapbooking, I'm donating most of my excess and several other boxes of excess supplies from friends totally to these young scrappers. That way they don't have to have the burden of purchasing items as we live in a rural area where scrapbooking often is not number 1 in the budget.

So glad to see so many others making their craft rooms green again!

Well, I'm continuing to go through the papers and embellishments I don't use and I'm donating to my local Girl Scouts program to use in their scrapbooking program.

I am also going to make an effort to include more of me in my layouts. As a single Mom of 2 adopted daughters, I have made lots of layouts of them and their adoptions (China and Vietnam) but I have realized that there's not a lot of ME in layouts.

I want them to know me through my thoughts, feelings, ideas, dreams, etc. So, that's my resolution for this year. To have something of me that they can hold onto after I'm long gone.

Cindy

My goal for 2008 is to get organized with my scrapbooking. I have it everywhere, In scrapbook holders, boxes, tubs, and just all over. I want to get it all layed out so I can just sit an scrap instead of spending most of my time looking for stuff. I would love to have this book to help me make great pages as soon as I get my act together.

My plan for 2008 is to do a little decluttering, pay more attention to eating well, and do more scrapping!

This year I want to carve out the time to scrapbook. It seems that the days just get away from me too easily. I need to plan out my layouts in advance so I can just sit and get them done quickly. This book would help me with that tremendously.

I don't want just a resolution I want to change my life permanently. I want to be healthy & active. I want to give more & take less, I want to listen more & talk less. I want to scrapbook more and .... well I'll be honest here...I'm really debating the spending less part!!! To put the laundry away when it is done rather than leaving it in baskets because I'd rather scrapbook. To slow down & just appreciate & savour the time with my young children as I will never get these years back!

Since I've started a new job, gone back to graduate school and spending more time with the family, I haven't scrapped in almost a year. So... I decided to join a Secret Sister program this year and instead of my supplies just sitting in the scrappy room gathering dust, I'm sending a HUGE package EVERY month to her. Since she scraps daily, I know the materials will be put to good use and I'll feel good about making someone's day! Can't wait to see what she does with them!

Aside from the normal drink more water, get more excerisize and be more organzied, I plan to try and make 3 Christmas card each month so that when December rolls around I won't be kicking myself for having too many projects to actually make a homemade card for the ALL the extended family that I love. I also plan to focus on 'playing' with my dd who will soon be going to school. Our 'at home' days are going to come to an end way to soon!

In 2008, I am journaling everyday about our (family) lives and just the day to day details with pics usually. I hope to keep the journal and use it and the pics to scrap with. I also am making an effort to try and not sweat the small stuff.

I plan to scrap at least once a week. With a full time job and a little one and a big one at home, it gets tough to find time.

hello, my goal is to go thru my things again and donate all my things that i have not used. i also am trying too get myself organized, without spending tons of money. haha

my goal is to finish some of the scrapbooks that i started in 2007, develop pictures more regularly and find a job that i am really passionate about.

This year, my goals are to get back into school and finish my degree (ran out of money!); buy a new car (my old one died and I'm sharing my mom's truck); get a job that I like (I'm hoping to get something better!); Spend more time with my family and friends (including keeping up with correspondence!); organize my arts-n-crafts stuff so that I can easily find what I want when I need it - or what I what I need when I want it! (lol)
Also, I have been eating better, and sneaking in a little more exercise - not because I am trying to lose wieght, per se, but I want this year to be all about me being healthier and happier! I really hope to publish some of my poetry and show of my art this year.
*wow* I've got a lot to do, huh? :)
Happy Scrappin' Everyone!

This year I plan on reorganizing my crafting supplies. I have gotten sloppy since the spring by not putting things back where they belong. I do have (suppose to have) everything sorted by event (Christmas, winter, Easter, spring, birthday, summer, misc., etc.) Currently I can't even see the top of my craftroom table! My project for this weekend is to de-clutter and start organize the papers stacked on my floor (waiting to be put in their assigned spots). Good luck to everyone and their personal goals!

My plan for the year is simplify and purge. I'm starting in the garage. If we haven't used in more than 2 years, then we don't need it. Of course this rule doesn't apply to my scrapping stuff (wink)! Well maybe some of it, I'll purge - like those paper dolls.

This year I will be welcoming a new baby girl to our family of 3. I am due on the 15th of February!!! My goal is to get caught up on my DS's books and scrap the entire first year of our new little one. I get so behind just keeping up with life but I swear that this year I will do better. Scrapbooking is a huge break for me at the end of the day. Chasing around a 3 1/2 year old all day (I am a SAHM) can get frustrating. Sorting through photos and creating pages reminds me just how wonderful my rambuctious little boy is. I have a feeling that the new little one will be just as fun!
Thank you for all the ideas in the magazine and online. You really are a big help to me when I don't have alot of time but want to create something for my babies to have when they are grown.

I will not be disposing of any of my craft supplies this year!! I plan to finish my daughters scrapbooks. I am on age 7 and she turned 37 last year!! I have a ways to go but my plan is to catch up on all those past years!! Exciting year, she is getting married in March (so even more picutres to do). I need to get moving on this.I could use all the ideas I can get my hands on.

I want to do something crafty every week.

My goal (again) is to get both of my children's books up to date. I am currently one year behind on each one. I find it difficult to be creative with that much still left to do - sometimes I feel like I just hurry along and end up not liking the pages when I'm finished. I am constantly looking for ideas. This book would be wonderful! Another goal is to not get stressed out over the little things and to make our home a more fun place to be even if it means putting aside my scrapping for another night (but most of the time my 6 yo daughter will sit at her table and "scrap" too).

I'm fortunate enough to have a whole room for scrapbooking, but other projects seem to creep into that space from time to time. My goal for 2008 is to weed out those interlopers, and make more room to both keep my ever-growing collection of scrapbooking supplies organized, and have room for my friends to come over and play, too!

With a surprise from my husband, I have almost completed my project I set out to do in 2008. Project...Set up my own in-house Studio. He managed to locate a receptionist desk. It is a half circle that includes counter space as well as 2 tiered shelves. Leg space + room underneath for 12x12 paper drawer racks. It measures over 12 feet long. This has saved me hundreds of dollars on the cabinetry I was going to buy. Not to mention the time to save for all of it. Now I can finish up a few small things and enjoy scrapbooking with my grandchildren.

I plan to read the entire bible and do all the usual things, eat less, exercise more, do a better job of staying in touch with old friends, etc.

I have resolved to put together all the page kits I have bought over the last several years that are still in the packaging. That will free up more space than I care to admit in my scrapbook room.

I divide my supplies into those I know I will work with and those I let my kids and friends experiment with. that way, I never feel bad if they "waste" supplies and they also gain fun and experience.

Well I finally have a room that is all mine to use for scrapbooking. Now all I have to do is organize and set things up the way I want. Then I can scrapbook anytime, WOW that is going to be such a nice change.

A busy 2008! My husband is being deployed to Iraq so I have decided it is time to work on his military scrapbook. I have put it off for well over a year. So everynight after the kids go to bed I'll be scrapbooking. YEA!! Also, I have alot of things planned with the kids since I will be a single parent for the year.

This year I am determined to complete several scrapbooks that I have started. My daughters are age 12, 10, and 1 and I have been collecting items and pictures for their scrapbooks. It is about time I get those books completed. Also, I have my husband's retirement from the Navy, Disney, and several wedding albums to complete. I would love to have some fresh ideas to complete these projects.

This year of 2008 I plan to get organized with my scrapbooking supplies and my other love quilting. I try and get together with a group of friends once a month and work on my pages

After finally moving into a room dedicated to scrapbooking, I had the perfect chance to reorganize and reaquaint myself with the supplies I had on hand. My goals for the year 2008 is to try new techniques, refine the ones I have already tried and to share, share, share. A good friend of mine has never scrapped before, so I am going to introduce her to something that is fun, fulfilling and relaxing...and of course sharing my extra things with her. I am truly looking forward to this coming year.

I think my biggest goal is to get a lot of pages done and also to get my things organized. I have systems of my own and I still can't decide exactly what I like. I have a lot of kits and they are awesome, but I keep thinking about organizing everything by color. I looked into Scrap Rack and would love to hear from anyone who uses this now (please email me privately...absterw@comcast.net).
:)
abbie

I'm planning to start life scrapbooks for my grown sons. It's been a dream of mine for several years. I hope to make that dream come true in 2008!

I have 4 kids and a husband who all need me. At times I feel like I don't get special "alone" time with any of them. So, I started scheduling time with each person. Each person gets their own "day" of the week (monday-friday) where they get some undivided time with just me. Their day of the week stays the same every week, so we can plan fun stuff ahead of time. It can be something big, or just 30 min. playing a board game. I look forward to special times with my family this year!

My main goal in 2008 is to prepare my crafting area so that I can lay out my current/in progress scrapbooking project and come back to it as I please. This way I don't have to waste time getting set up everytime I want to work on a page.

My scrapbooking goals for 2008 for 1, is to scrap more. I went back to work part time in May of 2007 and have had little time to myself to scrap. As a mother of 3 time is valuable. I'd also like to be more productive during my scrap time as I seem to sit and stare at my supplies because my time is so limited it makes me anxious. Make sense? lol

My goal this year is to transform our guest room (one corner is my scrap area) into a complete scraproom. Also, I am going to designate at least one (hopefully two) nights per weeks which are my nights to crop. DH and DS can have those same nights as "guys night".

My plans for 08 are to Scrapbook more, and enter my pages into more online contests! and to lose about 50 pounds before 09 gets here! lol

My resolution this year is to keep my pictures more organized and to make sure I always have back up copies of them and my next resolution is to do at least one scrapbook each for my two oldest children (I have six children and a whole lot of pictures).

One of my goals for 2008 is: To be a better consumer. I am bad about buying lots of things, feeling guilty & then returning them. I am going to make a conscious effort to better stick to my budgets (FYI, this happens with groceries too, not just scrapbooking supplies) & pay attention to what I want to buy & why. Whether I will really use it or just want it. Focus on using what I have & not buy so impulsively. I will also being trying to use up what I have before just buying the "latest & greatest" because it's the "latest and greatest."

The 601 book would be awesome because another one of my goals for 1008 is to start (and hopefully finish) my family heritage album. With the very recent death of my familys patriarch, this has suddenly become very important to me.

I plan to create more time fto scrapbook. I am trying to get caught up with 25 years of pictures. I am one of those shopper who see and buy...my new plan is to use the stuff I have and not purchase new items.

I also want to rework my area of our basement into a more user friendly scrap room.

I plan to get my house more organized and donate the stuff we don't want or use anymore. Try to get through more of my pictures and get them organized into groups.

My theme this year is: Simplify, simplify, simplify and also to encourage new scrappers. I purged my supplies and have shared them with my granddaughter and niece so they can begin scrapping without spending a lot of money!

My number one goal for scrapbooking is to get my kids more involved other than just being the subject of my scrapbooks. I always use scrapbooking as a time for myself and now I would like to get my 3 kids involved and see their creative side.

Second, I want my scrapbooks to be like the rest of my life and that is simple. I spend way to much time, energy and money on one page. I'm challenging myself to get more pages done in a crop but still be creative and not looked rushed.

My New Year's Resolution is to do more scrapbooking, stamping, and cardmaking than I have been. I'm going to have more "me" time. Hopefully that doesn't sound selfish! The way I'm going to purge through some of my scrapbooking supplies is to give as gifts for birthdays and such to people I know will enjoy them and get use out of them. Also I haven't been using much patterned paper on cards lately and so I think I'm going to start doing that more, so I will be using some of the papers that have just been sitting around. I'll have more scraping get togethers with friends because that's lots of fun and relaxing. We owe it to ourselves!!

My goal is to take a photo each day, and to learn a new technique in 2008. Oh and to organize/purge my supplies!

2008 finds me taking piano lessons (resolution #1 - learn to play one song really well) as well as photography classes!

My plan this year is to re-organize my stash. I tried this last year but the way I organized it didn't work so well for me and I ended up with everything piled on my table (along with me running away screaming in the other direction!)

Once I reorganize, which is almost done, my goal is to scrap all of my pictures from 2004 and 2005.

Wish me luck!

My goal this year is to learn how to use my dSLR properly to shoot more in manual mode. I also have scrap related goals to finish 150 projects or more.

My scrapbook-resolution for 2008 is to use the patterned papers that I have at home and not buy as much of paper as I did in 2007.
I also want to use my stamps more than I have done in 2007!

I have good intentions of trying to purge all my card making embellishments and my scrapbook supplies into one huge file and clean out my crafting room. I do card making, scrapbooking, sewing and beading and they are all starting to blend together. I need to organize and re organize, this is my first goal of the new year, until that happens, I feel very scattered and flustered. I guess you could call it my one resolution that I really need to stick to! I'm planning on donating a lot of "extra's" to the local community service district craft classes (especially the ones they offer for kids until 14)

This year i plan on doing things that make me happy! :) That means scrapbookin for me what I want, when I want and not letting myself get bogged down in submitting and design team work!

My goal for 2008 is to have our "new" family scrapbook done. Along with each child to have their own scrapbook completed. Why I say "new" is that we are currently in the process of adopting 4 children! Therefore, making us a sweet family of 8! We have two teens by birth, then the 4 young ones (5, 3, 2, & 1yrs. old) in which we are adopting. Three of these dear little ones are siblings, one with special needs due from sever abuse. I also plan on making a special book about the sever effects of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Traumatic brain injury and what it does to a healthy born infant, whom now has cortical visual impairments, blind in his left eye, is on a feeding tube, has Cerebral Palsy and is left with 1/3 of his brain. However big, these are my goals for 2008 because I LOVE scrapbooking!

My goal for 2008 is enjoying my family more than I did last year. I got a job and I found myself ofter working around the clock. This year will be different. More time for the family.

My 2008 scrapbooking resolution is to get a layout (or more) published!!

I really could use some inspiration after being out of comission for three months. I have had a very badly broken wrist and I'm just getting back into the swing. Would love this!

I have already started with my new years resolution to organize my scrap room. My dh put up more shelves and i have started rearranging. Yeah! Maybe I can actually find something when I want it.

I want to finish the scrapbook that I have started for my grandmother. I have been procratinating big time- I struggle with getting my time organized so that I have enough time for scrapbooking.

This year I plan to take some time to learn to scrapbook digitally and make the time to scrapbook with my friends.

My resolution is to use the products I have. I want to use the ones that have been lurking behind the "new stuff." My goal is to learn and come up with new ways to use these older supplies on my pages.

2008 is the year I WILL get caught up on all my scrapping, photos, genealogy, etc., and why not go green in the process!

My number one goal for 2008 is that I want to enter an art contest this year. I've never tried, but I've always wanted to...I think I'm finally ready. I also want to place third or better in a road race, scrap a minimum of two pages per month, keep my car clean, graduate from grad school, get a "real" job using my new master's degree, and cook at least one new recipe per week.

I want to simplify and declutter

Thanks to my dear sweet husband, I've already started the year off with a totally re-organized scrapbook craft room (of course he had to move his flytying workstation out of the room). He set me up with two pegboards which he framed and hung on the wall on either side of my new embellishment center(which he gifted me for Christmas). All of my tools of the trade,embellishments,cardstock, paper, die cut machines - you name, I have it - are within reach and in sight. I've been scrappin' like crazy and my room remains clean and organized. A place for everything and everything is easily put back in it's place. Such a joy.

I want to catch up on my 2007 book. Once completed, then I will work backwards.

I'm a goal setting kinda person so this question was not at all hard, but I don't want to bore you with all of my goals so I'm just going to share about my scrapbooking goals.
First is to finally pinpoint my style; then follow my new mantra which is "progress not perfection" and third to keep ALL the reciepts I accumulate from sb shopping. This way I can actually have a clear evidence of how much this "addiction" is costing me. LOL.
Thanks for letting me share.

I normally don't set short term goals, but this year I really want to get in touch with my family better. Being in the military and living far away from home has given me a better grasp on the value my family holds and I want to be closer to them. I'd like them to meet my boyfriend and I'd also like to meet his family. My goal is to make at least one trip to each home and spend some time getting to know the people that are truely most important.

My goal is to complete 1 page/month per calendar on my Christmas gift calendars each month this year, so it won't be so stressful for me in December. This year I waited until December to start and was very stressed by Christmas (and still didn't get my sons' calendars completed)

I would also like to spend less on scrapbooking supplies. I already have enough to open my own store, so I need to use more of what I already have.

2008 I plan to say its all about me! As a mom of grown kids, a grandmother, own my own business. taking care of parents, married, everything seems and has always been about everyone else's needs and wants. I'm not good at thinking of only me. So, this year I plan to do things for me, like make my yearly Dr.'s appointments that I haven't done in years and those tests that we need each year that we hate to go to. But I need to take care of me so that everyone else that I love will have me!

I've only got the "scrapbook" bug for a year, but I love it. I do need to finish my daughter's scrapbook before she graduates this year, but I've also pledged to make more homemade gifts for friends and family. It's not easy, but it means more when it comes from the heart.

My scrapping resolution this year is to get more of my old family photos into albums. I have been trying to scan photos from my parents albums of when my sisters and brothers and I were young. There is only one copy of each picture so I can used the scanned images to make scrapbooks for all of my siblings.

One of my goals for 2008 is to control my baby weight gain (I am 6 months pregnant with my second child) by exercising most days of the week. Another goal is to start exercising as soon as my body lets me after I give birth. I also want to try to make more time for myself this year. This task won't be easy with two children under two years of age, but I want to make ME a priority. Even if the me time is just in my scrap space a few hours a weekend, it will be a start.

My scrapbooking goal for 2008 is related to the Boy Scouts. My son just turned 18 and has received 6 Eagle Palms above his Eagle Scout award. I have already purchased an Boy Scout album and am going to donate all my Scouting materials I have never used to the troops annual Spaghetti Dinner/Theme Basket so other Mom's can record their own son's Scouting lives!!!

My son and only child, a 2nd Lt. MP in the United States Army, deployed Jan 5th (4 days ago) to Baghdad, Iraq. I just started to create my scrapbook/journal of his deployment in a 12 x 12 D-ring album. I plan to put EVERYTHING in there in a mix of 12 x 12, 8.5 x 11, and 8 x8 page protectors. (smile) I'm really excited about it and worked on it yesterday for the first time. It was SO therapeutic! I became totally focused on my paper choices, colors, the placement of the page elements, my journaling, etc., and for a little while I didn't think about the war. Any military mom will tell you that beneath our cool, calm, exterior lies a broken heart and tears just waiting to spill over - usually in the privacy of a morning shower. So any distraction from the news is a BIG bonus. :-) I've scrapped (no pun intended) my original plan to not buy any new supplies this year because I want to make this deployment album extremely special. Last weekend, just after my son deployed and I was a bit of a wreck, my dear husband even offered to drive me to the local sb store because he knew how happy it makes me to be there. :-) So I'll spend 2008 waiting, hoping, praying and scrapping my little heart out. Happy New Year to you all and God Bless our Troops!
Signed, Proud Mom of Warrior 1

My goal this year is to finish my scrap room so I can get everything into a semblence of organization. Currently I have things in bags and boxes and stacks, and I have no idea what is in the bottom of the piles. Wish me luck?

I plan on doing a BOM for my daughter. I am trying to talk my mom into doing one for me of her.

I finally quit my day job so my #1 resolution this year is to get my little digital scrapbooking business up and running full-steam! I'm so excited that my "work" is now simply doing what I love!

I am planning to get my supplies organized so that i can find everything I need. I try to buy things on sale so that when I retire I will have everything I need to keep busy.

I just purged some of my paper yesterday and will give it to my daughter who is a school teacher.

I am planning on using more of what I already have this year. My scraproom is just about complete now so it should be a lot easier.

I want to be able to use what I have in more creative ways. I'm new to scrapbooking and I've done the beginner mistake of buying too much stuff I don't know what to do with. So my goal is to use what I already have and enjoy the process and making new scrapbooking friends along the way.

I am resolving to simply scrap MORE! I have so many supplies and ideas and just need to make more time to enjoy them.

As others have said, I hope to use what I have in 2008. And what I don't feel I will use, I donate to the hospital (where I am chaplain) scrapbooking group for Moms and Dads when their babies are born early. This group meets bi-weekly on Saturdays. Families can scrapbook about their baby's 'small step' progress--off a ventilator, off oxygen, feeding tube out, first bottle, etc.
I also want to return to my son's scrapbook--lots of pictures and stories to tell!

I plan to try new things and step out of the box more in my paper crafting! I'm so inspired by the wonderful layouts and projects I see. I want to really open myself to all the possibilities!

one of my goals this year are to find out more of what my daughter was born with and figure what it is excatly doctors have to do. my husband has really opened my eyes on what good researching can do on the internet. my other goal is to get inspired by something or somehow and get my book rolling. im working on my first book and had all these cool ideas at the begining but now im "stuck". so hopefully i see something or read about something that will inspire some layouts...pictures..and all that good stuff!

I have a few scrapbooking goals for this year. One of them is to start my own blog. I have been avoiding it, thinking it was too hard but it wasn't. I started on it Dec. 30th and now have a working blog for my Mom to read about the day to day events of my family while she is spending the winter in FL and for her to see the layouts that I do since we do not live that close together.
I was pleased to see that she actually looked at the blog and figured out how to post on it. She made my day with that short blog post.
Happy New Year and happy scrapbooking.

My "self challenge" for this year (the word resolution isn't strong enough!) is to move beyond fear. As a creative person, it is very easy to have fear of what otheres might think of my art, whether it be my music or my scrapping. I've challenged myself to do things in opossition of my fear, not only to make some dreams come true this year and become a better person, but also to be able to show my kids that fear should never hold you down from what God has put in your heart and gifted you to do.
I jokingly told my husband that I would be published for my scrapbooking in 2008...I guess I should submit something soon....:o)

Continue to sort through my scrapbook supplies, get rid of what I don't use and focus on using the remaining items.

I am resolving to use the product I have here which is loads and loads of stuff. I am also giving myself permission to let go of the perfect page and embrace errors. My children and their future children will not care about a little error in 20 years, they will care that I created our life stories.

My goals are to finish several books that I have started without purchasing anything new. My stash is huge and I really enjoy purchasing more and more, but this year I plan to use all my earlier "must have" purchases before I get more.

My goal this year is to get caught up. I have so many supplies and never have the time to scrap. So this year I have vowed before I buy anything else I need to use what I have! So I will be using the stuff "I had to have" and donating some of the portions that have no become outdated etc to the local school.

Something I started in 2007 and will continue to do in 2008 is to use up supplies I already have for as many projects as I can. The problem is when you go into a SB store and see the beautiful new papers!!

I purge scrappy things twice a year and donate to a hospital in Washington State that has a high risk pregenacy ward. Mother to be that are on total bedrest until delivery. One of the nurse that scraps started buying supplies for with her own money so the mom's had a craft to do during their long waits. It has grown to quite a scrapping club! I love to know I am helping to introduce others to the wonderful world of scrapbooking!

Hmmmmmm - what have I planned for '08? First of all, for POSITIVITY. No more negative thoughts, words or actions for me. I've decided to keep a journal (so far, so good!) I've also planned on making mini albums - wish me luck!

My goal for 2008 will be to complete a scrapbook for each of my 5 brother in laws and 2 sister in laws of their family photos while growing up. My husband and I have been married for 24 years and did not have any photos of him prior to our marraige. Recently, one uncle gave photos he had taken over the years to a brother in law. He then shared them with me. Since their father has passed away, I think it would be a great gift to give them back memories of their younger days.

My daughter is a high school senior this year, so I want to do a life in review album for her Graduation party. This is going to take going through lots of pictures and school memories to make this special keepsake for her. Plus start documenting the college process which means I need to take more pictures and start scrapbooking them instead of procrastinating.

My goal for 2008 is to learn sewing. Then I can dress up my daughter in the way she likes.....