What's Up Buttercup
About time for a little update here on the dusty ole blog. Autumn is coming in slowly here in Sydney (my very favourite). The evenings...
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shannanmanton
Nov 15, 20233 min read
Digital Options for Year-Long Scrapbook Projects
Year-long projects (like Project Life) that span a year and capture all of the little details in a simple, repetitive way are a favourite...
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shannanmanton
Jan 3, 20233 min read
The Annual 'New Year Scrapbook Plans' Post
This year my main scrapbooking project was my digital journal, a 10x8 photobook called 'Digest'. It was a mix of project life, art...
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shannanmanton
Nov 3, 20213 min read
My Next Documenting Project
During our lockdown in Sydney this past Winter, I have been getting my scrapbooks in order. I re-made a 2010 paper Project Life album...
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shannanmanton
Oct 26, 20212 min read
December Daily Plans for 2021
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Hey friends! This year I am sharing my December Daily 2021 plans, thoughts and process over on...
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shannanmanton
Oct 12, 20212 min read
October Mini Album - 31 Scary Movies
All of the wonderful October Daily shares on Instagram had me FOMO-ing quite badly. Unfortunately, it is not fall here (Spring here is...
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shannanmanton
Sep 9, 20214 min read
State of the Projects
September is the official beginning of Spring here. The warmer weather and change of season always brings feelings of renewal and...
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shannanmanton
Nov 19, 20202 min read
My December Daily Plans for 2020
So this will be my 13th December Daily. Wow. Just the BEST project. So grateful for Ali Edwards. The last few years I've kept my project...
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shannanmanton
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Making Plans for Making Stuff
This is the time of year I always start taking stock of my scrapbooking. What's working? What isn't? What do I want to do? What makes me...
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shannanmanton
Jul 22, 20204 min read
Catching up on Weekly Memory Keeping
Well, it's been a year, and we are only halfway. Here in Sydney we are experiencing a cluster of Covid cases after months of being...
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shannanmanton
Feb 25, 20204 min read
It's Almost March! Time for a Blog Post
Hey friends - how it got to the end of February, I don't know. But here we are. It always takes me a month or two to feel in the groove...
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shannanmanton
Dec 9, 20194 min read
Layouts v Albums - Should Our Scrapbook Albums Be More Than Just A Filing System?
I've been thinking a lot about my scrapbook albums. Should I make them chronological or theme based? Should I stick with one size or mix...
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shannanmanton
Nov 24, 20193 min read
Using Trello for Scrapbook Planning (+ Video)
Let's talk scrapbook organising and planning. Trello is a free project organising app that you can log into via your desktop or devices...
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shannanmanton
Nov 7, 20192 min read
A Digital Planner?
Have you guys heard of digital planners? I had no idea and it blew my mind. People are taking digital templates of planner pages, loading...
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shannanmanton
Nov 1, 20194 min read
Scrapbooking Plans for 2020 - Bringing 8.5x11 Back (yeah)
Around this time of year (before December hits) I like to take stock and look at what's working and what's not for me and memory keeping....
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shannanmanton
Jul 21, 20193 min read
What to Scrapbook?
I have some projects that have a narrow focus (like music, food or even Project Life) which makes it easy to know what types of stories...
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shannanmanton
Jul 5, 20197 min read
Mid-Year Review & Taking Stock
At the end of last year, I took a hard look at my scrapbooking and where I wanted to go with this hobby (HERE) and my two main take-aways...
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shannanmanton
Apr 1, 20192 min read
#THE100DAYPROJECT
I'm excited to take part in the 100 Day Project (HERE) this year, which starts today. I've only ever participated once before when I got...
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shannanmanton
Jan 4, 20192 min read
A New Year's Scrapbooking Pep Talk
In my 'real' life I struggle with people-pleasing and perfectionism. Always have. Reaching my 40's has done a lot to curb that - you just...
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shannanmanton
Jan 2, 20192 min read
Setting up Project Life 2019 (no, really this time)
I've been playing around with various Project Life options for this year since about October and this morning settled on a plan going...
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