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Barriers to Success:
Why New Scrapbookers Quit and What We Can Do to Save Them
by: Janet Petersma
H
ave you ever faced a project so daunting that you had no idea where
Too many photos
to begin? I felt that way about my college honors project. My project
The biggest concern I hear from new
involved studying the structure of French nationalized companies. I
scrapbookers relates to a huge backlog of
planned to do it during my junior year in Paris, which meant overcoming
photos. It may be boxes of unorganized
language and cultural barriers, as I conducted my research. Initially, I
prints or years of unprinted digital photos.
was very excited about the opportunity, but as I considered the scope of
Whatever the format, a backlog of photos is
my project, my enthusiasm turned to discouragement. It was only after
daunting.
I met with my advisor, and divided the project into manageable tasks,
that I knew I could be successful.
Photo organization can be overwhelming,
Beginning scrapbookers feel much the same way:
but there are ways to make it manageable:
They’re often overwhelmed and don’t know
• Purchase archival photo boxes.
where to start. And, like a college advisor, the
• Organize photos to support the albums
instructor must step in and help the
planned. If the newcomer is planning
beginner chart a path to success.
chronological albums for each child, set up
separate boxes, then sort pictures by date.
• Sort unidentified printed photos first by
In the eight plus years I’ve been teaching, I’ve helped hundreds of new
decade, then by year, enlisting help from
people get started in scrapbooking. I make sure they start out on the
family members if necessary.
right foot by introducing them to the products and process they’ll use
• Commit to editing and printing one
to create meaningful albums. Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time
month of digital photos at a time.
listening to newcomers talk about the challenges they face. Without
• Use an online photo developer, which
proper attention, these “barriers to success” can cause new scrapbookers
will make faster work of printing digital
to leave the hobby they hoped to love.
photos.
• If your store has a workspace, suggest
These days, we can’t afford to lose any of our beginners! So let’s look at
scrapbookers bring in their photos to sort.
some of the obstacles newcomers face, and how to address them.
You can provide encouragement, and
suggest additional tools to help.
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