What are your 2008 creative goals?

[New England Eeyore]

Inspired by the Year to Create, I thought we could list our creative goals for the year on this thread, separate from the BAN wagon. I plan to check my list every few months and see how I'm doing.

My goals:

Scrapbooking:
- Album for DsD's graduation in June DONE
- My parents' wedding album DONE
- Finish chronological albums for 2006 and 2007 DONE
- Work on travel albums for 2005-2007
- ABC album of my cat (his baby album, so to speak)
- Start non-trip specific Disney park albums (one per park, using swap stash)
- Decide what I want to do with my childhood photos - scrap or put in photo albums - and work on scanning them in to the computer


Other:
- Create a stash of homemade cards to have on hand so I am not always making (or buying) one at the last minute
- Start making Christmas cards in October! (I say this every year, let's see how I do)
- Finish the decor projects I want for my scrap room walls (I have a box full of half-finished projects)
- Get (and STAY!) organized! (This is probably the most unrealistic goal)
- Deal with box of unfinished CKC projects before this year's CKC in May

How about you?

 

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

Great idea!

I would like to:
make a few photo books, maybe one for each of 05,06,07

finish my disney 05 trip (07 is already in a photo album)

ebay a ton of unused scrap stuff

do a 2 page spread per month of highlights of '08. Last year, I bought the Karen Foster calendar
creations paper for each month, and it's been untouched.

make some cards to avoid the $3-5 each time I need one!

 

[happycampers]

Good idea, NEE.

My Goals
-make a birthday calendar and make sure I have cards for all birthdays
-finish scrapping '07 Disney trip
-finish Dad's Air Force scrapbook
-get as far as possible on the kids' books
-make tumbled tile coasters for Dad and DFIL for birthday or father's day gifts
-make a countdown to Christmas calendar project for Christmas '08
-make at least 5 Christmas cards a month to be ready next year
-make a 2009 calendar for DMIL for Christmas
-stay organized

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

This is great! Here are my goals:

1. Finish 2006 and 2007 family albums. 2006 is done!!
*My plan for the 2007 album is to scrap 2 months of 2007 in each month of 2008 (so the 2007 album would be done by June of 2008). 2007 is done, too!!
2. Order pics every month and keep 2008 family album current.
3. Do WDW book from October 2005.
4. Finish the other 5 or 6 album projects I have in the works.
5. Maybe try to complete an album of my dad's Army photos for his Christmas '08 present.


I separated all of my high school and growing up pics into photo boxes several years ago, and there they sit. I'd like to be able to do something with them.

Now, my "almost definitely not gonna happen this year, but I can try" list:
1. Do an album or albums for my brother of his years playing high school and college baseball--I think that when they have a child, his child would like to see that!
2. Do an album for my Mom with family photos.

Thanks, NEE for starting this! I feel inspired!!

 

[mantaz]

I have a list of goals that I set for every month.

I would like to:
- Catch up on DD's yearly book
- Catch up portrait album
- Organize pictures
- Get WDW trips scrapbooked

 

[MazdaUK]

Here's mine!

Keep up to date on the boys albums (I'm only a couple of weeks behind , not bad from a standing start in 2 years )

Keep 2008 album up to date

Use Xyron PCS more to get full value out of it

Keep to spending limit

Make cards as I go so I don't have to buy any this year

Will I keep to it? I don't think I've set anything I can't do, I just need to be organised. Oh, and I need to finish up some cross stitch stuff somehow - I started a picture for each of my DSis's kids when her eldest was up to 3, and now her youngest (of 4) is nearly 9

ETA Sort MIL photos and put a selection in a suitable album. They've been under the sideboard for 3-4 years now and DH keeps muttering (I tell him they're HIS family, and why did MIL bring themround anyway )

 

[princess stich]

Great idea!

1. Finish 2006 Family Album
2. Do 2007 Family Album
3. Finish 9/06 Disney Trip Done!
4. Do 6/07 Disney Trip Done!
5. Do DD and Ds's autograph books from 6/07 trip
6. Do DS's ABC album Done!
7. Do Mother's Day album for my DM
8. Do 12/06 San Francisco Trip Done!
9. Update DD and DS school albums
10. and then after all of that...start 2008 album and try not to get too far behind again!

Whew! I am tired already!

 

[KerTggr]

Great Idea - think I will try to track in my signature!

Goals-Craft

• Make cards ahead for all birthdays and keep hubby's work stash at 10 cards
• Complete WDW, wedding & honeymoon albums
• Finish books/boxes for previous trip planners
• Learn how to use my Wishblade more effectively
• Make stuff with all the random craft/woodcrafting stuff bought in 2007
• Host at least 2 SU! stamp camps each quarter
• Do 1 digital page per month of "our life"
• Finish the kits I bought at the CKC last Nov

Goals-personal

• Job with Disney CP or at least a fulfilling job in both the means and the ends
• Meet new people in my new city
• Visit BFs in AZ & WA
• Decide on whole kid thing with hubby
• Get out of immediate debt so we can buy DL Annual Passes
• Go to DL at least 3 times this year (that's part of the reason we moved down here)

 

[Kim1964]

-Finish WDW '07 album (only about 8 more pages to do) DONE 1/29/08
-Finish 2007 family album, which got put aside when I started the Disney album after our August trip
-Start and stay current with a 2008 family album
-Take more photos on our August '08 Disney trip than I did in '07
-Create at least one layout that I think is spectacular enough to post on the Cricut message boards
-Make birthday and Christmas cards for the people in my life who would appreciate the time and effort a homemade card requires

 

[hopemax]

My goals:

*Do my trans-Atlantic cruise album
*Finish my WDW/cruise vacation album from 1995 (WDW part is done, need to do the cruise pics)
*And keeping with the theme, print and scrap 2003 WDW/Disney cruise pics.

And if I get that done

*Get my National Parks scrapbook up to date
*Edit and organize WDW pics from all the other trips to get ready to print.

 

[ddavis860]

Keeping track in the siggie is a great idea!!

My Goals:

Scrap more (not swap so much) this year...
Cruise Album from 2006
2008 Year album using calendar swap items (did you see how cool they were?)
Sort and organize photos from Mom (when she passed I got custody)
Organize photos out of mailer packs and into photo safe boxes. Dh is so organized, but the bags aren't photo safe ya know?

Thanks NEE for starting this thread.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Love this..

My goals:
Scrap 6-8 pages a week.. (I can do this while the kids are in school)
Finish a calendar and grandchild album for FIL.. He asked today for a calendar that listed all the special events for the family..
Finish the 2007 family album
Keep current the 2008 family album by scrapping in it every 2 weeks (designated every other weekend to this)
Finish DD's baby scrapbook
Finish both DSs' baby books
Complete 3 Valentine's Envelope books for the kids to keep their childhood school valentines in.. have everything ready for 1 and just need to cut and finish the last 2.
Start and bring current all 5 kids' sports albums


It sounds like a lot..but it really is manageable... Maybe I can finish these and update to a new list!!!

 

[Lisa]

My creative goals for this year are:

1. Start my heritage album
2. Complete our WDW 2007 album
3. Stay up-to-date on DD's yearly album.
4. Adhere to my scrapbooking budget and spending goals.
5. Complete a baby blanket for my neighbor before the baby is born in May.
6. Knit two more pairs of felted clogs for relatives.

I think all is achievable without loosing my mind.

 

[party of 3]

i love this idea!!!!!

organize my scrap spot.....(oh good grief ) so i can find a spot to scrap!
start 2007 book for my little man and try to work on it every chance i get
use my cricut more
stick to my spending freeze
work on our 2007 wdw book
(i have still not finished 2005's book yet)
work on abc album from 07 trip

well we will have to see how these goals go. i hate to fail at anything, so i am really going to try to keep up with these goals.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

hey how come I didn't get any felted clogs for xmas??? LOL


My goals:

Scrapbooking:
- finish chronological pages from 1994 to at least 2000 if not more.
- Work on Disney albums and finish at least 2 or 3.
- Start kids school albums.
- Update 9 heritage albums, we've had 1 birth and 3 weddings since they were debuted.


Other:
-Scan and CD all of dad's slides and mom's albums.
- organize all the pics on the hard drives to one hard drive and burn them to CDs.
- Create a stash of homemade cards.
- Start making Christmas cards in May!! I may actually finish them before xmas.
- Get organized! (Yeah right!)

 

[rlovew]

My goals for 2008:

General Scrapbooking:
500 pages (monthly goal 75)
Use of swap items: 200 pieces used 60
Gift Layouts: 100- 38
Use layouts and books from CKC 2007 before CKC 2008- 1 used
Go to 1 monthly crop at Michaels (I can generally get about 30-40 pages done so it is worth the $10)
Create 12 new wishblade files (not just words)4
Learn 8 new techniques for embellishing (maybe try paint cans)
Find a better way to organize my things-started by organizing paper

Scrapbooks for others:
Joseph's Birthday PP album - 2/1/08 -finished 1/1/08
Darlene's Baby Album 3/1/08
Lisa's Baby Album 4/30/08

My Scrapbooking:
Finish Epcot Book: 3/31/08
Finish Pirate & Princess layouts 3/31/08finished 1/4/08
Get Picture's for Elizabeths first year album printed and in 4/30/08 (I have to obtain the pictures from someone else for the most part)
Flower & Garden Festival Book 5/31/08
Christmas Layout 2007 1/31/08
Make 2007 book 6/30/08
Make 2008 Calendar 1/31/07
Together album for DH & I 1/31/07 (almost have all pages decorated need to choose and print pictures)done
Keep Current with 2008 mini calendar/book at school
Work on: MK album, MGM album, AK album, resort album, dinning album, character album, food & wine album, school album, and Christmas at Disney ( as I finish other books I will move these up the priority list)


Christmas Gifts (will be added to throughout year)
Calendar for Grandmom & Sister
Number albums for nieces and newphews

 

[LindaBabe]

Goals for 2008

We retire March 1st and leave for an extended trip March 3rd. My biggest goal is to create and execute a plan for keeping all our souveniers, photos and trip notes organized. In my wildest dreams, they would actually get into Albums as we go.

Write something every day. Now that I am old, and looking down the long past of my life, I see that so many things have changed that my granddaughters, born and honorary, will never know about unless they hear it from me - so many special people who are gone and will be forgotten unless I capture them to paper.

Scrap more, shop less.

DO SOMETHING with the 47 trays of slides that I photographed and put in the computer last year. There are stories to go with them, too, but not til I write them down.

 

[pjlla]

My modest 2008 goals are as follows:

TO finish my 2005 Disneyland/California trip (BEFORE we go to WDW in April!!).

To complete AT LEAST two calendar years for each child's life album.

To finish and print my family tree books (digital, not traditional).

I don't participate in swaps, so no problem there.

NO gift albums (took up most of my summer in 2007, as well as all of January!!). Hope no one is having a "big "number birthday!

Ready, get set, SCRAP!.................P

 

[Lisa]

hey how come I didn't get any felted clogs for xmas??? LOL

I must have run out of time with the eight pairs I did do.

Maybe this year if you are a good girl with perfect attendance.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I must have run out of time with the eight pairs I did do.

Maybe this year if you are a good girl with perfect attendance.

LOL!! Yes teacher!