Do you go to crops?

[micki7337]

I'm excited to go to my 2nd crop this weekend. Anyone I tell thinks I'm completely crazy! They can't believe I could do something for 12 hours. So that started me thinking - is 12 hours normal? (I think I could go for 24!) Do you prepare your photos/pages before you go or do you just wing it? What do you take to your crops?

Thanks!

Marge

 

[Faerie]

I did Crop for the Cure at the end of September - it was 36 hours of cropping and was a blast. my LSS is doing another one for Toys for Tots sometime next month.

They also do a friday night one from 4-12 every week.

I perfer to crop at home because I have SO much stuff and I am not a preplanner at all

 

[4greatboys]

I like to go to crops. I would rather scrap with other people than alone--its just more fun. Luckily I have a group of good friends that get together and crop or we go to some crops at LSS.

 

[mantaz]

I love going to crops. It is a time to socialize and work on my albums. I am co-hosting one this Saturday. We always have great food and everyone has a blast. I don't think you are crazy, your friends just don't know what they are missing

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I go to a crop once a month for 7 hours, and on occasion I go to a 12 hour crop. I have even gone to WDW for a weekend crop.
When I crop I pre-kit everything. I gather my pics, paper and embellishments. I don't cut any of my paper down I just stack it all together. I put everything in 2 gallon ziploc bags and put that in my bag. I find that I get a lot more done if I have a plan.

I have a plumbers bag that I carry all my tools in. I take all my pens, pencils, inks, trimmer, mat, some of my most frequently used punches, corner rounder, scissors, etc. I also have a tower that DH bought me for xmas the has containers for eyelets and brads. I take that too.

this is my tote:

the tower is on the left, hanging on the wall.

 

[Lisa]

I hold a crop every month here in CT(the 7 hr one Buffy attends). We ladies think of our scrap time as precious. Husbands and children enter at their own risk, scrubbies usually only call on their spouse's cell phone if it is life or limb.

It is great to sit down for a solid block of time and work on layouts. This weekend I am doing a Getaway Scrapping Retreat Weekend at Cape Cod. Not sure if I will do it again, the logistics have been and unfortunately many of the group can't attend; too long of a time away from their families. My mini van is packed to the brim with inventory, food, and my scrapping stuff. Everyone better eat well so I don't have to bring much home.

I did layout over 20 pages to do, let's see how much I get done.

 

[nikkistevej]

I love to go to crops, unfortunately alot of my friends and family that used to do scrapbooking don't do it alot now. So, I do my scrapbooking at night, after my DD5 goes to bed. With work, and everything, our weekends are packed with other stuff to do, so usually that's out. But I am going to an "Ultimate Scrapbook" retreat in about 2 weeks, it is a 5 day scrapbook cruise to Bermuda! My local scrapbook store sponsored a cruise from Baltimore(no airfare for me-15 minutes from the port), on Royal Caribbean!!! There are 150 scrapbookers and their families going . My sister and I are going (no husbands or kids). We are very excited. I am going to scrapbook WDW(just got back 7 days at POP) and DCL(7 day Eastern), I have alot of pics to scrapbook!!!

 

[micki7337]

I love to go to crops, unfortunately alot of my friends and family that used to do scrapbooking don't do it alot now. So, I do my scrapbooking at night, after my DD5 goes to bed. With work, and everything, our weekends are packed with other stuff to do, so usually that's out. But I am going to an "Ultimate Scrapbook" retreat in about 2 weeks, it is a 5 day scrapbook cruise to Bermuda! My local scrapbook store sponsored a cruise from Baltimore(no airfare for me-15 minutes from the port), on Royal Caribbean!!! There are 150 scrapbookers and their families going . My sister and I are going (no husbands or kids). We are very excited. I am going to scrapbook WDW(just got back 7 days at POP) and DCL(7 day Eastern), I have alot of pics to scrapbook!!!

Oh, I am soooo jealous! I could use the 5 days with no work, house, kids, dogs....you get the picture A cruise would just be Maybe some day..... I love that it's out of Baltimore; wouldn't be air for me either! LOL
I do think my LSS is sponsoring a cruise too but just don't have the time to get away, unless it's WDW. We just got back from a week at OKW (I've got lots of pics to scrap) and we're heading back for another week in December. So tomorrow will be a complete Disney scrap day. Nothing else! Have fun cruising!

 

[bigbabyblues]

I go to crops, usually 4-5 hours at a time. I prefer to scrap at home, but it's fun to see others' work sometimes. The problem with crops is that I spend more time eating the snacks/food that everyone brings!

 

[MazdaUK]

I host a tiny Cm crop once a fortnight - me and max 3 guests , no food, but I show them my latest stuff and try to get them to buy enough to keep me active as a CMC I'd love to go to a longer one but they don't really have them much here, and logistics are poor with DH doing shifts.

 

[aroyer]

I love crops! I was at one today that was 6 hours and it was great, almost too short IMO. I went to one that was 2 1/2 days back in January and it was FANTASTIC!!

Buffy- we have the same tote. Except mine is pink. I got it this week because I saw how handy it was at a previous crop. Love it!

 

[micki7337]

Well after all my non-planning, I pretty much took all my supplies. It was pouring raining and I was in such a rush to get everything in the car and I thought I had everything. Get to the crop 45 minutes away and realize I forgot my Disney photos! Well, so much for cropping Disney all day. Wound up doing a few kit layouts and a Disney book kit (with no pixs) and some other kids pages. All in all, a great day! I'm thinking of doing this much more often since the LSS does 12 hour crops once a month. I dread the long cold winter and spend a day scraping away from everyone just seems like

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I love crops! I was at one today that was 6 hours and it was great, almost too short IMO. I went to one that was 2 1/2 days back in January and it was FANTASTIC!!

Buffy- we have the same tote. Except mine is pink. I got it this week because I saw how handy it was at a previous crop. Love it!

mine is pink too!!! I just used the first pic that showed up. I actually have 3, 2 big ones (one for scrap and one for x-stitch) and the small one for my pens, pencils and small tools.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Well after all my non-planning, I pretty much took all my supplies. It was pouring raining and I was in such a rush to get everything in the car and I thought I had everything. Get to the crop 45 minutes away and realize I forgot my Disney photos! Well, so much for cropping Disney all day. Wound up doing a few kit layouts and a Disney book kit (with no pixs) and some other kids pages. All in all, a great day! I'm thinking of doing this much more often since the LSS does 12 hour crops once a month. I dread the long cold winter and spend a day scraping away from everyone just seems like

I've done that too. One time I headed to Lisa's and forgot my tool bag. The crop is about 45 minutes form my house so DH brought them 1/2 way to me. He was not happy. LOL

 

[Faerie]

Am I the only one who prints pictures to my designs? I do pages first and then add the photos in the sizes my layout dictates. I find I can be far more creative that way because I'm not trying to squeeze in a ton of pictures

 

[rlovew]

I do that sometimes. I generally have a printed copy of the picture buit I may only print a rough copy on regular paper if i think I am going to change the size for the layout. I do print pictures in different sizes to fit layouts but with my general disnay photos unless i have a layout designed first I generally work with my photos and swap items and then add anything else I need.

Rebecca

 

[TN Dreamer]

I just got home from a weekend crop. It began Friday morning at 9:30 am and ended Sunday evening at 11:00 pm . We stayed at the Hidden Mountain Resort in Sevierville, TN. The resort and villas were beautiful. There was even a wedding at the Lodge while we were there. We had great weather and had a blast. I completed 30 pages in my WDW scrapbook so I was thrilled. I love scrapping with my friends. I find it much easier to go to crops than to crop alone.

 

[micki7337]

I completed 30 pages in my WDW scrapbook so I was thrilled.

Wow! I am completely jealous!

 

[micki7337]

Am I the only one who prints pictures to my designs? I do pages first and then add the photos in the sizes my layout dictates. I find I can be far more creative that way because I'm not trying to squeeze in a ton of pictures

This is how I always did my album and it took me almost 2 years before I added my first pictures. But now that I actually have photos in the album, my page isn't complete until the pictures are in place. That's why I'm a big fan of page kits because everything is finished before you add your own photos. I think this is a great way to keep the creative energy going.

 

[jennyL]

I may have to try some of the page kit ideas at the next crop I go to. Friday was my first and I had a blast. I finished 8 pages in my 6 hours which is really good for me but I too found myself walking around the store trying to find embellishments that would fit in the extra space instead of saying I can just print a different size photo if I need to. My friends and I are going to try and do this once a month so hopefully I'll get some good practice in.