Falling Off the Minimalist Scrapbooking Wagon

Each Friday, I write a post about Minimalist Scrapbooking.

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a personal finance article about practicing mindful spending. The point of the article was getting people to think about the many small purchases that quickly add up. I immediately thought of scrapbooking.

One of the great things about this hobby, is that for $10 or $20, you can buy a lot of fun supplies. It’s easy to walk in your local scrapbook store, wander down the scrapbook aisle at the big box store, or go online and download some cool digital products.

I did this a couple of weeks ago. I suppose you could say, I fell off the Minimalist Scrapbooking wagon. I went into my local scrapbook store looking for an album that would work for my mother-in-law’s memorial scrapbook (still looking) and couldn’t pass up several yards of cool ribbon. I love ribbon and add ribbon to most of my layouts. I ended up spending $26.06, almost half of which went towards ribbon. This is why I started this minimalist project. The little purchases can add up very quickly because I used to not think that much about the little purchases. It’s not a big deal because I haven’t just picked up random items at my local scrapbook store in quite some time.

On the bright side, I didn’t buy one sheet of pattern paper. And, I was able to immediately put my new purchases away because it fit in one bag. I put them away so quickly that after the fact, I thought I probably should have taken a photo for you. Oops.

This experience got me wondering about what other people’s scrapbook supply weaknesses are. Mine is ribbon. What’s yours? Comment below or join the conversation on facebook or twitter

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