Oh Crop! I've Overpacked - Part 2 - Shellie Marie

So I have a crop next weekend. Yay! Now I have to pack for it. Boo.

My first decision has to be – what do I want to work on? Because that changes what I take with me pretty dramatically.

My options are:

my current travel album (Bar Harbor road trip)
page kits
a specific project (mini album etc)
or cards (which is what I take when I don’t feel like bothering to figure out what to work on)

So packing – my goal each time is to take less. Obviously I’ll eventually reach a point where I can’t take less and be successful but I’m not there yet. (Possibly the understatement of the century.) I use a wagon to contain the mess (I have this one from Academy) and it works fine for me.

I like the wagon option because if I do a good job, I can do all my hauling in one trip or two at most. This is very important because it’s like 7 million degrees in Florida in the summer and I HATE loading and unloading my stuff in this heat and humidity.

Currently I have to load it into the wagon, wheel it out to the car, unload it into the trunk. Drive to the crop, reload it into the wagon. I really wish I could just leave it packed but that’s just not an option. I can’t get that loaded wagon in my car. LOL

In a perfect world I’d only have the stuff in the wagon. So far, I haven’t managed that though. There are “add on bags” that I pile up on top of the stuff the wagon. This is where my mess comes in.

I start the crop reasonably organized. I’m not a neat scrapper (slight understatement) but when I first get there, things are okay, ya know? But something happens by the time Sunday afternoon rolls around and I end up with like this sliding mountain of… crap. It’s everywhere! I’m literally scrapping ON TOP of a pile of stuff because I can’t find space on my table. It’s out. of. control.

So. I’ve said allll that to eventually say my goals for this crop are:

Take less “add on” stuff
Be reasonable when considering what to take. What items do I usually take but never reach for? Leave that at home.
Stay organized on my workspace. Clean up between each layout.
Try to avoid the sliding mountain of doom.

I’ll try to add photos to my instagram account (@shelliemariecrafts) as the weekend progresses and I’ll do a recap here after the crop is over to discuss what my successes and failures were.

Have a good weekend friends and I hope you do something creative. Wish me luck!

Shellie