Initial attempt to organize my main scrapbook for genealogy

Last night I went to my first scrap mania session at Archivers.
I spread out and tried to organize my Ancestry dot com scrapbook.  First the fight to alter the cover on the book.  The page that a picture and family name goes on was glued to the edges and I had to fight it for about 15 minutes.  Once I got it out I had to trim two sides to get it back into the cover.  I now have the name on and have to choose a picture for the cover.
I had purchased two Ancestry dot com identical pads of paper.  I proceeded to remove all the pages and put the duplicates together.  Then I started sorting the other identical purchases I had made.  This will make it easier to identify what I have and what I need.
Archivers had a page the FAMILY in the lower left hand corner.  It would have worked perfectly for the family group sheets, but with as many families in my genealogy I would need to purchase hundreds of pages.  TOO MUCH $$$.
Will  post more later.
Have a blessed day.

Organizing my genealogy stuff

I have decided that I need to organize and record all the genealogy stuff that I have purchased or researched in the last three months.
For starters I have purchased a *** for organizing my stickers and individual pages that are in plastic covers.  I will be using Excel(R) as my database with a page for each type of scrapbook element and a main page in the database with referrals to the work page and line item in it.
If my day today goes as I have planned I will start with the stickers.  The workbook has already been set up.
Have a blessed day.

I have signed up for two classes

Marco's Paper in Centerville, OH has a class that meets once a month and teaches how to make books.  I have signed up for the November class.  I think that there will be one main Scrapbook for my Genealogy and then several separate scrapbooks for special people in my genealogy.

Archiver's in Mason, OH has a scrap mania class on October 25 and it is specialized this month for how to handle old photos, negatives, etc. when scrapbooking. I am really looking forward to it.

I tried to practice my Calligraphy when I was on the retreat.  It is coming back very slowly.

Have a blessed day.