Has anyone printed out last night’s Halloween pictures for scrapping yet? Not me. But here is a layout I made from last year.
Halloween Product Recommendation
Hambly makes some great screen-printed transparencies that I think are perfect for Halloween. They didn’t design them for the holiday, but it works.
The tree branches I used, for example, were one of three plant designs on a transparency. I used the other two designs from multiple sheets, but didn’t know what I would do with these creepy ones…until it came time to make this layout.
I also like the black journal spots for a Halloween theme, which I used on the right side of the page under each child.
Design 101: Spacing
I love this layout, but there are a couple things I would do differently if I were to do it again. Both would-be changes have to do with spacing. The more space around something, the more isolated and individual it appears. On the other hand, when items are spaced close together, they seem a part of each other.
Look at my title. It is supposed to be, “Modeling The Costumes,” but because I spaced the words so far apart, it looks like two separate titles: “Modeling” and “The Costumes.”
Remember this tip when you want your viewers’ eyes to rest on multiple things at once. Place those elements close together, the way I did the photos as two separate groupings. While the journal block and the date toward the bottom don’t have to go together, in hindsight I would prefer to put them closer to each other so the eyes take them in at once, rather than as two separate items. Doing so would make it feel that there was less on the layout for you to digest.
If your kids went trick-or-treating last night and you’re excited to get to work on the photos, I hope this Halloween layout gives you a few ideas.
