I don’t remember when it happened — maybe it was when scrapbooking companies started making transparencies and die-cut shaped pages — but at some point in my scrapbooking evolution I realized that when my albums were full, I still didn’t feel like they were ready for viewing.
What do you do with the backs of all those odd pages?
Not only that, but sometimes there would be abrupt topic changes that just felt weird and out of place.
Two or three pages of vacation layouts after a nice run of pages about us all at home.
Or a big slew of pages about Aiden with just one of Blake.
Ummm, awkward…
And what about that memorabilia you find just two weeks after you did the scrapbook page, having forgotten about the cool stuff you originally wanted to go with the layout?
Album Solutions
All these things bothered me and over the years I’ve been playing around with solutions to make each album feel like it’s own cohesive story and to fix all those awkward dilemmas.
There were a few ideas I tried and tossed out.
I’m not sharing those. ;)
But the good stuff — the stuff that really works for me — is in this week’s video tutorial, along with last week’s.
Here’s one of the layouts in the episode. That layout at the top of this post is, too –
1+1 Isn’t Always Easy
I still need to add the journaling onto the left side.
The rest of the pages in the video were basic and clear enough that I don’t think I need to post them here.
If you feel like you’re having to make explanations for people about awkward stuff they see in your albums, you’ll get a lot of this tutorial.
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