Show Notes: Paperclipping 29 – Inside The Album
A. Introduction
Before I ever started teaching online, I remember going through the magazines and wishing I could see more than just the individual layouts. I wanted to know how they looked side-by-side in an album. So when I had a few different requests to see what my album looks like inside, I decided to show you in this episode of Paperclipping.
B. Show an album
1. These are American Crafts D-ring albums with covers you can decorate and customize yourself. I haven’t decorated mine yet because for now, they’re kist “working-albums” or albums still in progress. A while ago I decided to stop scrapbooking strictly chronological and decided instead to give each topic their own albums.
2. Individual albums for:
a. Each person
b. Us-together as a family–layouts featuring two or more of us together
c. My husband and I together
d. People we love–extended family and friends
e. School
f. Vacations and holidays
g. Our home
ETC.
3. That’s a lot of new albums to buy at once. Instead of buying the ten binders I was planning, I bought three to start off with and I’m housing layouts for 3-4 different topics in each binder.
4. Right now, this binder has the individual layouts of each of my 3 children, plus the Us-Together layouts. It’s just about full, so I’m ready to go buy a 4th binder for the Us-Together layouts. When that binder is full, I’ll decorate the cover and start a new “working album.”
C. Inside the album
1. Show how I lay pages side-by-side: single page layouts, double-page layouts, 8×8’s, 8.5×11’s, and 12×12’s.
2. A concern some of you had was putting two single layouts side-by-side when they don’t match. This used to be my concern, too. So for a while I tried making two different single page layouts using the same colors. But I realized that when I laid them together, because they were the same colors, they looked like one 2-page layout that was poorly designed…because the DESIGNS don’t go together. For me, it makes more sense to put layouts that have different color schemes next to each other so it’s clear they are separate. I just make sure the colors don’t clash too much.
3. Most of us gravitate toward a certain one or two family of colors–so your layouts should work pretty well together.
4. Different sizes–if you like really clean layouts, then this may look too busy too you. But your pages will be more “clean” than mine, so I bet it will work for your style. Those of us who like a more busy look with more color variety will usually enjoy seeing their busy pages over-lapping like this.
5. Because this is a “working binder” it’s not done yet, which means my albums currently have a lot of backsides showing. By the time I have one final album finished with a cover, it will be one topic with no backsides showing.
C. Close–During the coming week I’ll write a blog entry that outlines my different album topics.
