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Who do you follow? The little devil on your left shoulder tempting you to put all your time on pretty products and a beautiful scrapbook page? Or the guardian angel on your right, whispering for you to focus on the story?
I used to slap that little devil off of me and follow my guardian angel, but not anymore…
Remember the old borders we used to make for the sides of our pages years ago? They were often intricate, time-consuming, and sometimes even a distraction from the photos.
Edge gatherings are similar to borders, but they’re much easier to put together and they’re way cooler.
They’re also not so cumbersome. Click to read more…
What if you could cut your Project Life time by three-fourths?
Need ideas for using small scrapbooking bits and scraps, AND a jumping off point for layouts?
Ever have a hard time finding the embellishments that match your paper choices AND your story?
If not, how close are you?
I have some questions for you in a minute, so please be sure to look for them below. I thought I’d share with you what I accomplished this month in our journey together to finish a scrapbook album in less than 30 days, and you can share a link to your own blog post or gallery entry to share all you’ve done..
Can’t have “pretty” and “trendy” pages if you have a fair amount of journaling?
Can’t tell a good story if you want to use lots of fun product and layering?
I was getting tired of always sacrificing form for function to fit my writing. We like to have it all, don’t we? And we can…
What if you could suck people into your scrapbooks the same way good authors suck people into their novels?
Do you really need introductions in your scrapbook albums?
Let me just say that before I add title pages to the fronts of my scrapbooks, my experience of opening them feels random and a little perplexing. It can almost feel assaulting to be slammed with that first page without explanation — like when you get up in the morning and all of the kids bombard you with complaints and requests without bothering first to at least say, “Hi, Mom.”
But of course, that doesn’t happen at my house. I’m just speaking hypothetically. ;)
Why not welcome your viewer — and yourself — with a pleasant greeting, a hint of what’s inside your book, and some helpful explanations?
Recently someone told me they love it when I make pages about our big life changes, and I joked that I didn’t know how many more big changes we could handle making.
Then I started looking through my Everyday Life scrapbook album last week, and guess what I noticed? Lots and lots of pages about changes we’ve made, both big and small. And I learned something about Izzy and myself that I hadn’t fully realized before.
He and I both thrive on change. But that’s not what matters to you. What matters to you is this…
I would never have made that observation about us had I not separated my albums into topics or stories. By having an album that focuses specifically on everyday life, for example, you break your life down into a digestible section so you can actually see the patterns of your life that you didn’t realize were there.
Here are fourteen page prompts on scrapbooking the every day that come to my mind after working on my own album…
The story of who we are when we’re the most real gets diluted when we surround everyday life layouts with the other types of layouts where our lives tend to be more dressed up.
I like to keep them separate so my scrapbooks can tell clear, defined stories.
But whether you want to do that or not, you might enjoy the video we made related to this topic.
I’m finishing up my Everyday Life album this month and it’s had lots of problems. Basically, the viewing experience of this album was unpleasant for many reasons. On video I share my album with all its pages, along with all its problems and little ugh-lies.
But I also share my solutions and show you how I very quickly modified the album into one I now really enjoy and am excited about. I make an intro page on video, start to finish, as well.
This video is for the Paperclipping Members and is now available in the Member’s Area and on iTunes.
If you’re not a member, please click here for information!
Shine On,
To move forward in the Play Along: Finish an Album, click here: Do Page Titles Really Matter?