I don't share all my layouts...I'd say I share about 80%...the other 20% I don't even bother because I'm not thrilled with them...or they're super simple and functional to get a memory recorded...or it's my 74th pocket page for some kind of memorabilia in Mac's book and they're all the same...or I used Dr. Seuss letter stickers or something to go along with the theme...stuff like that.
Then there's the pages that while I'm making them seem like they're going to be a non-event...like part of that 20%...but when it's all done...even if it's different or simple or not what I planned, I actually sort of like it...
not my best work...not terribly meaningful since it has no journaling...details like the brads that are too big kind of bug me...but I like it better than I thought I would when I was making it...I like the white and blue...I like the letters layered on top of the patterned paper, I like that I used up a bunch of flowers and that it came together quickly.
The there's the page that seems like it's going to be oh-so-cute and I don't think it totally worked out that way...
It started out well...how could you go wrong with multicolored bits of patterns? Then I decided to break out my sewing machine for the first time in a couple of years and it looks okay...but now where do I put the title? Down the side...mix up a couple of chipboard letters to fit it all in...stamp a little heart...but where do I put the journaling? I'm too lazy to write the whole story...or even part of it. Break out an envelope, print out two of my blog entries from a couple of weeks ago and now what the heck do I do with the envelope? So I tried to figure it out as best I could and it's done.
Sometimes it just feels good to cut my losses and call it done...and I admit 9 times out of 10 when I go back to these types of pages in my books I usually think, "Oh, it's not that bad"...not every page can be your favorite.
Here's a couple more I made on Friday...
I stamped a tree on the heart...and then realized it totally looks like arteries...and the stamped lines are a family definition over and over...didn't turn out the way I expected because I didn't line it up well...but I really like other parts of it like the combination of patterns and colors and the typed list of the similarities the four of us share. Again, ultimately it's done and it only took me about a half hour.
Then this one took me, on and off, the rest of the night...
I had this photo sitting on my desk, I love it, and I had no idea what to do with it...then I got inspired by a song title as I often am, but still didn't know where I was going...then it occurred to me to use a blog entry I wrote to Sean earlier in the day...we had a tough week last week and I miraculously decided to relent on my usual bitchiness by writing this to him...and it made the weekend much better. :) This page makes me happy...it has stamping that worked out well enough (I actually didn't line it up well in the middle, but I hid it behind the photo), it has patterns and colors and something meaningful written on it (even if it has a typo that I found later)...this is part of that 80% I can't wait to share.
Speaking of sharing here's another page...
and it's on here as of today...where I talk more about my thought process when putting together a page with stamping...which is seriously such a juxtaposition of being compulsive and yet free-spirited...and, as you can see from reading this ramble, is a big part of each of my layouts.
