Today's Tip - Scrapbook Layout Tips - Arranging Photos

Once you have your theme chosen, it's time to begin thinking about how you will arrange your photos on the page.  There are many visual design elements that can help you to arrange you rphotos ofr the best overall look.

Consider a layout you've seen before.  How could you tailor it to meet your theme, photo size, number of photos, etc?  PageMaps are a great way to plan your layouts and give you many options.

Today's Tip - Scrapbook Layout Tips - Pick a Page Theme

Looking at your photos, start by picking a theme for your page.  The theme can relate to the events, people, or places in your photos.  They can be one-work themes like "Love" or "Joy".

Let your creative juices flow and you'll find yourself with a solid start to an impressive layout design.

NOTE:  Most often, when I refer to a scrapbook "page" , I am meaning a 2-page layout.  While there are a few benefits to using the occasional 1-page layout (eg. at the beginning of an album or to mark a separation within an album), I always recommend a 2-page layout for the sake of consistency, flow, and overal visual appeal.

Quilt & French Memory Board

Okay, as promised (albeit a little late) here is the quilt and french memory board I made for my 3rd cousin (is that right?)

Busy, busy, busy......

Besides the BEAUTIFUL weather we've been experiencing, I've also had many things on the go lately.  Hopefully things will slow down a bit next week and I'll find some good tips to pass on to all of you.

In the meantime, I haven't been working on any paper projects for the last little while, but have been working on a quilt anf I have to say it's turning out very nice.  Will finish it up and present it this weekend and will then post some photos.

What projects have YOU been working on?

Today's Tip - Picnik

My cousin introduced me to a new photo editing site, www.picnik.com.  I've just started playing with it, but so far, I like it.

Do you use on-line photo editing?  What site do you use?  Have you tried Picnik?

Happy Monday!!!!

Good morning all..... I'm back to work today after 2 weeks off.  This will be a long day!

Tomorrow night, will hopefully get some crafting done!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

To me,

and to all our friends in the United States,

a very Happy Independance Day!!!!

No tip today, but rather a poll......

Does anybody wear a "crafting apron"?

Do you have one?

What do you like about it?  What would you change?

Just thinking about them because aprons seem to be making a bit of a comeback (since I tend to wear a lot of what I'm cooking, I'm thinking I may need a few).  And this thought led me to crafting aprons.

Are they better for the stand-up scrappers out there?

Today is my 20th Wedding Anniversary

We've planned a pretty low-key celebration with dinner out and a show after.

I'm so overwhelmed as 20 years passes by so quickly.  Of course, as in all relationships, there have been ups and downs but through it all we've stuck together and he is still my best friend.

We've seen many loved ones come into this world, come into our lives, and we've also seen too many leave.  All hold a special place in our hearts.

Thank you, honey, for the best years of my life and I look forward to the next 20 years!  I love you!

Back from my Vacation.....

.... and lots of work to do.  I have blog posts to catch up on, housework to be done, projects to complete.  And, I'm sorry to say, I'm starting with the housework.

I've come home with fresh prints of my sister's family and need to see if I can create layouts to do the beautiful family photos justice.  I will give these some thought.

In the meantim, do you have any projects you are working on?  Anything you'd like to share?  Descriptively or photos?  I'd love to see.