I’ve been reading and hearing more lately on blogs and itunes {Paperclipping Round Table} about making room for journaling on your layouts. One suggestion was to even to make your page around the journaling – doing it first! While emphasizing the story is not a new idea, especially if you have ever visited Ali Edwards, for some reason lately it started to really sink in for me.
Usually I don’t journal much, at least on the front of my layouts because I usually do the title and journaling last. Often I feel like writing will mess up the design – that seems so silly when I think about it. So I decided to try planning for the journaling {and not just the who, what, and where} at the beginning of the page, and here’s what I came up with.
{the ribbon flower looks more grey irl – wonky scan.}
The journaling reads: Kathleen, this was a cold and windy day at ……. You were standing outside the discus net and I think I got this photo without you knowing! Your cheeks are a little pinker than usual – you already did the shot put. Your discus throw set a personal record for you and you helped your team by placing third. Great job!
I still wrote some thoughts on the back – that has become a habit, I guess. i like the way the page came together, although it is simpler than what I usually do.
I’m not as pleased with the way this one turned out, but I don’t agonize when a page isn’t my favorite. I also covered up a couple of places where the embellishments didn't look quite right. {Is this true confessions or what?!} I placed squares of kraft paper on the lower left to cover them up.
The journaling reads: Mom and Dad had Easter at their house this year and after we recovered from dinner, we had an easter egg hunt for the “kids”. Everyone has an egg with their name on it, but the rest are fair game. Bradley had a hard time finding his – he said, “I’m too old to hunt for eggs”. Myles had his 18-count carton practically full, and someone looked and saw B’s egg in there. At which point Myles tucked the carton under his arm and took off running! At least this year nobody is crying in the group photo.
So I guess one out of two isn’t bad. It was funny how I felt kind of unsure of how to put everything together by starting with the journaling. Kind of like learning how to scrap all over again. I’m going to keep at it for a while and see what happens.
How do you design your layouts? Do you plan for journaling? I would love to know – just leave me a comment!
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for journaling and yayyyyyyyyyyyy for these lo's!!! I think they are gorgeous!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
sometimes I think of something I want to journal and then find a photo to go with it. other times I don't journal at all-it's just about the photo. Other times I journal on the back of the layout because I don't want it on the front. It all depends. I have to say the one thing I always do pretty consistantly now is date my layouts/photos/journaling. I started scrapping in 2000 and there are some early pages where I didn't date them and I wish I had because I can't remember what year it was!
love these. just keep doing what feels right!
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