Just a quick post to also say that I will be attending the Scrapping Away Retreat at Camp Luther at Hatzic Lake in Mission, BC this weekend.
Now that I have finished all my title and closing pages, I will have to figure out something else to take with me!
I should be OK - I have a few days to pack!
Looking forward to spending an entire weekend away without having to cook or clean. Can stay in my nice new lounging jammies if I want!
Happy Scrapping!
Brenda
Monday, January 30, 2012
It has been a very long time....
It has been a very long time since my last post.
Life and it's many ups and downs have been getting in the way of my enjoyment of scrapping and so it has been hard to even get to scrapping, let alone this blog.
Over the last few weeks, I have been working on finishing up all the tail ends of my family albums. I am now working on my 18th album - dating from August 1990 to August 2008 (I still have more to go - just where I am at this time).
I like having interesting title/cover and closing pages on all my albums - something to give the viewer an idea of what is contained in that album. The opening pages are a single page layout (using some of the leftover photos from that album, if possible) and the closing pages are divided in two - one half similar to the title page and the other half leading the viewer on to the next album - matching the upcoming title page. Because of the way that I do this, I can not completely finish the one album, until the next album's title page is decided. And I can decide the next album's title page until I am most of the way through the album to know what is encompassed in that album and therefore what I am going to do for the title page.
As I have inadvertantly made this a fairly complicated system (that I actually like), it has meant that I have to have about three full albums with me to work on to finish each of them as I go. Therefore, it has been very difficult to carry to a crop and I have had to work on these at home. I have also had to ensure that I concentrate when I do this as it could be very easy to end up with the closing portions of the albums in the wrong albums, etc.
When I started out scrapping, I would create the title page as the first item of starting a new album. This worked quite well when I had packages and packages of printed photos. Now that everything is digital, I only print out a little bit ahead of what I am currently scrapping and therefore don't have a good feel for the album as a whole until nearer the end of the ablum.
What got me a whole lot behind on these title and closing pages was the finding of a whole box of 'missing' photos (see earlier post) and that required, as I scrapbook in chronological order, the disassembling of many of my scrapbooks to insert the missing photos. As I was not sure where each of the books would stop and start, I just left the opening and closing pages blank.
After I finished inserting all these photos, I started out about four years ago, to finish up all the missing opening/closing pages. Just as I was really getting going on this project, my family life hit a major speed bump and I found it very hard to scrap the 'happy family' pictures.
Through all of the trials and tribulations, this project has been sitting at the back of my mind, waiting to be completed. Well, I can happily say that as of today, I have finally finished this project - up until the current album that I am working on. There are no more yellow stickies on every album marked "Title" and "Closing" - I do have a few where I know that I have photos, but they are MIA at this time - so I have saved the pages until they are located. I also have a few pages that are just too painful at this time to complete - namely the memorial pages for my Mom and Dad, and I know that I will shortly hit my sister's memorial pages too. Those pages will just have to wait until I can face them.
It has taken a long time, but I am very glad to have this done - I like being able to finish things and cross them off my list. I know that this is a hobby, and I figure that as a hobby, you should enjoy all the parts of it (why else are you doing it!), but sometimes just need to be pushed a little to finish something properly.
Here is one of my all-time favourite title pages that I just completed. The colours of the paper where just perfect for my photo of our street in the snow. The touches of red just pop off of the page and even the quote (that I had in my stash) was just right for the photo.
So, I might not get to this blog all that often (but I will try to get here more), but at least I am getting some scrapping done and starting to enjoy it again!
Happy Scrapping!
Brenda
Life and it's many ups and downs have been getting in the way of my enjoyment of scrapping and so it has been hard to even get to scrapping, let alone this blog.
Over the last few weeks, I have been working on finishing up all the tail ends of my family albums. I am now working on my 18th album - dating from August 1990 to August 2008 (I still have more to go - just where I am at this time).
I like having interesting title/cover and closing pages on all my albums - something to give the viewer an idea of what is contained in that album. The opening pages are a single page layout (using some of the leftover photos from that album, if possible) and the closing pages are divided in two - one half similar to the title page and the other half leading the viewer on to the next album - matching the upcoming title page. Because of the way that I do this, I can not completely finish the one album, until the next album's title page is decided. And I can decide the next album's title page until I am most of the way through the album to know what is encompassed in that album and therefore what I am going to do for the title page.
As I have inadvertantly made this a fairly complicated system (that I actually like), it has meant that I have to have about three full albums with me to work on to finish each of them as I go. Therefore, it has been very difficult to carry to a crop and I have had to work on these at home. I have also had to ensure that I concentrate when I do this as it could be very easy to end up with the closing portions of the albums in the wrong albums, etc.
When I started out scrapping, I would create the title page as the first item of starting a new album. This worked quite well when I had packages and packages of printed photos. Now that everything is digital, I only print out a little bit ahead of what I am currently scrapping and therefore don't have a good feel for the album as a whole until nearer the end of the ablum.
What got me a whole lot behind on these title and closing pages was the finding of a whole box of 'missing' photos (see earlier post) and that required, as I scrapbook in chronological order, the disassembling of many of my scrapbooks to insert the missing photos. As I was not sure where each of the books would stop and start, I just left the opening and closing pages blank.
After I finished inserting all these photos, I started out about four years ago, to finish up all the missing opening/closing pages. Just as I was really getting going on this project, my family life hit a major speed bump and I found it very hard to scrap the 'happy family' pictures.
Through all of the trials and tribulations, this project has been sitting at the back of my mind, waiting to be completed. Well, I can happily say that as of today, I have finally finished this project - up until the current album that I am working on. There are no more yellow stickies on every album marked "Title" and "Closing" - I do have a few where I know that I have photos, but they are MIA at this time - so I have saved the pages until they are located. I also have a few pages that are just too painful at this time to complete - namely the memorial pages for my Mom and Dad, and I know that I will shortly hit my sister's memorial pages too. Those pages will just have to wait until I can face them.
It has taken a long time, but I am very glad to have this done - I like being able to finish things and cross them off my list. I know that this is a hobby, and I figure that as a hobby, you should enjoy all the parts of it (why else are you doing it!), but sometimes just need to be pushed a little to finish something properly.
Here is one of my all-time favourite title pages that I just completed. The colours of the paper where just perfect for my photo of our street in the snow. The touches of red just pop off of the page and even the quote (that I had in my stash) was just right for the photo.
So, I might not get to this blog all that often (but I will try to get here more), but at least I am getting some scrapping done and starting to enjoy it again!
Happy Scrapping!
Brenda
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