My Process

1. Pick out Pictures. I had printed off several of these, not knowing which ones would make it into the page. Whatever doesn't will go into my picture files behind Zoe's tab, perhaps some behind Our House tab.


2. Pick out base layer from cardstock. I always turn to my cardstock immediately after picking out pictures. I choose colors based on the pictures - always.


3. Move pictures around until inspiration hits. Of course, I always want to use ALL of my pictures, but try really hard to narrow down to just enough that help tell the story or convey the memory as I want to remember it.


4. Find some fun patterned paper and cut it down. I turn to my scrap drawer and for now, I rely on my memory of what I have. I need to come up with a better system for my pattern paper to be able to easily incorporate it into my pages.



NOW - Stop everything and totally reorganize your scrap area and move it from the master bedroom to the loft and spend the rest of the weekend working on that project instead of finishing this layout. Geeze. I needed this desperately, for sure. Last Friday, I attended the Mesa Creating Keepsakes Convention like I do every April since I moved here a few years ago - I brought home too many supplies and realized I very much needed a change in my scrap area. See the post here.

5. One week later, try out the new scrap area and choose the title, embellishments and journalling. And Voila - the page is finished:


Items used: Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye Pattern Paper, Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, SEI chipboard flowers, Technique Tuesday journal stamp, Catslife Press date stamp, misc. flowers.