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Crystal B.
PeaAddict
PeaNut 370065 - 4/2/2008
Posts: 1390 Layouts: 86
Loc: KY |  Posted: 4/12/2009 7:00:18 AM
Do you tend to scrap more everyday pages or big events? Which comes easiest to you? What are your struggles with big events or everyday pages? |
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heather31
PeaFixture
PeaNut 44413 - 8/5/2002
Posts: 3952 Layouts: 630
Loc: My Living Room
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I do both, everyday and event stuff. I don't find either one more difficult than the other really. Sometimes I have trouble with both and sometimes I can whip out pages on just about anything, lol. |
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writermom1
Proudly sullying the community since 2003
PeaNut 114407 - 11/4/2003
Posts: 11860 Layouts: 64
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
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Everyday stuff. Love it. so easy to scrap.
Big events, holidays, etc. are wonderful to enjoy, uninspiring to scrap. I think I'm two years behind on Christmas because I just can't get motivated.
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aJerseyGirl
PeaFixture
PeaNut 246022 - 1/29/2006
Posts: 3952 Layouts: 52
Loc: New Jersey
Count: 2 | Posted: 4/12/2009 10:49:23 AM
I do both, but the big events are harder for me to scrap.
The reason is because I have so many photos. For example, a birthday. I might split it up and make a layout for the party, another for opening presents, another just for the cake and blowing out candles. But having so many photos is a challenge to get them on the page and still have room for some embellishing. I often end up covering up most of the page with pictures and you barely see the background.
One or two photos of a fun or special everyday moment is easier for me because there's more room on the page.
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Tam2
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 358347 - 1/22/2008
Posts: 2704 Layouts: 46
Count: 3 | Posted: 4/12/2009 11:17:15 AM
I do both. I've always got the camera out & ready to shoot. So I scrap a little of everything. |
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ellie_rae
PeaAddict
PeaNut 87441 - 5/22/2003
Posts: 1217 Layouts: 90
Loc: Atlanta Suburbs
Count: 2 | Posted: 4/12/2009 11:22:23 AM
I end up doing a lot more every day events because my family does not do pictures on holidays. Cameras seem to send the extended family running, so I don't even pull it on on Christmas/Easter/etc. any longer. Weddings seem to be the one big exception to the big event rule -- I tend to get lots of photos, and I really enjoy being able to scrap those events! |
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JudyinGeorgia
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PeaNut 319219 - 5/28/2007
Posts: 416 Layouts: 15
Loc: Georgia
Count: 1 | Posted: 4/12/2009 11:45:28 AM
I prefer big events with very few 'everyday' pages thrown in.
I've been scrapping since 2001 and already I can watch a pattern developing with how the books are viewed and appreciated, even by me.
We love the vacation and big event layouts. The everyday stuff we seem to skim over until we get to the year end summary pages. Every year I do a summary page of each family member and those are treasured but the individual layouts that I spent hours on weren't so much.
So now I focus on what we personally enjoy the most and when I just need to be creative for the art of it I focus on making cards. | |
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OklaPhoma
PeaNut 18334 - 7/14/2001
Posts: 23580 Layouts: 15
Loc: State of cultural confusion. Yeehaw and Aloha have collided!
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I do both.
Big events tend to be easier because manufacturers have created lines of coordinated things to use for common big events.
Every day things stretch my creativity more so it can be harder but more enjoyable too. I feel like what I end up with is more "me" than prefabricated. |
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In Focus
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 227405 - 10/15/2005
Posts: 6640 Layouts: 51
Loc: Tennessee
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lemon dropp
PeaAddict
PeaNut 381316 - 6/28/2008
Posts: 1099 Layouts: 0
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I do both, but I started scrapping to document big events. | |
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MommyofTriplets
Jeepers PEApers
PeaNut 141375 - 4/11/2004
Posts: 2207 Layouts: 52
Loc: NE Ohio | Posted: 4/12/2009 12:16:18 PM
I also do both, but I find the events to be more difficult to scrap because I usually have lots of pics and in general, I use just a few pics on a page or even just one.
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scrapcat71
BucketHead
PeaNut 307844 - 4/2/2007
Posts: 855 Layouts: 0
Loc: Georgia | Posted: 4/12/2009 4:11:37 PM
I enjoy doing both. The everyday pages are my opportunity to do single page layouts with one or two pics and the big events are my time to do 2-pagers with multiple pics. But I also scrap a singe pic layout if there's just a REALLY good shot on vaca or a holiday, etc.
I'm just anything goes when it comes to scrapbooking. |
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writermom1
Proudly sullying the community since 2003
PeaNut 114407 - 11/4/2003
Posts: 11860 Layouts: 64
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
| Posted: 4/12/2009 5:40:00 PM
My books are filled with everyday life--I am working on a page right now about my allergies and what I am allergic to and all the meds I have to take. I did a layout the other day about being diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I scrap days at the lake with friends, some of my favorite clients, all the skin care/hair care products I use, favorite outfits, the Betsy Johnson dress my daughter was so thrilled to buy as a birthday gift to herself, a great meal I cooked...stuff like that.
I think these pages will end up being such treasures later on. I wish I had more "everyday" things memoralized. My mother was wonderful about taking photographs and putting them in albums. And yet there is so much of the "everyday" from "back then" that I would love to have documented now - but people just didn't do that back then. The places we used to eat, the places we shopped, the things we did for fun - all went unrecorded and exist only in memory. It makes me sad to think of how many things I've certainly forgotten.
I tend to focus on the fact that even if my mother had lovingly recorded every birthday and holiday from birth - 18 that would be, at best 18, 40, 60, maybe 100 days of our entire lives together captured in vivid "dress up" detail. I really love the "everyday" stuff too. |
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arstorp
PeaNut
PeaNut 273292 - 8/19/2006
Posts: 140 Layouts: 60
Loc: denmark
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I do both, but I think I have most everyday layouts |
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*Angela
Back to Basics
PeaNut 90289 - 6/10/2003
Posts: 7053 Layouts: 0
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I enjoy doing both. The everyday pages are my opportunity to do single page layouts with one or two pics and the big events are my time to do 2-pagers with multiple pics. But I also scrap a singe pic layout if there's just a REALLY good shot on vaca or a holiday, etc.
Ditto. Given I'm photography-challenged, the single photo layouts are certainly a rarity! | |
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monica_blain
soon-to-be college grad!
PeaNut 202492 - 4/26/2005
Posts: 11375 Layouts: 320
Loc: Kansas City
Count: 4 | Posted: 4/12/2009 5:55:45 PM
I do both, everyday and event stuff. I don't find either one more difficult than the other really. Sometimes I have trouble with both and sometimes I can whip out pages on just about anything, lol.
Ditto! |
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NativeNewYorker
black eyed pea with soul!
PeaNut 15878 - 5/26/2001
Posts: 21251 Layouts: 70
Loc: NY
| Posted: 4/12/2009 5:58:11 PM
Lately I have beeen scrapping more events related pages. My son is 14 now and isn't exactly eager to take photos. I'll probably be doing some teen angst pages LOL. My 2 year old nephew is a willing participant so I'll be doing more pages about him. |
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slyn11
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 190252 - 2/8/2005
Posts: 2047 Layouts: 101
Loc: New Jersey | Posted: 4/12/2009 5:58:24 PM
I tend to do primarily events, since that is what I have the most pictures of. I don't normally take photos everyday or just because. So I have less of those types of pictures to scrap. | |
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nanascraps
AncestralPea
PeaNut 230268 - 11/5/2005
Posts: 4526 Layouts: 214
Loc: NW Penna
Count: 60 | Posted: 4/12/2009 6:08:42 PM
Definately everyday moments for me. I love candid shots of a face, an expression, an emotion. Holidays are so hectic, so many people, etc. I like to scrap them, but I do prefer the unplanned, candid shots. | |
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slapscrappy
AncestralPea
PeaNut 366641 - 3/10/2008
Posts: 4370 Layouts: 103
Loc: GA girl now a MS transplant
Count: 3 | Posted: 4/12/2009 6:35:48 PM
Love scrapping the everyday pictures! I find it very hard to scrap Christmas pics...my least fav to scrap. I just feel more creative with the everyday stuff. I have some of all it in my albums | |
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jchilds
New Mommy
PeaNut 10799 - 2/10/2001
Posts: 8061 Layouts: 446
Loc: TN
Count: 1 | Posted: 4/12/2009 7:11:37 PM
I do both, but enjoy the everyday more. I get tired of doing so many Christmas, birthdays, etc all the time that I run out of ideas. I like to look at them though so I keep doing them. |
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mrsski07
PeaAddict
PeaNut 396129 - 10/19/2008
Posts: 1222 Layouts: 110
Loc: Southern CA
Count: 6 | Posted: 4/12/2009 7:19:56 PM
I do both but everyday comes easier to me. I have a hard time picking which pictures to scrap for holidays and big events. |
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loveallcrafts
BucketHead
PeaNut 383577 - 7/16/2008
Posts: 877 Layouts: 45
Loc: Ontario, Canada
Count: 2 | Posted: 4/12/2009 8:11:28 PM
I like to do both. But we have a camp/cottage and I am working on that right now..so I guess that would be everyday.
From Writermom1
I think these pages will end up being such treasures later on. I wish I had more "everyday" things memoralized. My mother was wonderful about taking photographs and putting them in albums. And yet there is so much of the "everyday" from "back then" that I would love to have documented now - but people just didn't do that back then. The places we used to eat, the places we shopped, the things we did for fun - all went unrecorded and exist only in memory. It makes me sad to think of how many things I've certainly forgotten.
I tend to focus on the fact that even if my mother had lovingly recorded every birthday and holiday from birth - 18 that would be, at best 18, 40, 60, maybe 100 days of our entire lives together captured in vivid "dress up" detail. I really love the "everyday" stuff too.
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I think you could still do this if you want.
Take a picture of the restaurant you went to as a family and journal about it.
What you used to do as a family and get a photo of the park or where ever you went to as a family.
I was thinking of doing this as my parents never took pictures.
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bwgayoso
AncestralPea
PeaNut 212029 - 6/27/2005
Posts: 4093 Layouts: 82
Loc: Miami, Florida
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I scrap both and don't that I have difficulties with one more than the other. The only struggle that I think I have is when adding a title to an everday layout. Titles don't come easy to me |
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Peapod in Oz
BucketHead
PeaNut 281758 - 10/26/2006
Posts: 944 Layouts: 15
Loc: in a twister
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I do both. i dont find one any harder then the other. Some times coming up with a title for everyday is a little hard, |
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amom23
PeaFixture
PeaNut 108542 - 9/26/2003
Posts: 3582 Layouts: 0
Loc: Living in the heartland
| Posted: 4/13/2009 7:09:30 AM
I scrap both equally. One thing I don't do anymore is take thousands of photos at holiday time. I still cover the event, but after 10 years have realized that I don't need pages of photos from each and every holiday. |
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z*shoneybeepea
PeaNut
PeaNut 140129 - 4/3/2004
Posts: 68 Layouts: 0
Loc: TN - surrounded by Peacocks and Peafowl | Posted: 4/13/2009 8:01:14 AM
I do both, but I especially love scrapping the everyday moments of life with my children. They do such silly, fun, unexpected things on an everyday basis, it makes for such fun layouts and so many stories! My only problem is that there are so many great pictures. It's hard to narrow it down. |
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KCygan
PeaNut
PeaNut 254411 - 3/22/2006
Posts: 29 Layouts: 4
Loc: NJ
| Posted: 4/13/2009 8:10:22 AM
I do both types of pages. For me, I am challenged by the fact that we seem to go to the same places or I have the same type of photos for the holidays each year. So I am trying to avoid creating the same type of thing year after year, if you know what I mean??!!
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writermom1
Proudly sullying the community since 2003
PeaNut 114407 - 11/4/2003
Posts: 11860 Layouts: 64
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
| Posted: 4/13/2009 9:16:08 AM
I think you could still do this if you want.
Take a picture of the restaurant you went to as a family and journal about it.
What you used to do as a family and get a photo of the park or where ever you went to as a family.
I was thinking of doing this as my parents never took pictures.
Thanks Tracy! This is a really good idea.  |
As for not liking being called a scrapbooker...c'mon that's silly. That's like saying you'd rather be a "call girl" vs. "hooker". ~ 2boysandwill | |
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Scrapn Nana
PeaAddict
PeaNut 272954 - 8/16/2006
Posts: 1607 Layouts: 6
| Posted: 4/13/2009 9:40:50 AM
I do some of both. I don't really struggle with scrapping either type of pictures, but just finding time to scrap is my biggest challenge. | |
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teachNpea
He calls me his future wifPEA
PeaNut 260956 - 5/9/2006
Posts: 7038 Layouts: 413
Loc: Heart of America
| Posted: 4/13/2009 9:44:47 AM
i do both, but I am more comfortable with everyday.I find it hard to use themed embellies and paper.
My most favorite pages are the everyday ones. |
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karensay
PeaAddict
PeaNut 34565 - 4/1/2002
Posts: 1531 Layouts: 32
Loc: Elgin, SC (NE of Columbia) | Posted: 4/13/2009 10:37:11 AM
I scrap mostly EVERY DAY photos. I hve only 2 Christmas Layouts done and DD is 8. I think the big events are more intimidating to me because I have so many photos to scrap for those times. |
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dianaj1012
BucketHead
PeaNut 396329 - 10/21/2008
Posts: 931 Layouts: 86
Loc: Rochester
| Posted: 4/13/2009 10:39:48 AM
I do everyday stuff. And if I am scrapping a big event, I choose an everyday-type photo.
For my brother's wedding, I only scrapped a photo on my son trying on his little suit the week before the wedding. You only know the event b/c of the journaling.
These pages just seem more alive to me. Like candids. |
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KathrynPea
BucketHead
PeaNut 376370 - 5/18/2008
Posts: 784 Layouts: 2
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
| Posted: 4/13/2009 10:41:23 AM
I tend to do big events as that it the times where I remember to bring out my camera. Day to day stuff I tend to forget to bring out my camera. I am trying to do better. | |
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CamiCar
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 269939 - 7/24/2006
Posts: 7791 Layouts: 0
Loc: Midwest branch of HellMouth
| Posted: 4/13/2009 11:32:05 AM
So far, I've done mostly big events because I started scrapbooking relatively late. It's really important to me to scrapbook those vacation or once-in-a-lifetime moments. My goal is to get them done by June 2010 and then I'm moving onto more everyday memories and some creative ideas I have just for my own enjoyment. |
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jinglesmom
PeaNut
PeaNut 37223 - 5/1/2002
Posts: 172 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 4/13/2009 11:33:30 AM
I tend to do more everyday pages as life is always changing and always different!  There's more variety, as far as I'm concerned, in everyday stuff.
I have trouble scrapping big events because it's hard to make them different, at least for me it is. You have the same stuff at Christmas, Easter, weddings, etc. After a while, the pages all start to look alike. So I prefer doing pages on everyday life, which is much more interesting! | |
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Tiggerific
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 377685 - 5/29/2008
Posts: 2253 Layouts: 12
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 4/13/2009 11:43:41 AM
I do both. I do big event pages for the boys and then all those cute extra photos of common things end up in collage-like LOs.
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aerobigirl
Insert witty title here
PeaNut 8771 - 12/29/2000
Posts: 7321 Layouts: 509
Loc: Portland, OR
Count: 17 | Posted: 4/13/2009 5:22:06 PM
I do both. I have slightly more trouble with big events because sometimes it's hard to get motivated to scrap "yet another Christmas." |
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Ella Minnow Pea
PeaAddict
PeaNut 326621 - 7/8/2007
Posts: 1664 Layouts: 51
Loc: Evansville, IN
Count: 3 | Posted: 4/13/2009 8:39:11 PM
I do both equally. I scrap just about everything. If I like a story, or I like a picture, I'll scrap it.
The only problem with big events, is I can't limit myself to one page. I take too many pictures! |
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scrappysailorswife
AncestralPea
PeaNut 235775 - 12/11/2005
Posts: 4223 Layouts: 0
Loc: Virginia | Posted: 4/13/2009 9:07:19 PM
I scrap the every day moments more than anything else. I don't scrap birthday or Christmas pictures at all. I find that they are very chaotic to look at, and they are generally all the same. I do scrap Halloween photos though...LOVE those! Otherwise, it's just the regular, day to day stuff that makes up our lives...kids playing in the yard, vacations, day trips around our area...that sort of thing. |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70644 - 2/19/2003
Posts: 14304 Layouts: 564
Loc: Southern California
Count: 34 | Posted: 4/14/2009 1:17:46 AM
I am probably more a "big event" scrapper and they do come easier to me. But I do a lot of every day pages too, especially about my cats and the trail near our house. I have to be majorly inspired before I do those though. |
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scrapnpea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 266150 - 6/23/2006
Posts: 2370 Layouts: 41
| Posted: 4/14/2009 4:36:26 AM
Hummmm! I never thought of it. But I do tend to do events more.
I scrap by theme and so I tend to do events, we travel alot and do big holiday events so I am pretty much a Big event person~ I seldom pull my camera on daily stuff. |
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camanddanismom
AncestralPea
PeaNut 274243 - 8/26/2006
Posts: 4937 Layouts: 199
Loc: Northeast | Posted: 4/14/2009 6:25:46 AM
I definitely prefer everyday los...I find events to be difficult to scrap...usually too many pics and sometimes just not as interesting as the others...I don't scrap christmas. That is far too overwhelming to me...I have a photo book printed for that occasion although I do have plans to scrap my christmas card...birthdays are the worst for me! | |
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caspad
peas&crackers
PeaNut 3602 - 4/3/2000
Posts: 13130 Layouts: 363
Loc: Massachusetts
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I only struggle with a page when I have no story to tell.
So if I just have a great photo but with nothing compelling to journal about I often push it to the side.
Otherwise, because I'm looking for "the hook" or "the angle", the pages most scrappers hate doing like Christmas and birthdays are easy for me because I'm doing more than "this is what we did and what we got for presents". |
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minnieme
Still PEAing seven years and counting...
PeaNut 31818 - 3/6/2002
Posts: 5092 Layouts: 4
Loc: Long Island,New York
| Posted: 4/14/2009 12:45:18 PM
I've been scrapping since 1998 and now I seem to enjoy event scrapping better. I do some everyday...but not as much as I started out doing. |
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Pearl Maple
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 147143 - 5/14/2004
Posts: 6723 Layouts: 155
Loc: globe trotting
Count: 10 | Posted: 4/14/2009 1:33:06 PM
Would recommend Nic Howard's book on Everyday moments for everyone, lots of fun ideas. |
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SDeven
the Enabling Pea
PeaNut 65852 - 1/30/2003
Posts: 19122 Layouts: 308
Loc: Nashville TN
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PeaAddict
PeaNut 49578 - 9/19/2002
Posts: 1354 Layouts: 107
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 4/14/2009 2:37:21 PM
Really glad this was asked because now I know I'm not alone! The events are harder for me and I'm pretty sure it's because I have lots of photos from the event but not much of a story....for me, it's much harder to design multiple photo pages than those with one or two photos that just have a story to tell. Those come easier for me I've noticed and I'm looking forward to doing more pages like that after I get done scrapping about my past and can focus more on the present. I've also noticed that 12 x 12 albums are harder for me because I use more photos.....8 x 8 or 8 1/2 x 11 are less trouble, therefore more fun! Great question! | |
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peas&crackers
PeaNut 3602 - 4/3/2000
Posts: 13130 Layouts: 363
Loc: Massachusetts
| Posted: 4/15/2009 10:44:44 AM
The events are harder for me and I'm pretty sure it's because I have lots of photos from the event but not much of a story
instead of trying to cram the whole day onto a page in a multiphoto/2 page layout, why not focus on one story that does stand out to you from that big event?
I took a ton of photos at Thanksgiving but instead of doing a layout with a picture of the table, a few candids of the people, the decorations, etc I did a layout on how my Uncle is the only one left in the family who knows how to carve a turkey
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Judes4
BucketHead
PeaNut 211065 - 6/21/2005
Posts: 963 Layouts: 0
Loc: WA state
| Posted: 4/15/2009 12:22:36 PM
I do better with big events because I choose a theme and stick to it. Kind of like doing a mini album.
With fewer pictures I have to change it around and come up with new ideas more often. |
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