One of the things I loved about this months garden theme-multi photo layouts- was seeing how the garden girls designed their pages. I found that despite the unique styles in the garden, there were many design consistencies. I mean really, there are only so many ways you can place photos on a page right :).  Some of the common patterns I noticed were “clustering”, “lining it up”, “filling in space”, and “balancing”. Oh and yes I am sure there are more specific design "terms"-sorry I am not a graphic designer! 

Here are some examples of photo clustering:

Sarah's layout shows a photo cluster but with some asymmetry in the placement. I love how she balanced the photos with a little curve.

Veronica lines up and clusters her photos with one offset here.What a great series of photos. Only a multi photo layout could do them justice!

Jackie's cluster treats all  4 photos in her layout as one in her design.I love how she talked about her process in her garden write up.What a sweet layout.

Laura clustered her photos on one side of her 2 page spread here. It gives so much visual interest to her work yet also maintains her classic white space signature.

Here are some examples of "lining it up".

Here Jennifer Pebbles lines her photos across the page but  balances them with some assymetric embellishing. She manages to soften the linear design with her funky accents and some great color.

Amy's and Jennifer Johner both line their series of photos across the pages here, yet their distinct styles make the layouts so very different as a finished product.

Amy's layout is clean and crisp and very focused on these great photographs (which are a perfect series for a multi photo spread! Look at that doll baby! Totally precious...

Jennifer Johner softens and distresses her page so that it just appears less linear overall. Such a fun and happy page too. love the classic "Johner" touches here.

And here Tracy and Kelly also "line it up" but add a focal point to their design-Kelli's by enlarging her central photo and Tracy by adding a circular element to her design.

Kelli's layout. Isnt that tree great! And did you read the journaling here? Kelli always has these fabulous little snippits of information about her kids. Love it.

Tracy's Layout. Here notice how her photos "break out" of the central design and then she adds that great little circle on top. Love this. Oh and this makes me want to be a kid again!

Jamie lined her photos up too, but in a vertical fashion. I love the way she balanced her clustered accents with some white space. Oh and Elsie always makes me smile..isnt she so sweet...

Here are some examples of "filling up space". I loved how full of life these layouts appeared with their photo collections.

Margies layout. What gorgeous photos and this just makes them standout so much. Love the button touches here. Fabulous.

Emily's layout. Isnt this gorgeous. Notice the way Emily finished off the collection by sewing around the edge. Those subtle touches are so style defining.

Here are some examples of layouts in which a 3 photo design was well balanced.

Sarah's layout here is so well balanced with the 3 photos, some curves and some linear journaling. I also love how soft this layout appears. It is classic "Sarah".

Rebecca's layout also shows a great balance of 3 photos. Then I love the color and funky way she accented this.What a great "sick layout".

Chelsea's layout. Notice how her photos are a little larger here but still so well balanced. And arent the photos gorgeous!

So I thought this garden was a great one for illustrating various design principles, yet also for highlighting how very different the 2peas designers are in terms of their finished products. Good stuff!

Joy Bohon