This layout uses paper from Pink Paislee's 'Old School' line. I wouldn't normally go for school-themed paper for a layout about a boy and his pet bunny, but the B-side worked perfectly.
10/27/11
Themed Patterned Paper
I have a problem with themed patterned paper. No matter how cute it is, I rarely end up using it. Either my pictures end up clashing with it, or it is too theme-y for the layout, or it just doesn't work for some other reason. And it ends up sitting in my pile of unused paper. I've pretty much stopped getting any themed patterned paper unless it has a non-themed pattern on the B-side. That way I know I can use it for more than just the one topic.
This layout uses paper from Pink Paislee's 'Old School' line. I wouldn't normally go for school-themed paper for a layout about a boy and his pet bunny, but the B-side worked perfectly.
This layout uses paper from Pink Paislee's 'Old School' line. I wouldn't normally go for school-themed paper for a layout about a boy and his pet bunny, but the B-side worked perfectly.
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
10/26/11
Combining Photos from Events
I've mentioned before that I have a weird quirk where I will not scrap more than one page for an event, no matter how many photos I took. A related quirk is that I like to combine photos from similar events into a single page.
We are HUGE fans of fairs. Most years, we visit two county fairs plus the California State Fair. I'm guessing a lot of people would scrap that as three separate pages, but I make one page that summarizes them all.
Here's a fairly typical page- this one happens to be from 2008. Three fairs, four photos.
And here's the page from this year. Two fairs, fifteen photos. One major difference between 2008 and 2011... I realized that I don't have to order every photo as a 4x6! Printing collages allows me to get so many more photos on the page.
We are HUGE fans of fairs. Most years, we visit two county fairs plus the California State Fair. I'm guessing a lot of people would scrap that as three separate pages, but I make one page that summarizes them all.
Here's a fairly typical page- this one happens to be from 2008. Three fairs, four photos.
And here's the page from this year. Two fairs, fifteen photos. One major difference between 2008 and 2011... I realized that I don't have to order every photo as a 4x6! Printing collages allows me to get so many more photos on the page.
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
10/25/11
Scrapping Out of Order
I do not scrap in chronological order. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has read my blog before. In the past few weeks, I've posted the following layouts in this order: our anniversary (May), a trip to San Jose (June), Trevor at preschool (Sept-April), preschool graduation (May), adopting Trouble (June), a pumpkin patch visit (October), and Trevor's birthday (June). That's not just the order in which I posted them- it's the order in which I completed them.
Even though I don't scrap in order, I always put the pages in chronological order in the scrapbook. Here's the system that works for me: I order a stack of prints every 2 or 3 months, sort through them to figure out how many layouts I'll be making, then put post-it flags on my page protectors to show where each page will go. The top of the album looks like this:
Once all the pages are tagged, I start scrapping, beginning with whatever photos I feel like working on. When I finish a page, I slide it into the marked spot in the album and remove the post-it note. Here's the spot where yesterday's layout about Trevor's birthday party will go:
Occasionally I misjudge how many pages I'll be making, but it's very rare. When that happens, I just move the layouts and post-it notes to make room for the unexpected layout.
Do you scrap chronologically? If not, do you put the layouts into albums chronologically or in the order in which you finish them? What system works for you?
Even though I don't scrap in order, I always put the pages in chronological order in the scrapbook. Here's the system that works for me: I order a stack of prints every 2 or 3 months, sort through them to figure out how many layouts I'll be making, then put post-it flags on my page protectors to show where each page will go. The top of the album looks like this:
Once all the pages are tagged, I start scrapping, beginning with whatever photos I feel like working on. When I finish a page, I slide it into the marked spot in the album and remove the post-it note. Here's the spot where yesterday's layout about Trevor's birthday party will go:
Occasionally I misjudge how many pages I'll be making, but it's very rare. When that happens, I just move the layouts and post-it notes to make room for the unexpected layout.
Do you scrap chronologically? If not, do you put the layouts into albums chronologically or in the order in which you finish them? What system works for you?
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
10/24/11
Another Finished Layout
It is such a good feeling to finish a layout and get it into an album! I've been struggling with this one for a few months. It was hard to pare down the photos to just the seven I included. Once I settled on the photos, I had trouble finding a place for some accent paper and the journaling without it looking crowded. I do like the finished page.
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
10/21/11
Halloween Costumes for your Candy
I have fond childhood memories of wrapping Kleenex around Tootsie Pops to make ghosts. I decided to challenge myself to dress up some other candy as well! Here's what I came up with. I love them!
First, the ghosts. For each ghost, you need one Kleenex, one Tootsie Pop, some ribbon, and a Sharpie.
Step 1: Peel apart the Kleenex into two plies and stack them as shown. Use the Sharpie to add a face.
Step 2: Wrap the Kleenex around the Tootsie Pop and tie with the ribbon. Done!
Next, the pumpkins. For each pumpkin, you need a square of orange tissue paper, 3 Starbursts, some floral tape, and a Sharpie.
Step 1: Stack the Starbursts in the center of the tissue paper.
Step 2: Twist to secure.
Step 3: Wrap the floral tape around the top of the tissue paper to form a stem. Bend for a more realistic look.
Step 4: Use the Sharpie to add a face!
Finally, Frankenstein. You need a Sugar Daddy, green tissue paper, black cardstock, 2 googly eyes, a Sharpie, glue and scissors.
Step 1: Wrap the green tissue paper around the Sugar Daddy. (This would be easier with a pack of gum or anything else rectangular, as you wouldn't need to work around the stick.)
Step 2: Use the Sharpie to add hair, eyebrows, a nose, and a mouth.
Step 3: Cut bolts from the black cardstock and glue to the back. Glue on the eyes.
First, the ghosts. For each ghost, you need one Kleenex, one Tootsie Pop, some ribbon, and a Sharpie.
Step 1: Peel apart the Kleenex into two plies and stack them as shown. Use the Sharpie to add a face.
Step 2: Wrap the Kleenex around the Tootsie Pop and tie with the ribbon. Done!
Next, the pumpkins. For each pumpkin, you need a square of orange tissue paper, 3 Starbursts, some floral tape, and a Sharpie.
Step 2: Twist to secure.
Finally, Frankenstein. You need a Sugar Daddy, green tissue paper, black cardstock, 2 googly eyes, a Sharpie, glue and scissors.
Step 1: Wrap the green tissue paper around the Sugar Daddy. (This would be easier with a pack of gum or anything else rectangular, as you wouldn't need to work around the stick.)
I seriously love how these turned out! I'm hoping they'll be a hit at our MOMS Club Halloween party.
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught 4th and 5th grade for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She spent many years as the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of "What Would Jesus Patent?", does freelance writing and designing, loves jigsaw puzzles, is an avid scrapbooker, and has been to all 50 states.
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