It's not too often, but sometimes I will tear the whole thing apart and start over, especially if I had been struggling already with the design or color or photo placement and am still not happy on a second look. My children sometimes laugh at me for this perfectionistic behaviour, but I figure I am going to look at it, so I gotta like it.
I recently began a one-page layout of some pictures of my son on his 20th birthday. I had a handful of photos of him with his cake and opening presents; they weren't great but they were what I had.
There were a few other snapshots of the birthday boy with my husband and father-in-law. I felt like I should include them because of the whole "three generations" thing.
So I fussed around and tried a layout that included all 5 pictures... I cropped the photos, re-arranged them a bunch of times, found a sketch to follow, and chose some bright blue and bright green cardstock that I thought would work with the colors in the photos (since my husband was wearing a bright green shirt)... but no matter what I couldn't make it work! The photos and the colors were visually chaotic and I wasn't liking all photos anyway so I didn't feel happy when I looked at the page.
Let the thing sit out overnight, and the next day after fiddling with it a bit more and adding a title (that I really didn't like!) I summarily tore the whole thing apart and started over. Once I did that I was free to
1. choose entirely different (and more earth-tone) cardstock colors that didn't compete with the already busy photos but created a neutral background for them,
2. decide not to include the "3 generations" photos that I didn't like
3. use a supremely simple but attractive design.
1. choose entirely different (and more earth-tone) cardstock colors that didn't compete with the already busy photos but created a neutral background for them,
2. decide not to include the "3 generations" photos that I didn't like
3. use a supremely simple but attractive design.
I wish I had a "before" picture to show you. Well, actually I don't, because it wasn't any good. Here's what I ended up with. The important things are captured -- what my son looked like on his 20th birthday and my thoughts about him reaching this milestone.
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