As a contrast to yesterday's "beginners" page, here's a picture of my latest scrapbook page. I think I'm starting to find my style. Much like my cardmaking, very clean and simple, very linear. The focus is on the story the pictures and journaling tell with splashes of fun with color and patterned paper.
This page is a tribute to my Mom and her amazing sewing talents and the amazing energy and love she had for raising her family.
Although I don't really like my handwriting, I want to do a few pages that have my own handwriting on them because it feels much more personal. I found that I loved the handwriting in my grandmother's scrapbook. Somehow it made me feel like I knew her better. So hopefully those that read my scrapbooks will feel the same. But I find I have so much I want to say in the story that it doesn't always work to include the journaling on the page itself. So the 6x12 pages are really working out nicely.
Here's a shot of just the journaling page. I tried to include some dates in the descriptions of the clothes to help mark the times. Since my old photos are dated I had to go to the web to find the general dates for "ponchos", "smock tops" and "bell bottoms". Now that was a fun ride down memory lane!
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