This first layout is 8x8 in size and will be the introduction page in my 2007 album. Yes, that's right, I have a chronological album for 2007. This is a little change from the Library of Memories system and my Category Albums. After giving it a lot of thought and taking Shimelle's Cover to Cover class, I have made some adjustments/ updates to how and where I store my layouts. However, that's a post for another day . . . so back to my 8x8 layout.
I like the simplicity of this layout with matted square punched photos, a strip of ribbon, a strip of washi tape, and some chipboard numbers and accents.The reason I chose to do a 8x8 layout for this introduction page is very simple - the second layout in the album (the one that will go in the page protector behind this one) is an 8x8 that I created some time back.
Do you have an album (or albums) for each year? Or do you store your layouts by category? Or a combination of both?
This is a great design, and your plain and patterned papers work so nicely together here. I'm a chronological scrapper myself ...
ReplyDeletelooking forward to seeing what you do this week. I used to have categories but since last year everything goes in my Project Life album at the time I create it
ReplyDeleteI've recently changed all my albums to years I much prefer working that way now.
ReplyDeleteI love the design here, too.
ReplyDeleteMy albums are roughly by year - I put my pages away one after the other when they are finished and I start a new album whenever I need to
I love the simplicity of this page too...
ReplyDeleteThis is great, perfect for a title page :)
ReplyDeleteMy layouts are all over the place! I scrap as the mood takes me, and they get filed wherever there's a space... The one exception is that we do have an album just for our trip to California last year :)
I like the clean design of your 2007 cover page. I also like the 8x8 format. I find it easier to use when I only have a photo or two.
ReplyDeleteOf course you've left me very curious about what changes came about as a result of Shimelle's class (didn't take that one). I do love the simplicity of this layout.
ReplyDeleteGreat page, I should do a few of these for my albums.
ReplyDeleteAlbum organization plan goes something like this. Started Chronological up to 2005 with CM albums. They are stuck in there so that is where they live. Moved to 3 ring binder albums and Stacy J LOM. Like it for a while, but I didn't like that every time you looked at the albums you saw the same pages.
Took Shimelle's cover to cover class, rearranged again. Like how my albums tell the story about my life.
So 2012 process is all chronological for the year. Do have an All about Us and Friends and Family Places and Things. This will house those pages that really don't have a time frame but something I wanted to do. I don't think I will do the full blown project life for 2013 like I am doing for 2012, but I will probably do it monthly because I really does capture the simple things in life that we are living today and also I like the chronological to see how things were back then. ~Ann
I'm another fan of this page design, and also of the colors you chose!
ReplyDeleteSimple works - really well. That is a great page. I don't do chronological scrapping, and I didn't take Shimelle's Cover to Cover class, but I have been thinking lately about filling in gaps in albums and doing some specialty albums for major vacations both of which address continuity, I think.
ReplyDeleteCatching up on all your "not my typical" posts. They're all great, but this is my favorite. I love the colors and the design of it, as well as the simple embellishment.
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I try to have an album for each year but I have too many photos to do an 8x8. Sometimes I make a separate album for an event if I have a lot of pictures...and I usually do! This a cute page. I like the simplicity of having the photos across the bottom with the date a swirl being big!
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