A shift in trends?
I was thumbing through my Creating Keepsakes mag yesterday and I noticed that their usually trend saturated layouts are changing. What's up with that? I thought that doodling was the new it and anyone not desiring to scribble on their layouts were shunned but I saw that the majority of the layouts were non-doodle layouts. Is this their way of moving away from the E. Flannigan flourishy style? or is there something new on the horizon that we are yet to find out about.
I did notice that hand written journaling and journaling period is making a comeback. I like that, it's making scrapbooking more personal. Tristan, my resident 10yr. old scrapbooking expert was looking as some of my idea books and he asked me point blank, "why bother do all of this if you aren't telling a story?". My little avid reader loves to read my thoughts of him, his sister, the moment, what ever... as long as there is a story. I too noticed that when I took my books to VA my family would skim past any layouts that didn't have journaling right out where they could see it and stopped to read every word that i'd wrotten (for the ones with hidden journaling.. well it was hidden because I didn't want just anyone reading it). I guess he has a point, but I can also make a good argument for layouts that feature pictures that speak for themselves. Sometimes words just muddy the waters... try explaining that to a 10 year old!
I'm selling my husband.
If anyone needs a techno-geek with a good sense of humor, let me know. I personally am tired of living in a pig sty and having him contribute to it on a daily basis. So... I'm accepting any offer over $.25.
I need to clean my house, clean sweep style. I'm tired of the clutter, I'm tired of the boxes of stuff that we'll never use. I'm going to just start in one room and start moving stuff into piles; KEEP, SELL, and TOSS. My goal is to have the toss stuff tossed, the sell stuff sold on Ebay or donated to charity and the keepers kept in their place! That's it! I'm done! No more! I have a 2300sq.ft home and there is disorder and chaos in all of the rooms! ALL OF THEM! Seriously... how hard can it be to put a magazine back in the rack when you are done sitting your duff on the throne? And how about replacing the toilet paper rolls... not sitting another roll on top of the empty one?
Okay... I'm done ranting... for now...
Good Morning by the way!
I did notice that hand written journaling and journaling period is making a comeback. I like that, it's making scrapbooking more personal. Tristan, my resident 10yr. old scrapbooking expert was looking as some of my idea books and he asked me point blank, "why bother do all of this if you aren't telling a story?". My little avid reader loves to read my thoughts of him, his sister, the moment, what ever... as long as there is a story. I too noticed that when I took my books to VA my family would skim past any layouts that didn't have journaling right out where they could see it and stopped to read every word that i'd wrotten (for the ones with hidden journaling.. well it was hidden because I didn't want just anyone reading it). I guess he has a point, but I can also make a good argument for layouts that feature pictures that speak for themselves. Sometimes words just muddy the waters... try explaining that to a 10 year old!
I'm selling my husband.
If anyone needs a techno-geek with a good sense of humor, let me know. I personally am tired of living in a pig sty and having him contribute to it on a daily basis. So... I'm accepting any offer over $.25.
I need to clean my house, clean sweep style. I'm tired of the clutter, I'm tired of the boxes of stuff that we'll never use. I'm going to just start in one room and start moving stuff into piles; KEEP, SELL, and TOSS. My goal is to have the toss stuff tossed, the sell stuff sold on Ebay or donated to charity and the keepers kept in their place! That's it! I'm done! No more! I have a 2300sq.ft home and there is disorder and chaos in all of the rooms! ALL OF THEM! Seriously... how hard can it be to put a magazine back in the rack when you are done sitting your duff on the throne? And how about replacing the toilet paper rolls... not sitting another roll on top of the empty one?
Okay... I'm done ranting... for now...
Good Morning by the way!
posted by Essentially Jae' at Thursday, July 13, 2006
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