Scrapbook Out Of Order

There's a great article in this month's Creating Keepsakes about scrapbooking non-sequentially to capture the memories you cherish the most.  I found this article so interesting and so right for this page that I thought I'd share it with you.

I was trying to scrap the little things in life, the things that in years to come the children would look and read and know more about the person I am or relive a memory from their childhood.  

The story goes that I pruned the verandah roses for winter, they grew again immediately and six weeks later they were in flower again.  Now some may think that isn't strange but where I grew up, when you prune your roses they stay pruned until spring arrives .... and then they start to grow.  I made everyone come and look at my dozen red roses - yes no-one was as excited as I was but they came and looked anyway.

So far so good - I loved this photo when it was printed.  Now according to the article if you have a photo you love, a moment you don't want to forget, something that tugs at your heart strings, etc etc you need to scrap it immedately.  I wish I had because I know this page would have been so very different - I would have used the words that conveyed the thoughts of the moment.

 There's something else that helps me to scrapbook - and that's finishing a page in one sitting .... I seem to get 'into the groove' of a page - again this page was almost complete and I stopped - when I returned to it later I had lost the 'feel' or 'thread' of what it was I was trying to create.

So whilst it isn't my favourite page - and I'll add more journalling to capture the thoughts and feelings behind the photo, I think it will be a turning point in my scrapbooking journey.

So how do you scrapbook?  

Are you slowly working your way through in date order?  

Do you write yourself notes so that you remember the feelings of the day or the event?

Do you finish a page all in one sitting?

Do you love all of your pages?

I'd love to find out - I think it is interesting to learn how others create - leave a comment and let us know.

Nikki 

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral; Ink:Peach Parfait, Chocolate Chip; DSP/Cardstock: Sunny Garden (retiring end of August), Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White; Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, Daffodil Delight Taffetta Ribbon, Spiral Punch (retired), Two Step Bird Punch, Scallop Trim Border, Crimper

Comments

[liz Hicks]

Nicki what a great post! I always scrap out of order! i tend to find a photo that I know I want to remember the story or get the story down. Scrapping for me is about the stories!

[Kerry]

Claire, I only scrapbook photos that have a meaning or connection to me. I also have a couple of albums on the go at one time. I do a scrapbook a year, for that year, of special times and I have a scrapbook of favourites which are in no particular order and are usualy photos I have stumbled across or forgotten. I like to do my layout in one sitting, but I don't ever put it together in the same sitting, usually takes me a couple of days.

[Claire Daly]

Love this post Nikki. It's all about the photos and the memories isn't it, not what order you do them in or even what products you use. I have always thought you really "get" scrapbooking. I love a good garden page too! I definitely scrapbook by which photos I love, or something that I had an emotional connection to and that seems to always be my starting point. I find the pages flow more easily that way. I think you have inspired me to scrapbook tonight!