Crop Corner

Last night, while I was flipping through some old scrapbooks, my husband, who was looking over my shoulder, remarked that I’ve gotten much better over time.

It is amazing to look back at some early scrapbooking pages and realize just how much my style has evolved. I still am trying to improve - but am happy that my improvements are noticable.

I’ve always been the type to take a long time to finish art projects. In fact, I can remember as a kid in gradeschool, that I was always one of the last to finish projects in art class. I seem to lack that just jump in and do it approach. I tend to analyze, obsess over spacing, and attempt to find just the right color combinations that work together with the photos.

The downside of all this is I don’t really think the extra time and effort necessarily mean that the final product is better. Lately I’ve been really examining layouts I like online, in magazines, and in books. I’ve been trying to distill what I can learn from them to hopefully, progress more directly to a creative process that is going to give me the results I want.