round robin @2peas

this is one of the midmonth features i always look forward to seeing! i love participating in it because it is rather fun to watch it unfold (yes, simple things that amuse me, i know) :)
i thought i would point you over there and add some commentary to this layout that nearly made me throw it out the window.
you see that i follow stacey and she is the queen of cool color combos so i went with that. green, easy, blue, easy, lavendar-- not easy. i had to dig for some lavendar. purples have to be my least favorite color, which is strange considering it was the color of my bridal party in my wedding. hm.
anyways, back to the layout. clearly this is somewhat entertaining for the .02 percent of you scrapbookers out there who are curious about one's process. :)
the first lesson here would be you need to buy 2 of every sheet of paper you like. if i had 2 of that gorgeous tres jolie paper.. i wouldn't have had to improvise. because it started out a 12x12.. then went to an 81/2x11 then to a horizontal layout. i was having major issues at this point. i wanted to keep that cool border i made so i had to rip it apart a few times while changing my background. sigh. that is too much work for me. but i know i needed to salvage that cute thing. i originally had a big white heidi swapp bird where the flower was but it just didn't GO. then i went with the big cut out flower. yes, liked that much better. stamped my title. cute. handwrote my journaling on photo. ohhhh why did i do that? i didn't like that. and if i had a double of that photo i woul dhave tossed that handwritten version. i matted the photo with that AL green paper and it's tilted on purpose- not very like me.. but was calling for a tilt. added the brads and the stitching... was glad i managed to save that pathetic little rectangle of the jolie paper and was totally giddy to find the blue scenic route background paper that matched nicely.
i glued it all down and called it done.
way too much gluing and ripping on this one.
but in the end... i liked it mucho. :)
it doesn't usually go like this.. which is why i felt compelled to blog about it. :) thank you.

Comments

[Giosmama26]

A++++ work in my book. And after all the struggle and headache, you have yourself my dear a WONDERFUL layout. =)

[amber]

okay, so what exactly IS the round robin?? I've seen it listed before, but never figured out what it was. and that whole process you went through? Can I just say: one of the #1 reasons I switched to digi...:P
Love the layout though - especially the 'precious' title on the picture! :D

[amihan]

our little jamie is coming along just fine...

[Sarah]

I have to say, I love the journaling on the photo. Sometimes all that work is totally worth it!

[Marjorie]

This was one of my favs in the garden...

[laura t.]

another beauty...and I'm one of the .02% very interested in the process! :)

[doris]

i am certain that there are more than .02 percent of us that enjoy reading your scrappy thoughts . . . and i'm so happy to know that i'm not the only one out there with purple issues . . . :D

[chanda Alicante]

Jame, I've quit my job for two weeks now, hoping that I'd find more time to scrap. And ends up all I'm doing is spending more time looking for inspiration on your blog, and then realizing that it's been over an hour being in awwwwee over the same pages I've been drooling about for the last year...then it's time for dinner...ugh. So here's just another one to drool about. : (

[kelly]

love hearing your process!

i am also one that buys 2 pieces of every paper.
usually one ends up in the trash.
or else it stays in my stash until my yearly purge ;)

thanks for sharing!

[Cindy C]

I loved this post! Probably because I am always going back and forth on what I want to do. I'll cut paper, wish I hadn't... Journal on a photo, mess up, then have to wait until the next day to get the photo reprinted so it'll be perfect... *sigh*

Hearing your process is very cool. So glad to shared it! Hope you'll post more scrappy thought process in the future. :)

I love the layout too!

[gloria]

i call it pure
genious.

love your work.

[Kimberly White]

Thanks for sharing your process! And I totally agree about buying 2. Love your work Jamie! Kim

[Jessi]

I totally love this layout.....love how you did the word PRECIOUS. :)

[Jenna]

gorgeous layout! you just have that touch, even if it took you the long way around this time! love seeing your inspiring stuff. :)

[ChrissyAmport]

Count me in on the .02% too! I love the writing on the photo!

And I am definitely one to buy 2{or 5} sheets of the same awesome paper. I fear that all my stuff starts to look the same.

You could do nothing but stick a picture of one of your kids on a piece of notebook paper and call it done. It would still look awesome! Cute kids totally make a page. :)

Chrissy

[Bree]

Nice to know that even a "famous" scrapbooker has issues sometimes!! The process of a page is always interesting to me -- thanks for blogging it all for the .02 percent of us!!

[melissa deakin]

i'm so glad you blogged about this, jamie.
i love hearing about your process in creating.
love this layout so much.
love the tilt on the photo and the background paper is the perfect complement.

[Anita]

i love it mucho too! nicely done!

[kerry : k8tykat]

i think it's beautiful. and i love hearing about the process. sometimes i feel that i put WAY too much thought into the littlest details. putting things down, taking them away, putting others back. but in the end the right lo always turns out.