Monday, September 5, 2011

Common High School Scrapbook Problems (and how to overcome them) - Part 2

By Janette Miller


Welcome back to the high school scrapbook special. In the last article, we covered how you can overcome issues getting started and how to source more materials for your album.

In this post, we'll be heading over to issues that you may encounter when working on your next album.

I haven't got the time to make one

While this isn't an argument directly with the school scrapbook itself, its is no less a vital one that must be covered.

You could be suffering from a sore lack of private time. Personal time is time spent doing the things which are necessary to you, doing what you want to do.

Its easy to fall into a pattern that sucks up your free time too - between, working your job, running a house and keeping your family running, time seems to disappear swiftly .

You have to set out a little time for yourself. A very good time for this is right at the end of the day - work is over, dinner and the family is sorted and you can relax. Find a place that's completely out of the way, a spare room or a corner in a room that other house members use infrequently and get yourself set up in there.

You'll be amazed at how much you get done when you're out of a busy traffic area!

My Album Looks Like Everybody Else's!

This is a very common problem and one of the most important surprises is that some individuals do not even see that it is occurring to them. If you do notice - congratulations! You have a keen eye and acute observation skills.

The way this happens is that folks sometimes fall into a routine. While its good to draw inspiration from other people's school scrapbook, it can have the effect of coming out looking similar, if not the same.

I usually get around this by making the first page something totally original. Everything I do on this page should be of my own design using my very own creativity . This puts me into a great process where I then go on to make subsequent pages using both inspiration and original thought.

So there you go, I have covered the primary issues that many folk seem to have when putting together their school scrapbook. With a little ingenuity and creativeness, you'll notice that you can beat any other scrapbooking problems by tackling them head on!




About the Author:



No comments: