Day: March 19, 2013

The Wait

The routine goes as follows: you find something is broken in your home. You inform the front desk, who in turn informs the workers. You give a time frame for when it’s convenient for you to have the workers come. You wait. And when everything goes properly, the workers will show up eventually (though most likely not at the time you specified, or the time you’re waiting for them), and the problems get solved. That’s when you’re lucky. But then, things always change. These days, I find things rather reversed. These days, it’s the front desk calling me on my way to breakfast (it’s 7 am in the morning). They tell me, “You’ve got a problem in your home.” “I do?” I say. “Yes. A Leak.” “Nothing’s wet in my apartment. Though I had a leak a couple weeks ago.” “Yes, but the office underneath your apartment has water coming down the walls.” “Oh. I see.” “So, can we send in a worker to fix this problem?” “Sure,” I say, and quickly tell them that …

scrapbook layout

Behind the Scenes: 4+ Ways of Scrapping Double Page Spreads

When it comes to scrapping pages for photo albums and such, my preferred way of scrapping the memories is by using double page spreads. Of course, as with everything you do in scrapping, there are lots of choices as to how to go about your designs. When working with double page spreads, I’ve found there are four ways of how you can scrap them: One combined layout, using a composition that includes your entire spread. A two-page layout, using the same products. Using two pages with different products to scrap about the same topic. Two single page layouts with different products and different topics.   Option 1 | A Combined Layout This option means you would create a two-page spread like a single unit. Personally, it is my preferred choice to scrap two page spreads for an album, because it makes the two pages look like one large layout.     Option 2 | Two-page Layout with Same Product Another favorite option of mine is to create two separate layouts for a double page, but …