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I realized that I had taken some pictures of my first few real attempts at doing scrapbooking pages. I’m still getting the feel for layouts, color schemes. Also what I like and don’t like. The following are the first few from the Jekyll Island trip.

OK, this is the OMG PINK page. Still, it went so well with the picture and is so VERY Felicity.
Its hard to read in the picture, but I really liked the circular journaling in this one.

This one I just love. The postcard I had left over went SO well with the layout I had to use it. The top of the card I used for journaling has a clear stamp from a “Travel” collection of Inkadoo.

This one is my ‘black’ design. I tried to do a “sand” look on the lettering, but unfortunately I had the wrong kind of sand and glue. Its sort of coming off. The background picture is one that was so stark, it was almost black and white, so I printed it out in black and white on a light lavender cardstock. There’s a setting on the printer that does a minimal inking of the image. I thought it turned out really well and pulled the other two pictures together.

This one gave me some trouble. I ended up loving it though. I like the ovals with the offset matting that i used for journaling. The “surf” sticker on there did not originally have a starfish. It was in a little box of trinkets i’d had lying around for years. I just glued it onto the sticker.

So that’s what I’ve done so far. I have some projects stewing in the back of my mind and SO many awesome photos to work with. Despite my struggle with bitterness and depression this time of year, I’ve put on a happy face for the kids and taken a few good pictures for future creative fodder. In the meantime, I’ve budgeted about 10-15 dollars a week for “craft supplies” (for now, it will be less to none soon if daecon doesn’t get a job).