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DIY Embellishment with Pattern Paper {Chinese New Year}
I’m still not sure what’s the best system for the post titles. My blog posts are not always about the title of the layout. I hope to talk more about my process and techniques (or the lack of) for the layout. How about “Title for the post content” + “title for the layout in curly ...
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6 Months Supported Stand
This is a simple and typical baby book layout, not much story behind it. It was just funny that he first stood supported on the day he turned 6 months. What’s special about this layout for me though, is I didn’t plan it! Woohoo! When I worked on the previous layout, the travel page, I ...
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8,208 Miles
Over eight thousand miles before his first birthday, wow! I wanted to document how many miles he flew and how frequent the travels were, not just because it’s fun, but I wanted to document why we did it. My father was battling cancer, which we knew was terminal in the very beginning. What’s the best ...
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Sick – We Are Mixed Media Artist
A few weeks ago I saw that some scrapbook manufacturers sell 12×12 burlap for ridiculous amount of money. I immediately went over to Joann’s with my 40% coupon. I bought half a yard of burlap for less than 2 bucks. I also found some other fabrics that looked unique and would be pretty versatile ...
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Celebrate Failure
An accounting firm I used to work for had monthly meetings called “Celebrate Failures”, where teams shared their failure experiences, like lost engagement proposals or lost clients. The partners explained that people don’t like to talk about failures, which is a pity because often times you learn more from them than success. Hence we should ...
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B.Y.O.D.
I’m in the process of doing my son’s first year scrapbook. For some reason that most scrapbookers understand but can’t explicitly describe, I unconsciously restrict myself to working on first-year layouts only. It’s hard to start working on other projects when I set my mind on a project. So I ignore all photos taken past ...
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Halloween Layout
This is a layout I did for my son’s first year album, Halloween 2010. He was such a little thing — cute, obedient, easy going, and didn’t know what’s going on. He’s now one and half years old, but has entered into the terrible two stage since his first birthday. I suppose “terrible two” starts ...