These series of photos were taken just a week ago and were totally impromptu, yet they turned out to be the most insightful photos, delving deep into my daughter’s character! She was trying on my older daughter’s sunglasses on our front step and she spotted some neighbourhood kids coming down the street and got excited. She was smiling and pointing at them. These photos truly capture just how fashion-conscious, social, beautiful, charming and funny my little girl is. She really makes me smile. She is so innately ‘girl’ – without me even trying to influence her.
The paper, by Sassafras Lass, from the Cherry Delicious line is a bit older. It’s wild and wacky and went really well with both the feeling and theme of the photos, as well as the colour scheme. I have had this paper stashed away for almost a year and when I pulled it out, I knew immediately that it was the right paper for these photos. The layout itself is fairly simple. As is ‘my way’, I added a lot of layers, used a lot of 3D dots and clutter to make it more interesting. I’m not a ‘whitespace’ person. I try… yet my ‘whitespace’ just ends up filled up with embellishments or layers of paper and photos.
The most interesting thing about this layout, to me anyway, is the use of Hambly Screen Print, rubons. I haven’t used them before, and I have to say that I was really impressed! They are great quality, easy to use and super sticky! My only qualm with them is that because they’re so sticky – you have to be really sure that you want to put them on if you put them down. There’s no turning back and changing your mind. Once you lay them on (even gently, without rubbing) – they are ON! I made a mistake in the top left hand corner of my top left picture by trying to move a rubon. I eventually ended up hiding my mistake by covering it with the ‘Admit One’ Sassafras ticket and the Sassafras flower. I love how the ‘ribbon’ rubon at the top and the pennant rubon at the bottom under my title worked out though. The pennant rubon really highlights my title and makes it that much more interesting and special. Take a look for yourself…
