Which page do you prefer?

By now, you should have your intended photo project visualized.

Let's suppose you've decided to challenge yourself into making a small photo album of a significant recent event -----

Hopefully your planning process includes gathering ONLY the supplies that you'll need to complete the project. Think of how you' d go about baking cookies, or a cake. You wouldn't bring out *ALL* your baking supplies, would you? No. You would only bring out what the recipe calls for.

So, what's the "recipe" for your small album project?
Write it down and stick to it when you create your book.

At this point though, the tendency is to gather *TOO MUCH*. Because of all the complicated scrapbook designs out there in magazines, we tend to use what we've seen as a precedent. We think we need to create something just as great, just as complicated.

After all, our pictures are precious aren't they?


EXAMPLE:
Look at the following pages. If these pages contained photos of your great, great grandchild ... which one would you prefer inheriting hundred years from now?







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Now, go back to your "recipe" for your small album, and eliminate at least half of the supplies you wrote down. You really only need a few sheets of paper, a pen or two, some adhesive, and maybe a few stickers. Aim for the look of the simple page, not the complicated one. You can always add something here and there later on.