Happy 2018 friends! :)
So I accepted a seemingly simple project in November/December 2017 - a 4-page scrapbook album + cover with space for the givers to write personalized notes to the recipient.
Not only did they take 3 weeks to send me the photos but the photos were mostly badly-composed ones taken with mobile phones. That came unedited. Plus there were 50+ photos! And of course, they wanted it right after Christmas. *dramatic sad music plays in the background*
So I spent a few days thinking about the design of the scrapbook album since I wanted to use resources I had at hand and of course, decide which photos I wanted to use. Plus, the recipient was a dude which meant I couldn't use feminine elements. That was until the client said they wanted to fit as many photos in as possible.
Seriously, at this point, I was ready to throw in the towel and say to the client, "I think you should get somebody else to do this..." because they haggled on the fee and just wanted to pay for a 4-page album.
But of course, the client was my sister-in-law and her colleagues. Yep. The family card came into play. So the show must go on.
I went with pockets and pull-out tags for all the pages. I kept the decorations simple and flattish - stickers and die-cuts to reduce bulkiness.
Some pull-out tags had more photos and space for the givers to write their personalized notes.
Now it's way easier to do a scrapbook album for people you know than it is for a bunch of strangers. Because I had no context for the photos at all.
But since they supposedly like my style, I just did it my way - fun stickers and die-cuts with a little sense of humour. *winks*
Yes, there was great satisfaction in getting some of my stash used up. All my Xyron sticker machines were used to facilitate the completion of this project.
Final count for photos included in album: 40.
Number of times I had to go to the store to print photos: 3.
Number of hours I spent editing photos: lost count.
Number of hours I spent working on the album: 50.
Sense of achievement and relief now that it's over: priceless.
Hope 2018 has been good to you so far!
