Stasha, Blessed and a little bit about being current.
Hello everyone !
This is Stasha, and it's her Freshmen year at the Yong Siew Toh Music Conservatory at NUS. The one thing I know, as a scrapper, when we have good photos and wonderful products, inspiration is immediate ! I love this Emporium collection by Teresa Collns, the soft browns and dusky pinks are a perfect combination.
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Let's talk about scrapping style a bit .........
This layout is really *me* now. I have to admit it took a long journey to get to this style, and right now as far as layouts are concerned, it's what I do best, usually very quickly and enjoy tremendously. Good photos are important, so are pretty products that suit my style. There have been past instances when I've had to use supplies that were so different and beyond what I would've chosen myself, very challenging ....... and subsequently the work produced was unsatisfactory (to me anyway ....) !
The one thing I've realised in Singapore is : clean and simple layouts seem to get a bad rep as classes, they are considered less value for money because they look so simple to do. People will not pay for classes that teach balance and proportion, which is essentially what clean layouts are about. Contrary to the the usual opinion, clean layouts do require skills, especially knowing how to work with *white space*, knowing how to stop from adding too much, how to create interest, even texture to the layouts, learning how to create with current and trendy products.
I've had scrappers who seem stuck in a time warp ....... they feel helpless when it comes to using current products in the stores like enamel dots, insta-photo frames, the tags, envelopes, glitter paper and the colour gold. Consequently, they scrap in styles that feel dated and often heavy.
This is not a criticism, I would never ever say a scrapping style is wrong.
What I am saying is, no matter your style ........... update it. Using new products that have come out is so much fun. Not knowing how to adapt them to your style means you are losing out on new skills, a fresh way of creating, more exciting ways of being inspired.
Hope your week has been good !
