SO what do you wish you did more of on your layouts?

using more physical memorabilia is one I always wish I could conquer- but I can never remember where I stash that sort of stuff.

More varied embellishments and more 3-D type embellishments is my answer, I think. Also more Silhouette cuts!

I have a huge stash of wood veneers, bling, decorative brads and die duts, flair, washi tape, ribbons, rickrack, craft floss, stencils, mists, etc. but I always seem to end up using the same few types of [generic] embellishments on my layouts- punched circles, flowers, and/or leaves, a few enamel dots and a word sticker or two, and that's it.  No machine sewing, no rickrack, no ribbon, no fancy background treatments like woven papers or inked edges, no texture paste, no stenciling, misting, hand-sewing, etc.

Journal. I am creating pages from 2001 and wish I would have written more down. Although when I read my old journaling, it cracks me up.

Use my tools. Like others i seem to gravitate to the same few embellishments.

I'm a who, what, where journaler. Sometimes when i read the journaling on online pages i cringe a little. It's just not my style and a lot of it is so overwrought to my eye.

I wish I had bought an inexpensive sewing machine to stitch on my layouts. It was super popular for quite a while, but I could never justify the expense since it would have been the only thing I sewed.

hmmm- I have a couple layouts in process right now, and because I came back to read the updates to this thread, I think I'm going to add some different embellishments to it! Either hand sewing, flair, wood veneer, or something like that. Thanks for asking this question, LisaDV.

Because I store my photos in 9"x12" manila envelopes, I add the memorabilia right to the envelope. That way it's all together.

I wish I did more hand stitching. I have loads of templates, embroidery floss and twine, and even my beloved Sew Easy tool. But A) it never occurs to me to do it and B) it takes forever.

I want to encourage those of you who said "more memorabilia" - it's never too late to go back and add it if you still have it or find it later. I do this ALL the time. I bought a bunch of 8.5x11 page protectors, different size pocket pages, etc. and I stick stuff in. Then when I go through the album again, it makes me happy to see it there.

those are both good ideas- I always think the memorabilia should be incorporated INTO the layout, you know? but I have plenty of regular page protectors, and I have the Fuse tool, so I could totally do something like that. Either add it into the middle of the layouts, or at the end of an album, in the case of my vacation album. That IS one reason I want to make a mini album to go with the 12x12 vacation albums, though, too- to use some of the random memorabilia on the pages / flaps / pockets.

but one of my other issues is FINDING the memorabilia-  I have a couple piles of stuff, they're just not organized.  that would probably be a good weekend project sometime. 

Journaling. I am really bad about that. Really bad. I need to be better!

I wish I used my Cameo more. I need to pre-plan some titles so I can cut them all at once; the same with die cuts.

I love hand stitching but wish it didn't take me so long sometimes; so maybe there is a sewing machine in my future?

I wish I did more stitching on my pages, I love the look, just don't want to drag the machine out- maybe I will do that this weekend!

I prefer to put the memorabilia in a pocket on the back of the LO - it's often crumpled and ugly anyways, and the cool part about a map or programme is that you can pull it out and open it up and see the details...if I put it under elements on a layout, it's stuck!

I wish I used more mixed media - spice up the backgrounds a bit - but it's so much extra work! I grab photos and dive right in.