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Post by mbanda on Jun 23, 2021 21:23:43 GMT
I have approximately 10 pages (5 2-page spreads) from a cruise my husband & I took about 20 years ago that never made their way into a book. I never finished scrapping all of the pictures & now I want to finish & get these all in a book. The pages from 20 years ago do not reflect my scrappy style today but they are perfectly fine - just more simple - basically cardstock, stickers, printed titles from my computer on vellum...
I probably have about 10-14 more pages to finish the book.
Do I try to match the older pages style so the pages are cohesive? Or do I re-scrap/re-work the older pages so everything flows? What would you do??
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Post by mom on Jun 23, 2021 21:27:44 GMT
I would just scrap them and put them in. If you can get close to what the design was before, great. If not, just get them done and be done with it.
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Post by MARIBETHR on Jun 23, 2021 21:29:37 GMT
That's a tuff one. Personally I would probably leave my original pages as they are and then scrap the new pages in your new style. I would probably journal something about the time gap so that future generations would be able to understand the progression of your scrapbook style. However if you liked the original style but have simply shifted to another style, it might be fun to revisit it again and continue with it for this project.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 23, 2021 21:58:50 GMT
I have redone many albums so I might redo it, or I might just try to add some things to the pages to make them better. Otherwise I would scrap them the way I scrap now and if I couldn't be happy looking at the album I would go and redo the pages to make them more pleasing to me.
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Post by Ryann on Jun 23, 2021 22:08:57 GMT
I would try to add something(s) to your earlier pages that reflects your current style so they don't seem out of place. Something that bridges the two styles... Things that might be easy to include: enamel dots, nuvo drops, spray mist or paint splatters, washi tape, hand stitching, pen doodling/faux stitching. Basically the sprinkly-bits that come at the end of making a layout. I think Shimelle refers to it as confetti??
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Post by msliz on Jun 23, 2021 22:11:15 GMT
If it wouldn't mean re-doing too many, I'd take apart the older pages and start fresh. It would make it easier and more fun for me than trying to integrate the new pages with the older ones.
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Post by grammadee on Jun 23, 2021 22:11:33 GMT
That's a tuff one. Personally I would probably leave my original pages as they are and then scrap the new pages in your new style. I would probably journal something about the time gap so that future generations would be able to understand the progression of your scrapbook style. However if you liked the original style but have simply shifted to another style, it might be fun to revisit it again and continue with it for this project. This is what I would suggest. Don't over think it. If you are comfortable echoing the style of the earlier pages, go for it. If that seems like a chore, go with your new style, use your new skills. And your new products, unless you saved a bunch of the papers you were using back then.
What I WOULDN'T do is redo the pages already completed. Just start with them and move on. I have often slipped recently constructed pages into albums from a few years ago. Don't think it would be that much different from picking up a story you left off back then and finishing the album. I think the point is that the story is being told and the photos will be there to help tell it.
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Post by cropelf on Jun 23, 2021 23:38:39 GMT
If it were me, I'd move forward with a different strategy. I'd pick something to tie the older with any newer pages for continuity, such as following a color scheme, or element/s, fonts, embellishments, to tie the earlier pages with the newer pages with the older. As I used to call it when I was in marketing, make them sing together. For me, it's ok that there's a time gap if you find a way to unify the continuity of the pages. Actually I'd find it interesting. As someone else said, maybe even include the gap in your journaling. Good luck. And please post if you are comfortable. Cheers!
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 24, 2021 2:36:01 GMT
Just create the new ones like you do now. Leave the old ones if you have plenty to scrap.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 24, 2021 2:44:50 GMT
I really dislike the pages I did when I first started scrapbooking about 20 years ago. So if it were me, I would definitely re-do the original ten pages. Otherwise it would bug the crap out of me every time I opened that album.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Jun 24, 2021 3:19:34 GMT
I really dislike the pages I did when I first started scrapbooking about 20 years ago. So if it were me, I would definitely re-do the original ten pages. Otherwise it would bug the crap out of me every time I opened that album That is me too, in fact I pulled apart all of the pages that I made from my year 12 formal and 21st Birthday because they are such big life events and I hated those pages. On the flip side of redoing everything I started an album years ago from a trip we took to New Zealand to visit with my husbands family and I just never got around to finishing it off. I decided that the best approach to those pages was to finish it off quickly with pocket pages (still have not fully finished that album  ). Using pocket pages for a travel album changed how I do trips and holiday albums forever and I would probably just do that myself here. |
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Post by Linda on Jun 24, 2021 4:13:07 GMT
That's a tuff one. Personally I would probably leave my original pages as they are and then scrap the new pages in your new style. I would probably journal something about the time gap so that future generations would be able to understand the progression of your scrapbook style. However if you liked the original style but have simply shifted to another style, it might be fun to revisit it again and continue with it for this project. This is what I would suggest. Don't over think it. If you are comfortable echoing the style of the earlier pages, go for it. If that seems like a chore, go with your new style, use your new skills. And your new products, unless you saved a bunch of the papers you were using back then.
What I WOULDN'T do is redo the pages already completed. Just start with them and move on. I have often slipped recently constructed pages into albums from a few years ago. Don't think it would be that much different from picking up a story you left off back then and finishing the album. I think the point is that the story is being told and the photos will be there to help tell it.
I'm parking my ditto right here - do the new pages and don't overthink. |
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Post by cbscrapper on Jun 24, 2021 4:49:57 GMT
I say work on the new pages. Once you complete those, if you feel like going back to the old pages and either adding some updated sprinkles and such OR completely redoing them, you can decide at that point. 😁
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 24, 2021 7:12:54 GMT
I would scrap the rest of the trip in my current style, but add embellishment elements to my initial layouts to tie it all together.
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Post by Really Red on Jun 24, 2021 12:17:34 GMT
I really dislike the pages I did when I first started scrapbooking about 20 years ago. So if it were me, I would definitely re-do the original ten pages. Otherwise it would bug the crap out of me every time I opened that album. I agree. It's only 5 double pages. I think it would go faster than normal. |
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Post by auntmimi on Jun 24, 2021 12:43:27 GMT
I'm torn. I'm a big fan of not redoing work that is already finished because I have so many unfinished projects. I'm also a big fan of cohesion in a travel album. I'd say try to mimic your old style, which will cut down on decisions and enable you to get the album finished, especially considering you are about halfway finished already based on your estimate.
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Post by mbanda on Jun 24, 2021 14:34:53 GMT
I say work on the new pages. Once you complete those, if you feel like going back to the old pages and either adding some updated sprinkles and such OR completely redoing them, you can decide at that point. 😁 Wow - thank you for all the feedback!! I think this may be the route I'm going to take - just start with new pages & if the old pages are really bothering me then I may either re-do them entirely or figure out how to tie them in to my new pages. I like my travel albums to be cohesive so we'll see how everything turns out. I'm going to a 5-day retreat in July so I'll be working on this project (as well as others) during that time. |
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Post by artbabe on Jun 25, 2021 15:01:44 GMT
I've gone back to old layouts and added some new elements to make them more contemporary. My first layouts were very cardstock heavy so I went back and added some patterned paper to them. I also have added some enamel dots, gems, etc. to fix them up a bit. I don't tear a page apart and redo them very much but I do tweak old pages.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jun 25, 2021 15:30:45 GMT
I have a similar issue. What I plan to do is start where I left off, and do a similar style, but slightly more like my current style, and then the following layout, get a bit closer to my current style, etc., so the pages seem to morph to my current style. I don’t want to spend any time redoing old layouts.
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Post by huskermom98 on Jun 25, 2021 15:59:36 GMT
I say work on the new pages. Once you complete those, if you feel like going back to the old pages and either adding some updated sprinkles and such OR completely redoing them, you can decide at that point. 😁 Wow - thank you for all the feedback!! I think this may be the route I'm going to take - just start with new pages & if the old pages are really bothering me then I may either re-do them entirely or figure out how to tie them in to my new pages. I like my travel albums to be cohesive so we'll see how everything turns out. I'm going to a 5-day retreat in July so I'll be working on this project (as well as others) during that time. This is a great solution.. Since you plan to work on the new pages at a retreat, save all of the extra bits & pieces from the new pages to see if you can possibly add them (and anything else) to the old pages to make them a little more cohesive. |
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Post by joblackford on Jun 25, 2021 19:10:10 GMT
I say work on the new pages. Once you complete those, if you feel like going back to the old pages and either adding some updated sprinkles and such OR completely redoing them, you can decide at that point. 😁 Wow - thank you for all the feedback!! I think this may be the route I'm going to take - just start with new pages & if the old pages are really bothering me then I may either re-do them entirely or figure out how to tie them in to my new pages. I like my travel albums to be cohesive so we'll see how everything turns out. I'm going to a 5-day retreat in July so I'll be working on this project (as well as others) during that time. I agree with this approach, only re-do the old ones if it really bothers you. I think it will partly depend if the album is 10 pages of old layouts and then 10 pages of totally different new, or if you scrapped the days/stories out of order so they'd end up mixed up. It might be less bothersome if it's all mixed up, but who knows? Good luck  |
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 26, 2021 19:39:06 GMT
That's what I would do too.
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). Using pocket pages for a travel album changed how I do trips and holiday albums forever and I would probably just do that myself here. 
