Happy Monday greetings to you from Rhonda!
I'm back today with part 2 of our Poll. Yesterday we asked you about how your creative journey in scrapbooking begins.
Today's question for you is: How much time do you usually devote to creating a project?
Do you limit yourself or do you just work on something until it's "just right"? What I love about working with the Quick Quotes Club Q kits; it takes me way less time to create my projects! Everything I need is right there, especially the inspiration, titlework and the quotes/journaling prompts. The results are always beautiful and coordinated.
On average, I believe I spend about two to four hours on a page. I like to ponder and re-work things again and again and most likely, yet again!
Thanks for stopping in and spending a moment here with us today! We love getting to know you all a little better.
~ Rhonda
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14 comments:
My favorite process is to think over it for awhile. While waiting in the stores, on break time at work, and while I have any down time any where. Then I love to lay out the paper and the pictures I want on the page. It can take up to a week or as quickly as one hours. When the idea hits it doesn't take me long.
It depends on the project. Some projects I do up real quick and I am happy. Others I will even put aside for a day or two and then go back to them if I just can't get it exactly the way I want it. Also depends on if I get uninterrupted time or if I am babysitting. LOL
I work on something until it is just right - usually at one sitting - ahhh that can affect how much sleep I get.
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I am a ponderer too. Sometimes I will let a project sit out so I can ponder about what I want to do. A layout will usually take 4+ hours.
It usually takes me about 3-6 hours to complete a layout! Many times i put my layouts in "time out" if I am losing creative energy. I will pick something else up and sometimes the idea i was searching for just hits me!!
I like to take my time until it is just right, I also try to keep my projects as CAS as possible when I have a lot to get done, this doesn't mean they aren't still beautiful, but it helps keep me going! Thank you!
Lisa
i sometimes take weeks to finish a project. i just keep playing with it until it looks right to me. for me it's more about the journey than reaching the destination.
I'm like you Rhonda, I spend about 2-4 hours on a double page layout. I don't set a time limit for myself..when it's done, it's done!
I don't have a set time it really depends on where I go artistically so it could be anywhere from an hour to four or more. I have walked away and come back to a project tweaking it each time.
I am a slow scrapper. It took me an entire year to scrap my 4 day trip to New York! I usually take hours to do a two page layout. The last crop I went to I was into the game of scrapbook bingo so I was rushing. I got a lot of pages done but I am not happy with them. I think I will go back to slow and steady.
Well, Rhonda, I'm afraid I am guilty of fussing with a LO until it's absolutely perfect, or not...sometimes, after choosing papers and embellies, I think of something totally different to do an end up completely changing the look. One time, because I did just that, I took second place in a LO contest at CKC convention (using QQ papers, of course!)!
Being something of a perfectionist, I fuss with my layouts until they are perfect... to me! I can't limit the amount of time I spend on any creative endeavor and the few times I tried to do that, I wasn't at all happy with the finished product. Layouts are still a bit of a challenge for me as I am relatively new to the world of scrapbooking. I'm getting a little bit faster each time but sometimes I spend more than a day on one page playing with different looks, papers and embellishments until I find something I really love. If I can't do it the way I like it, what's the use of doing it at all?
What a fun adventure getting to see how others approach their crafting time!
I've loved reading each and every one of your comments!!! I think it's such a personal process and whatever feels right to you is just how its supposed to work.
For me, I do enjoy the little details and I don't focus on the time aspect much. Perhaps I will call this my "slow cooker creative process". ha ha!
Thank you SO much for sharing yourselves with us, we really enjoy these fun poll posts!
I've had pages go together in 15 minutes and pages that have take me 4 days. I just play with it til I like it.
Amy E.
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