Scrapbooking with 'Month in Musings' printables: Holding on to my smalls!

Hi, hi.

Do you play along with the Simply A Moment meme over at Simply Alexa?

I've been joining in this year, blogging my own 'moment' around the mid-point of each month and, while I don't usually set myself the task of regular scrapbooking on a set theme or for a specific album, for some reason or another I've also been scrapping my pages too.  I think it satisfies the part of me that responds well to a deadline ... I like the clarity I get from knowing that, in a world of ideas pulling me this way or that, there's always another 'moment' queueing up to be scrapped ... and so I do. And there's another page made.

I haven't shared any of them here yet but ... if you learnt anything about me from Push-Up Bra Blogging ... you'll know that they're all bound to make an appearance at some point. And you'll also have learnt that I'm not fussed about blogging things in chronological order so, despite not sharing January, February or March's pages ... here's Aprils!

I wanted to use one of my new 'Month in Musings' printables on a non-number-themed page, not only to show their versatility to potential customers .. but to myself too because, let's face it, these are something I'm going to be spending a lot of time with, and I want to make the most of them!

And, when it came to selecting one to add to my 'moment' page ... what better design could there be but this one?!

[BTW: I printed out my Month in Musings on 6x4 matte photo paper I found i the £1 shop. I just printed out each digi-file as I would a regular 6x4 photo.]

This was one of those pages - do you do this? - that I thought I'd finished ...

I've been keping all my Simply A Moment pages fairly simple, with similar layout designs for continuity [again, not something I ever usually do ... I must be undergoing some scrapbooking evolutionary process!!] and I thought the [page had everything I wanted it to have:

• the photo from my original Simply A Moment post in April;
• the text from that post, printed off and tucked in a pocket behind the photo
• journaling block with a quote from the original blog post
• doily die-cut, washi tape
• and a title:

... but then ... I looked at again and it just felt ... a bit naked.

Then - bear with me on this - I remembered that that morning I'd seen a sequin on the carpet at the top of the stairs .. as you do ... and it got me thinking!

[You crafters will sympathise with me on that won't you? You must find all kinds of crafty oddments in odd places from time to time, don't you? Also - note how I didn't bother to pick it up when I saw it! Crafting is also a good excuse for not doing housework!]

And so ... I did actualy go back and pick up the stray sequin, to see if the colour matched my page and it did ... so I found some more [they weren't all on my carpet, the rest came from my embellishment box!] and glued a few, here and there, to my page:

I then finished off with a few lines of stitching through some of them and also through my title, and then flicked some ink at page for good measure.

Here's the final page again [to save your scrolling finger]:

I know the additions were fairly light and unobtrusive, but ...

... by adding a little bit of extra colour and interest they just seem to have made everything feel a little less 'naked'.

Like when a stripper leaves her hat on ... 

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The printables are available in:

• my Etsy shop and
• SJ's Little Musings store

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Tomorrow I'll share a card-making approach to the new printables ... and it's on card for a boy.

In a craft-world of flowers and bling I know many of you like to see examples of styles suitable for the men in their life so drop back on Friday ... OK?

You can leave your hat on.

Julie ;-)