Layout: Who Needs To Focus?

Hello again.

Today is my turn to blog a project on Scattered Scarlet: the 3DJean Design Team blog and this is what I made, a scrapbook page using the 'Lecon de Choses' range of [French] scrapbooking papers:

The photo I used - which is pretty blurry and out of focus - was one of those I often print out with no clear idea on what I'll do with it.

Then at last month's crop it dawned on me that it could help me document something I've been thinking lately ... 

It's something I've battled with myself over for a long time. Focus. Because I like lots of things. I like to create lots of different things; blog lots of different things; work on different things and so on ... and I like it that way.

But then I'd read advice about targeting, narrowing your scope, creating a signature style, doing one thing well ... the pitfalls of being a Jack of all Trades. And I'd question myself. Feeling like I was being indisciplined.

That I was failing.

And then ... I read a few things recently which made me change my mind. I always knew that those other ways of doing things weren't for me, but then suddenly everyone else seemed to be saying the same thing.

I don't know if it was me who changed, or if the advice has changed. Either way, it's a good thing!

 I'm going to keep doing the different things.

Because no matter how many there are ... they're all me!

Julie :-)

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This is also the first in my 'Plundering Pages' posts:  

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Materials used on layout:

• Bazzill cardstock;
• Individual papers from the Lecon de Choses range at 3DJean: 'Drawing'; 'A Bit of Fashion' + 'Horizons';
• Label stickers: October Afternoon
• Alpha stickers: Studio Calico
• Clear stamp [can't remember what it's called - will check later!]
• Glittered stag's head: Boyes
• Raffle ticket; paper doily;
• Phrases cut from an old children's encyclopedia [see my Plundered Pages packs for similar];