A couple of days ago I posted the question 'do you re-do' your old/beginner scrapbook pages. Well some of you do and some don't! As for me I wish I didn't! LOL. I have put off posting this because I am not really happy with the results of the re-do. My son came into my office and was looking at the new page and I asked him what he thought (it's HIS soccer page). He said it was okay with him to keep the originals and not re-do any pages. So, I learned a couple of things... don't sweat the little things, you can't re-write history so leave my beginner work as my beginner work, and finally I just saved myself a bunch of work! I had a suggestion from Denise M. to print duplicate photos and re-do it while leaving the original intact. I think I will try that next time.
Here are my pages (obviously the original is on the one with purple!). What do you think?
I look back at my first scrapbook pages, and yes, I would love to re-do them. But then I'd probably be redoing every page. However, it is nice to see how much I have progressed over the years.
Posted by: k | February 09, 2008 at 10:20 PM
You did a very nice job re-doing your scrap page. I haven't attempted to do that yet I just chalk it up to experience. :)
hope sbs5
Posted by: Hope | February 10, 2008 at 09:53 AM
Your new page is just a great as the old one! Don't forget how many new products and techniques have come out since you first did the page! I like them both!
Posted by: Denise M. | February 10, 2008 at 08:43 PM
They both look nice! The second one is just a bit more...well I guess "polished?"
TFS!
Posted by: Juliann | February 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM
I understand wanting to re-do beginner work, but for me I like to look back and see how much I have grown as a stamper, but yes it is embarassing :)
SBS Sister
Posted by: Jamie Martin | February 11, 2008 at 04:43 PM
Hi, Marcie! I think the redo is always better because we're constantly growing in our craft.
But, man, some of my old pages just make me cringe and I always have the urge to redo them. Haha.
But, as Ali Edwards once put it, it's always nice to see how much we've grown in the craft by comparing our latest pages with the old ones.
P.S. That's a wonderful tip of making extra copies.
Wishing you an advanced happy valentine's day!
Nina
SBS5 sister
Posted by: nina | February 12, 2008 at 08:08 AM
I think both look nice, and as Denise pointed out, you have many different supplies and embellies to use now--and trends change too. A few years from now, you may look back on your current pages and think THEY need updating too! So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'd just leave them alone and derive enjoyment from seeing your improvement as a scrapper over the years. I'm sure you have many new events to scrap instead of going back!
Posted by: Wendy aka wendella247 | February 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM