Ever had something go so wrong that you wish it never occurred in the first place? Something that came out so badly you were embarrassed about the whole thing and just wish it went away?
I have and that was my high school scrapbook.
It was over 12 years back and I was still quite new to scrapbooking. I only had a couple albums under my belt at this time.
I had collected a number of bits for my book and was enthusiastically assembling and sticking it in where I presumed it looked good.
I thought it'd be a smart idea to use some of my permanent markers that I had left over from my old art classes for the part of my album covering my art pieces. Sadly I did not think how thick the paper was and the markers leaked right through the paper and on to the photographs on the subsequent page... Superb (NOT!).
I was later carving out a picture with a scalpel when it slipped off the image and went right through 4 pages of my book. I then had to do some very creative rearrangement to cover up the tears on the page.
I'd had about enough of this book and gave up on working on it for that night.
Little do I know that the cover of the book itself was sitting in a puddle of glue. If that was not bad enough, this glue had set while I had the book resting on the table overnite. When I came and picked up the book in the morning it ripped off the top layer of the back-cover.
Needless to say, this was the point of no return. After having difficulty after difficulty with this album, the single thing that felt right was to salvage everything I could, and burn the rest. Let me tell you, it was very therapudic.
So next time you are working on your school scrapbook, spare a thought for me and hope that it doesn't happen to you.
I have and that was my high school scrapbook.
It was over 12 years back and I was still quite new to scrapbooking. I only had a couple albums under my belt at this time.
I had collected a number of bits for my book and was enthusiastically assembling and sticking it in where I presumed it looked good.
I thought it'd be a smart idea to use some of my permanent markers that I had left over from my old art classes for the part of my album covering my art pieces. Sadly I did not think how thick the paper was and the markers leaked right through the paper and on to the photographs on the subsequent page... Superb (NOT!).
I was later carving out a picture with a scalpel when it slipped off the image and went right through 4 pages of my book. I then had to do some very creative rearrangement to cover up the tears on the page.
I'd had about enough of this book and gave up on working on it for that night.
Little do I know that the cover of the book itself was sitting in a puddle of glue. If that was not bad enough, this glue had set while I had the book resting on the table overnite. When I came and picked up the book in the morning it ripped off the top layer of the back-cover.
Needless to say, this was the point of no return. After having difficulty after difficulty with this album, the single thing that felt right was to salvage everything I could, and burn the rest. Let me tell you, it was very therapudic.
So next time you are working on your school scrapbook, spare a thought for me and hope that it doesn't happen to you.
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