?? for those who do 2 page spreads...

[Spinning]

What do you do if you have only enough pictures for a one page spread?
I am doing my Disney album right now. And so far it is all a 2 page spread.
We camped at Fort Wilderness and I have enough pics for 2-2page spread but they don't seem to blend. I have a set of pictures from the meet and greet with tons of Minnie Mouse and I have great paper I used, Purple color with Minnie on it and writting on it. Looks great. But shades of purple really dont go with the rest of FW!
I bought a subtle black paper and matted some of my pics in matching purple and it looks ok But the left and right side don't match up. Doesn't flow. But I like both sides! LOL!
I am just going to let it go but I wondered what everyone did. I put some of the maps and stuff on the other side but that didn't blend at all! I want to do a 2 page spread with that stuff.

 

[etwinchester]

If so, you could always use a ruled page or calendar on the other side and do journaling.

Also, do you have a scanner to show what you did? That might help with better suggestions.

Hope this helps!

 

[Spinning]

Hi
It is a top loading album. I have a scanner, or I should say my DH has one hooked up to his computer. But my pages are 12x12 and too big for the scanner. I know some one posted a site to stitch them together but I never tried it.
I thought about journaling on the one side but that is a lot of space and I am already several days into the trip....I think this may be one of those times I will sit and think!

 

[BevS97]

I mostly do 2 page spreads, but I have got a number of one page layouts in my book, I just put another one page layout across from it. I don't make them coordinate at all, they are obviously independent entities and it seems to work ok.

I don't work chronologically so it's never been a problem to find a one page layout that goes 'next'

Bev

 

[chessie]

I have just recently run into this problem. I tried using the same color scheme for both pages. I have also tried the same layout style on both pages. The one I liked the best is 2 completely different layouts that stand entirely on their own. I just make sure their colors and styles do not clash with each other.

 

[Pammy jo]

I used to do separate layouts, but now I just don't care for it. Sometimes it's hard, but I just make sure they are all 2 page spreads now.

Have you thought about enlarging some of the pictures that you do have? Maybe then you could make it into a 2 pager.

Good luck, and let us know what you decide. It might help us when we get in the same dilema!

 

[MerryPoppins]

I usually try to coordinate colors or papers and do 2 layouts that go together well, when I don't have enough for a 2-page layout. If the colors are right you can do the same papers but give a different title and different embellishments.

 

[LindaBabe]

abandoning the purple paper for something that might coordinate better with both sides of the lay out. That's really your sticking point, in my view.

The alternative would be to make a two page spread on Minnie alone on the purple paper (filling the extra space with a large title, borders, journaling, larger copies of the pictures) and a two page on Ft. Wilderness.

 

[Spinning]

Hi Thanks everyone. I am going to try our eye ball and see if I can take a picture of my lay out. I finished and actully really like it! So did DH he felt it flowed.
What I ended up doing I left the Minnie page alone and then on the other side I used a soft black and used very few pictures and did a nice journal block out of velumm. I accented it with purple and to my surprise I had more purple in the other pictures! The flowers! and my kids had some pinkish purple on! So I think it actually goes well.
Granted Minnie is red and white but the pictures I have she is smelling flowers and trying to pick one!

 

[goofymom/pop]

two pages that go together...my favorite.
One page totally different than the other
Both pages in the same color scheme different activities.

Each works well depending on the book, the day, and your mood...lol!

Sounds like you solved your own problem with the color blending idea.


Good Luck

Cindy