4 Tips for Documenting the Bad Days
We all have bad days right? As much as we would love it if we didn’t, they are a fact of life. In my scrapping, I try hard to represent “what life is like” and I feel strongly that that sometimes means the bad days too. Today, I wanted to share 4 tips I have for including the bad days in your catalog of layouts.
Tip 1: Keep it simple
Often, we I am trying to document a bad day or bad mood, I don’t want to go into much detail. I loved this layout by mirjam because it talked about a bad mood, but really didn’t go into much detail. Even the layout is kept simple. This is an easy way to get the bad mood documented, but not have to relive it all again.
Bad Mood by Mirjam
Tip 2: Use color and elements to convey mood
It’s true that some colors seem more “angry” than others: reds, blacks, deep purples all come to mind. The same goes for scribbles…they always seem angry, the same as messy paint or torn paper. The elements and papers you use on a page can convey the feeling of anger. Pagefrocks did that perfectly on her layout “Bad Day.” Her choice of papers and elements all work with the journaling to create the feeling of anger and a bad mood.
Bad Day by pagefrocks
Tip 3: Forget the journaling all together.
Sometimes, when you have a really bad day, or are in a really bad mood, it can be hard to put all of that into words without becoming overwhelmed with a variety of emotions. That’s when I let the page do the talking. This layout by dotcomkari doesn’t have any journaling on it, but you can tell that she is trying to convey a bad day through her choice of elements. In addition, her placement of elements, and the haphazard look to the clusters helps to reinforce the “bad day” theme. Without doing any journaling, we can tell exactly where she was at this point.
Tip 4: Find the good
A few months ago, I was really sick. Like not even able to get out of bed sick. Sure, I definitely could have scrapped a page about that. Instead, I decided to scrap about how my two daughters came to try and make me feel better. I focused on what good came out of the bad situation and chose to preserve that memory. Sure, I still remember why they came (migraines are seriously no joke), but what I remember more is the fact that they did try to make me feel better.
Sick
So there you have it…4 tips for documenting the bad days. If you are focused on truly showing “what life is like” as I am, I encourage you to scrap the not so happy times as well as the happy times.
*Header created using Let’s Be Real Journal Cards by Amber LaBau and 6×8 Photo Templates 1 by Designs by Lili
