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Li Li Wee

Li Li Wee

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Ok I got a question to ask... Have you ever had a bad week and it's approaching your deadline to submit your CT pages ... but deep down inside you.. you know some pages are not at it's BEST because you are just so messed up inside!!
A: Do you submit it anyway?
B: Just inform designer that you are feeling @#$% .
C: Pray and hope that the messed up feeling goes away the very last minute of the deadline

I am so messed up that I need to scrap but it turns out so UGLY!! :(
 
I end up with a lot of pages that get deleted - I find if I work it too hard I hate the page. I usually delete and start from scratch. Could you work the page to include your feelings - maybe they're just determined to be stated? <big hug>
 
LiLi,
I too, like Edeena, have some pages I start and then get deleted. If it is really that bad of a time, advise the designer. I think be honest and up front. I am sure the rapport you have with your designer, she will understand ... everyone has a "bad week"...

sometimes just go off and make a page where you can mix and match from your entire stash a page just for you, so you are not limiting yourself to a specific kit or element... like make a card or something.

I will do that and that sometimes the mojo gets sparked that way. I find that there are times I feel limited, as new releases I like to try and stay within that designer's release and not mix with anything else. By making a "me" page that will usually break the overwhelm and then I can refocus and a page miracle happens!
 
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I think the ladies I CT for are all pretty easy going! They understand if you don't have time to scrap or if you're not feeling something or can't make a deadline.
 
I've done all of the above. But now, I just don't submit it. I want to love my pages, and if I don't I just don't want it out there. I've been a very absent CT member at times, but most designers completely understand.
 
:( maybe it's just me... I feel guilty if I don't get it done on time..
 
this is when I have to re-evaluate my best? best to whom? me, my family, the designer or the peeps in digiland?

Every designer I personally create pages for wants pages that I love for me. If I don't like it, then I ain't gonna give it. lol
but that being said, I have made a page, been on the fence about it, and even told the designer...and then we both laugh when that is the one chosen as a GSO somewhere...cause some one else loved it...
funny that way.

One of the reasons I art journal is to get the things inside me out and on a canvas...so then I can make pages of memories too.

as to being messed up inside....that is when I call on Jesus, cause that is what completes me! ♥
 
Speaking for myself (and since I'm not a ventriloquist, who else could I really speak for? :giggle), I want my CT members to enjoy their scrapping and create pages they are happy with. If that means skipping a release, taking some extra time with a page, or even taking a bit more extended break, that's totally fine. Really. Truly. Totally ok. :beat

On the flip side, I think sometimes we are our own worst critics. l have done pages (or products) in the past that I really was not in love with, only to have someone else tell me that it's one of their favorites. I still may never love that page/product, but it helps me at least appreciate it a bit more. Sometimes we just need to cut ourselves a little slack. :flirty

Loads of great big hugs to you! :happyhug
 
That depends. If I don't love it, but it showcases the designers products well, then I will do my best to make it look great (even without loving it) and just let the designer know. But usually it gets deleted (the amount of half pages I have deleted is huge!) and restarted. There are some pages/releases where I have had an idea and try it, only to have it look terrible, then I have no idea what to do when my idea fails. That's why I have started sticking to templates lol. Especially if the templates are by the same designer, then you are showing off more than one product with the same layout :D
 
For me, it depends...sometimes a bad week actually inspires me! Sometimes not. This page was done during one of those weeks. I was crying while typing the journaling.

 
Sorry my internet was slow and it double-posted the same post!
 
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It happens, it happens to all of us. I some time pass it to my sweet friend Trista for her to do the final approval. She will tell me it's good or it's yuck, start again.... and that is fine. if it passes her approval I post it if not, I sent a quick message saying... my page will be late.
 
As if I am an expert. hahaha :giggle I have to say that usually the creations that Dalis doesn't like usually ends up in GSO! ;)

Li Li - I would personally just let the designer know what is going on. Honesty is always best. :)

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It happens, it happens to all of us. I some time pass it to my sweet friend Trista for her to do the final approval. She will tell me it's good or it's yuck, start again.... and that is fine. if it passes her approval I post it if not, I sent a quick message saying... my page will be late.
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Trista said:
As if I am an expert. hahaha :giggle I have to say that usually the creations that Dalis doesn't like usually ends up in GSO! ;)

Li Li - I would personally just let the designer know what is going on. Honesty is always best. :)
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I just did and they were all pretty supportive ... I am really grateful!!

Kim, you are right!! I am my worst critic... everything that I do has to be the best nothing less than that.. the danger is when I go crazy with my OWN EXPECTATIONS OF THINGS!!
 
KimJ said:
l have done pages (or products) in the past that I really was not in love with, only to have someone else tell me that it's one of their favorites. I still may never love that page/product, but it helps me at least appreciate it a bit more. Sometimes we just need to cut ourselves a little slack. :flirty
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I've also created layouts and products that I LOVED and no one else seemed to notice... lol! I think the important thing is to continue creating. We all have bad creative days and days that are stroked with genius ideas, but if we try to avoid one we also avoid the other!
 
Li Li, it's hard to imagine you not creating anything brilliant. I always love your pages! The other ladies have such awesome, wonderful things and I'm just adding my own philosophy.

When I'm feeling all icky inside, it does come out in my pages. That's just how art works. I just channel that icky into what I'm doing. It's not necessarily the pretty and perfect that make a good page, but rather the ability to make an emotional connection with the viewer. Putting emotion into it, even if it's negative emotions, actually can create something wonderful and be cathartic for the creator and viewers.

When I scrap in a bad mood, I often think of the children's book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day I embrace those feelings and see where they take me in the creative process. If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work, but it's out there no longer festering inside.

When I made this page, I was having a horrid week and life just sucked in general:



Turns out I loved it and so did other people who could relate, which made me feel less messed up inside. I'll send lots of healing, happy, good day vibes to you!! :heartslub
 
I want to LOVE every page, sometimes I don't. But I start a LOT then delete them because they're not good... and I often finish a layout I love but don't have pictures to match (I almost always start with photos so this is particularly irritating to me).
 
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