I strongly believe that the words on our layouts and projects are just as important, or even more important than the photo. Most of the time, the photo cannot tell the whole story by itself. And, especially after years have past, we rely heavily on the journaling to tell us and others, the story behind the photo.
I’m excited to announce our new blog series, called Documented! With this series we will focus on helping you find and the tell the story you want to share on your projects!
For our first post in this series, we have a TIP! Sometimes the smaller details are the best details. Try telling a fun fact or detail that you cannot “see” in the photo. This layout is about the special flag cake my mom makes every year for our family reunion. But, what you can’t “see” is that it’s made from scratch – no box mixes here! And, she painstakingly picks through boxes and boxes of berries, and only the best ones go on top!
Even though I know these small details, the future me in 10 or 20 years may have forgotten such a fun fact! And, someone that hasn’t watched her make this cake would never know how much work goes into it. I love how it really personalized the story and showed how much work she puts into this cake. Without those details, you might just look at the photo and think it’s just another simple cake.
I want to challenge you this week to share a fun fact and detail that you can’t actually “see” in the photo on your next project!
Supplies used: Elle’s Studio The Sweet Life Tiny Tags, The Sweet Life Cutouts, Monthly Tidbits and Detail Flag Stamps.
I’d love to know what topics you’d like help with in our future Documented posts! Please leave a comment with your suggestions or questions and we’ll try to answer them in the future!
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