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Dear Aidan

by Stacy Kocur

Last week, I sketched out a layout plan that included a letter I’d written to my son and a 5×7 photo. When I sat down to scrap it, I deviated from my plan a little, but ultimately, I love the way it turned out.

As the photo sat in front of me, I realized that I didn’t want it to be placed at an angle. Aidan’s expression is so straight-forward and intense that I wanted the photo placement to echo that. Angling it almost seemed to add whimsy, and it just didn’t work.

Printed paper - Die Cuts with a View
alphabet tiles - L’il Davis
alphabet clip - The Paper Studio

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Posted in General, Journaling on January 22nd, 2007

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8 Responses to “Dear Aidan”

  1. Karen (ksheffer) Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    You’re right! There is such intensity in his expression. I still love the layout. Still telling myself to write a letter to my children.

  2. Jackie Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 am

    Stacy, I LOVE the layout and the photo! FYI, when I click to enlarge the actual layout, I go to the link of the sketch.

  3. Stacy Kocur Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 12:09 am

    Thanks, Jackie. I fixed the link. :)

  4. Veronica Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 am

    The layout turned out great - and yes, his pic needed to be straight on

  5. Maureen Says:
    January 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    WHat a expressive photo of Aiden - you can almost see his brain churning. I can’t read the journaling on this layout (this computer has issues) but I really, deperately am dying to know what it said…

  6. kimmiem Says:
    January 27th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    i love this layout! and i’m glad you turned the journaling instead of the picture.

  7. Heidi Says:
    January 29th, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    This turned out great. I love how you highlighted “I love you” and “you’re a good boy”. Those are the important parts.

    Maureen, her journalling was posted further down in the blog.

    ~Heidi

  8. (Scr)apropos » Blog Archive » Do you scrap unhappy things? Says:
    February 1st, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    [...] Recently, I shared a page that featured a letter I’d written to Aidan about his temper tantrums. [...]

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