October 7, 2010

$$Frugal Friday Tips$$ - Happy Accidents! by Joni

This tip/lesson sponsored by Design Team Member Joni (Momma) Parker, and her 7 year old son, Joseph.


Ever do something UNINTENTIONALLY on your layout and then it ends up being really cool???  I do that all the time.....I call them HAPPY ACCIDENTS.  With this mindset, I've freed up myself to "let" something happen and if I don't like it...well, that's part of the creative process...but sometimes that little bit of "freedom" allows something great to happen.


Ok, so I don't have my own example to share...but I thought about this lesson tonight as my son Joseph was finishing his "REPTILES" layout.

He had the Patterned Paper, photos, the stitching and the TITLE already on the layout.  He wanted to fill that space between the top photo and the stitched swirl (yes he did that by himself).  So, he found a piece of chipboard and painted it green.  But as he was painting, he got a little paint on the layout.  So he added even more paint to his layout.  Then he got some paint on his REPTILE letters (they are Textured, important later).


He got upset and tried to wipe the paint off the letter (it was the P, I think)....then he said "Hey, when I wipe off the paint it looks like reptiles scales"......  YEP!!!  Happy Accident...and he went on to paint and wipe off his entire title. 

What kind of mishap experience have you had? We'd love to see the Happy Accidents you've had - and how you saved it from being an accident - How much more frugal can you be - then to rescue a page from destruction.  Submit a picture of your sample along with a description to scrappinpsycho@live.com .  All submissions will be posted here.
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10 comments:

  1. Awesome job on your "Happy Accident." I think I have them everyday! LOL

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  2. Wow, your "accident" turned out beautifully :))

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  3. Great layout Parker! I love your "oops"! It turned out great!

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  4. Good job Joseph!!!
    My happy accident was daughter #3. LOL

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  5. I love how the page turned out. It's always a good thing to have a happy accident and realize we didn't waste the page. Sometimes I thinkj we 2nd guess ourselves and don't allow the creative process to just be. I alos love that your son scraps! mine does sometimes.

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  6. That layout turned out awesome!! What a great "accident". Joseph rocked it!

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  7. Truly a 'happy accident' - they are the best kind!

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  8. Great "happy accident", Joseph!
    And a great tip, Joni!
    TFS

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  9. Cute layout and I'm sure it's at it's best after the accident. I thought of you this weekend when I ran into my own snag. I was cutting a title with my Cricut. It was multi-layers so I had to do each piece separately. I winged it for size and once it was cut I realized it wasn't all going to work like I had planned. I was at a retreat and didn't have enough of one color. I ended up using a different color to try and make that work and it was better than what I originally had in mind. 3 colors was definitely better than 2. I would not have realized this if I hadn't ran out of paper.

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  10. happy accidents are so much fun. usually if i have an accident i try to get creative on how to cover up and make it into something new :)

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