crop result:

yes. result is singular in this case.
i only made one layout during the crop, but i'm happy with just one. baby steps. :]
and to be totally honest, i didn't even finish the page completely last night. i put the final touches on it during work yesterday.

it felt nice to work on this layout.
it came out better than i envisioned or expected. i enjoyed the process of just pushing the different elements around the page until i found the perfect placement and adding the little touches of hand stitching. that's not to say the creative process didn't feel like a total struggle at some points. i definitely felt frustrated more than once. maybe one day things will just easily flow, but generally it's a struggle for me.

i don't remember if i mentioned that a couple weeks ago i got the urge to just throw away all of my scrapbook supplies? ha. i think a small part of it has to do with wanting to declutter my house, but mostly i've just been having a hard time with scrapbooking. i don't think a hobby should feel like that.
when i tell people about the urge to throw away all my stuff, they usually suggest that i take a break from scrapbooking.
[that's after they suggest that i give them all my stuff. ha.]
the thing is i've been taking a break! i think the break is the problem. so like i said at the beginning of the post... i'm trying to work in baby steps and not get my expectations too high. [a hard thing for me.] hopefully the creative process will start to come more easily eventually.