I see the wave in the top left being layered behind the origami wave, so they look like one representation of the sea. I definitely am not fond of where it is right now...I think you could then shift the other printed pp & the haiku poem up and to the left and keep the asymmetry flowing with some of the other suggestions here too.
Love the title and the origami wave! Love the colors too! I think the 3 waves are a bit much on one side.I'm thinking it will be better if you moved the bottom pic to the left so it's under the wave a little bit.Then move the top wave to the right bottom corner, the journaling in the top left corner-under the title ( where the wave is now). Put the little wave on the flower pp mat- on the left, the signature in the middle and the flower to the right.You can also mat then with the blue cs, so they stand out a little bit. If you want to use the brackets, paint them blue and put them on the mat one on the left next to the little wave and the other one on the right next to the flower. I love the photos and the journaling-work together so good!Can't wait to see the end result!
I love your title, and the origami paper in the wave and title. Love that you used a haiku in this as well. I think wonderful suggestions have been made already. the one thing i think i would really suggest is moving the top and bottom photos together, and moving that sticker and brackets out of the way, put them somewhere else. but, just the flow of the pictures for me is off.
Brenda, there is so much that I love about this LO. I love the origami paper that you used for the wave and I can't believe you used it in the title too. The shadowing, font choice, and wave in the title totally works. That rocks. I'll be honest, there isn't much I would change. I would suggest switching the top picture with the wave graphic. I know you were trying to be true to asymmetrical tendencies, but it feels heavy to me. Everything else, I have to say I love. The vellum with the haiku written on it and then inked with gold, perfection. I agree with Sharon your handwriting is gorgeous woman. Can I send some things to you, you write them, then jet them back to me and I'll use them as my own journaling? Thanks. It will be our little secret. Freakin' A, more love fest here. I love the origami wave, it is so perfect for this LO and the pictures are so cool. I love foggy pics because they are so mysterious to me. I like the little squares, the little wave one is so detailed for its size and the flower complements the origami bamboo patterned paper that you used. Maybe ink the edges of each square. I think it would make them stand out more. I love the feeling that "silence surpasses speech" evokes. Ok, that's it, I'm all give out.
This is soo beautiful, I love so many parts of it - the blue, the title cut from the wave pp, the origami, the wonderful haiku (love how you used a Japanese saying in it), the pics & the floral pp in the back. Robyn has some great suggestions...I don't mind that the origami wave cradles the haiku that way but I do like the idea of tearing the vellum to micmic the wave pattern (dang girl, I've said this before I know, but you have the prettiest handwriting!). I like the suggestion of mirroring the top wave image & switching it w/ the top photo (so that wave's on the top right facing in & the origami wave remains). I also like Robyn's idea of having a hint of glitter somewhere, but I'm not sure how, I would rather have a light dust in the background (?) rather than focus on just the wave. The other embellies do kind of float out there but I don't know, I kind of like it like that. You conveyed a tremendous sense of peace & harmony w/ this page, it's lovely!
Hi Brenda! Let's see... I love the wave. Would have used that to overlap/accent your picture on the bottom right. In other words, it would have made a cool partial frame for one of the pics rather than just kissing the edge of the poem. Also, since you have both waves on the right facing in toward the LO it is heavy on the right. How about this? Move the top picture to the right, print out a mirror image of the top wave so it faces the other way and reverse the two. Also, those little stickers again. What am I going to do with you? I would group. Move either one or the other and group the two together in an empty space. Also think that your brackets need to be a little more defined. I think it would be really cool if you used just a hint of glitter on the white portion of the waves in your printed picture (at least I am assuming that it's printed). And, in this case I would have torn the edges of your vellum to mimic the wave theme instead of the straight lines. I love your title and your use of that pretty bright blue BG. The oragami folding was a very unique and clever touch.
This is for Weeks 16-18 of my "Turning Japanese" SHWC. Bad pic, but I hope you can see the wave pattern in my origami fold and in the title. Vellum and brackets are inked in gold. I wrote the haiku on the vellum. It reads: Ocean fog rolled in/The silence surpassed our speech/As you held me close. "Silence surpasses speech," is a Japanese saying. I included the signature(?) in red that came with the wave pattern, just in case it was giving credit to someone. I also tried to be asymmetrical, as is the Japanese way sometimes (I read somewhere); but, I don't think it translates on my lo. This time I decided not to glue anything down until I read your suggestions, so suggest away.
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