girly boy pages: product (2 of 3)

yesterday we left off with nostalgic flowers.  today we're moving into girly product on those boy pages and we'll start off with flowers.  makes sense.  again, older layouts and in no particular order . . .

seasonal flowers - flowers are obviously easier to use on obvious spring and summer layouts.  i find summer flowers to be much more manly than spring flowers.  ha.  i know i have strange ideas.

 
tropical flowers - flowers are tropical, right?  water is tropical, right?  anytime your kid's next to a large body of water . . . whether it's the beach, the lake, or the pool . . .  try to work the flower angle.

flower colors - on the easy scale, with 1 being the easiest to use and 10 being the hardest, neutral colored flowers would be about a 3.  that big brown flower is the exact color of my little guy's summer skin.  don't you love how it reflects his tan so well?  you can also get away with using boy colored flowers.  i'd say those are about a 7.  pink and purple flowers, well, good luck.  those would be a perfect 10.

flower product - what the flower is made of makes a difference on the easy scale too.  newsprint, corrugated cardboard, and burlap are all 2's.  try velvet and lace and you're working the 9's.

flower types - geometric flowers like the ones on the yellow arrow get an easy factor of 3.  simple flowers like the ones on the green arrow and the red silk one get a 5.  cabbage roses get a solid 10.

 
there are no rules - i said cabbage roses were difficult.  not impossible.  :)  
 
 
girly product- let's move on to the rest of the girly product available.  like deliberately girly product.  sometimes stickers, diecuts, etc. made with girls in mind can provide excellent journaling prompts for your boy pages.  i never would have come up with the concept for this page without that little girl silhouette.  get inspired!  be creative!  

rhinestones - rhinestones are easy.  they work on any sparkly scene.

 
glitter - ditto for the glitter. 

lace- i'm addicted to lace.  i would just die if i couldn't use it.

butterflies- remember, butterflies are very symbolic.  we already mentioned they symbolize change.  they also work well with anything fleeting or flitting like time and social butterflies.  

pink - say it with me . . . pink is just faded red.  it's not the bold passionate red though.  it's the softer, sweeter side of red.  it's the color of the love that a mother has for her child . . . girl or boy. 

the final installment of girly boy pages will be delivered tomorrow.  :)
 

Comments

[TracieClaiborne]

I love all these! I just giggled bcause I'm trying to picture Gabriel as a grown man (after reading your journaling on "Dreamy") and I can't do it! He's just too squeezable and cute. :)

[Eric Erickson]

I absolutely love when people create pages that use unexpected colors and embellishments - While these layouts use embellishments that are stereotypically girly...the designs are all boy. I especially love "Glimpse."

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"pink is just faded red" - i think that's my new favorite doris-ism! you rock!! :-)

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