31 Studio J's in 31 Days - Day 2

One of the great, and as a mother of three children I stress the word great, things about Studio J is the ability to make multiple copies of a layout without multiplying the cost.  Such is the case with my second layout in my challenge:  "Meet Simon, Our family's elf".  Many of you have seen the pictures of Simon's adventures here on my Blog, but I wanted to capture those memories for my children as well.  So, I created a layout in Studio J that showed some of Simon's best.  I wrote the journaling so that it worked for all three children.  And when I purchased the layout and J-Peg, I ordered four copies...one for each child, and one for myself.

Now, here are the pennies saved...the layouts are $6.50 each with a membership for a total of $26.  Because of the number of pictures I used, and the 8" x 10" photo, I would have spent close to that on just the processing of the photos and even then, the pictures might not have worked for the sizes.  And to have the needed papers to complete the layouts I would have needed 4 packs of paper at $11.27 each  and at least one package of brads.  Now, mind you, I would have left over papers and materials, but by doing it the Studio J way, I could create multiple copies at a fraction of the cost!  Love, love, love it!

click on the layout for an enlarged view.

A few facts about this layout:  the paper collection is Believe and the layout design is from Reflections:  the left page is Sidebar Photo Focus (used before) and the right side is Sampler-Nine Photo Quilt.  For My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge:  that now makes 75 completed and 75 to go!  I am now half way there!
Going back to the layout, I love how the paper works so well with the pictures!  and of course the flowers...which my friend John would say were purchased just to create this layout!  But, he would be wrong, tulips just so happen to be my favorite flowers and it is rare to find them in VA in December.  They do add to the layout quite well though!