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Title pages are usualy one of my hardest decisions also. It seems once I have finaly figured that page out the rest of the album can move forward fairly easy.

After my first answer I use the excuse to look through some of my old travel albums and two other ideas came to mind.

When you have pictures developed you will usualy get index prints. One of my 12x12 title pages has a 4 inch band down the left edge trimmed from index prints. The remaining 2/3 of the page has a single photo cropped to an oval and journaling of how the trip came about. The photo is of the group at a favorite dinner on the trip.

For two weekend trips to Las Vegas - my title pages are banded by an 1 1/2 inch strip of cropped images of the Vegas strip - Hotel fronts, Neon signs, and Elvis impersonator, a giant slot machine, etc... The centers of the pages have an overview of the trip.

My brainstorming for the title page usualy centers around:

1) Does the trip have a special meaning or is it to celebrate a special ocasion?

2) Is there a single memory or moment that stand out when I think about the trip?

3) What was the planning that went into the trip?

Please let me know what you decide for your album.

Each of my vacation albums has a cover page.

My first cruise, to the caribean, is a page I pieced that looks like a sandy beach with two beach chairs (I traveled with my sister). The water is a photo paper of waves, the sand is a textured brown paper, the sky is a photo paper of sky and whispy clouds. When I found the beach chair embelishments they included drink glasses. When I look at the page I remember Margaritas on the beach in Cosumel.

My second cruise was a Mississippi River Cruise, that was scheduled and rescheduled three times. The cover page looks like a cork bullitin board and has notes, a map of the river, cards from my travel agent and a tour guide I used, etc. All three dates I had been scheduled to travel are included - along with the reason for cancelation. I wanted it to look like the board I had been collecting notes on as I planned. Also, I wanted a way to show the cancled cruises with some humor rather than negativity.

Other vacation cover pages I have created:

A stack of three vintage suitcases that had lined paper in the center of each case, between bands, that had a narative of planning the trip.

Letters to my nephew and neice for the trips I took each of them on for their 16th birthdays.

A letter to my mother inviting her on a Birthday weekend.

My cover pages never have more than one photo - and most often have none.

I try to change up my cover pages for each album and use them to create a mood for the album. I also choose my papers based on the trip, and the feel I want for the album.

(Sorry for any spelling - my spell check seems to be down)

Blayne

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You have to give the girl points for working hard to sell this ???? whatever it is.

What I find odd is that the judges say each week, "Santino doesn't listen." They should have thrown him out weeks ago. Also the construction of Kara's jumpsuit should have knocked him out. My vote is for either Daniel or Chloe. Hard to choose between the two.

Read the final credits. The judges are not the only ones making decisions about who goes and who stays. The producers have input into the choice. Santino is a jerk - doesn't listen - doesn't "play well with others" and has a foul mouth. All of this adds up to tension and good telivision - and ratings. He has kept all of us talking dispite his hideous clothes.