When do you call it quits?

[joelsgirl]

On a layout, I mean. Not like on your marriage or your job, fyi.

I've been working with this page for about an hour, and it just isn't making me happy. I hate to quit on something I've invested in, but it's just making my head hurt to keep working on it.

So let's make a poll of it, if I can figure out how to do it. Do you delete a layout that you can't make work or do you trudge through it to the finish line?

 

[joelsgirl]

Since I'm obviously avoiding, I'm just gonna add that I HATE starting a layout with pictures and not knowing what kit I'm goign to use. I would much rather find pictures to fit a kit than the other way around.

 

[MommaTrish]

If it's a CT layout... I just keep trashing it and rebuilding until I get one I'm happy with. Non-ct... a week.

 

[Valgal]

I think I've only ever deleted a page once... that doesn't count the times my PS has locked up and I didn't save what I was working on! :cursing:

 

[LeeAndra]

It depends on my level of hatred and whether it is a CT page or not.

If it's semi-heinous AND a CT page, I will save and tuck it away for a day or two. I will keep the 'bare bones,' but perhaps redo the composition, number of photos, etc.
If it's semi-heinous but NOT a CT page, I will happily delete its sorry behind and empty the Recycle Bin, too.
If it's heinous AND a CT page, I will do my best, but I might *gasp* cheat and just make a filler page that I don't intend to keep in my personal album.
If it's heinous but NOT a CT page, I will delete, empty, eat some chocolate, watch some TLC/HGTV/FN, chat on Y!M, and generally forget that I even started a page to begin with.

*lol* Specific enough? I am a gal of details.

 

[mummytothree]

I vote yes but it's usually after more then 1/2 hour. I ususally close it and forget about it for a day or two and then I open it back up and if I still hate it I trash it!!! I've been know to leave half finished pages for weeks even!!!

 

[nun69]

I voted depends but usually I am like yo uand HATE to give up, so I will sometimes redo the whole thign from what I originally started with!

 

[LibbysMommy]

There are a lot of times I find a layout's not working for me and it helps to just walk away for an hour or so. Usually when I come back with fresh eyes, it either looks better or I'm able to rearrange things to make it look the way I want.

 

[Paula]

Many of my favorite LOs didn't start the way they ended. I usually just keep on plugging away at it.

 

[rach3975]

I said no, but none of the choices really fit. I spend way too long in the early stages of every LO, picking pictures and kit, deciding on my design or what template to use. In that stage I sometimes trash and start over. But once I've gotten going, it's rare for me to trash it. I'm more likely to put it away for a day or so and then try again. If I truly hate it and feel like starting over would be faster than making it work (rare for me, since I'm such a slow scrapper) I'll start again.

 

[KyRainbow]

I usually walk away, then come back to it later. Giving myself that time/space away from it usually puts it in better perspective for me.

 

[Juno]

I usually give it a day or 2 (often leaving it as it is and then coming back to it the next day). If after 2 days it's still not working for me I just quit. Probably just leaving it on my hard drive for ages LOL Unfortunately this happens to me a lot lately

 

[ZaCola3]

I try to keep plugging-it is my goal to never have more than 3 LO's in progress at any one time-I'm sure your LO is great BTW.

 

[emmasmommy]

depends for me too. if it's a CT layout, i usually walk away and come back after a couple hours. if it's something i'm just working bc i want to, i've been known to get rid of everything (minus photos) and start over in a fit of rage. :glare:

 

[Stacey42]

I shut it down & walk away for awhile & then when I come back I consider what isn't working for me & start making changes, adding things, hiding things, moving things around, swapping out photos & then swapping out kits (if not a CT layout). If I still hate it or I have to use the kit I just delete it and start over with new photos.

 

[kristijoy]

I've only created a handful of LO's I just didn't like. The ones I can remember, I was trying to use some bright colors and they just turned out garish!! If I don't really like it, I start over again. But then again...I just scrap for myself and not for a CT!

 

[aggiefamily]

I have a folder with about 10 unfinished layouts. Sometimes the right kit hasn't come along, sometimes I run out of time and forget about it, sometimes it just isn't working for me so I will visit again later.

I never trash the layout but will save it to rework later.

 

[Gemma]

I HATE deleting pages, so I'll close PS for a while and watch TV or listen to music, then go back to it and rearrange things or delete and add things to it, and it usually comes together after that!

 

[Nettio]

I'm pretty stubborn so I tend to just push thru and keep moving things around until I get a page that works for me. But if I'm having a really really hard time, I'll rename the file with a _v2 at the end of it and start deleting major things or sometimes starting from scratch. Once I get a page I like, I'll delete the original version. I only work on one page at a time though so I never have unfinished layouts just sitting around waiting to be worked on.

 

[jessica31876]

none of the answers really fit. I will trash a layout if it really does not work for me but that is usually after quite awhile of trying