by Debbie Hodge | Oct 7, 2013 | Photos, Picture Your Story, Write Your Story
Photo-inspired storytelling that starts with an intent endures. Grab one of those photos sitting on your camera or phone or hard drive and tell its story today. Give your photos stories Go beyond the who, what, where and why to what it means. Answer the 5 prompts...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 4, 2013 | About Memory Keeping, Write Your Story
When I can’t sleep at night I set myself the task of thinking about my work. I roll on my side, hug my pillow close, and pose myself a problem: How can I evoke a sense of time passing visually on a layout? I don’t do this to put myself to sleep–though sleep will...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 2, 2013 | Finding and Using Inspiration, Ideas from Current Trends
Frida Kahlo’s personal style, art, and attitude all provide scrapbooking ideas for design, motif, topics, and more. Last November, Frida Kahlo’s entire clothing collection, which had been locked away for almost 50 years, went on display in the Frida Kahlo...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 1, 2013 | Composition, Design Principles
Arranging and placing your scrapbook layout elements to create variations in density and cluster size is a way to create tension in some spots and release in others. (Check out more multi-cluster pages.) Do this with an eye toward using this variations to create...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2013 | Feature, Quotes and Word Art
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. ~Bruce Lee Click here to download zipped file with png and pdf files I am always...