by Debbie Hodge | Mar 9, 2010 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started
What’s your approach to memory keeping for your family? Do you keep prints of your photos in order in boxes? Do you have everything uploaded to a site like Flickr and organized digitally? Do you make albums? And do you make these albums to share for the whole...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 2, 2010 | Composition, Get Started, Photos
by Debbie Hodge Most of my 4×6 photos straight out of the envelope can be—and even need to be–cropped. To get clean designs that go together quickly, I always look for uniform cropping opportunities. Crop for Columns: “Women Who Love Wool too...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 24, 2010 | Get Started, Titles
A scrapbook page title isn’t essential, however, just a few emphasized words can go a long way toward immediately conveying page subject, setting tone, and even cueing deeper page themes and meaning. While the words are key (look for an article on coming up with...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 11, 2010 | Get Started
by Tami Taylor Napoleon Bonaparte had it right when he said, “A good sketch is better than a long speech.” When it comes to managing the time in our life, our scrapbooking time often comes up short. Even if you manage to secure some of that elusive time,...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 3, 2009 | Get Started, Photos
In the vast majority of scrapbook pages, photos are a key element. They vie with journaling for being the most important aspect of the page. Taking photos Before You Press the Shutter: Four Ways to Improve Your Photography 5 tips for scrapbookers on taking everyday...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 27, 2009 | Get Started
A first decision to make is what size paper you’ll use as your page canvas. And that decision will probably be driven by how you want to print, store, and present your scrapbook pages. If you’re making “paper” pages (i.e., you’re affixing...
