by Debbie Hodge | Oct 24, 2014 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started, Give Your Photos Stories
This isn’t a new story. It’s a story regularly told with the cliche time flies. And the frequently offered advice: “Enjoy them while they’re young! They grow up too fast!” Last week, I pulled out of the driveway with my 15-year-old son in...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 6, 2014 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started, Give Your Photos Stories
You’ve got the photos, a pen or keyboard for journaling, and maybe you even have a few pretty papers but you’re not sure how to make a scrapbook page. What next? How can you give your photos stories and your stories a home? Does it seem like there ought to...
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 | Aug 2, 2013 | About Memory Keeping, Feature, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge As I was developing the Story Coach lesson plan, I read and thought about scrapbooking and how to tell your story in search of stories that any of us could (and would want to) tell. And then I found this advice from writer, teacher, editor William...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 14, 2013 | About Memory Keeping, Get Started, Picture Your Story
Grab this e-reader-ready 43-page pdf and get how-tos and inspiration for moving from a stack of photos to complete scrapbook page. We want you making pages that look great and “mean.” Cost $0 Try Debbie’s 5-step process for telling your life stories...
by Debbie Hodge | Jun 8, 2012 | About Memory Keeping, Design Principles, Feature
disclaimer re: layout design principles and scrapbooking Learning layout design principles is in no way required for making scrapbook pages. Memory keepers go about preserving photos, stories, and details in a variety of ways, and that act of preserving is what is...
