by Debbie Hodge | Jul 22, 2014 | Journaling, Write Your Story
Can a life story be distilled to six words? That’s a challenge supposedly posed to Earnest Hemmingway that yielded this “flash fiction:” “For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” Smith College launched a project and a website for the sharing of...
by Amy Kingsford | Jul 3, 2014 | Photos, Picture Your Story
We frequently share ideas for getting your scrapbook photos on your scrapbook pages at Get It Scrapped. Here’s a closer look at five photo ideas for your scrapbook pages. Follow the links below to team members’ personal blogs and youtube channels where you...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 2, 2014 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
Scrapbook page storytelling is often centered around photos of people. Many of the stories of your life, though, can be told with photos of things. Take some time to pull out old treasures, to stage an everyday item in your life or to find that item that represents a...
by Debbie Hodge | May 27, 2014 | Give Your Photos Stories, Picture Your Story, Write Your Story
It’s never too late to give your photos stories, and here we’ve got ideas for scrapbook page storytelling with those photos of bugs and critters in your archives. The Give Your Photos Stories podcast invites 2 or 3 guests to find a photo in their personal...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 16, 2014 | Design Your Story, Motif
“Retro tech” motifs, images of the technologies of our past, make great complements to scrapbook page storytelling, both for the nostalgic feelings they trigger and for their representation of story. Because technology changes so rapidly, items now...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 1, 2014 | Design Your Story, Ideas from Current Trends, Ideas via Product & Technique, Titles
A recent trend in print, fashion, and decor is to use ink and brushstrokes to create bold typography that’s a prominent part of a design. For your scrapbook page storytelling you can use it to draw attention, tell your story, and–as Amy Kingsford...
