by Debbie Hodge | Jan 18, 2012 | Events, Photos, Picture Your Story, Scrapbook Page Subjects
Parties come in many flavors: big, small, birthday, holiday, theme, family, friend, community, planned, for a reason or just because. Making party layouts that convey the spirit of the party, as well as who was there and what went on is immensely rewarding. You get a...
by Debbie Hodge | Jan 2, 2012 | Composition, Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Jana Morton, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Jana Morton As the mother of three, I feel like I am constantly repeating myself. I repeat myself because I want to strengthen my message in hopes that one day the life lessons that I am trying to convey will sink in. Just like in parenting, repetition is a...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2011 | Ideas for Page Elements, Ideas for Page Topics, Journaling, Paula Gilarde, Photos, Write Your Story
By Paula Gilarde What do you do when you have a memory that you want to preserve, but no photo? Here are a few of my favorite things to use in lieu of a photo: 1. Words One day when my kids were very little, I was having an awful day. Everything went wrong. It was...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 19, 2011 | Organization, Photos, Picture Your Story
By Katrina Kennedy You open your computer and scroll through your photos and like most people, your hard drive is bursting at the seams with images you’ve taken. They are all special, meaningful and scrap-worthy. “Is it possible to manage the volume of your...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 14, 2011 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Ideas for Page Elements, Jana Morton, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Jana Morton Taking photos can transform the way you see the world, spurring you to notice little details that might otherwise go unnoticed. Creating art from those photos is a way to express the feelings these photos evoke – and to communicate those feelings to...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 2, 2011 | Doris Sander, Ideas for Page Topics, Journaling
by Doris Sander The saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words.” And I could not agree more! I often say that photos speak to me. I know this sounds a bit odd, but let me explain what I mean by that comment. As a scrapbooker, one of the ultimate...