by Debbie Hodge | Oct 22, 2010 | Journaling, Write Your Story
by Myra Cherchio One of the simplest, yet most engaging ways to transform journaling into a colorful and vibrant story is through dialogue. Incorporating words of others, along with your own, captures the nuances in your relationships and adds richness to your...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 23, 2010 | Journaling, Scrapbook Page Elements, Write Your Story
by Debbie Hodge This is the second in a series on scrapbooking pages with perspective. The first article in this series (Consider opposing points of view) introduces this idea and shares one way to do this. Here is yet another approach. Think about the bigger picture...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 20, 2010 | Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge I love making multi-photo scrapbook pages. I frequently use the following approach to bring several photos together on well-designed pages quickly. I consider size, shape and orientation and include repetitions that will make the page feel cohesive AND...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 9, 2010 | Art Journaling, Design Your Story, Journaling, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Michelle Houghton Sometimes, for something fun and different, I like to write my journaling in shapes—not just in a circle but spiraling around the edge of a circle or other shape. It isn’t practical for reading—the reader always ends up upside down and backward...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 8, 2010 | Art Journaling, Design Your Story, Journaling, Paper Techniques for Scrapbooking
by Michelle Houghton OK, I love these little guys! I love the frame the circle creates around my journaling. Circles will come in at the end of the steps but grab a scrap piece of paper first and do some practicing. You know what I’m going to say: “Get your elbow...
by Debbie Hodge | Aug 19, 2010 | Journaling, Write Your Story
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. -Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice, 1813 Source: Reading Copy Book Blog Jane Austen understood it The beauty of the opening line to Pride and Prejudice...