by Debbie Hodge | Dec 27, 2013 | Give Your Photos Stories, Picture Your Story, Story Swoop, Write Your Story
Working from the initial concrete details of a chilly day, warm coffee cups, and feet touching under the table evoked by a photo, high school senior Emily Sagnella, evokes a sense of both the stresses and sources of comfort in her life now. Story Swoop is a free Get...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 26, 2013 | Events, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story, Write Your Story
Giving and receiving gifts is key part of Christmas celebrations for many of us. Surely you have a gifting story, whether from Christmas or another season: a story of how a gift surprised you, made your life better, or just gave you a deeper understanding of your...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 17, 2013 | Give Your Photos Stories, Picture Your Story, Story Swoop, Write Your Story
Teenager Joshua Niman uses the Story Swoop prompts and writing guide to set the tone for a whole summer with one photo. Story Swoop is a free tool here at Get It Scrapped that you can use to quickly record feelings, details, and context for your photos. You can upload...
by Debbie Hodge | Nov 27, 2013 | Everyday Life, Photos, Picture Your Story
While much storytelling is done with photos of people, the well-chosen and well-pictured object can be a springboard for your story and a great illustration of it. Sian Fair says, “The object I’m scrapbooking today is a piece of clay pipe we found in our...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 29, 2013 | Motif, Picture Your Story
Typewriters are a retro and enduring motif great for storytelling on scrapbook pages. Typewriters are a tool for presenting the written word. They represent writing and (almost) a time gone by, a time when a machine with moving parts and ink was used to record stories...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 22, 2013 | Photos, Picture Your Story, Yourself
Set yourself a challenge this month to take a photo of yourself–a “selfie”–and use it to tell your story. See the photograph and story angles our team and MSD teachers have taken in the scrapbook layouts here. A great resource and inspiration...
