by Debbie Hodge | Jun 24, 2014 | Everyday Life, Feature, Ideas for Page Topics
We’ve got scrapbooking ideas for your water-play photos here. Check out the colors, motifs, and layout designs that work to tell these wet stories.[hr] elevate the water-float to cruise ship status Deborah Wagner says, “This photo is of the cousins...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 12, 2014 | Everyday Life, Ideas for Page Topics
In addition to scrapbooking those photos you take without thinking, take time, also, to stage photos for scrapbooked storytelling about the constant aspects of your life — like the drinking of tea and coffee. Here are three story angles for recording the...
by Debbie Hodge | Dec 16, 2013 | Everyday Life, Motif, Travel, Yourself
Is there a place that has your heart? Is there a location with unique characteristics that you’re passionate about? Personalize a scrapbook page about a loved location by incorporating details that are unique to the location. Try: city/country seals...
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 | Nov 6, 2013 | Color, Everyday Life
Color is a great storytelling tool for any visual journaler because of its associations with nature, its ability to trigger a physiological response, and because of the cultural connections people make. Typically, a scrapbooker turns to the colors of autumn that occur...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 20, 2013 | Everyday Life, Ideas for Page Topics, Picture Your Story
Everyday storytelling is at its best when you include indicators of current times. One aspect of current times is technology. It affects your tools, your play, your work, and your relationships. On the Paperclipping Roundtable Podcast this week Noell Hyman asked the...
