by Debbie Hodge | Feb 11, 2014 | Embellishments, Ideas from Current Trends, Motif
Find scrapbooking ideas when you connect the “constellation dots.” Star constellations let us find order in chaos, to make patterns out of randomness, and the motif offers opportunities to: support story (from looking to the stars, to going places, to...
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 | Jul 24, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Motif
The cityscape motif is appearing on scrapbook pages lately. It seems we’re dreaming of urban life. Over at Trendhunter.com the trendiness of the cityscape motif for fashion and home decor was noted with the following thoughts: “For centuries, art depicting...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 9, 2013 | Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Motif
by Debbie Hodge why are arrows trendy? Archery made a big showing in pop culture last year, with Katniss in The Hunger Games, Miranda in Brave, and Hawkeye in The Avengers all using bows and arrows to achieve their ends. Archery has become a newly popular activity...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 20, 2013 | Feature, Motif, Patterned Paper
Print patterns for scrapbooking fall into the four general categories of floral, geometric, motif, and pictorial. (Be sure to check out our very complete discussion of all four pattern types.) There are two types of motifs: representational and abstract. The image in...