by Debbie Hodge | Feb 28, 2010 | Scrapbook Page Elements
How to select and position photos for appealing two-page scrapbook layouts. by Debbie Hodge My family loves looking at scrapbook pages that tell the stories of our outings and get-togethers. We pour over layouts showing trips to the beach, museum visits and holiday...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 25, 2010 | Events, Scrapbook Page Subjects
Start your engines – how to scrapbook event preparations by Debbie Hodge The preparations for an event include enjoyable and important activities that can be hard to separate from the event itself: making party favors, coloring Easter eggs, baking cookies, and...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 25, 2010 | Scrapbook Page Elements
In praise of photo context – how to scrapbook photos with busy backgrounds by Debbie Hodge The first place to think about what’s going into your photo is when you’re composing it on your camera’s viewfinder. Today, though, with digital photos and photo-editing...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 24, 2010 | Get Started, Titles
A scrapbook page title isn’t essential, however, just a few emphasized words can go a long way toward immediately conveying page subject, setting tone, and even cueing deeper page themes and meaning. While the words are key (look for an article on coming up with...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 18, 2010 | Design Principles, Embellishments
by Debbie Hodge Think about racing stripes on a car, earrings on a woman, roses on china. Each of these are embellishments. Wikipedia defines an embellishment as something that enhances appearance without having any functional purpose. I say “not so” when it comes to...
