Get It Scrapped Blog

by Debbie Hodge spurring your memory for scrapbooking past times Are you ready to scrapbook your younger years, but unable to remember specific details? Maybe you’re working on “all about me” pages or a “book of me” and just trying to get scrapbook page subject ideas by remembering incidents. The first few lessons in our Scrapbook [...]

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consider yourself: How Do YOU Do It? Look to your behavior to find material for scrapping yourself: Begin with your habits and routines around daily life—from what you like for breakfast to a look at the errands you run regularly. Chart out a typical day. Think about how long it’s gone this way, what it [...]

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consider yourself: your interests & passions What are your interests big and small? What are you good at and what do you enjoy doing? Ask yourself these questions about yourself at different times in your life. Have your passions changed since childhood or are you still loving animals and painting? When you look around your [...]

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consider yourself: your stuff OK . . . so it’s hard to find quotes and inspiration about scrapbooking material possessions. Almost anything quotable notes that material possessions are not what bring happiness. I get that. As a former business student, I also get that much of us in the world live in capitalist economies, which [...]

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consider yourself: friends & other folk who are they? Think about the many people with whom you interact: Who are the (non-family) people in your life–the ones you’ve chosen (or who’ve chosen you) to spend time with? Do you have friends for different parts of your life? Work friends, neighborhood friends, mommy friends, hobby friends? [...]

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by Debbie Hodge This is number 7 in an 11-part series full of ideas for making scrapbook pages about yourself. consider yourself: work Without labor nothing prospers.  -Sophocles It could be paid employment, personal gardening, home keeping, raising children, volunteering or any number of things, but almost every one of us does some work. For [...]

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by Debbie Hodge This is number 6 in an 11-part series full of ideas for making scrapbook pages about yourself. consider yourself: you and family In this session we’re talking about scrapping YOU and family. On other pages you can present the stories of your family members, but here, take some time to think about [...]

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by Debbie Hodge consider yourself: personal milestones & accomplishments A part of personal growth is passing milestones and accomplishing goals. Milestones are markers of growth and development that are to be expected (i.e., losing a tooth, getting to vote, turning 30 . . .) while accomplishments are related to achieving a goal through effort or [...]

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by Debbie Hodge consider yourself: what are the memories that compel you and the stories that you tell over and over? Whether you recount a funny anecdote about a recent experience or tell a longer tale of a challenge you faced years ago, telling stories is a way to connect with others.When you offer up [...]

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No photos for your scrapbook page? There are several alternatives you can use: Use journaling only to tell your story and select colors, papers, patterns, and embellishments that support the subject. Use one photo to spur your journaling. This black and white photo of my cousin and me dressed up, immediately recalls for me my [...]

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