by Debbie Hodge “I want to go home to the dull old town, with the shaded street, and the open square, and the hill, and the flats, and the house I love, and the paths I know — I want to go home.” — Paul Kester place shapes character The places we come from, the [...]
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Scrapbooking Your Goals for 2011
By Amy Kingsford Every year around this time, we find ourselves making resolutions, setting goals and exploring changes to better our everyday lives. Upon researching the Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions made each year, I noted that many of the goals below seemed to always make the list. And believe it or not, you can [...]
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Scrapbooking past times: online resources for jogging your memory
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #11: Routines
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #10: Interests and Passions
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #9: Your Stuff
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #8: Friends and Other Folk
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #7: Work
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #6: You and Family
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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Scrapbook “Your” Story #5: Personal Milestones & Accomplishments
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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