Scrapbooking past times: online resources for jogging your memory

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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #11: Routines

Scrapbook “Your” Story #11: Routines
consider yourself: How Do YOU Do It? Source: stock.xchng / 13dede 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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #10: Interests and Passions

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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #9: Your Stuff

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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #8: Friends and Other Folk

Scrapbook “Your” Story #8: Friends and Other Folk
consider yourself: friends & other folk Source: stock.xchng / Mattox 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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #7: Work

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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #6: You and Family

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...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #5: Personal Milestones & Accomplishments

Scrapbook “Your” Story #5: Personal Milestones & Accomplishments
photo by stock.xchng / harrykeely 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 ....

Scrapbook “Your” Story #4: Memory and Stories

Scrapbook “Your” Story #4: Memory and Stories
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...

Scrapbooking your childhood with limited or no photos

Scrapbooking your childhood with limited or no photos
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,...

Scrapbook “Your” Story #3: The Early Years

Scrapbook “Your” Story #3: The Early Years
consider yourself: the early years (childhood, adolescence, & teen) The material of your first 18 years could probably generate several full albums. If that seems like an overwhelming idea to you, you’re not alone. I agree. An approach that is manageable (and that I would argue is best for the viewers...

Scrap “Your” Story #2: Origins

Scrap “Your” Story #2: Origins
consider yourself: where are you from? Do you think of yourself as coming from a place, a people, or perhaps a culture? It’s probably a mix of all of these things, the combination of DNA, experience, and the purposeful shaping that our elders impart. “Origins” includes several photos of the land I grew...

Scrap “Your” Story #1: You Now

Scrap “Your” Story #1: You Now
by Debbie Hodge In celebration of Get It Scrapped’s 2nd birthday, we’re running “Scrap Your Story” free for the next 11 weeks. This is #1 in a series of 11 lessons about scrapbooking yourself. Look for a new post each Tuesday. Check back on March 9 for a lesson on scrapbooking your...

Scrap Your Story – Free 11-week class

Scrap Your Story – Free 11-week class
In celebration of Get It Scrapped’s 2nd birthday, we’re running “Scrap Your Story” free for the next 11 weeks. Look for a new post each Tuesday. Come on over to the Get Your Story Scrapped forum and chat. Post your layouts in the public gallery and link us up in the thread for each lesson. You can...

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