There isn't much that makes me happier in scrapbooking than clean and simple pages that showcase a lovely photo and includes some thoughtful journaling complimenting the photo. But sometimes coming up with that"simple" journaling can be so challenging! For me, this often happens when I'm over thinking things, so I have to remind myself to keep it simple and reflect on what it is that makes me love the photo I'm scrapping, and what I want to tell others about that photo.One of my journaling go-to's when I'm in this mind block is to use a formula for simple journaling: repetition and short sentences. This is my formula for many of my layouts: I will start each line of my journaling with the same word or phrase. I will then add a few words after that phrase that conveys the message I want to share. I put each sentence on it's own line and incorporate the journaling into the … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Journaling Tips and Tricks
I'm pretty sure I just heard some groans! Journaling seems to have a love - hate relationship overall. To me, a page isn't complete without a little journaling, even if it's just the Who, What, Where, and When. I snapped a few photos on Father's Day to scrap. Today, I'm here with a few thoughts for documenting the Fathers and Father figures in our lives. One of my favorite tricks to journaling when I don't know what to say is letting someone else tell the story. Is there a child who can answer a few questions about fathers? Or is there someone who will tell the story for you? I love to capture my mom telling stories about her dad. I've added some stories from my siblings about our dad. For my husband, I added a story that a child from church told me. Stories from other voices can help round out the personality of a person. Lists are a great way to capture the moment. List out the … [Read more...]
How to Incorporate QR Codes Into Memory Keeping
QR codes have been around for several years. Since the 90s to be exact. While using QR codes is not new technology. It just so happens that some new ideas for using QR codes in the memory keeping process were brought to light during a Lilypad Chat and I am eager to share them. Today we are sharing them here on the blog. For those that may be new to QR codes, let's start by explaining more about them.What is a QR Code?As described by wikipedia, a QR code (Quick Response code) is a two dimensional matrix code originally designed for the automotive industry. The code is a machine readable, optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached. A QR code consists of pixels arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by a QR reader.How do you create a QR Code?You can do a quick internet search and find a wide array of … [Read more...]
4 Tricks for Including More Journaling on Your Layouts
Over the years, the one thing I have struggled with a lot is including meaningful journaling on my pages. It's not that I don't want to share my memories, or that I don't want them preserved or shared. Often I feel a little silly writing journaling. Who am I supposed to be talking to? Do I use the third person? How much do I share? I know that the answers to these questions don't really matter, so I've started using a few tricks to basically MAKE me include more journaling on my layouts. Today, I want to share with you these tricks and some layouts from the awesome gallery here at TLP as examples.Participate in the Journaling Challenge here at TLP - The Journaling Challenge is one of the awesome challenges offered here at TLP and I have found it to be really inspirational in putting more journaling on my pages. Sometimes having a prompt really helps to get my juices flowing and … [Read more...]