The stories behind photos are as important as the images themselves. Scrapbookers will learn how journaling can enrich their scrapbook layouts with this extraordinary book. This comprehensive guide is designed to instill confidence in the most reluctant writer. Beautiful colour photos will instruct and inspire scrapbookers to create scrapbook pages that will speak to generations to come.
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Imagine looking 50 years into the future as your great grandchildren look through your scrapbook. There are plenty of great photos; there may even be notes on the dates and subjects. But beyond that, nothing. Eventually they close the album, having learned little about their ancestors in the early 21st Century.
It was precisely this imaginary scenario that finally prompted me to seek out help for my scrapbook journaling blocks in the form of Scrapbook Journaling Made Simple. This book addresses the importance of journaling the stories and vital information that should be a part of every page in your cherished albums. Even more to the point, SJMS tells you how to overcome these psychological impediments that we all face at one time or another. Among these issue are:
1. Fear of making a big mistake that will ruin the whole layout
2. You hate your handwriting
3. Lack of information about a photograph
4. Not knowing how to write "well"
5. Lack of time (my personal un-favorite)
SJMS guides you through all the excuses, countering them neatly in simple sections that break down the task of writing your personal stories into manageable steps. Much of the process is common sense, but you will also learn getting started, tricks to jog your memory, improving the look of your text, and more. In the process you will discover just what a wealth of lore you have within you to express on paper.
If I had one criticism about this book, it is that SJMS could feature more in-depth examples of outstanding journaling from the real-life examples. The samples they gave tended to be all too abbreviated, IMHO. It also would have been nice to explore the dimension that quotes and various font styles can give to a page.
This book is especially good for those of us who may be starting out new to the scrapbooking craft. SJMS has a very simple, encouraging style that puts the emphasis on the real reason we scrapbook - our heritage to the future - without overwhelming the reader with trends and product recommendations. Basically, it will inspire you to write again.
It was precisely this imaginary scenario that finally prompted me to seek out help for my scrapbook journaling blocks in the form of Scrapbook Journaling Made Simple. This book addresses the importance of journaling the stories and vital information that should be a part of every page in your cherished albums. Even more to the point, SJMS tells you how to overcome these psychological impediments that we all face at one time or another. Among these issue are:
1. Fear of making a big mistake that will ruin the whole layout
2. You hate your handwriting
3. Lack of information about a photograph
4. Not knowing how to write "well"
5. Lack of time (my personal un-favorite)
SJMS guides you through all the excuses, countering them neatly in simple sections that break down the task of writing your personal stories into manageable steps. Much of the process is common sense, but you will also learn getting started, tricks to jog your memory, improving the look of your text, and more. In the process you will discover just what a wealth of lore you have within you to express on paper.
If I had one criticism about this book, it is that SJMS could feature more in-depth examples of outstanding journaling from the real-life examples. The samples they gave tended to be all too abbreviated, IMHO. It also would have been nice to explore the dimension that quotes and various font styles can give to a page.
This book is especially good for those of us who may be starting out new to the scrapbooking craft. SJMS has a very simple, encouraging style that puts the emphasis on the real reason we scrapbook - our heritage to the future - without overwhelming the reader with trends and product recommendations. Basically, it will inspire you to write again.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
66 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you find it difficult to "let go" when you are journaling in your scrapbooks - and by that, I mean using your senses while writing in order to feel the moment, rather than just telling the facts - then you will want to invest in a copy of SCRAPBOOK JOURNALING MADE SIMPLE.
In addition to simple methods of writing down your information (including: bullet, dictionary, timeline, recipe, poetic, and acrostic journaling, among others) you'll get a list of descriptive words that can really punch up your writing, questions to reflect on while deciding what to say about your pictures, interviewing techniques, and ways to overcome writer's block. Also included are ways to use journaling creatively in your pages, journaling without photos, and methods for adding journaling to crowded or finished pages.
Anyone can journal just as well as the artists who produce such amazing and touching pages in scrapbooking magazines. All it takes is the right tools and some practice!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The book was worth many times its price just for one chapter, "Thinking Outside the Box," which contains many ideas that are simple yet incredibly creative (timelines, "WANTED"-poster styles, blurbs, etc.)
However, if family holidays, babies, and engagements have somehow eluded you, it is possible to feel VERY alienated from your own life by the traditional examples given. (In this case, please check out "On Leaving a Trace" for inspiration on writing and any of Lynne Perella's books for help with artistic expression.)
I am just using this book to dip into for practical ideas (structures), of which it offers plenty. Then I quickly shut it and forget everthning else!
However, if family holidays, babies, and engagements have somehow eluded you, it is possible to feel VERY alienated from your own life by the traditional examples given. (In this case, please check out "On Leaving a Trace" for inspiration on writing and any of Lynne Perella's books for help with artistic expression.)
I am just using this book to dip into for practical ideas (structures), of which it offers plenty. Then I quickly shut it and forget everthning else!
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What a Great Book!
This is a must for scrapbookers. Do you find it hard to find the right words for a great layout? Then this book will help tie all the ends together. Read more
Published 14 months ago by printie
Scrapbook Journaling Made Simple (Memory makers)
The book was in detail about ways to journal. Had good ideals. Easy book to understand.
Published on November 3, 2009 by T. Carr
Scrapbooking book
The book was as I expected. I spend lots of time getting ideas from this book.
Published on October 15, 2009 by Barbara J. Keisler
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First Sentence:
Journaling is the writing found on scrapbook pages. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sticker letters, patterned paper, decorative scissors, scrapbook page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Journaling Made Simple, Think Outside the Box, Erikia Ghumm of Brighton, Other Styles, Pamela Frye of Denver New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Journaling is the writing found on scrapbook pages. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sticker letters, patterned paper, decorative scissors, scrapbook page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Journaling Made Simple, Think Outside the Box, Erikia Ghumm of Brighton, Other Styles, Pamela Frye of Denver New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town by Running Press in Back Matter
- The Careful Writer by Theodore M. Bernstein on page 43
- The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale on page 43
- Phantom of the Opera by William R. Sanford in Back Matter
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. on page 43
- Scrapbooking Your Family History by Maureen Taylor on page 85
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