STORY OF THE PAGE: How to document a 17-1/2 year old in a way that isn’t cutesy or generally unappealing to said teen? That, my memory keeping friends, is always the challenge I face. I’m always looking for some cool, graphic ways to save those little bits of his life in a way that isn’t […]
Make a Page Monday, Hybrid Scrapbooking: Stuff I Want to Remember
STORY OF THE PAGE: I had a photo of Aidan from Christmas break that I loved and wanted to use it to write a few thoughts down. If anything, my pages lately have served as more of a visual journal and as the title says, this is the kind of stuff I want to save. […]
Make a Page Monday: Favorite 12 Photos of the Year
STORY OF THE PAGE: I’m a sucker for a good list, and last week I designed a digital template to celebrate my favorite 12 photos from 2016. I approached it very methodically: I looked at each month from my Scrapbook Your Year project, and picked my favorite shot from that month. I added one descriptive […]
Make a Page Monday—Classic Edition (plus a video peek at my new workshop!)
STORY OF THE PAGE: I made this layout a number of years ago to celebrate a single photo. This layout was featured in my first book, Clean & Simple Scrapbooking. This photo… I tell ya, it kept me swooning for months while I was finishing up my life in Texas not really knowing at that point […]
Make a Page Monday: The Scrapbook & Cards Today Spring Edition
Spring is in the air and so is a special Scrapbook & Cards magazine edition of Make a Page Monday. Today I’m going to share a few of my pages from the just published Spring issue, but instead of giving you the usual design spiel I’m going to point you to the online magazine because […]
Make a Page Monday: The Scrapbook & Cards Today Fall Edition
The Fall issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today is out now and you can view it for free online. My column, Clean & Simple, focuses on one of my favorite design topics: balance. Let’s jump in and look at the pages. STORY OF THE PAGE: I like plants. Not all plants. Just succulents. Why? They […]