A lot of people don’t always understand how important the titles of our scrapbook layouts are. They can literally make or break a page. Titles set the tone of our layouts and bring everything on the page together to create a strong theme. That doesn’t mean every layout has to have a title. There are no hard and fast rules for adding titles to a layout. One basic principle I try to apply on most of my layouts is this:…
I don’t know about you but sometimes I feel like I can never have too much paper. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been working on a layout and just can’t seem to find exactly what I need. So, what do I do? I make my own paper, of course! Most often this comes down to wanting a textured paper that fits not only my layout but the kit with which I’m working. I tend to have…
Welcome back after the long Labor Day weekend here in the United States! I hope everyone had a safe and memorable holiday. During some long holiday weekends I tend to find myself being very reflective. This past weekend was just that kind. So, today’s tip is going to be a bit of a departure for me. Well, perhaps not a true departure but it is something I tend to do infrequently. It’s not going to be so much about scrapbooking…
In just a couple of days we’ll be experiencing a Waning Crescent Moon phase. Hence the gorgeous featured image above. So, what exactly does that have to do with anything in scrapbooking? Well let me tell you a little secret. There’s a keyboard shortcut that makes it easy to create our own crescent shape. But before I get into that, here’s a little history about typewriter keys vs. keyboards… Back in the dark ages before we had computers most girls…
When I started working on this post and came up with the title, I couldn’t help but think of a song I hadn’t listened to for quite some time; Lost Boy/Neverland by Ruth B. Here are the first lines of the song… “There was a time when I was alone. Nowhere to go and no place to call home. My only friend was the man in the moon. And even sometimes he would go away, too. Then one night, as…