This week's layout, "Inside Words," comes from Erin's gallery, which is just incredible -- she's a real journaling dynamo! Here's what we can learn from her work:
1. Create your own definitions.
Every family or group of friends has their own "language." Use this as the starting point for a great journaling alternative. Create dictionary definitions for these words and then create a layout about them. Use one main word as the focus for an extended journaling piece, or do like Erin did and put several words on one layout.
2. Whip your journaling into shape.
Photoshop and other photo editing programs are really flexible graphics programs that allow you to arrange your text in any number of creative shapes. Even simple word processing programs like Microsoft Word allow you to create shaped text. Put one of these tools to use -- or allow a page embellishment to guide your arrangement, which is what Erin did with this cool wire accent.
3. Use captions to organize your journaling.
In Erin's case, these captions are the words that she's defining, but captions -- short one or two-word phrases -- can be used to break your journaling into sections and help guide your reader through it. Think of them as subtitles, in a sense. These can take any number of formats: use little quotes or phrases, descriptive words, verbs, and more. This is an easy to really play around and have fun with both your writing and your design.
As always, we welcome your layouts in our gallery {stories} and your comment in our forum {tales}.
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write on,
{storyteller} aud
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