Don't forget to pick up our free gift in this week's Cover Stories. Like what you see, check out all of Kellie Mize's great products in her shoppe.take care,{storyteller} deann
it's a wonderful day at {wst}...
The cover of this compilation CD has exceptionally cool and graphic circles not to mention the pink and brown color scheme.
I thought it would make a fun and modern set of papers. Grab it here --> (take me to the forum)
I love the fun layout Carolee created with it showcasing her son's dance moves:
Diane made fun and colorful layout about family:
Don't forget to post your own creations in our gallery. Have a great week!
{storyteller} kellie mize
I loved the brightly colored tabs on the black background of this week's Cover Stories inspiration. The flip marketing graphics are so fun and modern.
I thought the colored tabs would be fun on a black frame. Grab it here --> (take me to the forum)
Lori created this oh-so-sweet page with it:
And designer Molly joined in the fun with this gorgeous layout:
Don't forget to post your own creations in our gallery. Have a great week!
{storyteller} kellie mize
First of all, let me apologize for my blog absence last week. I was in the midst of three days of solid travel and meetings for work, and I was just feeling so under the weather that I didn't have it in me to put anything together about our next chapter in Ralph Fletcher's Breathing in, Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer's Notebook. I'm feeling much better this week, so let's get to our next chapter.On my first read-through, I worried that there wasn't much in this chapter that was applicable to scrapbookers. But then I remembered just how many of the events my family enjoys take place out of doors, and how often I love to experiment with photos from the natural world. Nature, for me, is a place of reflection -- and thinking about that connection opened a door into this chapter for me.Some passages to think about:
"It is difficult to observe the world if we are preoccupied with other things. But we can learn to do so. I find that there are plenty of times when I have to gently tell myself, Shut up and pay attention to what is going on." (p. 31)
"As you start paying closer attention to the physical world, try to push beyond the sight into the other less glamorous senses: smell, taste, touch." (p. 33)
"The notebook is the place to record honest perceptions of and reactions to the physical world. You will want to record important specifics, but you may also be tempted to move away from strict accuracy and begin to invent. Go for it! The impulse toward play begins immediately in many writers, from the initial act of breathing in the world and writing down a perception. Such play can take place through analogies, metaphor, puns, or personification." (p. 34)
It is through those last two passages that I think Fletcher makes a great point -- as we work to improve our writing, the actual words we place on the paper and their order and sound and impact, focusing on sensory images is a great place to begin. What's more, though, is that our lives are so much richer -- as are our memories and our stories -- when we move beyond just what we see and include our other senses. There are so many things, for example, that I love about my girls, but one of the most vivid things to me is the way Cami's head smells after she comes in from playing outside. It's an earthy, warm, sunshiny, little kid smell, and it is all her, and it makes me just want to bury my face in the top of her head and breathe in the scent of her childhood and bottle it up forever.
I'd love to see the layouts you make this week that focusing on the physical world -- just post them here in our gallery {stories} and then link us up to the layout over in our forum {tales}.
Don't forget our Book Fair -- we've got a great kit for you from one of our newest designers! Enjoy!
write on,
{storyteller} aud
This week's Cover Stories is sure to make you sing! Our inspiration is from the soundtrack CD to the movie Hairspray:
It makes a great clean, multi-photo template. Grab it here --> (take me to the forum)
Steph created this gorgeous and vibrant Project 365 layout with it:
And Lori beautifully documented a week in the life of her family:
Don't forget to post your own creations in our gallery. Have a great week!
{storyteller} kellie
