Have you had a delightful month? We hope that you have learned much and giggled oft as you have spent your time with us each day. Have we mentioned lately how much we love our readers? Yes, you! We do love having you stop by.
It's that time where we link arms and walk back through our gallery. We hope that you have your comfy shoes on! Let's begin...
- record a trend. Lisa's One Direction layout could fit many of our children's albums right now. Have you taken a moment to record their current media crushes?
- record something goofy. and then don't add lengthy journaling if it isn't needed. Jennie's layout is perfect with nothing but her title. High-lair-ee-us.
- make a list of oft heard phrases. Sometimes we hear things so often that we can't imagine that they will one day fade from our memories. Feel free to ask your spouse for help like Diane did.
- record a conversation line by line. Valerie smartly recorded the conversation and used stamps to help convey the speaker. Darling.
- write from the heart. Go there. No matter how it hurts. You will be glad later. Christine's layout is proof enough.
- make a list of the words your baby knows. And then write them out. And one day, scrapbook them, like Paula did!
- record your tactics. Sarah's layout is a humorous retelling of her persuasion techniques. Too funny.
- eavesdrop. and then write down what you hear. especially if you have two little people chatting together. You will giggle. Just like Erin did.
- honest photos. Aliza's layout shows us just how fun in-the-moment photographs can be.
- take a headshot. then pair it with something that you hear. Katie's layout shows us that the photo that you use doesn't need to have been taken at the moment of the conversation that you are recording.
- hilarious moment recorded. Don't forget to take pictures of the crazy antics of your housemates. Chances are this photo will haunt Christa's daughter for years to come. Perfection!
- conversation baby photos. You might need two of you for this one. While one engages the baby in a conversation, the other records it. These photos, like Keshet's will become treasures.
- action shots. They are easy to take and fun to scrapbook. Just pick a few and get going like Jennie did.
- take a screenshot of your texting convo. Amy's idea is fantastic! As is her layout!
- take a photo at the beginning or end of an event that you cannot attend. Kelly's photo of her son coming home from camp helps tell the story even though she didn't get to be there the whole time.
- let your conversation be your photo. Sometimes you don't need a photo. Sometimes you can find one. But don't let the lack of one stand in your way. Marnie didn't.
- use an element unexpectedly. Look at how Aliza uses the polaroid frame with the attached sentiment. It sits empty in the lower right hand corner. Without framing a photo. Interesting...
- find a small element that helps to tell your story. Like Celeste's car. Helps us to catch that this conversation took place in the car. In case you forget to read the title.
- embellish with color. Jennifer does a great job with black and white photos, a grey background, and then all sorts of color pops in her embellishments. Perfect!
- stamp a date with tiny little date stamps. Francine's round little bitty yellow numbers with the red dots in between are the perfect additions for both color and style. Lovely.
- Christmas photos. Let Amy's layout be some inspiration for you to scrapbook your holiday photos.
- Let conversation bubbles be your text boxes. Then you can add lots of journaling that is unrelated to each other. Just like Emily did.
- use enamel dots to support your color story. Deb is a master. Learn from her.
- edit your photos in an artistic manner to help with your story telling. Christine's layout is so much more fun with her oversized affected photos.
Thank you, again, for stopping by! We hope that these prompts will help you make better use of the gallery and all that it has to inspire!
