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Scrapbook Storytelling E-Zine
Special Summer 2003 Edition
"Because a
memory a day keeps the blues far away."
What scrappers like
you say about Scrapbook Storytelling--
I don't buy many
books about scrapbooking, but yours has been WONDERFUL! Eileen
Lass
NEWS FLASH*NEWS FLASH- E-Book to be
Published by www.scrapbook.com
The Scrapbooker's Journaling Companion will be available
soon through www.Scrapbook.com as an e-book. More than
650 important questions for journalers make up a good part of the book, but
we've also added 20 full-color original pages to show you terrific ways to save
your stories.
A few of the * hot * hot * hot * topics you'll enjoy
are
- Heritage journaling
- Writing about your adopted child
- Journaling starters for family reunions
- and...how to journal the hard times-divorce, death and other
losses.
And the techniques we're using
- wire
- beads
- buttons
- embellishments
- paper clay
- thumb tacks
- fiber
- shaker boxes
Contents
- Preview of What My Classes at Simply Southern Scrapbook
Convention will be enjoying
- Story Starters: Scrapbooking Ideas for Summer
- Feature Story: An Interview with Scrapbook Entrepreneur
Phoebe Owenby, the Starving Scrapper
- Report from CKU-R
- Page Design Technique: Foam Embellishments
- Featured Journaling Technique: Tag Books
- New Product Spotlight: Fall Leaf Brads
- Cou*pon for F*R*E*E Stuff
- Stuff You Need to Know...Contact information and so
on
NEWS FLASH*NEWS FLASH* NEWS
FLASH
Simply Southern Scrapbook Convention attendees to my
classes will be OVERWHELMED with goodies!
I got so carried
away creating my handouts and gathering supplies for the Simply Southern
Scrapbook Convention (August 7-9, in Nashville) that Caroline Meisel, my
neighbor and owner of My-Memories.com, said, "ARE YOU CRAZY?????"
Yep. I am!!!!
- In the Heritage Class, they'll be getting a 13-page
monster handout. I created a Timeline of significant events from 1900 to
1955 to help scrappers put family stories into the context of the times, 3
pages long. Whew. Then I created a Dossier Form for capturing essential
information about each family member. There's a list of Preservation
Tips, and a reprint of a magazine article, and did I mention samples of
Jotters? Plus, a F*R*E*E copy of Family Tree Magazine for each student,
a Sakura pen, a complete Make-n-Take Heritage page from Paper Adventures, a
coupon from
www.scrapbook.com, and a tag book from
My-Memories (see the article below).
In the One Minute Journaling class the
handout weighed in at 13 pages. We'll be discovering each student's
Journaling Personality, a step toward focusing on better journaling.
I'll divide the class into four distinct Journaling Styles: Daisy
Driver, Patty Perky, Sally Systems, and Analytical Annie. We have 5
journaling exercises to go through to develop more words on paper fast.
Add a reprint of an article, and we'll be busy. Plus each student will
receive a Sakura pen, a sample of Page Flippers and PostScript Paper from
Paper Adventures, a tag book, a coupon from www.scrapbook.com, a Jotters sample, a Scrapbook Premier subscription form, and who
knows what else? It's a surprise!
In the How to Teach Journaling Class, the
handout was 20 pages long! Oh, my gosh. The students are also getting a
copy of The Scrapbooker's Journaling Companion, and four brand-new fun games
for scrapbookers to play at crops. There's a list of places for
scrapbookers to add journaling to their pages. We have journaling
exercises galore for this super class. Plus each student will receive a Sakura
pen, a sample of Page Flippers and PostScript Paper from Paper Adventures, a
tag book, a coupon from www.scrapbook.com, a Jotters sample, a
Scrapbook Premier subscription form and other great giveaways.
Of course, each class has its own DOORPRIZE giveaways.
At the booksigning at the Scrapbook Village
booth on Friday, we're giving away my BOOKS, audio tapes, and special gifts
from Paper Adventures.
Did I mention that I'm bringing chocolate, too?
Can't teach a class without it! See you there!
Story Starters: Scrapbooking Ideas for
Summer
- Summer Firsts - The first week in June I saw
my first firefly of the year. This weekend, my son goes to his first
sleep-over summer camp. I'm putting the finishing touches on my first
e-book. Summer is a great time for firsts: First swim meet, first
Vacation Bible Camp, first bikini, first drive-in movie, first ride on a
roller coaster, first visit to grandparents, first trip to the beach, first
State Fair, first job. Make a page about your family's firsts.
Keep a sheet of paper near your family calendar and jot down all the firsts
that come with these warm summer months. Add a photo and presto!
You've got a great page full of terrific memories.
- The Longest Day of the Year - June 21 is the
longest day (as in daylight) day of the year. Ever stop to think about
the longest day of your life? What was it? Why was it so
long? How did it change your life? How about this year. What
seemed to go on and on and on? Start journaling with the phrase:
"I thought this day/time would never end." Write what happened and why
it seemed to drag on and on.
- Family Reunions - I said goodbye to my mom
this morning as she left to visit her second cousin in Cincinnati before she
flies home to Florida. Summer is a typical time for reuniting
families. This weekend, we're driving to Chicago to visit my husband's
first cousins, once removed. How do I know their relationship to my
hubby? I looked it up in the chart in Bev Kirshner Braun's New Ideas for
Crafting Heritage Albums. Make good use of your summer get-togethers by
bringing along mysterious photos you can't identify, family trees with missing
branches, and recording devices (your camera, tape recorder, pen and paper,
and video camera). I particularly love to pose family members next to
each other, snap a shot and then journal about the ways the people are alike
and different. Can't see the comparisons? Start with activities
and go from there. For example, while my mom visited us this week, she
taught my son the box step. They both love to dance. They watched
movies for hours. They both love to watch movies. See?
NEWS FLASH*NEWS FLASH - CKU-R was a BLAST! Lots
of New Stuff to See and Do!
What's new? Shaker Boxes continue to be
fun additions to our pages. Printed Overlays (think clear
overhead projector cells with colored designs printed on them) are a new and
interesting way to add texture, gloss and color to pages. Beads,
buttons, ribbon, fiber and baubles are showing up all over on pages
both as embellishments and as lettering. Tearing our paper
apart and sewing it back together seems to be the order of the
day. Stickers are looking more sophisticated than ever,
not so childlike, more real or more funky. Small and simple
albums are here to stay, making great gifts and do-able
projects.
Look for Paper Adventures new line Basis with 220-plus
colors of cardstock, in your local scrapbook store. Let's face
it: you can never have too much cardstock.
*** Feature Story ***
An Interview with Scrapbook Entrepreneur Phoebe Owenby, the
Starving Scrapper
On Saturdays in my St. Louis suburb, signs pop up
announcing SCRAPBOOK SUPPLY SALE at a local hotel. Intrigued, I discovered
an unconventional scrapbook entrepreneur, Phoebe Owenby. Her business goes
by the name the Starving Scrapper and for the past year and a half, she has been
selling scrapbook related products and hosting crops once a month at a local
hotel. Occasionally, she also teaches classes at the same time her crops and
sales are running.
Phoebe doesn't have any employees, but two of her friends help
her out. She got into the business because she saw the need for lower
prices on scrapbook supplies.
Her road to
being a scrapbook entrepreneur wasn't without challenges. She began by
applying for a license and contacting suppliers found in magazines and on the
internet. Then she hit a stumbling block: Lots of companies won't
sell to "home-based" businesses and their minimum requirements on paper,
stickers, etc... make it hard to get rid of items before "the next new thing"
comes out!
Typically, Phoebe puts in 10 hours a week on her business. The
sale is only once a month at a local hotel so she doesn't have a "typical"
day.
Page Design Technique: Foam
Embellishments
Big, bold and eyecatching. Foam
embellishments are popping up all over! They are inexpensive-scratch
that-they are downright CHEAP. You can adhere them with regular adhesive,
but I love using glue dots.
You can also color your foam pieces with markers. I used
foam soccer balls from www.my-memories.net to add masculine texture to
my "Bend It Like Beckham" page. I went to the website of the movie to find
a great photo to add, the one of the girls lined up playing soccer (football to
the rest of the world). Click on http://www.scrapbookstorytelling.com/ezine-pages-2003-08.shtml
to see the "Bend It Like Beckham" page.
Foam works when you build shaker boxes. Use it between
the top layer and the bottom layer of your "box" to create the negative space
necessary. Craft foam glue works well for adhesion.
Recently I bought an entire alphabet and more of foam letters
with adhesive backing for less than $2. Be on the lookout for precut foam
in craft departments. You are sure to find an image that works for
you.
Featured Journaling
Technique: Tag Books
In the dog days of summer, every move seems to take
way-too-much energy. Even a tall cool glass of ice tea doesn't perk me up
enough right now. That's why tag books are such a perfect fit for summer
pages.
Here's how they work: Stack two or more tags. Put
an eyelet, ribbon or brad through the hole. Ta-da. You've got a tag
book.
Journaling on them couldn't be simpler. You'll probably
want to write first and gather the "pages" together second. Consider these
formats:
- bullet points-simply put one idea on each tag
- directions-one action per tag will do it
- "Reasons I love..."-give each reason its own tag
- list-number the tags as you create your list
- story telling-each tag is a "chapter," so number your tag
pages
New Product Spotlight: Fall Leaf
Brads
If you clicked on the tag book link, you noticed the fall leaf
brads from Unique Notions. They come in 12, yes, that's twelve,
colors. You're sure to find great ways to use them on your pages.
Adhere vellum with them, create a tag book, embellish a mat, wind fiber under
them, use them to replace the word "leaf" when you write your journaling.
They are NEW, NEW, NEW from Unique Notions.
Cou*pon for F*R*E*E
Fall Leaf Brads
A f*r*e*e sample pack of nail heads with
any order over $25 from www.my-memories.net when you mention the
Scrapbook Storytelling E-Zine in the comment section of your order. This
offer expires September 15, 2003.
Stuff You Need to Know
Want to
share this information? This e-zine is copyrighted by Joanna Campbell
Slan, 2003. You are free to forward it in its entirety to others, but do
not reprint it without permission.
Like the ideas here?
You'll love our books. Click on www.my-memories.safeshopper.com/153/cat153.htm?916 to see the complete line of our books. Check out the
Father's Day Special while you're there.
Comments? Contact
Joanna at savetales@aol.com. We love to hear what you
think and what you'd like to read more about. We like questions, too, but
give us a while to answer them, okay?
Wanna meet Joanna?
Check our website www.scrapbookstorytelling.com for a schedule of
our upcoming appearances and classes.
Have a product you'd like
for us to try? Send us samples at Scrapbook Storytelling, 7 Ailanthus
Court, Chesterfield, MO, 63005. Phone 636-519-1612.
About the
author...Journaling goddess Joanna Campell Slan is the author of Scrapbook
Storytelling which has sold 40,000 copies in addition to five other books on
scrapbooking, one textbook on storytelling, and two inspirational books.
Contact Joanna at savetales@aol.com.
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