I came across this blog post lamenting the demise of the traditional printed yearbook, and it reminded me of the arguments I get all the time from parents on the yearbooks I edit. I have done books for 2 different elementary schools (with some mom help) and 1 middle school (with student help). We work hard to keep the cost of the book very
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Today I stumbled across this post about not missing film photography which got me to thinking… I don’t miss paper scrapping. Simple Scrapper had a post the other day on how digital scrappers can do a little paper scrapping and thought… but why? 5 Things I Don’t Miss – since going digital: Buying stuff – I love, still love, looking at all the goodies
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There are four basic ways we get information visually – whether it’s from a newspaper, website, comic book or scrapbook. We get information from images, from progression, from text and from symbols. We will look at each of those aspects and how we can use them in our scrapbooking to help us tell our stories! 1. What is a picture worth? If not a
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This is the first in a short series of posts on understanding how we tell our stories using both words and pictures. It is based on a series of Visual Literacy workshops I offer for teachers and students in middle and high school. A LITTLE HISTORY We’ve been telling stories with pictures for centuries, but in the 19th and 20th centuries scrapbooking became a
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Ok, maybe it’s because when I hear “the rules of this hobby” my skin crawls, or I’m just a natural rebel, but when I followed the link to this post from Simple Scrapper’s post today, it really bugged me. Those of you who’ve spent time with me know how I feel about this already, but I think it’s time I speak out. For those
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