I was going through my blog roll when I found myself drawn to Donna Downey’s inspiration journals. I like these kinds of things. As much as I enjoy bookmarking sites that I like on the web, there is something magical about having a physical place to keep things that inspire me whether they are newspaper clippings, sayings or quotes I read amidst the chaos of my daily activities.
What about you? Have you got a journal that holds things that inspire you?
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Even though I don’t know what heartaches parents with autistic children whose only wish is for their child to initiate contact with them, I still feel your pain as I am a parent too.
I found this wonderful poem as if it was written by an autistic child. It’s a perfect journalling poem for your scrapbook layout:
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP
Written by Sally Meyer 2000
Mommy, don’t you cry now and Daddy don’t you weep.
I want to whisper something before I go to sleep.
I know that when I came here I looked perfect in every way.
And you were so proud, Daddy, when …read more

I mentioned to you a week or two ago that Jessica Sprague’s FREE Stories in Hand is coming up. I’ve registered for this class and today, I received the first email about the class in my inbox.
I’m so excited to start, I can’t wait!
Day 1 will be focused on the cover and tabs!

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Summer time is Lifestyles Channel’s theme for the month of May.
It’s quite hard to imagine summertime in New Zealand now that we’re about to winter. So I’ll reminisce my summer holidays of my childhood when I was living in the Philippines. I remember every year, we go to my family’s favorite pool resort where my Mom had a special pass for being an executive of her company. All my photos during the summer outings were of me with VERY, VERY dark skin. Skin darkened by spending so much …read more

I love to write. I always have for as long as I can remember. Writing is something I enjoy doing hence I suppose why it was ‘easy’ for me to become a professional blogger. Writing also provides my main source of income — however, that’s technical writing. I know others struggle to write what is in their hearts which is all the more reason to read the following tips on scrapbook journalling brought to us by J Isaacs at Digital Scrapbooking.
Everyone loves a great story and what better way to share the legacy of your family and all its members …read more

I’ve got a daughter so most of the fonts I download are quite girly. However, with the impending arrival of my future nephew (yes, the first grandson ever!), I am looking for boy-themed fonts and other embellishments that I can use in creating layouts for my sister.
Scrap Fonts got heaps to choose from!

DoodleBats Boys Bundle

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Noell of Paperclipping says don’t feel guilty if it has….I didn’t really keep a diary when I was younger. I attempted to start but the laziness of having to write on it daily took its toll even before I turned to page 2 of the diary.
Scrapbooking or journalling can indeed replace your diary, I don’t see why it shouldn’t. When I started blogging in 2004, it allowed me to capture memories in one moment in time that I can go back to. I have used quite a bit of my past entries in the journalling I have used for …read more

Here’s a tip I read that I’d like to share with you while reading The Look Blog.
It’s a tip by Teresa McFayden:
While I flipped through old album pages, I remember that I used to have my hubby write paragraphs on layouts here and there because I thought that would be so meaningful to have someday. Most all of the journaling in our umpteen albums is done by me and from my perspective. I am so glad I asked him to do that back then and need to remember to have him write on layouts again. There’s my tip for the …read more

A doodlebat is not quite a doodle, not quite a dingbat . Each comes with 36 images (a-z and 0-9 on the keyboard) & a PDF reference. Once installed, find it in your font list, starting with “DB”. Create a cool tropical look with these Hawaiin petroglyphs.
Cute eh? It’s selling for $1.50 down from $1.99 at Scrap n Fonts
For more choice, check it out at Scrap n Fonts