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Let’s move on to the question of “when”, which
directly involves the concept of time. If you
want to focus on incorporating journaling
specific to the “when”, imagine your calendar
and focus on the days, hours, months, and
years. The “when” can also be related to the
time of day such as evening and morning or to
any of the four seasons. Think about important
milestones from your children first learning to
walk all the way to when you might retire.
Jessica placed the emphasis on the “when”,
designing a layout about a special day for her
daughter. She captured the sweet memories and
sentiment involving the first day of school.
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Design note:
For this layout about my daughter McKenna's
first day of school, I wanted to showcase
the exact time. This was taken before school
when she was getting ready to leave for the
bus. She was fresh and ready for the day,
the best time to catch her, and she's still
willing to smile for my camera! I used the
supplies from the 2CroppinCousinz November
Kit to create this layout.
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First Grade by Jessica Chastain. Supplies: Paper:
Bo Bunny, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper,
Bo Bunny, Glitter: Ranger, Letter
Stickers: Basic Grey, Doodlebug, Flower:
Alicia Barry, Bling: Prima, Rub-ons: Daisy
Bucket, Font: Emilie Ahern, Other: ribbon,
chipboard butterflies.
Journaling: I love the first day of school. What
month? September, What Day? 4th, 2008, What
time? 7:24a.m. The minute I saw you, I knew
you'd make a great first impression. You
always do.
One of the more abstract WH questions
involves the “why”. Being an educator, I
often teach my students how to answer “why”
questions by reinforcing the key word,
“because”. I stress the fact that they need
to provide specific examples that tell all
the reasons behind an action, a preference
or an event. When scrapping, generate a
list for your journaling or focus on the
causes and effects. Jen centered on the
“why” with her journaling, providing an
explanation for loving autumn so much. The
end result is descriptive and sounds poetic.
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Autumn by Jen Pohl. Supplies:
Paper: Creative Memories, Cardstock:
Core'dinations, Decorative Trimmer:
Creative Memories, Letters:
American Crafts, Leaf Embellishment:
Deluxe Designs, Pens: Creative Memories,
Signo, Other: bling.
Journaling: Autumn is my
favorite season because it activates all my
senses. I see colors not seen for months, I
smell cold wind and fireplaces, I hear the
rain of leaves, I feel the crisp air, and I
taste pumpkin pie, my once per year
indulgence.
Design note: My kindergartener, Bree, is studying the
five senses in school right now and I
thought they'd be great to use for this
assignment.
Finally,
the last WH question involves the “how”.
Now I realize that the word doesn’t even
start with a 'wh', but it is still
considered to be a WH question, meant to
clarify the facts. The “how” explains the
manner in which you accomplish something.
Include all the steps it takes to assemble
your favorite pie or the way that you
prepare for a birthday party. A focus can
be put on how someone makes you feel or on
the sequence of how something occurs. For
my layout, I described how my husband and I
accomplished a goal. In turn, I was able to
record important details in a more
entertaining way.
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Design note:
I printed a variety of pictures from our
trip to Burlington, VT. I kept the picture
of us in black and white to make it stand
out from the rest of the photos. The layout
design is simple to put the focus on the
journaling.
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Revisting by Stacey Michaud. Supplies:
Paper,
Letter Stickers, Chipboard:
Pink Paislee, Buttons: Maya Road, Flower:
American Crafts.
Journaling: How do you reconnect
after life has gotten in the way? Get Nana
to take the kids for the weekend, get in the
car & drive. Revisit the place where it all
began, where dreams were born. Walk
arm-in-arm, have a quiet dinner, sleep late
on Sunday. Just enjoy & remember what made
you fall in love the first time. Revisit
you!
The next time you approach a layout, add a
twist with your writing by elaborating on
only one WH question at a time. Give as
much detail as you can in response to that
one prompt. In the end, you will be
rewarded with fresh and interesting
journaling.
Interested in sharing your journaling ideas
or layouts where the focus is on the
writing? Want to be a guest designer for
future Open Road columns? Contact
stacey@scrapstreet.com today!
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