For the Love of Lists

April 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Sometimes journaling is hard. We may want to scrap a certain photo, or share a story, but the words might not come easily. Sometimes, you fall in love with a kit and don’t even have a photo that might work with it. Sometimes you want to make a page and not clutter it up with a bunch of words or a full story. And maybe, just maybe… you end up with a mental block and can’t even think of a direction to go with a page. Chances are, you have a ton of hidden material tucked inside just waiting to come out.

Lists are a great tool for those times when you just feel stuck or don’t know what to say. You don’t have to use a lot of words. You don’t have to tell a full story. You don’t even need a picture. And you can find the idea for lists just about anywhere and everywhere. You could even scrap your to-do lists or shopping lists.

Lists work if you are scrapping traditional pages, art journal pages or even Project Life pages. Total versatility.

I just purchased Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists by Lisa Nola.

It is a fun book that you can fill out, and it has a lot of great illustrations.

There is a whole series of these books: Music, Movies, Friends, Love, My Future, and Parenthood.

Moorea Seal generates a new list topic every Tuesday (in 2013). She includes a PDF that you can print, fill out and share by #52lists2013. These would be great to scrap/journal.

Here are a few other ideas:

Playlists (from different periods of your life)
Favorite teachers/mentors
Closest relatives
Friends & online buddies (along with the years you were friends)
Exes (you can include your favorite/least favorite thing about them)
Horrible and/or funny dates
Clothing styles/fads you went through
What is currently in your purse/bag
Groups you belong (have belonged) to
Volunteer activities past/present/future
Typical chores throughout the week and who does what (and/or list favorite and least favorite chores)
Interesting co-workers
Strange requests you’ve received
Your accomplishments
Interesting classes you’ve taken

What would you list?

Kimberlee

Stay-at-home Gran, Poet, Teacher, Daydreamer, Idea-maker, Glitterizer, and Storyteller. I live in Washington State and love to spend my time doing anything creative.

$2 Tuesdays & Project Life

April 9, 2013 | Leave a comment

Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a great week! Well, today is one of my favorite days here at One Story Down - $2 Tuesday!

What a great sale! In case you were wondering what $2 Tuesday is, I thought I’d give you a little bit of info so you can see what a fantastic deal it is! Each week, OSD will be having a $2 Tuesday sale which will include mostly Project Life inspired products. Each week, there will be a variety of new and old product as part of the sale and each item in the sale will cost just $2. What a deal! Shopping this sale is a great way to begin to build up your digi stash full of fun products perfect for Project Life pages!

I also wanted to mention that we are having some great conversations over in the OSD Project Life forum that we’d love for you to join! In addition to a weekly thread where we are all posting our finished PL threads as we complete them and inspiring each other with our pages, there are several threads around why we’re doing Project Life, how we’re balancing our Project Life pages and our other scrapbooking projects, and more. There are also a few threads pointing to various resources, tips etc that relate to Project Life. We would love for you to come check out the forum, join in and tell us what you’ve been working on! Ask questions, tell us what you’re struggling with or what’s working for you! We want the forum to be a great place to be inspired and learn tips and tricks for the Project Life project! I really hope to see you there!

Have a great rest of your week!

Amy Melniczenko

Wife, Mommy, Scrapbooker, Family Historian, Storyteller, Voracious Reader, & Project Manager. I live in Northern VA and love spending time with my family & documenting our stories!