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Light always follows darkness

04 Apr 2014 Comments Off on Light always follows darkness

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought Tags: courage, lighthouse

Light always follows darkness

….and once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through,

how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the

storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm

you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

Hanuki Murakmi

written for my friend D. Her Mom just suffered a debilitating stroke.

~Sallie

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You may reach Sallie at uniquelyyourscraftjournal@outlook.com

Paper Daydreams

02 Apr 2014 Comments Off on Paper Daydreams

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Paper Daydreams Tags: covers, digital, photos, pinterest

Dear Fellow Journalers,

While researching for great journal ideas, I came across this quote which, by the way, is very appropriate for today’s post: ” tokens can be a source of inspiration and add visual and texture to pages”.

I have 2 lists of things to add to my journal. One list is digital and the other is of actual things, (tokens) I can hold. My daughter-in-law challenged me to try Pinterest and I am now hooked. I have “pinned” peaceful scenes, book covers, quotes etc. and put them in a folder marked Journal. My second list includes: recipes, cancelled postage stamps, pre-stamped and die-cut images, silk flowers, paint chips, scraps of handwritten notes, greeting cards, keys and sections of maps.

I decorated an envelope and put the items in it. I then placed the envelope in the inside cover of my journal. I am currently reading a great book entitled, “365 Journal Writing Ideas A year of Daily Journal Writing” by Rossi Fox. I found a tip about adding photos to a page that I wanted to share with you. He created a template the size of a photo and added it to the back pocket of his journal. Then when he wanted to add the photo and write about it, he just took out the template, drew around it, added the photo and had space to write. He discovered that 4″ x 2.5″ is the perfect template to fit 8 photos on an A4 sheet of photo paper. I have yet to try this, but it sounds reasonable.

What are your inspirational/motivational tokens? Please share them with me at uniquelyyourscraftjournal.com

~Sallie

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Truth

28 Mar 2014 Comments Off on Truth

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought

Children are often the very best source for the unvarnished truth!

~Sallie

Journal Web Sites

26 Mar 2014 Comments Off on Journal Web Sites

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Web Sites Tags: clothpaperscissors, favecrafts, pinterest

Dear Fellow Journalers,

The following links are to sites that I frequent. Check them out!

www.favecrafts.com/Journals

http://curiouslycrafty.wordpress.com

www.pinterest.com

www.clothpaperscissors.com

Have a good week.

~Salle

Prompts

19 Mar 2014 Comments Off on Prompts

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Prompts Tags: book, Irish, Prompts, Yankee Candle

Prompts

Dear Fellow Crafters/ Journalers,

In this post we’ll talk about the dreaded blank page. Writers call these bits of thought prompts. My suggestion is to create a Prompt Jar and write down all the prompts you see below (and as the year goes on, I’ll send you more!) and put the pieces of paper in your jar. When you get stuck, pull out one or two and start writing. To create a Prompt Jar you can use an empty Yankee Candle Jar. I can send you the link, if you are interested.

The category list is long and the March Prompt list is at the bottom.