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PRT058 – You Forget

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  • http://brooklyngirlnextdoor.blogspot.com Rosann517

    HI, The link on 13 ways to look at story isn’t working. Is it just me?

  • Karen Bierdeman

    It’s not working for me, either. :(

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Yeah, it looks like their site is down right now. It’ll probably come back up soon…

  • beckydjd

    its up now, really good, and they have a free class… fun!

  • http://twitter.com/Bookworm Bookworm

    Awesome episode and topic. (I listened to half of it on my commute this morning and will finish it on the way home.)

    I’ve scribbled things down for a long time (the magnetic pad on the refrigerator comes in very handy in a pinch) and now I’m so grateful for those notes. It is really a cherished habit that nourishes my scrapbooking. I made a layout over the weekend telling the story of how my daughter wanted to keep a toad from the yard as a pet and my husband and I said no. So, she took it to a “higher power” and at the end of saying grace at the dinner table she said, “And God? Can I keep the toad?” I would certainly have forgotten the details of that story (even though I had the pictures) except that I’d jotted it down in my handy little notebook.

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    What a great story! I love it!

  • Tanya

    I’ve been mulling over Izzy’s “cross reference” idea for double sided patterned paper all day. It strikes a particular chord in me and I have this mental image of a gazillion strings of coloured thread all over my craft room. I like the idea of having to be like a super spy and doing complicated (and totally out of my body’s capabilities) maneuvers in order to get to my work space. Kind of lends a dangerous (and oddly exhilarating) feel to the hobby.
    But pushing my over active imagination aside I do have a question which I don’t think has been asked before – Noel and anyone else reading – do you ever scrap the same photo more than once? If so – why? I seem to remember reading somewhere about it and it isn’t something I’ve ever considered – although having recently looked at my earliest scrapbooking layouts – I’m seriously considering it. It just feels a little odd to me to use the same photo on more than one layout – guess I feel once I’ve used the photo I’ve told its story and it can be filed away.

  • HeatherC

    Not finished listening yet, but loving this episode — it reminds me to get back to using my notebooks to record the little things. You know, I had a realization about this a few years ago when my brother and I were both home visiting my parents. It suddenly occurred to me that our discussions about what we remembered about our childhood were not discussions about holidays, graduations or birthdays. We talked about the foods mom made for dinner (surpise to my mom some of the things we did not like!), games we used to play out in the yard and eating lunch at our kitchen counter with Dad (he came home from work everyday for lunch —yes– small town!) It is the little things, the funny things we say (we have an ongoing joke in our family of when I thought jackalopes were real and when my brother thought Barbados W.I. was a town in Wisconsin.) It is the little things that are the most awesome, probably the easiest to record and often the things we forget to write down. Thanks for the reminder to do so.

  • Colleen

    Can I just say … Stacy rocks!

    She is one of the most smart, inspired, inspiring and “creagous” personalities I follow. I’ve been reading her magazine (RIP), books, web site, blog, etc. for years – but it is such a treat to actually hear her voice on your show. I always learn something from her, and am often moved to do something or change something in the way I scrap. Just today I grabbed a bunch of mini-notepads and sprinkled them around my life so I can capture those funny moments and interesting things my kids say. Next step is to create a new set of tabs in my Stacy-inspired “All About Us” Library of Memories drawer to file the notes and scraps away by person – I know if I put them in a separate little file box, it will get lost in my office somewhere and I’ll find it months later and beat myself up for not using it.

    I am also taking Stacy’s upcoming iScrap class at Big Picture – I have completely enjoyed making my i-statements and shopping my stash to prepare for the class. I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us.

    Thank you – THANK YOU – Noell and Izzy for giving Miss Stacy a venue where I can audibly bask her wit and wisdom on a regular basis.

  • Rebecca

    Oh, gosh! How humiliating! That’s what I get when I type my way too long email address way too fast! I’m Rebecca – simplifybeautifysatisfy@gmail.com (I hope it’s right this time!) :) Thanks you so much!!!

  • Jana NJ

    Loved the show, it’s so true that we do forget things and it’s important to write them down, but it’s something so so hard for me. I was never a writer, I have a hard time to stop and write things I’m feeling and what happened I’m making a big effort for my scrapbooking but I still not writing as much as I ‘d like. I make 10.000 journals , little notebooks I buy iphone apps everything to help me but I FORGET !! than one day passed and I say to myself : oh the memory is old already and get lazy…
    I know but shows like this get me saying to myself Keep trying you will learn and it will become a habit …
    I hope
    Thanks for the great show

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=715560629 Kim Vail Brown

    Hey guys. I got this really awesome app for my android phone (sorry, don’t know if they have one for iphone) it is call fast photo notes and is free. i love it because you can put notes on existing photos that are on your phone or new ones as you take them. since so many people take photos with their phone, i thought this would be awesome to mention. Then, when you upload to your computer you already have the notes to put in your metadata. not sure if it does that yet because I haven’t uploaded any of my noted photos yet.

    Kim

  • daney

    I stopped at the dollar store and snagged 2 little 3packs of teensy comp books (you know… black marbley covers…) to put all around my spaces. I am convinced.
    and I registered for iScrap (yes, I used the affiliate link – but saved my coupon for later!).
    And am waiting for the new LOM to open – gonna do that too –

    Stacy rocks.

    and I love the fact that you showcase her so well here.

    thanks so much Izzy(video), Noell and Nancy – you keep me watching my iTunes for a new epi.

  • Peg in CO

    This is definitely a new thing for me in the digital photography world vs. the analog world I’ve done the most scrapbooking in. I would’ve never done a picture in more than one layout because what a pain in the behind to get another copy. Now though, I can see more than one story for so many stories (probably heavily influenced by Stacy’s thoughts there) but even as much as there are pictures that I absolutely love and those are going in a special 8×8 book for Photos I Love and then I still want that picture as a part of the layout about whatever occasion the picture was taken at. In fact, I found a duplicate of a picture from 1992 that I absolutely adore and I’ve since scanned it, enlarged it and it’s in line for addition to my photos I love. I can tell you exactly where that picture is already in my albums. Hope that makes some sense!

  • Peg in CO

    This is definitely a new thing for me in the digital photography world vs. the analog world I’ve done the most scrapbooking in. I would’ve never done a picture in more than one layout because what a pain in the behind to get another copy. Now though, I can see more than one story for so many stories (probably heavily influenced by Stacy’s thoughts there) but even as much as there are pictures that I absolutely love and those are going in a special 8×8 book for Photos I Love and then I still want that picture as a part of the layout about whatever occasion the picture was taken at. In fact, I found a duplicate of a picture from 1992 that I absolutely adore and I’ve since scanned it, enlarged it and it’s in line for addition to my photos I love. I can tell you exactly where that picture is already in my albums. Hope that makes some sense!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Now that I’m done laughing at the mental image you just described in your
    scrap space, I’ll answer your question!

    Oh, yes, I totally do use a photo more than once! I have found that a single
    photo can have three or four different stories to tell! One might be an
    event story, another might be a relationship story, another might be an
    individual personality story, then there could be a tradition story. Those
    are just examples.

    Or sometimes I want to scrapbook a story in my head — I’m not starting from
    a picture, I’m starting from a story. I’ll go looking for a photo that
    demonstrates my story well and often a good find is one I’ve already
    scrapbooked. No worries because the layout and the story on the layout will
    be totally new.

    I could have sworn I’ve written an article on this with examples, but I
    can’t find it. I just might have to write another! :)

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    You’re so right! That’s a great way to discover the kinds of stories you
    might want to scrapbook about — those things we reminisce over with our
    siblings! Great insight!

  • Kelly

    Loved the show! I took the BPS Book of Stories class and came up with a little expandable bamboo business card holder from Amazon to hold them. I also customized some cards (made them twice as tall as a business card) so I can fill in the date at the top and circle whether I have a specific photo or memorabilia to go with the story.

    Also, I have a new Mac on the way, so I think I may be migrating from iPhoto to Aperture. Noell, I’d love to hear more about your Aperture work flow. And I’d also love to get feedback from others who’ve gone from iPhoto to Aperture. I really just use iPhoto for organizing, and I don’t currently do a lot of processing on my photos; will Aperture help me do some basic editing?

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Great idea to just incorporate those notes into the system that’s already
    working for you!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Thanks, Rebecca! And congrats!!!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    I definitely go through phases were I forget, and then something will remind
    me (like this episode!) and I can get back on board with it again.

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    I can’t wait for LOM either! That might be a good time to use the coupon!
    :) Thank you for supporting the Roundtable by using the affiliate link!

  • Nancy Hyland

    Hi ladies and gentleman, Love the show and unfortunately I am a “schmo” but I may have to rectify that in the future :)

    One question that keeps coming up for me as I listen and relisten to show after show is how do you handle the same stories/pictures? For example, I really love taking my daughter to our local parks and our family to some local beaches here, and of course some are our favorites and we have lots of pictures from several different visits. At times it feels a bit stale when all the pictures have the same background especially if something not extraordinary happens during that visit. I do love Stacy Julian’s big picture approach and to try to use those pictures for things not necessarily related to that picture (ie a picure of my daughter playing at the beach on a layout about her personality), but I sometimes find it hard to get inspired by those pictures which are great, but feel stale. I know Nancy goes to Disney a lot and Noelle you mentioned your frequent trips to local parks what do you do with all those photos when they kinda all start to feel the same?

    If you answer my question I’ll definitely have to subscribe and become a non-schmo!

    Keep up the great work!

    Nancy Hyland

  • Nancy Hyland

    ok, I am now an non shmo your current deal was one I couldn’t pass up :)

  • daisy10727

    Loved this topic. I have a quick question…Stacy had mentioned doing a screen capture of text messages and I remember hearing someone explain how to do this in a previous episode but cannot remember which episode or how to do it. Could you please explain again how to do a screen capture?

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Yay, Kelly! I hated editing until I switched to Aperture. And then I fell in
    love with it!

    I know I’ve talked about my workflow in different ways around Paperclipping.
    There’s a bit here and there in articles — you could try doing a search on
    my website for “Aperture” and see what you come up with. There is also a
    Member’s Video where I share my process for choosing photos (although it’s
    been even more refined since then).

    As soon as my Design Course is done and released to the Paperclipping
    Members I am going to start working on a course for Aperture. Not only will
    I teach in detail all the in’s and out’s of how to use Aperture, I’ll also
    share my workflow! :) I can’t tell you how excited I am to make it!!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Woo hoo! Thank you for your membership, Nancy! Especially when you did it
    without knowing whether we’d answer your question! ROFL.

    We do plan to answer it — just thought I’d let you know, hee hee!

  • daney

    I was thinking the same thing!!!

  • http://www.debraclarkpunchart.blogspot.com Debra

    Hi there,

    Just something to add about writing the story down immediately.

    I’ve had my grandmother’s old typewriter on my kitchen bench for a few days now and because it’s so accessible I’ve been typing a lot.

    Yesterday I had a lot to say and found myself standing there for over an hour typing away about what the day was and what we were doing.

    I learnt to type on old typewriters in school, so typing is totally fun for me. I was making up stuff at the end, so I could keep typing!

    Anyway, I was standing there amazed going, “I’m going to leave this guy out here for a bit longer, so I can do more of this!” It usually lives in another room in the house, but now I’m wondering how I can get it out of there and nearer to my scrapbooking area permanently.

    Oh, and we had a family do on Saturday night and I purposely left the typewriter out. It got a work out and it was pretty funny to read what my niece and nephew said. Niece (aged 12) had never used one before and nephew (aged 15) just typed as he talked and talked about there being no backspace and that he made mistakes etc. Was funny and fun to read.

    So, immediacy of story captured for me? On Grandma’s typewriter of all things. It’s a bit bigger than a notebook in the drawer, but it’s working, so I’m going with it!

    Thanks for the fun episode!

    Debra in Australia

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    Cool story! Sounds like a great social piece in addition to the journaling
    one! Since that old typewriter is an antique, is it vintage-pretty enough to
    keep out there on display? It’ll have a dual-purpose!

  • Nancy Hyland

    Oh cool!! can’t wait to hear the panel’s input on this!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1379710323 Monica Sperry Bradford

    Stacy’s pick and Noell’s comment about how humans have been story tellers since the beginning of time made me think of something a friend of mine recently said. He said, “Stories are the containers that hold truth.” He believes there is factual truth and personal truth. That it doesn’t matter if the story is factually true. It’s the personal, life lesson, kind of truth that is important. And the story is the vessel that holds it. I think that is such a beautiful idea and just had to share!

  • http://www.paperclipping.com Noell

    That is beautiful! It resonates with me! Thank you for sharing!
    :)