THE POWER OF THE PEN

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• THE POWER OF THE PEN

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• SUPPLIES FOR CLASS

• Class Kit
• Notebook and pencil/pen this will be used to
  sketch or take notes
• 5-7 printed photos
• 3 colors of cardstock (2 sheets of each color)
• Embellishments
• ZIG Millennium Pens
• ZIG Writer Markers
• ZIG Calligraphy Markers

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OBJECTIVES FOR CLASS

• In this class you will learn
• To develop titles that quickly set the mood and
  theme of your layout
• Why journaling is important along with how and
  what to journal on your scrapbook pages
• Exercises to develop your scrapbook journaling
• History and importance of handwriting and tips to
  improve your penmanship
• Techniques for using pens and markers to develop
  personal style in letter formation.

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CREATE A TITLE PAGE

• Use answers from your design brief in
  deciding what information to include on your
  title page.
• What is the purpose of the album?
• What is the specific topic or theme of the album?
• What information is included in this album?
• Who is this album created for or about?

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CREATE A TITLE

• Basic scrapbook journaling starts with the title.
• Grab the readers attention.
• Quickly describe the theme of the page.
• Use your photographs as inspiration.

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SINGLE HEADLINE

• Announces something important about the page.
• Description in one phrase.

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MINI HEADLINE

• Attention-Getting-Device
• Grabs the reader, but does not deliver all of the
  information.
• A mini-headline will draw the reader through the
  page.

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TITLE AND SUBTITLE

• Title and Subtitle combination creates movement
  on the page.

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Quotes
• Quotes are the most unexpected and sometimes best
  titles you will ever have.
• You dont have to think them up -- you just have
  to remember them!
• Use quotes from movies, songs, and books.

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Ask, What?
• What is going on?
• What are the pictures all about?
• What were we doing?
• What was most fun about?
• What happened?

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Think of a Rhyme
• Rhymes are catchy and fun
• Rhymes make a great opening statement for a page.

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Have Fun with Words
• Take simple statements, and slightly change the
  words to increase the meaning.
• What a Pear
• It is Hard to be Neat When you are Learning to
  Eat
• The Mane Attraction
• Flour Power

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Movies Songs
• The professionals have done the work for you!
• Use songs and movie titles on your pages.
• Listen for commercial jingles and use those as a
  little time capsule on your page.

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BRAINSTORM YOUR TITLES

• Alliteration
• Use words that have the same first and last sound
  or letter similarity.
• Double Trouble
• Bathing Beauties
• Leaping Lizards
• Travel Through Time
• Cousins are Cool

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WHY JOURNAL?

• Photographs are the inspiration for the written
  word.
• Journaling tells the who, what, where, when, and
  why of a page.
• Leave the site of future journaling post-its
  behind.
• If you dont tell the story, no one will.
• A scrapbook is the perfect place to
• Memorialize thoughts/feelings.
• Leave touching tributes.
• Transform life-defining details.

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WHAT TO JOURNAL?

• Write what is on your mind, in your thoughts, and
  in your heart.
• Capture the spirit of the moment or the spirit of
  the person.
• Make your scrapbook meaningful by what you choose
  to include in your written word.

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WHAT TO JOURNAL?

• Journaling is not just about dates, places,
  quotes, and anecdotes.
• Journaling is about meaning.
• Describe your photos.

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WHAT TO JOURNAL?

• WRITE ABOUT YOURSELF
• Use journaling to express your innermost
  thoughts.
• The descriptions you use will tell future
  generations what it was like to live your life.

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WHAT TO JOURNAL?

• WRITE ABOUT THE JOURNEY
• You are developing a personal history.
• Give yourself permission to scrapbook lifes
  challenges.
• The combination of joyous occasions and darkest
  hours work together to form the person you are.

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WHAT TO JOURNAL?

• WRITE ABOUT THE MOMENT
• Dont limit yourself to scrapbooking only events.
• Record the moments and illustrate them with
  enhancements or pictures.

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HOW TO JOURNAL?

• Four types of scrapbook journaling
• Photo Description
• Photo Caption
• Photo Anecdote
• Photo Narration

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HOW TO JOURNAL?

• PHOTO DESCRIPTION
• This type of photojournalism is the most basic
  and provides descriptive data.
• Photo descriptions answer questions.
• Who?
• What?
• Where?
• When?
• Why?
• Accomplishes the first goal of
  scrapbooking.

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HOW TO JOURNAL?

• PHOTO CAPTION
• This type of journaling is an explanatory comment
  or quote.
• Accomplishes the first goal of scrapbooking.

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HOW TO JOURNAL?

• PHOTO ANECDOTE
• A photo anecdote is a short narrative of an
  interesting, amusing, or biographical nature.
• Accomplishes the second goal of scrapbooking.

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HOW TO JOURNAL?

• PHOTO NARRATION
• A photo narration provides detailed information
  about the photograph in story form.
• Photo Narration includes
• Beginning
• Middle
• End
• Is the only way to accomplish the third goal of
  scrapbooking.

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WHEN TO JOURNAL?

• Journal First
• Write your journaling before you begin your
  layout.
• This way you know how much room to leave for your
  journaling entries.
• Journal Last
• Create your layout based on the photographs.
• Use journaling to balance the layout or as
  enhancements.

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• FREEWRITING
• Freewriting is to write without ceasing.
• Set aside a specific amount of time.
• Do not stop to correct or erase.
• Frees the mind to access ideas editing might
  miss.
• Write at least 5 of your favorite words.
• Take 5 minutes to write about at least 3 of your
  favorite words.

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• LET YOUR SENSES LEAD THE WAY
• Use your five senses to create a story.
• Think of an event.
• Take a moment and jot down a few ideas about the
  event using each of your five senses.
• Using the notes you just created, write a photo
  narrative about the event.

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• Tidbit Journaling
• Take a piece of scrap paper and rip it into
  squares.
• On each square, jot down a thought.
• Allow yourself to write down all the thoughts you
  have about the photos.
• Arrange the thoughts into a story.
• WEAVE A STORY
• Write the topic in the center of the web.
• Draw lines from the center and add more thoughts.
• This method allows for tangential thinking.
• Use the web to create an outline for your
  journaling.

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• WORD ADJECTIVES
• Think of 10 adjectives that describe a noun.
• Use the adjectives to tell the story.
• England in June can be cold. My windbreaker was
  not enough to keep me warm. Much to my surprise,
  I had to purchase a wool sweater to keep me warm
  in June!

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• Be A Poet
• Begin with a simple rhyme and rhythm scheme.
• Let your imagination flow.
• There is no right or wrong in poetry!
• DEVIN
• Determined
• Exciting
• Victorious
• Intelligent
• Never the same!

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JOURNALING EXERCISES

• CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW
• If you can not think of anything to write,
  interview other people who were present at the
  event.
• No two people interpret an event in the same way.
• Add a new perspective to your journaling through
  interviews.

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GETTING STARTED AT HOME

• Remember, there are no rules and no critics when
  it comes to journaling.
• No holds barred do your thing!
• Find a quiet place to write. Collect your photos
  and thoughts and then just start writing.
• Put on some music if it inspires you.
• Set a certain amount of time to write (7,10,12
  minutes).
• Dont worry about grammar and spelling at this
  point just write.
• Start with the who, what, where, when and why
  then move beyond the facts.
• Consult your journal if it is helpful.
• Use your feelings own what you are saying.
• Conduct an interview to develop content then
  use the interview when you are sitting and
  writing.
• Examine your five senses.
• Incorporate quotes, jokes, and lyrics into your
  writing
• When your journaling time has ended, go back and
  read your writing and correct any errors.

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HISTORY OF HANDWRITING

• Archeologists have evidence that handwriting
  developed approximately 3500 years ago giving us
  vital clues to ancient civilizations.
• The 18th century used handwriting to distinguish
  social class. It was unheard of to use a script
  above your social status.
• In 1776, the signature of John Hancock became a
  symbol of freedom and democracy.
• In Holland during WWII, Anne Frank, writing on
  scraps of paper, gave us the most enduring
  memoirs of life for a young woman in hiding.

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IMPORTANCE OF HANDWRITING

• Handwriting, after speech, is the most natural
  form of communication.
• However, many scrapbookers are afraid that they
  will mess-up their page if they write on it.
• At a time of email and texting, a handwritten
  note is cherished because it can not be
  duplicated or replaced.
• Think about what it is like to find a handwritten
  note from a loved onethink about the flood of
  memories.
• Connect yourself to the importance of handwriting
  and connect your students to the importance.
• Since scrapbooking is a visual experience, how
  your handwriting looks is as important as what
  you write.

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HELPFUL HINTS FOR LETTERING

• So, lets talk about some ways to get comfortable
  with our own handwriting!
• Observation the practice of noting and
  recording events.
• Keep a journal you think you will remember
  everything, but it is impossible.
• Put journals all over the house, in your car, by
  the TV, in your office and especially in your
  camera bag.
• Take notes record memories and refer back to
  your journal frequently.
• Dont be that scrapbooker that leaves the blank
  space as a future site of journaling be sure to
  get the written word on your page and tell the
  whole story.

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HELPFUL HINTS FOR LETTERING

• Dont be that scrapbooker that leaves the blank
  space as a future site of journaling be sure to
  get the written word on your page and tell the
  whole story.
• Use a mechanical pencil and centering ruler
• Hold the marker properly
• Marker control
• Stay relaxed

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IMPROVING PENMANSHIP

• Good handwriting is made up of three components
  correct letter formation, letter spacing and
  letter size.
• Correct Letter Formation
• think of letters as broken down into circles and
  lines, then you will be able to create well
  formed letters.
• Letter Spacing and Letter Size
• Use a lettering guide to help space letters and
  size letters
• Use the dotted line to your advantage the tops
  of lower case letters should not extend above the
  dotted line.
• The cross pieces for letters like E and F should
  be made at the dotted line
• The point of intersection for letters like B and
  R should be made at the dotted line.

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LETTERING WITH PIZZAZZ

• Once you relax and enjoy playing around with your
  lettering you can start to add some pizzazz.
• There are all kinds of options for jazzing up
  your letters
• Dots
• Doodles
• Serifs
• Stars
• Hearts

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CALLIGRAPHY

• The angle in which you hold the Calligraphy
  marker is very important.
• If you are right-handed draw a line from the
  bottom left corner to the top right corner of the
  square.
• If you are left-handed draw a line from the top
  left corner to the bottom right corner.
• You have now drawn a 45 degree angle. Place the
  tip of the marker on the angle -- this will give
  you proper positioning for writing with the
  marker

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CREATING VARIETY

• Start by marking the center of your word then
  make a tick mark for additional letters to the
  left and right of center. Sketch out your word in
  print or script.
• A shadow detail or secondary line is added to one
  side of a letter.
• If the sun is shining on your letters, a shadow
  will be cast. If the sun is shining from the
  left, a shadow is cast on the right and bottom
  surface of the letters.
• This same principle is in effect regardless of
  the direction of the light source.
• Add variety and color to create a shadow instead
  of drawing in the secondary line.

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REMEMBER TO PERSONALIZE
Remember to relax and enjoy the process of
handwriting on your pages. Its not the
perfection of your handwriting that matters, its
the personalization. A Picasso painting would be
worthless were it not for his signature along the
bottom of the canvas. Just the same the true
beauty of your art lies within the completion of
the story. That cannot be Accomplished without
the final flourish of your handwritten journaling
and titles or even just the presence of your
signature across the bottom of the page.
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READY TO BEGIN

• This is the best part of class!
• Now you are ready to begin.
• Use one of the sketches from Building Blocks of
  Design or create your own.
• Write your journaling. Dont forget your title.
• Begin creating your layout.
• Use your own handwriting!