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Hi ,
When was the last time you took a mental vacation?
Most of us (including me) are busy, busy, busy and have lots on our minds. It's all good stuff--working, playing, catching a movie, meeting with friends, taking dancing lessons...and even scrapbooking.
But once in a while we need a mental break from all the busyness.
 Which is why Charlie and I went to the Japanese gardens in Portland, Oregon this weekend. It's a garden with intentional interruptions to make you slow down and reflect on what you see.
- A bridge has a right angle turn in the middle so you'll stop and look at the river.
- Stepping stones are built with different size stones and set at slightly different heights so you have to move more slowly.
- Some stone imagery is almost invisible along the path--you have to be paying attention to see it.
I must say it was refreshing and renewing.
Your mental vacation doesn't have to be as formal as a Japanese garden. It could be as simple as sitting under a tree on a hillside for an hour. I know this, though...if you take a mental vacation once in a while, you'll be refreshed and renewed for the rest of life--including scrapbooking!
Tutorial of the Week
Join Jen White as she gives you a fun page design using a "smoke screen!" You'll always find the Tutorial of the Week as the last item in the newsletter, so scroll down and take a look!
Love and scrapbooking success,
Linda Sattgast |
 Product Spotlight
Give your linear pages a fun twist! Then learn to solve common problems that occur when you rotate a major portion of your layout. Learn more.
Note: This
tutorial was created for the July 2010 issue of Digital Scrapper
Premier. If you were a member of Premier during that time, you
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 Tip of the Week
Photo Filled Layouts - Smoke Screen
by Jen White
Join me for a series of tips, called Photo Filled Layouts, where I share ideas of how to design scrapbook pages that are filled with one photo.
In this tutorial we'll use common tools to put a focus on the photo without leaving out the fun.
Read the Tip:
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