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ScrapMoir How To #16: The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtAugust 12, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #16:  The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt returns with an entirely new topic — scrapbooking your reflections on major events. She includes pages she developed after witnessing the destruction from Katrina and other major world events. If you haven’t thought about creating ScrapMoirs — photos and memoir vignettes — with the theme of history unfolding, then her blog will be a treat for you.

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ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 4: In Sickness and in Health/Part 4

by Bettyann SchmidtJuly 22, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 4: In Sickness and in Health/Part 4

Bettyann Schmidt concludes her personal story of depression in this fourth part.

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ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 3: In Sickness and in Health

by Bettyann SchmidtJuly 8, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 3: In Sickness and in Health

n Part 3 of her four-part story entitled “In Sickness and in Health” Bettyann Schmidt continues sharing her poignant story of progressive depression. In this segment, the crisis of the narrative, we see the elements making a life seem unbearable.

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ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 2: In Sickness and in Health

by Bettyann SchmidtJune 24, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 2: In Sickness and in Health

In Part 2 of Bettyann Schmidt’s story, she shares the details of the period that led her mental health into a downward spiral. She shares this glimpse into her vortex of despair with the hope that others will learn from her experiences.

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ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 1: In Sickness and in Health

by Bettyann SchmidtJune 10, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #15, Part 1: In Sickness and in Health

Bettyann Schmidt shows us the emotional depth that can be brought to scrapbooking — it isn’t all about kids and their cute birthday parties. In this first of a two-part blog, Bettyann tells of about her depression and its diagnosis. She brings us to a critical juncture with hints as to how scrapbooking and friendship helped save her life. This is a must read post.

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ScrapMoir How To #14: Writing Your Past, Present & Future in Scrapbooks & Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtMay 20, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #14: Writing Your Past, Present & Future in Scrapbooks & Memoir

Post #38 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett By Bettyann Schmidt Past to Present in Scrapbooks and Memoir We’re looking at the three divisions of our lives in today’s blog. Our past, present, and future. What we uncover about our past and how it relates to our present will help us […]

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ScrapMoir How To #13: Writing Self in Scrapbooks and Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtApril 29, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #13: Writing Self in Scrapbooks and Memoir

We welcome Bettyann Schmidt, our regular guest blogger, as she returns with another important post about the intersection between scrapbooking and memoir writing. This time, Bettyann writes passionately about the need to dig deep into our emotions and then write about ourselves when we scrapbook. There is more to your baby’s picture than how cute she or he is. Write about your feelings for your new baby. That’s what will be cherished in years to come. A photo of a beautiful scene? How did you feel? Did seeing that place change your life? These and other ways to find and express you through your photos are explored by Bettyann.

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