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Artisan Tip: Retrieving FOREVER Journaling

By Tameka Bond

Did you know that you can store detailed journaling, captions, and/or short notes directly with your photos in your FOREVER Account and then access that information right inside Artisan? By adding details to your images as you organize them, you can keep valuable memories attached to the photos themselves. When those photos are imported into an Artisan project, the stored text is available without the need to constantly switch back and forth between Artisan and your FOREVER Account.

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Journaling Tip: Favorite Things

By Kim Mannino

A favorite things page isn’t about accomplishments - it’s about the tiny details that make this season of life feel like you. The candle you always light, the treat you keep stocked, the color you’re drawn to, the quiet rituals that shape your days. Add simple photos if you’d like - but let the journaling tell the real story. Years from now, this page will read like a time capsule of who you were and what you loved.

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Bright Idea 497: Music To My Ears

By Tameka Bond

Turn up the creativity with Music to My Ears. In this Bright Idea, we’ll use the Grid Cutter to create a custom keyboard-inspired border that is perfect for music-themed pages, concert memories, dance recitals, choir performances, and more. This fun technique adds rhythm, movement, and personality to your layouts while creating a bold design element that can work with any style of music.

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Journaling Tip: Authentic Journaling in an AI World

By Tameka Bond

AI makes journaling easier than ever—but it’s also starting to make everything sound the same. In a world of polished words, your authentic voice is what makes your story worth remembering.

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Journaling Tip: Photo Caption Legend

By Robyn Foss

When your page is packed with photos, telling the story behind each one can feel overwhelming. This tip introduces a simple way to bring order to the chaos by visually linking your photos and journaling. With a few small design choices, you can guide your viewer through your page and make every story easy to follow.

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Design Tip: Buttons 2 Flowers

By Pamela Smith

This Tip will show you a fun way to use those buttons that come in a lot of the digital kits from the FOREVER store.

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Video Tidbit: Blueprints Beyond Your Photo Books

By Robyn Foss

In this Video Tidbit, you’ll see how easy it is to turn your storytelling pages into a photo gift like a puzzle, tabletop panel, mouse pad and more. By starting with Blueprints, you can jump-start your design and create a fun, meaningful photo gift in no time. Piece by piece, your story comes together in a whole new way.

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Video Tidbit: Lemon Word Art Title

By Pamela Smith

Add a fun and zesty title to your page. Use the Built-in shapes that come with Artisan 6 to create a lemon shape behind your title.

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Journaling Tip: Special Moments

By Kim Mannino

Not every meaningful memory is a milestone - sometimes it’s the quiet coffee, the shared glance, or the moment you almost forgot to notice. This tip helps you recognize and document the everyday experiences that truly shape a season of life. Photos show what it looked like, but journaling captures what it meant.

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Bright Idea 492: Ducks in a Row

By Pamela Smith

Create a fun border using shapes that come with Artisan 6 software. You can use ducks to decorate a variety of pages!

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Journaling Tip: Hobbies and Interests

By Kim Mannino

Your hobbies are more than pastimes - they’re windows into your story. This journaling tip invites you to document the passions that shape your days by exploring how they began, how they’ve grown, and why they continue to matter. Whether it’s a creative outlet, a quiet ritual, or something that connects you to others, hobbies reveal personality, season-of-life shifts, and the moments that bring joy and meaning. Use this tip to move beyond simply recording what you love and start capturing the story behind it. From reflective paragraphs to short lists or visual storytelling, this approach works beautifully across a variety of layouts and design styles - helping turn everyday interests into meaningful memory-keeping moments.

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Bright Idea 490: Organized Overlap

By Kim Mannino

Love the look of layered pages but want them to feel calm, balanced, and intentional? Bright Idea 490, Organized Overlap, shows you how to create depth through overlapping elements while keeping everything clean and easy to follow.

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