Black and white - uniforms

All this week the journaling prompts are inspired by “black and white”.

Uniforms!

A lot of uniforms are black and white – what does a uniform mean to you?

Pick one of the following:

• I liked school uniform because…
• I hated school uniform because...
• My favourite kind of uniform is…
• Policeman look …
• Firemen look …
• If I had to wear a uniform I’d rather it were …

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Create a layout or mini-album or card featuring a uniform
Your journalling should concentrate on why the uniform was worn (e.g., first day at school, fancy dress party, on duty with St John ambulance….)

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and white - the little black dress

This week all our writing prompts and ideas for scrapbooking are inspired by “black and white”.

Little black dress or tuxedo

Do you have a little black dress? Do you love it? If so why? If not – what kind of posh frock would you prefer?

If not female (or not into little black dresses!) what do you wear when you go out to a swish occasion? Or don’t you like things too posh?

Dressing up is …

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Create a scrapbook page about a special occasion when dressing up was involved.
Your journalling should concentrate on the outfits(s) worn.

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and white - crossing Abbey Road

Every day this week we offer writing and journaling prompts inspired by “black and white”.

Zebra crossing! Pelican Crossing!

Remember that pic of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road?
In any case - here it is…
http://www.btinternet.com/~digital.wallpapers/beatles_abbey_road.htm

What’s it like crossing the road?

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Set up an Abbey Road-inspired crossing the road photo opportunity with your friends, family, children…
On a zebra crossing if possible!
Create a LO. Your journalling should have the word “road” in it.

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and white - films

All this week the daily writing prompts are inspired by “black and white”.

Check out some old films in black and white./ There’s more difference to the ambience of a black and white film than just the colour – there’s a whole classic/antique feeling to them.

If you were in a classic film noir, what would be the plot?

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Take a picture in black and white see if it makes you feel differently about the subject
Create a layout in monochrome (any single colour) with the black and white photo
Your journalling should have an old-fashioned feel.

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and white - animals

All this week the journalling prompts are inspired by “black and white”.

Zebra!
or panda, or lemur or badger or penguin…

if you were an animal which animal would you be and why?

A great one for the BOM (Book of Me) and you can do it about any member of the family, friend, celebrity, etc. etc.

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Create a layout about your animal
Your journalling should say why you (or the subject of your photo) is/are like that animal.

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and white - lyrics

All this week our daily journal prompts are inspired by the colours “black and white”.

Piano keys!

Check out the lyrics of “Ebony and Ivory”

http://www.lyricsmania.com/print/86267.html

Pick one of the lines of the song and use it to start a song of your own…

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Create a layout based on this or any other Beatles or McCartney song
Your journalling should be in the form of song lyrics (whether a song you like or written by you).

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Black and White

All this week the journalling is inspired by "black and white".

Here’s the prompt:

What do you think of when you hear “black and white” – make a list – pick one off the list and keep writing…

~~~ Scrapbooker’s journalling challenge ~~~

Create a layout based on a newspaper theme
Your journalling should follow the style of a tabloid newspaper story.

~~~ Scrapper’s journaling challenge ~~~

Colour - writing with colour

Today is a practical suggestion rather than strictly a prompt - today take a different colour of paper and lots of different colour pens and try writing - you may find that different colours inspire your imagination in a different way.

Colour - quotes and sayings

Write down as many words/phrases/sayings/quotes as you can think of/look up/collect that are related to colour.

• You stop me feeling blue
• Colourful language
• Colouring between the lines
• He led a colourful life
• Rose-coloured spectacles

Now use any one of them to start off a piece of writing.

Colour - synaesthesia

There’s a condition called synaesthaesia in which people have their senses mixed up – they can “see” sounds and “hear” smells, “taste” colours…

How do colours taste? smell? feel?

blue - the moment just before waking, but also the pain of pulling my hair
red - the sharpness of cooking tomatoes, and heels stumbling on cobbles
yellow - Yorkshire cheese, the sound of a ship's horn in the muggy fog
brown - mother-love, buttered mushrooms and Guinness
white - the sound of silence, nothing but the ringing pulse in my ears
black - proud and strong, the tautness of chain, a clear bell chime
midnight blue - velvet to touch and deep knowledge of a lover
green - breezes gusting, and squirrels jumping from tree to tree

Take a colour – think about what it represents – jot down a few ideas…Write down each colour on a separate line and complete it as I did...

Colour - the way we see

Colour is not an property of what we are looking at – it is something created in the brain as a result of the way your eyes interpret wavelengths of light. Colour is an invention of the human brain. Without our eyes, there is no such thing as colour – so everything must be in the equivalent of greyscale. Were there aliens, colour might not be one of their senses and they might have an additional sense or completely different senses from our five…

What would it be like to see colours differently? Or not see colour at all?

Colour - flowers

What is your favourite flower colour? Why?

Colour - the week's theme

This week's prompts are about colour.

Two today, because one is specific to the married, and not appropriate to everybody!

• What colour(s) did you have at your wedding? (Bridesmaids dresses, bouquet & flowers, accessories, etc.; your outfit, if it wasn’t white)

OR

• If you had a party with a colour theme and a white church hall as a background, what colours would you use to decorate it – banners, tablecloths, flowers, crockery?