PDF I love to have a visual representation of the things that I’m working on. I have a bulletin board in my bedroom and a white board in my laundry room. I use them to write things on and pin things on. Whether it’s an article, an idea, a paint swatch, a piece of fabric, a picture clipped from a magazine or a piece of lace pulled off a garment, no longer wearable that I love and want to keep a piece of, I use these boards for my past, present and future.
I’ve been making collages for years! I loved them when I was a child but then forgot all about them until I read Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance books.
I discovered her writing about the same time that I discovered the Franklin Covey system and I found that they worked really well together, keeping the left and right sides of my brain happy. The creativity and the organized planning together, helped something “click” for me.
So the other day when I was running around the internet as I am wont to do while my children are finishing up their assignments, I came across a Dreamboard application available for FREE at Oprah.com. I downloaded it and immediately started building! It’s a lovely application, with terrific visuals and a huge library of images, but with the ability to use your own images as well. You can crop, resize, rotate, add text, it’s all very easily manipulated. You can take snapshots of your board, to share with others as well and I am using it as my desktop background.
Click to biggerize in order to see it in all its glory!
The one caveat is that it’s a bit of a resource hog, so I found it best to just reboot when you’re done. In all fairness I did have 7 other programs open, one of them being Photoshop, so your mileage may vary.
If you’ve never had a dreamboard this is a perfect way to get your feet wet, but even if you’re an old pro, this is a great little app to have on hand if you just feel like playing, or maybe want a little more privacy in your collaging. Either way, I’m very glad that I found this app and hope that you enjoy it too!
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Ooooh! I love making “dreamboards” and collages! I know just what you mean… I love the organized randomness and order mixed with such creativity that is usually so sudden and unexpected – when you find just the right thing to complement the thought in your head. The colors, textures, words and images… It just makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing the link!
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I love collages also because you will have an opportunity to create something out of any pictures. If you can use both your right and left brain then you are one of those people that can do so.