Another (bright?!) Idea?

[EmotionlesCries]

This one is called "100 Themes"

As you can guess, it involves 100 Themes. I've already got a poetry one underway, which is going well & is loads of fun! We're going to publish all the entries in a book once we've selected the best 2 for each theme. (More info on that is available if you wish, just ask!)

Anyway, back to this idea... 100 Themes = 100 Scrapbook Pages. (Hopefully from 100 different people!) Which shall then be transformed into a book... =D

Below is the Theme List. After that I shall explain the rules properly.

Theme List:

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

RULES:

1. Your chosen theme MUST be from this list. You can pick any one of them. It doesn't matter if someone else is already doing a layout on that theme, that just means you'll have competition when the book is made!
2. There will be one layout per theme. To guarantee publication in the book try to pick a theme no-one else has. If you all let me know your chosen theme when you pick it I can then notify you which themes are still free & which they'll have competition against.
3. You can chose more than one theme if you wish, but I'm trying to get 100 different artists in this book, so unless you're the only entrant into a few themes, you probably wont get all layouts published.
4. The decision of the final pieces will be left to an external source, to provide an honest, non biased oppinion.
5. There is no limit to what you can put on your page, as long as it clearly conveys your chosen theme. Whether this be in the title, journaling, pictures, embellishments or whatever.
6. All completed entrants must send their layouts, 12x12 please, along with a decent photo of themselves, their name & location (Ie. North Carolina, USA. Tyne & Wear, UK etc) & obviosly their chosen theme to me. Just ask me for the email address.
7. Finally, have FUN!

I'm really hoping to get this underway soon & to get 100 different people submitting work.

I'll keep everyone posted on this & on the publication etc...

Cate x

[Kathleen]

Hi, Cate. Definitely an intriguing list of themes, and I applaud your enthusiasm!

I hate to be skeptical, but ... I would be very cautious of submitting something for publication with the above information. Without knowing anything about how this book is going to be published, by whom, marketed to what audience, the external source to provide a non-biased opinion, etc. there is just too much opportunity for something to be taken in a way I don't want.

If I submit something to say Memory Makers or Creating Keepsakes, these are known national (international?) publications, and I have a general idea of the overall content of the magazine. Personally, I don't have that comfort level with what you have outlined above. Maybe I am just to cautious. Maybe a bit more information would be helpful?

[EmotionlesCries]

Hi Kathleen,

Being a tad skeptical of some thinghs myself, I do understand your concerns. I'm trying to type up more information as I type this!

To try to answer a few things:

It's mainly just a fun thing to do, nothing major & to raise a bit of money for charity/DSP.

The book would be published by Lulu.com a free online publishing company. It would then be up to us to promote it, on DSP & to friends/family etc. The proceeds would then go to charity, or even to DSP (because choosing a charity could be difficult!!)

All copyrights would stay with the creator of the peice of work & it would be entirely upto them if they decided they no longer wanted to submit anything. The work would be used solely for the one publication of this book & nothing else. They are also free to re-use this work for anything else they wish, be it other magazines/books/web sites etc.

Phtographs & names are just so readers know who created the page. You don't have to submit photos if you don't want. I'll just go with the majority vote, photo's or no photo's!

All entrants would be involved in the design/publication process of the book. I may start out with a basic book/page design, but would welcome all comments/ideas. I don't just want this to be a book I've created full of other peoples works, I'd like everyone to get involved as much as possible.

As for external sources, I was hoping to get someone non-related to DSP to pick the best from multiple entry themes, but have since decided I'll ask a member of the DSP team to judge instead.

I'll constantly keep people updated if they do want to join in, and once it gets to publication time & actually designing the book I'll be sending everyone a "test" copie, so they can see how the book develops & be part of the process, I'll take on board everyones suggestions/ideas.

I don't know if this helps at all, but I really hope it does!!!