Story Play | Love Story | Story Planning With Linda

We are kicking of our Story Play | Love Story week with a story planning lesson from Linda. 

The concept behind story planning is to take a little time to go through the pieces of the kit and see what stories might be sparked, establish some stories you might want to tell, and then pick which products will best support those stories. Linda's in our Story Classroom each month sharing her story plan ideas for each of our Story Kits. 

Let's take a closer look at Linda's ideas for using the Love Story Kit: 

Hi there! This is Linda and I’m so excited to be here today to share with you my project planning for the Love Story Play mini kit. I have to admit that I wasn’t 100% sure I was going to use this kit when it was first released because I don’t really have a lot of romantic love stories to document considering I got divorced a couple of years ago. However, there is still so much love in my life and this kit works for all kinds of stories about love. 

My first step is always to look through the kit in its entirety. As I get to each item, I think about a few things:

1. Is this something I want to add into my stash because it’s a great basic, or do I want to use it in a specific project? 
2. For embellishments, is this something I want to use all on one project, or should I use these a little at a time as additional embellishments?
3. Does this include a story prompt I want to use as a jumping off point for a story?
4. For papers, is this something I want to cut up or keep whole?
5. Does this product lend itself well to project life?

Next, I go through the products again and begin lumping together the products I want to use in a specific project and sketching out the project ideas. I also make note of the album I will add it into, the specific story I want to tell, any specific photos I want to include, and which products I want to use. 

In the video, I walk through my process for planning out 6 project ideas using this kit, as well as talk through some other ideas. If you prefer still images, or if you want them to reference, I have also included photos of each of my plans below.

STORY PLANS

1. Our love story

2. Stuff Pumpkin loves

3. I love coffee

4. Love Summer (my daughter)

5. My home

6. Finding/loving myself

NEXT STEPS

My next step to tackle these projects will be to break them down into action items. This is a process I shared in my class Plan, Prep & Play that is still available for purchase. 

Essentially, this means I will break down each project into the steps I need to get it created and work on a few of the projects at a time to speed up my process. These steps will include things like selecting/editing/printing my photos, writing out my journaling, and assembling my pages.

Here is a final look at all my story plans in one place:

Thank you so much for joining me today in story planning with the Love Story Play mini kit. I hope this gave you some ideas for projects with this kit! If you found this post helpful, I create a similar styled lesson for each of the story kits in the story kit classroom. 

If you want to see these projects come together, I will share them on my instagram as I complete them: @lindalovescreating. If you have any additional ideas or questions please leave them below. 

I hope you have fun telling stories with this kit!