A Creative Journey with Intention
Courage: Represents bravery and stepping outside your comfort zone. Document moments where you’ve tried something new or conquered a fear.
Balance: Reflects the harmony between work, life, and creativity. Create pages with symmetrical designs or contrasting elements to symbolize equilibrium.
Thrive: About flourishing and growth. Showcase personal milestones or dreams with blooming floral motifs.
Explore: Perfect for adventure seekers. Map out places you’ve visited or want to visit, and add travel ephemera.
Joy: Captures happiness and gratitude. Fill your pages with vibrant colors and images of your favorite memories.
Focus: Represents clarity and determination. Use clean layouts with strong focal points to highlight this theme.
Begin: Signals fresh starts and new chapters. Include lists of goals, dreams, or first steps in a new venture.
Simplify: Reflects minimalism and clarity. Try clean, white spaces with only a few intentional elements on your page.
Bloom: Symbolizes personal growth. Use flowers and other natural motifs to illustrate how you’re blossoming.
Harmony: Embraces unity and peace. Incorporate elements that flow together, like watercolors or seamless patterns.
Create: Highlights your artistic spirit. Feature your favorite techniques, tools, or works in progress.
Strength: Reflects resilience. Use bold colors, strong shapes, or imagery that symbolizes perseverance.
Believe: Inspires faith and confidence. Use affirmations, quotes, or symbols that resonate with your trust in yourself or the universe.
Kindness: Reflects compassion and generosity. Document acts of kindness or create pages celebrating people who inspire you.
Embrace: Encourages acceptance and openness. Use warm, inviting tones and soft textures to convey its message.
Inspire: Motivates creativity and sharing ideas. Highlight your sources of inspiration or projects that have lit a spark for you.
Serenity: Represents calm and peace. Use muted tones, calming imagery, or journaling that reflects moments of stillness.
Closing Thoughts on Choosing Your Word
Take your time. Let the words roll around in your mind for a bit. Which one feels like it could be a good fit? Maybe one leaps off the page and makes your heart skip a beat. Or maybe it’s a slow burn, a word that keeps popping back into your thoughts, gently asking for your attention. But, if you’re still feeling torn between a few favorites, don’t rush it—your word will resonate when the time is right. Try journaling about what you hope to focus on this year, flipping through old projects for inspiration, or even using my Word Search graphic from the last post to discover your perfect match.
Remember, your focus word is more than just a theme for your projects—it’s a tool for intentional creativity. Pick a word that speaks to you, and let it shape not just your pages, but also the stories you tell through them.
Whether you create a single layout inspired by your word or let it guide an entire year of projects, the journey is entirely yours. Let your word inspire and ignite your creativity—it might just set the tone for your most inspired year yet!
👉 FREE SAMPLER 👈
To help you get started, I’ve created a free Focus Words sampler! It includes 3 beautifully designed cards, tags, and flair featuring the words Resilience, Light, and Journey. These designs are perfect for adding a touch of inspiration to your scrapbook and art journaling projects.
But that’s not all—if you’re loving the idea of incorporating focus words into your creative projects, you’ll want to check out my full Focus Words collections featuring the 20 words in this post in 3×4 cards, flair, and tags, available in either digital (PNG) or print-and-cut formats. They’re perfect for exploring your focus word all year long. When you use the button below to get the free sampler, I’ll also send you discount coupons for both collections!
Thank You Vicki, a really great idea
You’re very welcome!
I absolutely love it! Thank you very much, Vicki.
You’re very welcome, Cynthia!
Thanks so much. I love this!
Thanks, Tiffany! I’m so happy you like it!
What a great idea! Thank you for providing examples of words and how best to show the theme when creating scrapbook pages!
You’re very welcome, Tawyna! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!