Journaling Tips...Help!!!.

Kim I can't be much here with journaling tips. I tend to leave the journaling off my pages. I don't mean to its just after I get the layout done I then notice it then its to late. I'm working harder on the journaling part. Recently I purchased some fun fonts to use on my journaling to make it difference. The important thing about scrapbooking is to tell your story for future generations. Don't worry about if its sounds stupid, your journaling is a true reflection of your feelings.

Chrissy

Kim, Boy, can I relate to this one. I know that my biggest hang-up with journaling by hand was my horrific spelling ability. Next came my yucky hand writing. I get around this by using the computer, but have found that is not a fail-safe method. I got over that hump by telling myself that poor journaling (spelling errors and all) is better than nothing. My memories are important to pass along just as much as the pictures. My child isn't going to remember a vacation in exactly the same way I do, so I tell "my side" of the story. There are also things that pictures just didn't capture...words my children used at age 2, why did I choose their name or nickname, why is DS wearing something silly on his head, etc.

I also save the journaling for when I have a story to tell. Most of the pictures I scrap tell the story so I journal names and dates. When I feel it is necessary to journal to capture the reason why the picture was taken, I choose an audience. In some cases it my be the child who will some day inherit the album. I then journal as if I'm speaking to that child.

My DD made of Girl Scout camp memory album...she took a flower-shaped note pad and asked all her new friends to write her a little note. These little notes became the journaling.

It is the same fear you had to get over the first time you cut one of your pictures..."I've destroyed it forever!" No, you've made it into something more precious. Keep at it, journaling will become more comfortable with time.

Good luck!

-- Amy L.

I do a lot of hidden journaling, by using tags on my pages or the mats that the pictures are mounted on are actually a flip up for journalling underneath the photo. That way it is not for the casual observer. Sandy

I use a combination of both. My first pages that I did are awful, because I did ALL the journaling by hand and as a typical man my penmanship sucks.

That is a discussion we have here from time to time about early done pages, do not change them as they show how you have improved and grown in your techniques.

If you have questions about computer journaling, ask away as there are MANY in here that will guide ya.

Finally, Amy said it in a nutshell, it is for posterity and as I see it too, it is MY WAY and if others do not like it, well that is their problem!!

((HUGS!))

OKC Dave

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Kim I think that if you ask yourself what you want to convey with your journaling, you might have an easier time of knowing what to write. For example, do you just want the date and event noted? or do you want to tell the story of the picture? Do you want to have just the names of everyone in the pictures? I like Amy, Dave and Sandys helpful ideas too. The hidden journaling is a great idea for hiding what you dont want everyone to see, but you still have the information recorded. I personally dont journal every page, as it depends on the theme of the page. You can do computer journaling in Microsoft Word, very easily. I used the HELP button at the top and did a search for text boxes, and it shows you step by step how to make them. I use text boxes with no lines, arrange them to fill up the page, and then I can print it out and cut them to fit wherever I need them. Just play around with it and experiment, thats what I did! You can change the size, type and color of the fonts you want to use for each separate box too, if you want to do journaling for more than one page at a time. Some call this "power journaling". Hope this helps and dont be afraid to experiment with computer stuff, you will be surprised at how easy it can be.

Linda

On Nov 6, 5:41 pm, "mysticdeaka2009" wrote:

I found this link that might be helpful too!

http://scrapbook> I really am uncomfortable with journaling. I don't know if it is

Kim I found this link. Its a short 6 question quiz. It helps you to decide what type of journaling you like to do and it gives you ideas on how to journal. Its a fun test. Mine said I'm more of a list person.

Chrissy

Kim I found this link. Its a short 6 question quiz. It helps you to decide what type of journaling you like to do and it gives you ideas on how to journal. Its a fun test. Mine said I'm more of a list person.

Chrissy

Thanks Chrissy...I am a list person too!

Kim

I missed the original post, sorry! I haven't been doing this very long, and I also don't like my own handwriting, and I also can never think of what to write. I've only made one full book, for my sister, and a few pages in a new book I'm working on.

For my sister's book, I had a lot of old photographs in boxes with no dates or anything on them at all, and I thought it would look half-assed to write "Me and Leah at some place somewhere, sometime maybe in the

80's, I think" and stuff like that, so instead what I did was I found cute or poignant quotations online to go with the pictures and printed them out from my computer. There are lots of quotation databases on the web where you can search by subject. If you want to see the book, it's here:

For my latest book I have some pictures of my nephews, and I made a list of what each of them is into at the moment.

Wow, this is a good subject and I learned something new and VERY USEFUL!!! Text blocks, never heard of them so now gonna try them out. I just type what I need, crop it, size it or whatever to whatever size I need.

Tet blocks sound MUCH easier and I can do more than one at a time!!

(HUGS)

OKC Dave

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Oh My gosh! You CAN teach an old dog new tricks! LOL just kidding Dave!

****duck> Wow, this is a good subject and I learned something new and VERY

I do both computer and hand written journaling. For gifts, I do computer journaling. Not sure why...I just do. I don't mind my hand writing, but it can get tedious sometimes. I also find I can get more journaling with a computer. So if I have a lot to say, then I'll computer it.

With my computer journaling, I simply use Microsoft Word. There's all kinds of fonts out there that you can use to liven up your journaling.

I tend to put journaling with every LO. If it's 2 pages, then maybe only one page will have the journaling, but there will be journaling no matter what. I'm a firm believer in journaling my thoughts, experiences, the memories of the day, etc on my pages.