It can be a fearful moment for a lot of scrapbookers when that beautiful scrapbook page is almost completed, but then you have to write something on the page to keep those memories alive. Many scrapbookers have problems when it comes to journaling. Here are some ideas that should make journaling a little bit easier for you.
First, ask yourself five basic questions: Who, What, When, Where and How. If you can remember back to grade school, you probably heard all this in English class. They really are great questions to ask because they will get your thought process started. For example, you could ask yourself why you took the photo in the first place. What emotions were you feeling? Where did the events take place? Who is in the picture? You may know who the person is, but what about later generations looking at the scrapbook you made?
Another great idea is to use poems and song lyrics. Some of the most beautiful scrapbook page I have seen are ones with lyrics to a song that expresses the person’s feeling much better than words they could have come up with on their own. You should be able to find song lyrics and poems easily on the internet. There are also many internet resources to find quotes for particular events.
Another fun idea is to interview family members about the event. You can send them an email if they are far away, or just tell them to write down their favorite and least favorite memories about the event. You can then compile all the notes that you have and include them in your journaling box. A fun idea is to have everybody write down their memories like before, and then instead of picking and choosing what to put in the scrapbook, just put all the notes into an envelope that is attached to your scrapbook page. To make this venture more successful, you may want to provide papers that match your scrapbook page and make them all the same size so they all fit well into your envelope.
For the easiest journaling ever, just make lists of things that made the event special. You could write Vacation at Niagara Falls, the date and year you went, where you stayed, some of the things you did.
I hope some of these ideas will get your creative thoughts started. Remember, scrapbooking is not a contest. It is just a fun way to keep memories alive for the generations to come. So go ahead, start writing! You will be glad you did.
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1 scrapbookingoasis // Sep 16, 2007 at 8:36 pm
some great tips - journaling often is the hardest part of a page
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