Basic Journaling
By Lisa Lee
May 25, 2004, 05:32

Journaling in your layouts is an essential part of preserving your memories. Your journaling can be as basic as saying who is in the picture, when the picture was taken, and where the picture was taken. Journaling can also be a time to reflect and tell the story behind the pictures in your layouts.

Sharing precious memories from your child’s birthday party, who attended, gifts received, and why the party theme was chosen can really add so much insight into the story of the photos in the layout. Journaling can be written to share your feelings from the heart almost like messages to your loved ones.

There are many different methods used in journaling. Journaling can be type written and printed from your computer, hand written, or created with alphabet stickers. You can journal in straight lines or in shapes. The options available are as endless as your creativity.

Keep in mind why you are working to preserve your memories. Do you want your works of love to be pages with nice pictures and paper, or do you want them to tell a story for generations to come? If your answer is the later, then journaling is quite simply a must! Not every page will have a large story to tell, a simple name and date might be sufficient for what you want to accomplish. This really depends on what you want to do with your layouts and how you choose to design them.

Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.pagesoftheheart.net/artman/publish/printer_56.shtml

Here's some more about journalling:

Good Journaling is Easier Than You Think!
http://www.craftbits.com/project/good-journaling-is-easier-than-you-think

http://ezinearticles.com/?Good-Scrapbook-Journaling-Is-Easier-Than-You-Think&id=88958

Thanks Deanne! This is one thing I really do not like doing too much! Maybe after reading these articles, I will get inspired! TFS!

Thanks for this Deanne!!

Thanks Deanne! I was looking at my sil's scrapbook & she has no journaling in it! So I am glad that I try to do a little when I make a page but it's still hard sometimes.