| the most important aspects of scrapbooking is | | | | Poems make interesting additions to your journaling. |
| journaling. For new scrappers, journaling is the part of | | | | You might be thinking, "I cannot write a poem!" That is |
| your book that is the written material on the page. You | | | | fine! Purchase a few small books with witty poems |
| might know what each picture represents, but those | | | | and quotes, and borrow from those. Find a verse that |
| who read through your scrapbook don't and words | | | | matches what you are feeling, and jot it down on your |
| help to enhance the pictures. The information you put | | | | page. It does not have to be your own actual wording |
| down can be as simple as listing the names of people | | | | to make the statement you desire to share. |
| in the photos or writing down a date and place where | | | | When you think about it, nobody writes anything by |
| the picture was taken. You can also go into great | | | | hand anymore. Although composing your journal |
| detail and include the whole story behind the picture for | | | | entries on the computer gives your scrapbook a sharp, |
| even better lasting memories. | | | | clean look, writing your entries by hand can add a |
| One of the best ways to ensure that your journaling is | | | | certain charm you won't get from your computer. You |
| accurate and heart felt is to keep an actual journal as | | | | might want to use a printed banner for a title on the |
| part of your scrapbooking supplies. When you have an | | | | page and make your other notations by hand. If you |
| event that you take some pictures of, jot down in the | | | | do choose to create a page with computer-generated |
| journal what is happening and how you are feeling. | | | | text, keep your fonts consistent, as mixing up fonts |
| That way, even if it is months (or even years) later | | | | can be distracting to the reader. |
| when you come to scrapbook those photographs, you | | | | Journaling is a way to preserve the story of your |
| will be able to look back and remember exactly why | | | | family for future generations. While it can be frustrating |
| that photograph was taken, and what it meant to you | | | | at times for the scrapbooker, do not overlook its |
| at the time. This journal does not have to be fancy or | | | | importance. You might be tempted to skip a journal on |
| detailed, just a place where you can jot down a few | | | | a particular page because you are certain that you will |
| thoughts when something interesting or funny occurs. | | | | not forget the significance behind those pictures. But |
| Journaling in your scrapbook should be heartfelt. Make | | | | stop and think about the picture you took ten or |
| sure that you record how you are feeling about a | | | | twenty years ago. Do you honestly remember |
| person or place on the page. This is especially | | | | everything that was going on that made those pictures |
| important when you are scrapbooking family. You | | | | so special? Chances are you do not. Record your |
| want your children to be able to look at your | | | | thoughts and feelings while they are fresh, and the |
| scrapbook and know exactly how important they are | | | | journaling will keep your scrapbook and pictures fresh |
| to you. | | | | and lively for years to come. |