Scrapbook Journaling Ideas

Here are a few Scrapbook journaling ideas to help get you started.

Journaling is one of the most important aspects of scrapbooking. When you create a scrapbook, you are leaving a legacy for those who will follow you.

All of us have had the experience of going through an old family album or box of photographs only to realize that we don't know the story behind the photos or the identification of the people in the photos. Journaling will connect the story with the photographs.

Do you look forward to creating the written documentation to accompany your scrapbook layouts? Or do you have a great time gather your photos and creating your pages, only to freeze when it comes to adding journaling? Either way, you will benefit from our scrapbook journaling starters.

• Start simple - include names, locations and dates.

• If writing does not come easily, focus on stating who, what, when and where. A simple list of these vital bits of information go a long way toward telling the story.

• Use some of our journaling starters.

• Consider combining scrapbook poems and journaling. Find an appropriate poem from online or other sources, then add personalization for your own story.

• Write as if you were talking to a close friend or family member.

• Be creative in what you journal.

• Record personal observations.

• Record funny comments made by others.

• Document your feelings about a particular situation or event.

• Create a complete scrapbook based on the story of one event or person. Complete as though you were telling a story.

• If you love to write, consider devoting a whole or half page to a specific topic rather than the typical short journal entries that are intermixed with photographs.

Most of all, just jump in and start writing. Once you have a few scrapbook journaling ideas, one thing will lead to another and your writing will flow.

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