Journaling From the Heart!

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People who scrapbook will tell you they do so to preserve their photographs and memories. So then why do so many scrapbookers leave out the most important part of a scrapbook? Have you ever flipped through the pages of your friend's scrapbook, marveled at the beauty and techniques used on each of her pages, and then wondered where the journaling was? Are you guilty of skipping the journaling on your pages, thinking you'll come back and add it later?

Journaling is the most important part of your scrapbook albums, although we tend to put the focus on our photographs because it is more visual, and honestly- it's just easier to decorate the page than it is to describe the reason for saving the photograph in the first place. Getting the journaling you really want is not easy; in fact, it takes work! If you believe the time it takes to create your scrapbook layouts is worth the effort, then you should take the time to create meaningful journaling from the heart that tells a story that can be shared and passed down from one generation to the next. After all, our purpose to create these beautiful masterpieces we call scrapbooks is to preserve our photographs and memories, right?

To ease into journaling, and overcome writers block, take a look at the photographs you plan to use on your next layout. On scrap paper, jot down the "who, what, where, when, how and why" of the photographs- to get this information OUT OF THE WAY! Often, this basic, reporter style journaling is what is found in our scrapbooks, and while it serves a purpose, it does very little to portray the personality of the person creating the scrapbook, or the emotions and feelings of the events depicted in the photographs. Think about things that were said during the time the photographs were taken. Did something make you laugh, cry, excited or scared? Instead of writing in a factual manner, "Brandon didn't like his first visit to the doctor, he cried until the doctor turned on the heat lamps", try to use more descriptive words, and pretend the photographs are missing, and you must paint the picture with just your journaling. "Brandon's little face was a brighter shade of red than the pediatrician's office walls, and his cries could be heard all the way out in the waiting room when we first visited his Doctor. When the Doctor flipped the switch to turn on the heat lamps, the crying stopped instantly! I wonder where I can get a magic switch like that for when we're home?!"

Without journaling, our scrapbooks are just pretty photo albums that tell little more to our future generations than a box of photographs found in the attic does. It is the journaling that portrays the emotions, events, and memories we want to preserve; the photographs are just a visual representation that won't have any meaning years down the line if we don't take the time to add effective journaling now.

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