Three Things : Lines (and a Designer Digitals giveaway)

Ali,
I purchased the Mead half size index cards and jot down thoughts or memories. I later can use them on my SB pages as they are. It really helps me remember the important details that seem to be forgotten with time.

Try to journal all my scrapbook info in Word, print on cardstock and leave with my pictures when time permits to get the scrapping done.
Nicky Anderson

I will look at the photo and journal first. Sometimes that helps me create the mood I want for the layout. I also often carry around a notebook with phrases, dates, people, feelings, etc. I've often been teased about writing down the "unimportant" details, but I think they have much more meaning when added to the layout later.

Jot thoughts down on the nearest piece of paper and periodically gather them to a scrappin spot.

I use post it notes. There is something so simple about living out your thoughts on a post it and I'm programmed now to know it needs "follow up". And for some reason because I use post it's for everything I am very good about journaling because I don't want a post it on my page or as a lingering "to do". I scrap a couple pages 2 or 3, then go back to my post it's as I sit to journal. I force myself to never go beyond 3 pages or I know I will never journal! Love your 3 three things from today. I will be getting one of those fish eddy mugs!!

after I get my pictures printed, I sort them by pages and use post it notes to seperate the piles. I turn the post it note upside down and stick it on the last picture, then I write what the group of pictures is and then I use the other side of the post it, where you would normally write, and write out my journaling. That way, I don't have to do the page right then, but I still remember the details of the event

I used to always wait to add the journaling later (ha! - THAT doesn't always work!) so I have found that creating digital/hybrid layouts is a sure way for me to include text. I won't/can't print it out until I've typed my journaling - or if I want to add handwriting, I print it and do it immediately and then add it to my book. For some reason this works. Why it didn't always work in the traditional sense I have no idea! Maybe it's not so much the digital aspect as much as I've just learned that journaling is a priority.
(I also keep a notebook of little things and milestones from my children so I don't forget when certain things happen.)

I being pretty good about typing about my day in my online journal. So, my journaling is ready, all I have to do is write it or print it on my layout. Thanks!

I love to use what I already have. When I do a layout I look back at my blog, quotes I've written down, things the kids have said that I have written down, or journal entries. I'm already doing so many things to record our story. It is great to look there first, then just cut and paste, or copy it down. Makes it easy and you don't have to think because you've already told the story.

I use my own handwriting almost all the time now. I don't have my computer in my scraproom, so it makes my process much more efficient.

I set up computer journaling templates and tend to keep them standard sizes since I tend to scrapbook certain photo sizes as well.

I have tried in the past to write out what I want to say and then edit it and stuff before I actually put it down on paper. But, the pages I like the best are the ones that I just wrote down right there how I felt about the picture. It always seems to be the most heartfelt and meaningful way to describe the picture. So, now that is what I try to do...I usually don't type it, I write it down and just say waht I want to say without worrying too much about the grammar and stuff ( it usually sounds just the way I would say it, which is what I would want people to remember anyways!)

Like most everyone else I jot down little stories and phrases that I want to remember in a notebook. Most of the time whatever I am scrapbooking has a vivid story in my mind already. Most importantly I don't worry about what I write and I just write whatever comes to mind. It doesn't have to be a novel. Usually it's just phrases here and there.

Inspired by your "daily something," I journal directly on photos using Photoshop and two brushes scanned from my own handwriting, "Ian daily" and "day Lilly" (names of my kiddos).

I like the bullet list approach. Just jot down single words that are important to the photo/story in a list format. It helps me quickly capture the essence and is very powerful.

I open the photo in Photoshop and add a couple "list" memories and/or the date on the photograph with the TEXT box. I've used a handwriting font and regular text. I like this because it has spell check and i can also re-do it if doesn't look quite right.

Ever since I started blogging journaling is so much easier for me - I just go back to the post and edit it for me page.

I have a white board where I tally the pages I have completed for the month. I don't get to count a page as done and tally it on the board until the journaling is done. I love putting them on my board so I finish them completley.

Love the MUG!!! I cut up journaling cards and carry them with me along with a archival black pen that I also carry. This is especially nice on vacation or a special event when there are so many things happening that i don't want to forget. Then I can slip them on my pages once i get get photos printed!

My tip? Go with the flow...
sometimes the pictures will tell the story and sometimes you want to share your story than add the pictures.
Simply just go with the flow!