Three Things : Lines (and a Designer Digitals giveaway)

I give my daughter a Sharpie to write with and then I scan her words/journaling to add on top of digital papers and photos.

My tip is just to go for it and force yourself to do it. Also, when I journal, I imagine I am telling the story to someone in person, and then I write it down just as I would speak it. I don't try to get all formal. Even though I was an English major in college and worked in publishing, I use partial sentences and slang terms and the works. I want it to sound exactly the way I would speak, so that my family feels like it was written from my heart!
Now I'm off to order that mug!

I love to use journaling blocks-there are so many cute ones out there right now.

First, I love that mug-what a great teacher mug! :)) Second, I agree with the people who said "just do it". When I work on my scrapbooking I do the layout and I won't let myself move on until I've journaled. If I do, I would forget the moment and its details! I also like to use handwritten journaling, then I don't get bogged down in "what stickers to use" or trying to go to the computer later. That way my kids-or their kids, etc. will see my handwriting when I'm old. It's not perfect, but it's me. :)

I keep a blog and have lots of family pressure to update it frequently! I often turn to it for the journaling in a scrap page. But to prep for the blog I keep a notepad and pen on the counter, in the bedroom, in the office, so I can quickly jot down any cute or funny saying that has to be saved.

Good Morning!!
This has been a problem for me in the past. I would save my journaling for later, thinking something brilliant, other than my real story, would hit me.
Now I pull my photos, write my story and THEN scrapbook it.
I also refer to my JOURNAL 10+
http://www.journal10.com/
I look back for great blubs about what we did, pull the photos for the story and then scrap it.
LOVING the LINES!

designer digitals here I come. wether I win your give-away or not ...

Well, I always make it a point to write on my pages - I love writing on the photos, around it and on journal strips. But honestly, I always design my page with space for journaling already so it is easier for me. Sometimes, I journal telling the story, or journal like I was speaking to my children (or husband). Blog entries make very very personal scrap pages - I love it.
Nowadays, I love finding ways to incorporate the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN on to my pages with one words. It helps.

I try to keep a notebook handy, and after I have taken pictures, or come home from a event. I write down memories then so when it comes time to journal I can remember details...I keep my journal markers and pens close to hand so that I can grab them and the journalling boxes easily.

I type in my online journal everyday. Sometimes I write in sentences, sometimes just snippets of info. I also use Stacy Julians idea from her photo freedom book of keeping small notebooks around the house and in my car so i can write something when the moment strikes me. I can then add it to my journal or to a file of quotes each day.

loving those lines!
i like to write things down as i'm living my life, so when it comes to journaling i don't have to stop and think about what happened or worry about forgetting things!

I keep a daily journal of our family's daily happenings + take lots of photos. I don't usually scrap right away, so when I see a photo I was to scrap, I just turn to that page in my journal to get the full story as I saw it on that particular day. LOVE your designs -- looking forward to Designer Digi work from you!

I keep a daily journal of our family's daily happenings + take lots of photos. I don't usually scrap right away, so when I see a photo I was to scrap, I just turn to that page in my journal to get the full story as I saw it on that particular day. LOVE your designs -- looking forward to Designer Digi work from you!

It's easiest for me all around, if I start with the words FIRST. Either jotting them down in a notebook as they happen, recording them on my blog, or just sitting down at my work area and writing the words before I glue anything down. I don't make every single page this way, but every single one of my FAVORITE pages has been made this way. :) Thanks for the chance, Ali!

I have actually taken my tip from you and do my journaling before I start my layout, that ensures that it will get done. I also carry a notebook around with me all the time, so if I'm inspired to write something I'll have a place to put it.
Ali, I'm not sure if you know this, but your blog has been crashing a bit the past couple days. It takes few tries to get in. I asked on two peas and a few people were having the same trouble. Just an fyi! :)

I scrap to tell stories. Sometimes my pictures need little to get the message across. Ususally this is not the case so when I plan my pages I always incorporate space for the journalling. I write my story first. That determines whether I journal on the computer - long story = computer; short story = handwriting. Without the journalling my page is not complete.

I make myself finish the page first before I go on to another scrapbook page. I try to think of journaling items before I put the pictures down on the page, sometimes making notes on back of pictures.

I like to save a couple pages at a time that are within the same theme and journal them both while the memories are fresh. I experimented with lined paper this past weekend and was grateful for it. I also really like the look of journaling around the page or around a picture.

I digi scrap, so the journaling seems to HAVE to be done before I can finish the LO
But I also keep a notebook for "to do's" and in it is a section devoted just for LO ideas..and on most of them...I will put the idea and journaling ...if I don't write things down, I sit down to do the LO and its gone.....
Thanks for sharing

that mug is something i need! =)
i find that the picture will usually tell the story and will help to words flow on to paper. if that isn't the case i try to find a word i want to highlight and work around the word/words