Three Things : Lines (and a Designer Digitals giveaway)

Hi Ali,
To capture my journaling, I jot down thoughts while putting the layout together, and then once it's finished I journal.
Post-its definately come in handy for those quick layouts, when you know you are gonna get right back to them and do your full journaling.
Happy Summer!
~Anne

When I am selecting my photos I write down my journaling and title ideas first and then go from there!

My simple tip is simply... don't put it off. Get the words down asap. When I procrastinate on the journaling, I often lack that initial inspiration that drove me to create the page in the first place.

Ohhh Id love love loooooove to win! :)
I am a note jotter, writing on EVERYTING, I make marks in margins, take notes from movies, write down lyrics, am forever the friend that sends the MOST post! I love it! I jot EVERYWHERE and would looooooove to have just a little more structure. to keep it simple! :) I love love love!

I love to scrap about the picture that talks to me. Then i know just what i need to journal about.

My pen and I are good friends. I have overcome the "journal it later" option and am loving it. Very freeing!

My tip for journaling - JUST DO IT! Do it now, don't put it off. Don't worry about it being perfect or typed, grab a pen and go.
I LOVE this giveaway. I am a first grade teacher and I am obsessed with handwriting lines. Use them all the time and even draw my own.

My tip is a solution of space for journaling. I sometimes design a layout and get so caught up in the design I fail to leave room for journaling. Or sometimes I use so many photos on a page I don't have room or I might just like the look of a layout without the journaling. At those times, I add the story tucked in behind something with a little tab so that it can be pulled out.

Since the stories behind the photos are the most important part of scrapbooking to me, I almost always begin a layout or project by doing my journaling. Then I have a good idea of how much space I need in order to tell the story and whether the journaling will be a large block or whether the story can be told in small captions or through some other element of the design. So naturally, using the words as the starting point means I never end up with blank spots to be filled in later!

For me, I definitely have to have the words first, then find the picture to accompany the story I want to tell. I find that most of my journaling comes directly from my blog. I blog more regularly than I scrapbook, so the journaling is 'in the moment'. I can choose to handwrite and edit my blog entry for clarity... or I can format the typography in word or photoshop to give it an interesting look.

I keep a journal where I jot things my son does or says that I want to remember. When I scrap a page, I can flip through the journal and find the text for the images. Journaling is soooo important. Maybe I say that because I've kept a journal since 7th grade. But it's frustrating to look at old pictures of my grandmother with no words to tell me what she was feeling, where she was, and all of those other juicy details that tell the story behind the image.

Ali- I try to journal ahead of time to tell the story then fit the pictures to the story or journal right at the moment the pics go on the page- on them, around them or whereever it will fit. The words are my favorite part of any layout.
Loved meeting you at CKU (I am the loud one who made you kneel with your hands on your head). I had an absolute blast and I working on CPR.

I'm a fan of tucked away journaling. I like to tuck the story into a library pocket or envelope. It gives me much more room to tell the story.
I am SO excited that you are going to be a designer for DD--it's my favorite digi-place to hang out.Can't wait to see what you've come up with.

Always try to journal before the layout is considered done, I do alot of strip journalling these days, easy, can use point form or tell the full story, as well adds visual interest.
Like using word stickers to add to journalling, these days Making Memories Kraft ones are a favorite!

Hi Ali - when I find myself stumped for journaling, I look for an appropriate quote related to the subject matter, occasion or location. That always sets my writing into action. Thanks for the giveaway.

My advice is to journal immediately in your own handwriting... Otherwise, you'll forget what you were supposed to journal on the computer later!
Christine*

I like to write on an index card about the event or picture or whatever so I will have it when I'm ready to scrap my photos. I have a file box with different categories (one for each child, holidays, extended family, events, etc.) where I file the index cards.

if I want to scrap, but I don't have the time or the energy to drag out and play with my "stuff," I'll open Word and write down my stories. I love to do this at work, when I need a mental break, but can't leave my desk.

I don't consider a page "finished" until I journal.

Not a very big fan of journaling but when I do I use journaling stamps mostly from Cats Life press. Would love to have the ones you have. Pick me, pick me!

I recently switched to mostly digital scrapbooking, and this is what has encouraged my journaling. I have found that I "just do it" with more regularity than I did with paper scrapbooking.
Would love to try out your new products!

I created a text box template as a Word document and that makes it very easy to complete a page with journaling. ~jennieb

I like to add journaling hidden behind a photo or a folded tag. But the biggest motivator is going back thru albums that I didn't journal and trying to remember.

I keep a magnetic tablet on the fridge for funny comments my kids say or words they mispronounce. I jot things down with a date and often build a page around those memorable quotes. Tonight I interrupted the bedtime routine to write a new one down—"Ow! Ow! It burns!" Which is what one of my eight year old boys told me when I was kissing him goodnight!
They grow up so quick. Thank goodness his twin still loves to cuddle—and admits it.

I find it helpful to jot down on a little spiral notebook the words and things that I want to add to my scrapbook pages. When I get an idea or words come to me about something I know I'll include in my albums I write these down immediately so I won't forget.