Three Things : Lines (and a Designer Digitals giveaway)

I love using journal type stamps on my projects as a reminder that I need to journal. I've also recently started to use MacJournal, which is such a great product which allows you to journal all those little things that otherwise you may forget.
Love that mug!
Take care :D

First of all I have to say I'm soooooo excited that you will be selling stuff at Designer Digitals!! Second of all the only way I have found to get my journaling down is by doing my lo's digitally. The albums I've had printed from Shutterfly are COMPLETE books, journaling and all. All my other paper albums have lots of journaling waiting for me to finish.

My newest thing to do is actually START with the journaling, because I have always been one of those "leave it til last - maybe I will get to it someday - scrapbooks full of layouts with a blank spot for journaling" people. After taking the class "Get Organized, Be Inspired" at BPS, I have created a journaling basket that keeps all my lined paper, journaling spots, tags, journaling stamps, and pens together in one place. A journaling haven you might say :) Love reading all the tips! Can't wait to get your digi designs!!

Wow Wee Ali... You sure know how to get people thinking about how they journal. :) You are one amazing lady. I have read your latest book and I must say I'm a huge fan. Love the book!!!
What I do to help me journal on my pages is to write down on a sheet of paper of what kind of story I would like to tell, so that when my kids look back on them they can sure with there children the story. Using up white space or journaling around the photo or layout is a lot of fun. I sure hope to be the lucky number.
Thank you very much and many blessing to you and your family.

Wow Wee Ali... You sure know how to get people thinking about how they journal. :) You are one amazing lady. I have read your latest book and I must say I'm a huge fan. Love the book!!!
What I do to help me journal on my pages is to write down on a sheet of paper of what kind of story I would like to tell, so that when my kids look back on them they can sure with there children the story. Using up white space or journaling around the photo or layout is a lot of fun. I sure hope to be the lucky number.
Thank you very much and many blessing to you and your family.

Wow Wee Ali... You sure know how to get people thinking about how they journal. :) You are one amazing lady. I have read your latest book and I must say I'm a huge fan. Love the book!!!
What I do to help me journal on my pages is to write down on a sheet of paper of what kind of story I would like to tell, so that when my kids look back on them they can sure with there children the story. Using up white space or journaling around the photo or layout is a lot of fun. I sure hope to be the lucky number.
Thank you very much and many blessing to you and your family.

I have just lately begun making an effort to be more "conscious" when I take a photograph. I try to pay attention to how i'm feeling at the time - what impact is that image having on me in the here and now - trying to be aware of the moment rather than just rushing through it. This has helped enormously when it comes to journalling - just making that effort as i take the photo seems to impress those fellings on my memory so that when i see the image printed (or downloaded - I digiscrap these days), it just all comes back. Because digiscrapping is so much quicker for me - I find i am using my photos much sooner after they are taken which also helps (in the memory department) i guess!

Lately, I have been trying to journal first and use that to start the story I want to tell. The story is really what I am trying to capture , so this works well for me.

For Journalling i genarally have some scrap paper and journal my thoughts when the time happens so that i know that later on i can go back to it and have the perfect page.And your latest adventure is fab take care Kerry

i really like using lists for quick & easy journaling. Simple & to the point, not to mention a good memory trigger. -Amy in CO

I keep a notebook where I write down funny things my kids say and then I look to that when I'm trying to find just what to write on a scrapbook page.

I refused to write with my own handwriting on my pages for a long time, but I gave that up when I realized how much less time it takes to just write. I love journaling stamps, tags, labels.. whatever!

If I'm searching for journaling my go-to resort is my journal. Even if I didn't write about a specific event a lot of times journaling will jog my memory.

These aren't anything new (I see lots of people have the same ideas), but I just started scrapbooking and have found that having already had the habit of writing down funny things my kids say, or jotting notes on our website as soon as we upload our photos help me to remember the details that I would have forgotten later.
~Michelle

I do my best thinking while out riding by myself around the farm. I keep a little notebook handy for those times when the inspiration or memories flood my thoughts. I love the peace I feel when doing this.

journaling is such a big part of the whole scrapbooking thing for me because I always wanted to be a writer. for really long journaling i mainly use the computer, but i have been really forcing myself to incorporate lots more handwriting. it doesnt always look as great to me, but i know i would love to see my grandma's writing in a scrapbook. i usually write a draft of the journaling in a notebook first, for some reason writing in a notebook really gets the juices flowing for me even if I have had the story in my head the whole time!

Love the Mug!!!
I keep index cards around the house, in my purse, in the car, etc. and journal on those and then gather them in a box. When I am ready to start putting together a page I tuck it with the photos and paper and then transfer it to the page.

I loved reading the comments for tips to help me. I have to write immediately or I don't go back to it. I can't overthink or it never gets done. Can't wait to see your stuff at DD.

If I am really wanting to focus on the STORY, I like to journal first. Especially if it is for a trip--day one, day two.... etc.
Another thing I do is to pick the pictures I want to use, journal, then lay them out.
Putting a journaling box for later never works for me... I have to write it when I make it, or it doesn't get written.

Okay, I haven't had time to read the other suggestions...part of how I sometimes save time. But my favorite thing is to always have a notebook with me. Sometimes my kids say something, we see something, or a bystander says something (like to my husband in Wales: Do you always block the pavement?) that becomes the basis for pages and jogs my memory to write a better story.