Three Things : Lines (and a Designer Digitals giveaway)

My favourite is patterned paper with lines or grides and than a punch. So I have quickly journaling spots. (Sorry for my bad english).

I have to admit that I usually leave the journaling to do at another time and that time does not seem to ever come. I am so insecure about my writing. I read all your post a few weeks ago and I actually just last night sat down and journaled about an event that I know I am going to do a layout of. This is the first time I did the journaling first and I think it is going to work great for me.
Thanks,
Nicolle

I keep notebooks all over my house, and I journal as I go, often I journal then take a photo to complement the text.
Some days I just pull the page out of the notebook and stick it down, or if the writing is really messy I type it using the computer. Or add it straight to the layout if I am doing digiscrapping which I seem to do more and more of these days I think I am addicted ;-)
Whichever way it happens my layouts are not complete until there is text on them.

i like to just overlay (ghost lettering) words right onto either my photo - or my background papers - but usually telling the story is important to me, so i have to find a place to type an entire paragraph!

Hi Ali! Love your art! One of my favorites is to write on the photo in photoshop before printing it.
Anni from Sweden

I download my photos into folders by event. I'll look at the photos and take notes of facts and emotions and save them as a word document in that event's folder. It makes journaling easier just in case it takes me a while to get to that event...it re-inspires me.

I like your journalling tip about framing the page or photo with words - it seems to be less intrusive than a big block of text sometimes. Other times I like to make the journalling as big as the photo to emphasize the story.

I have no problem getting my thoughts down on a LO...I don't consider it finished if it doesn't LOL. I usually start a page with plenty to say!
Now, can I use my own handwriting? That's a whole other problem LOL

I am a Luxe junkie and the Simply Luxe is just fantastic. I think I am a storyteller-I don't seem to do brief journaling well at all. So I do mine on my computer, print and put on my page. I believe it has something to do with my age!

Hi Ali,
I like to journal my thoughts or the cute stories on the day they happened (in a moleskin notebook). With a 22 month old and a newborn I don't have much time to scrap and so it's important to me to record the ideas and stories at the end of each day. Even if it's a couple of weeks later when I put the page together, the spirit and emotions of the story are still captured and I can refine the text.
A xx

I love all the journaling product out there too. The lined paper and office supply lines are just perfect. I'm finally getting into making sure to journal and a page doesn't seem complete to me anymore unless the story is being told. So Thanks!

"Just do it" seems to be the perfect hint :). Unfortunately I'm not the notebook type of girl, mostly I hope the pics inspire me to tell the story. I mix handwriting and computer printing, but have to admit, I should write more than I do.
Thank you for your inspiration!
Anne

i just write and write... oh and also i put dates on the back of pics i get from the lab staright away so its there when i need it, no need to go looking

Before I work on a layout, I write a little story about the pictures that I am going to work on. That way, I can make the words a priority instead of just an afterthought.
I also started a blog to record these moments. It really helps just being able to pull these stories off the computer. Now I have a "fresher" take on the stories I want to tell.

When I first started scrapbooking I didn't journal at all. Then I noticed in all the scrapbook mags the lo's were more complete because of the journaling. Mine were just matted pics on pretty paper with a few stickers no story or memory most of the time not even a date.
So I started to print my journaling and add it to the lo's. Mostly just the date, what was going on in the pics no real substance.
I have always kept a journal with me @ all times. So when my tinies started getting old enough to talk & really interact through conversations I had to start writing them down.
Now my pages are more complete with the pics & the story or the funny qoute one came up with. I am no longer afraid of my own handwriting especially with products like these 3 yummy things.
Tip: When we went to Disney I had a journal with me. So when we stood in the lines waiting for the rides I'd journal. I journaled in the A.M. when I got up & had coffee on the balcony while watching the animals at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I'd journal on the bus rides to & from the parks. I journaled on the plane ride home.
The result was a 2 vol. scrapbook which we are able to re-live that fabulous family vacation.

I'm alot like you! I love anything lined that invites journaling and even make a point of letting my LSS know to put aside new items for me that come in with lines. They know I love my journaling!

I tend to ramble so my favorite thing to do is keep a journaling book and when I'm ready to do my lo I'll pull out the most important things I'd like the 'viewer' to remember. Then, I tear out the journaling page and either tuck it inside a pocket on the page.... or hide it behind the page entirely. That way everyone isn't bored with my rambling but I'll cherish the memories on down the road.

I love to cut out my words with my cricut, or stamp lines ala your technique Tuesday stamps. Sometimes I even journal around the photo with a thicker pen. It just depends on my mood. I do have some Making Memory journaling blocks that I haven't used yet. Hmm...Maybe I need to dig those out! LOL. Thanks!

Keep a pad and pencil by your bed and jot down ideas that keep you awake or wake you up. Emily

I use paper strips and short descriptive sentences. I find it's easier than trying to write a whole paragraph or story.