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I usually like to use song lyrics when I can't come up with something - either that or ask someone else what they remember about the day/event.
Katie

My best journaling tip: Write from the heart. Don't take up precious time making it sound just right. Just write what you are thinking what you are experiencing. That is enough. bonnierose in fargo

My best tip is from you - use blog entries to bring stories to the page. I find this really keeps the freshness in the story, as my memory fails as one day pushes out the last.

I keep journaling files (Word documents) with my digital pictures. I make notes as soon as I upload the photos from my camera. The details, emotions, etc are all still fresh because I usually upload every week or two. Even if my notes aren't "scrapbook quality", at least the details are down and the emotions are raw.

My best tip I need to follow a little more: PROOF-READ! I really like just sort of rambling blurt it out journalling, but that does mean I often forget words or write "if" instead of "of" etc. I can totally adore a page but once I catch my little typos that's all I see.

My best tip is to write it down (anywhere, on a napkin or random corner of paper if you have to) RIGHT AWAY. That way you get all the important detail and quotes or whatever just right.
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Shana

I keep a small notebook in my purse so when my kids make a cute comment I jot it down right then. I write quick thoughts and appointment/trip notes in my daytimer and keep the pages in a box for easy retrieval. I cut and paste memorable emails into a giant word document that I keep on a jump drive so it's easy to "remember" special events....I then print and paste directly onto my scrap pages.
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I love trying to incorporate things that the kids have said during the actual adventure. I always have scrap paper available to write down their expressions or silly commentary... that way I don't have to work so hard trying to be clever! They do all the work for me!

I compose on my computer and they typcially hand write on my layout. Someone the computer seems less permanent and more draft like to me...plus it is the way I write every day for work. An added benefit is spell check, since I am horrible at that.

I've learned from several blogs to take a notebook or buy postcards....I can journal the moment and its ready to add to my pages when I get them done.
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Do the journaling as soon as you can. The little details - and some of the best stuff - will fall out of your memory if months or years pass before you get to scrapbook it. Thanks for the fun giveaways!

The best thing I can think of for journaling/story telling is write stuff down as soon as you can (right after it happens, preferably). I forget so many things and never remember them by the time I go to scrapbook my pages. Then the journaling just comes out really superficial and fluffy {and kinda boring}. :( I would recommend everyone carry a notebook with them, for dates, places important names and stories. Of course, this isn't really a revelation, I've read it a hundred times in scrapbooking books or journaling books. It's a good tip, though. One of the more important tips, IMHO!!

Just do it! :)

I am so glad I have my camera! and I try to be very good at downloading and printing my photos, because with out them to remind me of the events I will never journal, with my kids, husband,home, pets, sports, dance, schedules, family, birthday parties etc., having any quiet time to journal can be impossible. so my favorite way to journal is sticky notes, i will look at the pictures and attach a note to the back of it and when i get to scrap that helps me remember the stories.

I don't have any journaling tips - for me, it's the hardest part of scrapping. So I'm going to read everyone else's comments and hopefully get some good ideas. THanks for sharing Ali!

my best tip is to start with the journaling. don't do it at the end and don't fit the journaling with what you have left on the page, do your journaling and then design your page around it. this way you will get to say everything you want to say. make the journaling a first-class citizen.

at the moment, I am taking Cathy Zielske's "everyone can write a little" online class at bigpicturescrapbooking.com...it's fun. Cathy gives us "prompts" and we post on Facebook and/or Twitter...these are small snippets, but can launch the inspiration to tell the bigger story on a scrapbook page. We will be creating a small 6X6 digital album w/selected posts.

I try very hard to write things down as they happen, just a quick note, usually something my son said or did. I also try to write everything down in the same notebook. That way when I am ready to scrap I have all my journalling in one place, and can elaborate on my brief notes.

I keep a small notebook in my purse and in my carr. II eventually transgfer everything to either one of my boys big notebooks or my own personal one. That's the only way I'll remember anything when it comes time to journal for a layout.

I sometimes like to take the "speaking" part/perspective of the person in the photo/layout. Like when my boys were little I would write out thank you cards as if it were them talking.