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I try to capture what I was feeling when I snapped the picture! It doesn't always work, but I'm trying!!!
Leslie

To assist with my journalling I make a couple of notes and keep my story to the who, what, when, where and how I felt. It helps to keep from rambling. I keep little note pads in the kitchen, my purse, our bedroom and the truck so that I don't forget to write stuff down.

What great giveways. My best tip for journaling- is "Just Do It." Do not put it off and say you will journal later. I have a stack of layouts that I have never gone back to add the important written details.
The good news is that I have learned my lesson!

What great giveways. My best tip for journaling- is "Just Do It." Do not put it off and say you will journal later. I have a stack of layouts that I have never gone back to add the important written details.
The good news is that I have learned my lesson!

I try to journal throughout the day during pauses. When I begin story journaling I just start to write. (Typing on the computer is faster and allows me to get the story told before I tire of writing) Then I make adjustments for layouts. My favorite journaling is from my kids when they were small. I made them write everyday, and their stories include all the small details I would have long forgotten.

Well I'm not really that great at journaling. But I like to practice on a piece of scrap paper before writing on my finished piece. It helps get the jitters out and make sure everything will fit in the space I have.

I always keep a notebook in my purse and car. That way when I take a picture, want to remember something or something someone said, I write it down. I love looking back to remember.

Since I'm years behind in my scrapbooking, I have recently started writing journaling for events that are happening now on a scrap sheet of paper and tucking it away in my organizer of to-be-scrapbooked materials. I'm terrible at coming up with journaling, so this helps me remember what I was thinking and feeling when get to it-- months, maybe years (hopefully not!) later.

Try not to think of journaling as needing to be Pulitzer Prize winning. Little notes, phrases, funny sayings, short bursts of storytelling all make excellent journaling that we will cherish since these are the things that are quickly forgotten :)

I always include WHO, WHERE, WHAT and WHEN.

I try and write the main points on the back of the photo before I forget, incase I wont be scrapping that photo series for a while. Or I do the layout and jot my thoughts ona post-it until I feel in the mood to journal.

I close my eyes and try and remember back to that moment and try to find the right emotion and story I want to capture on that page.

My best journal tip is to "just write!" I get some of my best journaling and/or layout ideas from just sitting down and spending some time free writing. I wish I could figure out how to make time to free write everyday. It's the best way to capture so thoughts and ideas and memories when you least expect it!

I should just read everyone else's tips and maybe I would learn something! I'm trying to be better with my journaling - really tell the story but I don't do it too creatively yet! I like the idea of having my handwriting in the books so I do that a lot unless the story is just really long then I use computer journaling. Pretty boring. Thanks for your blog and all the inpiration here!!

Journaling is one of the most important parts of scrapbooking i think, at least each layout should have - who, where, when ;)
I am lucky to have a very good memory so there is no problem to remember what happened when I scrap the pictures, but sometimes I like to take a few notes in a Moleskin, especially for funny quotes.
To put the journaling on the layout, I looove journaling-stamps and different kinds of journaling-cards/spots, but also a Post-it note or some regular writing paper from the office supplies are cool to use :o)

Write from the heart.

I keep a journal and try to write o it as much as i can. for my scrapbook layouts, I have to write it in a separeta piece of papers, then i write on the actual page with a light pencil and finally i go over it with pen.

unfortunately, I don't have any tips, but am in desperate need of some!
Thanks for the chance to win a great prize!

I write down my layout/journaling ideas and the things my kids say in two notebooks - one is in the kitchen and the other in my bedroom ;) and I use them later in my scrapbook pages.
Thanks for the wonderful giveways!

I keep a little notebook with me and journal right after the "moment" happens so I don't forget what's happened or what's said. There's no way I could remember everything later on!