Wednesday Sponsor Giveaway : Get It Scrapped, Transparent Touches, & Blue Moon Scrapbooking

I love using bullet lists. It's an easy way to capture the moment/thought in a concise way, but allowing for good description in each small piece.

I'm a very, very left-brained person so my most comfortable journaling style is bullets with details--the W's, things said, impressions. Prose style journaling is very awkward to me.

I keep little notebooks in my purse and around the house to jot down stories about my family that I want to remember later.

I often refer to the Shortcut Quizzes by Simple Scrapbooking when I'm having a tough time with journaling. Usually one or two questions are enough to help.

I keep a notebook too. . .I write down funny things my kids say right away and date it and refer to it when I have the perfect pic to pair with it. I also cut inspiring quotes from magazines and keep them in that notebook. =)

I have been keeping a journal for my Project 365 which makes it easy to remember everything about a photo. That has been very helpful in my scrapbooking lately.

I don't know if this is really a tip or not, but my best advice for writing is to stop worrying about it. I was so worried I'd miss something or that it wouldn't be "right" that I'd never do it. I'd rather have SOMETHING than nothing because I'm scared it's not right.

My best tip is to journal in a little notebook about the event, and go back later to record it.

I keep a little note book and write down memories as they happen or as I remember past things. This helps when I get to scrapbook to have some notes to look back at!

I'd say, make a few notes as soon as you can so the memories are fresh (I have a great diary with notebook pages opposite), then vary how you record on the page - a few key words, a list, using numbers to tell the story, a letter to your husband/child/sister/self etc...

Tip #1: Look through your sent email messages, blog / forum postings, Facebook posts, etc. for details you can use in your layouts.
Tip #2: just do it! I usually start with the journaling before planning the rest of my layout. Write down the basic facts/thoughts on a piece of scrap paper, then you can write it out again and expand on your thoughts - or not! Doing it on scrap paper first gives you an idea of how much space you will need in your layout. Thanks for the giveaway!

Write what you feel...don't worry about pleasing somebody else w/your writing style. It doesn't have to be a perfect literary piece, just make sure it tells your story the way you felt and remember it.

I put stories up on my blog and on my facebook account, and when I go to do my page, often I can just "cut and paste" the story right into photoshop. Or I can edit out the parts that don't easily work on my page with very little effort. I want my journaling to sound like the way I would tell the story to my friends or my mom, and that's why I use my blog and my facebook.

Sometimes it's quotes from a conversation, at times what happened and sometimes nothing. The style and what goes in it hugely depends on the layout

I have sticky notes that I keep on my desk and just jot down what I think will eventually end up on a layout. Not really a good system but it works for me. I've also started writing on a small notebook so I think between the two journaling systems I should be ok.

I have a blog that I use to recap events of the day every night. I have often used my blog "journal" to help me create journaling for my pages. Sometimes I simply copy and paste the entire thing.

My best tip is nothing new. The standard "keep a note pad handy". But for me its especially at night when my mind is racing and I cannot fall asleep. In the dark and quiet, everthing comes out so much clearer and my best ideas and thoughts are born! And that gives me the peace to fall asleep:)

I have to write down thoughts soon after taking photos, if I wait until I finally scrapbook the pictures it's too hard to remember the exact moment/feeling.

Doing Project 365 for a year and a half now, I find that I have journaling in the back of my mind almost all the time. It has helped me see/record the little moments and record them, not just big stuff.

Many times when I have been stumped for journaling I refer to my blog. If nothing else it is a jumping off point.