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I've kept journals for each of my children for their first years...wrote daily, then weekly until age one, then about every few weeks. Love it! I also keep a family journal where I write cute quotes they say and other random ideas...that way hopefully I won't forget! :-)
Amy in CA
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what a great giveaway! My best tip is I picked up cute little 5x7 spiral bound notebook (with a pretty cover, of course) at Target and carry it in my purse EVERYWHERE with me! I not only use it to jot down notes and things i want to remember to blog/write about later, but when my 3 year old just won't sit still somewhere, i can offer him a page to draw on! i am the kind of person who has to have everything written down or I'll lose it!

My best inspriration for Journaling generally comes form other scrapbookers! I do not use word for word but I generally take from their art work or their words and see where it would fit in with my photos. I do keep a journal as well, but I found it best to read what others have to say!! And to listen!

We travel a lot in our small RV (A Scamp) and we keep a log each day of what we have done, felt, and experienced. When it comes time to scrap our trips, the journaling is already to go.
Betsey

Just write it down! It doesn't have to be perfect or in "finished" form - just get your ideas written down!

Although I'm sure it's a common one, I carry a mini journal with me & really try & jot down "the story" or a "quote" while things are fresh in my mind - I then attach the note with the photos until I am ready to scrapbook them. This way the entire story & or moment comes back to me!

I try to journal what I feel at that "time". I will write a feeling down so that if I need use it for a layout/picture/story...I already have a starting point.

i write everything down on my calendar. Funny things my son does & says, milestones, you name it. Then i just look at it when i get inspired to tell a story and can find the details quickly.

I have to say that my favorite way to journal is to print it out onto velum and add to an album. I also love pockets to house journaling, that way it can be left a little more personal.

I like to use a newspaper style...reporting the facts on the visible portion of the journaling, and keep some of the more private thoughts, feelings and impressions on a hidden journaling tab.

When I take a picture I usually write down the who what where when in my "everything" notebook. If there is more to the story then will be evident when I print the pics I write a "cliff notes" version of the event/story I want to put together.
Melissa F.

My best tip is to ask others-especially my kids their thoughts about the event. You always get great stuff from your kids that you might not have ever recorded on your own.

I think an easy way is with questions, i love idea books that give you examples of interview questions...
Love the Blue Moon Scrapbooking goodies!
thanks for the giveaway
yasmin

As I am scrapping, I am thinking about the picture and what I want to journal. I always journal last and by the time I'm done with the page I have thought about what I want the page to tell in my journalling story.
kathyv

Write it down while it's in your head. I find myself composing journaling at odd moments, like on a long car drive, while trying to fall asleep, while pretending to watch yet another action movie with my hubby. No matter how hard I try to remember how it was whan it was floating around in my head, it's never the same when I write it down later.

Just do it! Thats my motto; if I think too hard about the journaling or become too perfectionistic about it then I get hung up...
jen robinson

I have notepads EVERYWHERE coz you'll never know when the MOMENT(S) happen and it's best to write it down stat before the it fades. :-)

When my kids say something cute or funny or even sometimes profound...I write it down on whatever scrap of paper I can find at the moment and date it. All these scraps go into a decorated can on my desk. When I need inspiration or I'm stuck about what to do a layout about, I'll pull out a scrap, find a random non event pic of them and put it all together.

I am a big list maker, so I like to make lists of things to include in albums or things I'd like to journal about. My daughter finds these lists and adds her own thoughts to them - her additions are pretty cute because she's only five!

my best journaling tip...
it's always good to keep a little journal (mini composition notebooks work great) in your purse/bag to collect thoughts while you're taking pictures, or hear your child say something you want to remember, or just thoughts/dates/times etc.
:)

I always do my journaling on the page right away. Jenny

I'm sure it's been said but my blog is my best reminder - now I just have to be better about going back and actually scrapping the stories!!
Thanks for the chance!

Use your own handwriting ... your children and grandchildren will cherish it no matter how messy you think it is.

I think the best tip for journaling is to journal often, before you forget the moment. If you write it down close to when it happens you have the memory recorded. Then you can go back later and decide how to incorporate it into your work.

Journaling is very easy for me. All I have to do is just look at my photos and the memories turn into words and I just begin to put the memories into words.