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my tip is ASK THEM - i am currently working on photos from the 40's, 50's and 60's and using journalling from my mum and dad
I gave them copies of the photos - and they wrote stuff down, I never realised mum had such wit - and my Dad is gone now - so his words are priceless

I keep a journal of things that happen or things that my kids say that crack me up. I also take notes while on vacation and include those in my layouts or projects.

When I upload my pictures to my computer I add a few notes to each picture. This helps me to remember specific things going on in the picture or why I took a picture of a specific person, place or thing.

Write every day! It will make you better.

My best advice is to just journal from the heart. Generations from now, our ancestors will want to know the emotions behind the photos more so than our witticisms.

I use a free form for my journaling. I try not to think about it too much and just write. Whatever comes out is what I am feeling at the moment or the memories that comes to me when I look at the pictures.

The thing that makes it easiest for me to remember what I want to put in scrapbooks is by journaling on my blog or on a thread that I chat on every day. That way when I do get around to scrapbooking it with the pictures the story has already been written out and I don't forget any of the details that are important to remember.

If you're in the habit of posting your LOs to online galleries:
Imagine you're writing a description of the LO in the description field of the form you use to submit the LO to the gallery. IOW, you're telling other people what the LO is about. Works for me! :)

I try to blog weekly so I have something to refer to whenever I scrap and journal.

I try to write things on the calendar as they happen - or at least on a slip of paper or in a notebook!

I write my story/journaling like I'm going to put in my diary and then I edit so that others could read.

I'm working on albums for each of my 3 grandsons. I always use the journaling to "speak" to them as if I were telling them about what was happening that day. My hope is that one day when they are all older (right now 5, 3, and 18 months) they will feel all the love that I put into their books and all the memories that revolved around them.

I carry a small tape recorder with me and when my kids say something funny or I come up with a poetic or witty thing I want to remember...I just hit record!

wow what awesome giveaways - having a notebook to write things down and also updating my blog are tools I use to help with journalling and if my notebook isnt around there is always some scrap bit of paper somewhere!

I like to sometimes get my children to write their thoughts about certain pictures. Helps give a different view of what happened in the pics :-)

Journal as if you were telling the story to a good friend. That way, you will include all the important details that make the story come alive, as well as draw the reader into the story so she/he can experience it as well.

I always try to write stuff down when it is fresh in my mind. Nothing perfect, just my thoughts and feelings. I can always edit or elaborate later. :)

When I journal, I try to capture not only what is happening in the photo , but the impact it had on our family...what lesson was learned, what were the feelings shared, why does this photo have significance? Looking at the photo tells 'what", but reading the journaling tells "why".

My best suggestion for journaling is to sit down and just do a brain dump. The writing mechanics don't really matter at this point...just get the ideas down on paper. Then go back and edit, rewrite until you feel comfortable...it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be you. This is what I do and it seems to work.

I really work hard to tell my stories just as they happened so I try to keep a notebook so I can write down the events and especially love to include a direct quote...my son's are the funniest! Thanks for the chance to win!!

since I scrapbook my four children's albums at once, along with our family album, I gear the journalling in each of my children's book to them. I write as if I am telling them their story about the event or pictures.
It is neat to when I come home after a scrapbooking event, we all sit and look at the pages I have completed. Even thought all five albums are pretty much identical layouts, all of the children sit and look through every album and are excited to read/hear the individual stories that make up a bigger, more complete perspective.

I'm starting to use a personal blot to help me journal and write more. It doesn't matter who reads it, it's for me!

I always keep my notebook next to my bed, so I can finally relax at the end of the day and jot down everything in my mind, including anything I would like to journal about for that day.

I just try to journal from the heart. I do write it on another piece of paper till I get it just the way I want it and then write it onto my LO. Thanks for the really cool giveaways today!!

pick me, please.... I can't wait to try that stapler from Tim Holts!