Journaling In Your Scrapbook
Some ideas for Journaling In Your Scrapbook
When I first started to scrapbook, I did it the traditional way, with paper and glue sticks. Now of course I have embraced digital scrapbooks. However the ideas I am going to give you here apply to both.
Quite a few scrapbook fans prefer to include words or phrases within their scrapbook pages. Words and phrases help to explain the photos. As you might expect there are many ways to incorporate the written word into your scrapbooking; it is generally called Journaling.
We have all seen in our shopping for scrapbook embellishments sheets of paper with phrases, words, or the alphabet. All of these can be used put the written word on your page, simply pick the ones that apply to the photo and attach. You can also use stickers, diecuts and in some cases word cutouts.
Remember all of this can be applied to both digital and paper scrapbooks. There are no rules when it comes to scrapbooking.
Some scrappers don’t want to use pre-written words but they want to use their own. If you want to write on your pages here are a few tips.
1. Select an ink shade that suits the color scheme of your page
2. If you have a photograph or newspapers clipping that you want to add, I suggest copying the pieces onto acid free paper, this way they won’t yellow over time.
It is possible to write directly onto the page and often times makes more of statement than pre-written word or phrase. How much or how little you want to write is entirely up to you. In the case of scrapbooking your child’s growth I always suggest having the year on the page that the photo was taken. In another instance if you have a picture of building you will want to have something on the page telling you the name of the building and maybe when the photo was taken or the names of the individuals in the photograph.
Whatever you add it is important that it conveys to the person looking at the page some type of storyline. After all years from now your family will be looking at these pages and want to know what it is they are looking at.
I recently started to scrapbook my family. I have many pics of my Mom. Dad, brothers, sister and all of their families. Unfortunately most of these do not have a date on the back of the photograph or where they were taken, so I have had to do some research. Already just having a few pages done has put times back in perspective.
Another idea for journaling is to cut shapes such as ovals, hearts, squares and so on. After you cut them out you can write something on these bits of paper and affix them to the scrapbook page. Acid free notecards also make excellent sources of journaling.
In my opinion a scrapbook whether done digitially or manually is all about telling the person looking at the book a story of a time and place that you or a family member has been.
There isn’t any wrong or right method to journal. The secret is to have something in words and phrases to aid in the telling of the story of the photograph.
I almost forgot to add this one last tip! Christmas is just gone, you have all those gift tags left over, they make ideal journal pieces!
