PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 28, 2022 4:54:15 GMT
Do you journal on layouts? (KEY: Always = 10/10 times; Usually = 7-9/10; Sometimes = 4-6/10; Rarely = 1-3/10; Never = 0/10). TIA.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 28, 2022 5:48:37 GMT
Very rarely, once that I can recall.
I usually do a title or saying, that is related to the theme of the photo and layout.
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camcas
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Post by camcas on Jul 28, 2022 6:38:58 GMT
It’s my favourite part
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Post by lg on Jul 28, 2022 7:25:05 GMT
I pocket page scrapbook mostly so usually one space is dedicated to a who what when where why of the photos I’ve used 😀
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 28, 2022 8:24:06 GMT
Sometimes I do, if there is a story to be told. Often it's just the date, location and who is in the photo. I don't like to journal just for the sake of it. If I'm scrapping the 50th photo of me and the dog at the lake, then I'm not going to journal. Sometimes it's just a nice photo of my daughter, with nothing else to say about it. There has to be a half interesting story for me to want to journal.
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on Jul 28, 2022 9:39:47 GMT
I usually do. Sometimes I’ll make a layout just for fun so I don’t usually journal on a page like that but otherwise I will.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jul 28, 2022 9:52:19 GMT
I almost always do. Part of the appeal of scrapping for me is recording the stories so it is rare for me to not have at least something to say. Sometimes I'll do a cute photo of the cat just because, but more often than not if I've taken the time to make the page I've got a story to tell with it.
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 28, 2022 14:07:24 GMT
I chose rarely. My usual form of "journaling" consists a date and title. It's extremely rare I write any type of story to go with the photos.
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Post by kmage on Jul 28, 2022 14:10:15 GMT
I voted always. Even if it is just a short note I like context.
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paget
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Post by paget on Jul 28, 2022 14:11:48 GMT
Always. My favorite part of looking through older scrapbooks is always the journaling. I notice my dds always read it as well. In fact I usually wish I had included more journaling (and I always did a good amount). I do pocket page now but still include journaling on each weekly spread.
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Post by grammadee on Jul 28, 2022 14:30:16 GMT
I checked always b/c at least a date, place, names of the people in the photos will go on each LO. Most have more of a story, including more detail about what was going on, my feelings about the event or people, something someone said about what was going on. When younger dgk's look through the scrapbooks, they look mainly at the photos, but the older ones read every word of the journaling. That is incentive enough to keep me doing it.
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Post by teacherlisa on Jul 28, 2022 14:55:15 GMT
I do. Sometimes just a little- other times a lot.
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Post by lilacgal on Jul 28, 2022 15:14:32 GMT
I said usually. If it’s the lengthy, in depth journaling you’re talking about, it’d be rarely. I had beautiful, heart-felt, meaningful words that will make my daughter cry happy tears when I’m dead and gone…but I hate to write. The physical act of putting pen to paper isn’t something I enjoy. Most layouts get a few sentences. About half the time it goes beyond basic facts and includes a couple deeper sentences.
I do try to journal though. Back when I started, I didn’t journal. When I look back at those layouts, I wonder why I took the photos. At this point, portraits and all the Disney photos are the only ones that don’t usually have journaling.
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Post by infochick on Jul 28, 2022 15:32:28 GMT
I sometimes journal on my "traditional" 12x12 layouts, but I don't love the way my writing looks on my pages or enjoy integrating journaling into my layouts. I tend to journal near my layouts. In my last big travel album I have lengthy journaling typed for each of day of the trip with the layouts following including basic details. In my regular albums, I do monthly pocket pages where all the journaling goes and then my layouts just follow. I do realize that they will lose all meaning if they are taken out of the context of the album, so I am thinking of starting to jot down some details on the back of each layout.
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Post by don on Jul 28, 2022 18:17:03 GMT
Always. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a picture without words is a thousand questions ... somebody kinda said.
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 28, 2022 18:42:02 GMT
I marked always but it isn't always a lot of writing. Sometimes it's just a quick sentence or even the month, day, year, age and place.
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Post by Neisey on Jul 28, 2022 18:49:03 GMT
Always, one because I like telling the stories that go with the photos and 2, I use it as a design element and depending on the page I will choose the style or method that helps to balance the layout.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jul 28, 2022 19:30:33 GMT
I'm one of those chatty scrapbookers. I like words. I can skip them once in a while for a mini album where the picture really does say it all but anything larger will usually get my writing going.
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Post by don on Jul 28, 2022 20:26:52 GMT
If you are having a problem knowing what to say in your journal, here is my way: Make a list of standard questions; mine are 1. who is/are in the photo(s). 2. where was the photo taken? 3. why was the photo taken? special occasion? 4. what is this a photo of? 5. how were you able to take this photo.
With this list of questions before you, sit down with an imaginary friend and explain your pages, referring to the list, into a recording device. You can then play back the recording and create your journal.
I had a very difficult time in the beginning of my scrapbook journey. I had learned in my career to use a mini recorder to take notes and to record ideas that popped into my head as I was driving, and/or daydreaming.
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Post by steakgoddess on Jul 29, 2022 2:23:05 GMT
I used to cram all the photos I could on a page and journal on every single one. Now, I scrap a lot more layouts with less photos, so I don’t feel the need to journal on every single page.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 29, 2022 4:13:42 GMT
So I can see that maybe we differ a bit with what we consider journaling to be. I don't really consider who/where/when to be journaling. Take my example of the 50 photos I have of me and the dog at the lake. For starters, I wouldn't scrap all of them. But those I do scrap, I will add the bare minimum of who/where/when. But as for actual journalling? Not so much. There are only so many times I want to write - and read! - "I took Boris for a walk to the lake at lunchtime today. It was a [enter weather conditions] day." There is literally nothing else to say about those photos!! In spring I might add something about the new ducklings, or the blossoms blooming. But other than that..... boring!
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jul 29, 2022 6:57:42 GMT
So I can see that maybe we differ a bit with what we consider journaling to be. I don't really consider who/where/when to be journaling. Yes, I feel the same. I've always thought of journaling as being more than the basic info I might find on the back of a photo from my childhood.
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Post by riversong1963 on Jul 29, 2022 13:47:33 GMT
I consider journaling to be any information that I add to a layout. To me, it doesn't always have to be narrative. Facts are journaling too. That's why I voted Always.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 29, 2022 15:59:34 GMT
I'd say always. It's usually the basics. Nothing too long.
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paget
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Post by paget on Jul 29, 2022 16:21:02 GMT
So I can see that maybe we differ a bit with what we consider journaling to be. I don't really consider who/where/when to be journaling. Yes, I feel the same. I've always thought of journaling as being more than the basic info I might find on the back of a photo from my childhood. I agree with you both. Journaling to me is information - facts/feelings/thoughts about the pictures/event beyond who/when/where. . Like WHY is this photo special or worth including? What’s going on behind the scenes or happened before/after the photo? Those are the things I want to remember.
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Post by don on Jul 29, 2022 17:20:45 GMT
So I can see that maybe we differ a bit with what we consider journaling to be. I don't really consider who/where/when to be journaling. Take my example of the 50 photos I have of me and the dog at the lake. For starters, I wouldn't scrap all of them. But those I do scrap, I will add the bare minimum of who/where/when. But as for actual journalling? Not so much. There are only so many times I want to write - and read! - "I took Boris for a walk to the lake at lunchtime today. It was a [enter weather conditions] day." There is literally nothing else to say about those photos!! In spring I might add something about the new ducklings, or the blossoms blooming. But other than that..... boring! At 82, I don't journal for me. I journal for those I will never know. I just assume, 20 or 30 years from now, they'll ask "What's the dogs name?" or "What lake is that?" or "Who is that person with the dog?", and I won't be here to respond.
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Post by wallyagain on Jul 29, 2022 17:37:30 GMT
I also said always. For me, if there isn’t a story, I don’t need to scrap it. Or it goes into my PL pages.
I look at my photos, if there is a story that people wouldn’t know from the picture, that’s what I write. The story I would tell to someone else looking at the photo.
I guess I am very gabby, as I’d never run out of stories to tell!
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Post by angel97701 on Jul 29, 2022 18:44:10 GMT
I like what Don said . . . if somehow, someone 100 years from now was looking at the layout, at least they would know the basics. To me a layout is not done unless there is some type of journaling!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 30, 2022 0:38:25 GMT
So I can see that maybe we differ a bit with what we consider journaling to be. I don't really consider who/where/when to be journaling. Take my example of the 50 photos I have of me and the dog at the lake. For starters, I wouldn't scrap all of them. But those I do scrap, I will add the bare minimum of who/where/when. But as for actual journalling? Not so much. There are only so many times I want to write - and read! - "I took Boris for a walk to the lake at lunchtime today. It was a [enter weather conditions] day." There is literally nothing else to say about those photos!! In spring I might add something about the new ducklings, or the blossoms blooming. But other than that..... boring! At 82, I don't journal for me. I journal for those I will never know. I just assume, 20 or 30 years from now, they'll ask "What's the dogs name?" or "What lake is that?" or "Who is that person with the dog?", and I won't be here to respond. Oh I agree! That's why I said that at the bare minimum I will add who (Megan and Boris) where (Yarrunga Lake) and when (30th July 2022). But I don't really consider that to be journaling. Or maybe it is. 🤷♀️
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Jul 30, 2022 19:10:25 GMT
That's my favorite part (and the part I'm best at, really). Now sometimes the journaling is just a couple sentences but most of my layouts have a solid paragraph (or two) of journaling.
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