Titles and alphabets

I’m not big on journaling, so I like to make my titles special.

I try to capture things as they are said, to use later as a title. For example, we went to SeaWorld earlier this week. My friend’s 7yo daughter said “so gross, but cool” when talking about the cleaner fish. I’ll use that as the title when scrapbooking about the explorers reef area.

Another place I like to look is on Etsy. There are t-shirts, etc. that have cute or funny says related to all sorts of things. For example, a layout of the flamingos at the zoo will be called “Flocking Fabulous”. It was seen on a shirt in a gift store in SeaWorld. It’s also found on shirts on Etsy.

I use Thickers or other alphabet stickers. I enjoy mixing and matching colors, sizes and fonts from word to word. I’ve recently started including stamping words, too.

I often don't have a title and when I do - it's pretty basic

I am totally lame when it comes to titles too! I wish I had just an ounce of kitbop 's creativity when it comes to titles. It's embarrassing to admit how many times I've looked at my almost-finished page and thought "WWKD" (What would Kitbop do) hahahaha!

There are some photos / pages that I think don't actually need a title. If I'm scrapping a photo of my DD, just because it's a gorgeous photo, I won't put a title on it. Instead I will use little word strips on the page.

I am LOLing at the Rub-a-Dub-Dub title.  Didn't we all do that exact page back in the late 90s?

I love a clever title, but I am not clever. Most of my photos are events, so it's usually self explanatory. When I first started scrapping, I'd agonize over what my title should be because I thought it was some kind of requirement. Now, I rarely do them. Even if it's a page that is just photos with no obvious back story. I add that in the journaling and skip the title.

I’m not creative with titles. My favorite is a two page layout with pictures of my dog sleeping belly up, legs splayed in different places in the house. I titled it “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie”.

I do like a good title. I have Beach, Please from years ago before it became a saying. It was also a saying I could put in my book that my MIL would have no idea I was almost cussing on my page.

I'd say many of my titles are creativeish, but I am happy to use a premade title from Simple Stories (or others) if they work for the page.

I have a layout named mah na mah na as well...and had to google the spelling when I did it!

The title is really really important to me. I like it to capture attention, and convey the basic emotion/mood I'm looking for. Sometimes, a long title can stand in for journaling IMO.
The last layout I did I titled "tuff stuff" because I liked the way it looked spelled that way, and I was poking fun at my DH standing in a cold lake and then lifting 1 leg up like a flamingo because it was so cold! But I was also in a rush... so I didn't spend any more time on it than that.

I typically start with a general idea I want to convey in my title, then look for aliteration, rhymes, or words that just feel good in my mouth. I consult an on-line thesaurus and my DH if I need a word that fits better. I look for puns, inside jokes about movies/music, and sometimes it's just a descriptive phrase if it feels right.

Example - "cavalcade of wonderment" - started with "surprise drive-by". But I really wanted to convey the EMOTION in my DDs joy and surprise in her birthday drive-by. The online thesaurus led me to the words that fit for me.

Well, just looking at the images of the layouts I posted under the stamping on layouts thread, mine are obviously pretty hum drum. However, I think cutesy titles really don’t suit the majority of my pages. My kids are older, not cute little munchkins, so a more simple, descriptive title seems more appropriate than trying to be clever. It’s great if the photos lend themselves to a fun title, but I’m not going to feel as if something is lacking on my layout just because my titles are descriptive instead.

I bought books of title ideas years ago. Have I used any of the titles? Few, if any. They didn’t fit my layouts. Most of my titles are a simple introduction to the photos, and most of my photos seem to be a bit different than what most people scrapbook, anyway.

Sometimes I will dress up the letters of the title, though. I usually die cut my titles with my Cameo, which means I can stamp on them, ink them, or dress up the letters in some way, and I love using different fonts. I have a ton of fonts to choose from.

I attempt to come up with clever titles - sometimes I do, sometimes it's just simply what the photos are about. I do try to avoid stating the occasion and the year, for example Christmas 2021 or Easter 2015. So a Christmas title might instead be 'At Christmas, Together is the best place to be' with Together using thickers, and the rest of the title in typed text. 'Oh what fun', 'Be Merry', 'O Christmas Tree', and 'Deck the Halls' are other titles I used for Christmas photos that same year. I do the title near the end of my page creation, so I just stare at the photos or journaling until something comes to mind. I most frequently cut titles with a tool - cameo or Quickutz or Cricut - but I have a large collection of alpha stickers and Thickers I use when I can make them work.

I often use song titles, or snippets of lyrics for titles. Sometimes the first thing that comes to mind about a subject or event or story is a song, and I can’t get it out of my mind so it ends up being the title, or part of the journaling.

For example, a layout of birthday celebration photos for my dd’s 19th bday was titled “Hey 19” from the Steely Dan song (my dd had no clue about the reference )

Movie lines and quotes are also sometimes good to use as titles, or a jumping off point. In my family we are constantly quoting lines from tv shows and movies, and we have a ton of inside family jokes and references, so they will often end up as titles or part of the journaling

I pretty much suck at titles and journaling. I'll be copying some of the great ideas you all have listed above!

I love a clever title but they’re not always my ideas. I ask DD for suggestions all the time. My favorite one from her was when I was scrapping a picture of some chocolates, a candle, and a box of chai tea that she had bought for me. Her suggestion was Sweet Chai O’ Mine.
I usually cut my titles with my Silhouette but will use Thickers if I want to finish up faster.

Yes! I do this as well. Your examples reminded me of a layout I made for the Pokemon orchestra concert we took the kids to. I was stuck on a title, so I called my mom for ideas. She came up with "Philharmonic fun!"

If I can't think of a title, I do ask other people. My husband, daughter, sister and mom have all helped me come up with titles for a scrapbook page. Sometimes it is fun to see what someone else can come up with.