Journalling

I don't start a new layout until I finish the one I'm working on, and for me that includes journaling. But I'm also not a storyteller. My journaling is generally who, what, when. I might expand on some details, but it's not anything in depth. I might comment someone is wearing their favorite shirt, or we went to that place every Saturday, or the time the goose attacked. Most of my scrapbooking is old photos, so it's not a matter of forgetting what I'm going to write. For current stuff I use project life so completing journaling is always part of the process.

Linda I also used to wait until I got home to journal when I was at a crop. I got the little Epson printer so that I can print photos and journaling during the crop.

I used to scrap in batches because I had my stuff in closets and cupboards so it made sense when the stuff was out to use it as much as possible before putting it way. So I'd find the pattern paper for all my layouts at once, crop all the photos and glue them down at once, cut titles one day, and embellish another time, and then I'd have a giant stack that only needed journaling and they'd pile up for months until I was in the right mood... Then I'd finish a ton of layouts really quickly.

I have been making myself work on one layout start to finish including the journaling (joining challenges helps because I can't post them or get points if they aren't finished) but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to journal. I think writing uses a different part of my brain than what I use to make the rest of a layout.

Apart from a couple of my newer albums, the reason that I journal in batches is because i hate my handwriting and therefore have to have the time to sit and type up my thoughts… and so I wait until I have a huge stack and then do it.
I currently have two travel albums that I’ve handwritten my journaling in and I’ve STILL finished all the scrapping and left them to do all the journaling last.
The words just aren’t my favourite part of the process or page, however, I know how important the stories are so I force myself to do them eventually 😅

For me it depends. If I already have my workspace cluttered up with trimmers and adhesives and ink and so forth, then sometimes I like to just do a bunch of cutting and gluing at once.

However, I do find it more difficult to journal once a spot has already been attached and decorated (not just a slip in journalling card in a pocket style album, of course), so when i do leave journallling for later, I often wish I hadn't!

Sigh, journaling is hard for me and I often put it off til I can think of what I want to say. I might jot down a few lines on a post-it note to refer to later.
And for some photos, the story really is as important (maybe more so) as the photo. It's just a challenge to get it just right.
Good question camcas.

I hand write my journaling directly on the page. It’s usually my last step, but I do it before I move on to the next layout.

I definitely finish the layout I'm on before I move on to anything else. But, that's pretty much how I run my life, so that's no surprise.

However, I basically don't journal - makes things easier! I've come to the realization that there is no one who will want or care about my scrap albums when I'm gone, so I'm doing what makes me happy and it's not the journaling. I'll add a date somewhere and a location if it's needed, but that's all. And, I'm just fine with that.

From the get go, I usually am thinking of the story I want to tell. So I write it on the LO at some point in the process. The only time I may delay is if I feel distracted like at a crop, or if I have time to photograph before I have time to journal.

I don’t see myself pulling out a stack of unfinished pages to write on. What would you say?

Journaling is my favorite part so I don't put it off when I'm creating a page.

Mel that is so sad... i feel bad for you...