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One of the most important parts of your scrapbooks is the journaling process. This is how you add your emotional responses to your photos and your experience which your scrapbook represents. The journaling process is what changes the scrapbook from an ordinary photo album.

There are different types of journaling techniques you can take with your scrapbooks. Different books and themes will call for different types of page journaling. Every page or nearly every page will need to have some type of journaling on it.

Here are some things to do and keep in mind when journaling for your scrapbooks:

• Add memories of the event
• Add quotes from the day
• Add captions or “text bubbles” to your photos
• Use famous quotes or song lyrics
• Add doodles and other designs by hand

These are just a few ways to make the journaling process more personal in your scrapbooks. Some of your layouts will have a great flow to them and the journaling process will just seem to come naturally. Other times, you might seem to have a harder time thinking of what to say and what to write. This is when you’re going to need your creative juices flowing a little more.

The type of scrapbook you have will have an impact on the type of journaling you do. There are just some cases where too much journaling will take away from the theme and overall feel of the scrapbook. This is when it might be better to use quotes and phrases and keep it short and sweet.

Now that you know more about page journaling in your scrapbooks, you are ready to give it a shot with the very next scrapbook you keep. If you’re going on vacation or participating in some type of event that you plan to scrapbook later, you might want to jot down thoughts and details as you go so it will be easier to journal later in your scrapbook.

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