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Pictures may mean a lot right after you take them, but in a few years, you'll be asking yourself, "Where was that?" "Who is that?" "Why on earth did I take that?" To prevent such confusion, take the time to do some journaling as well as dressing up your photos with fun backgrounds and visuals. Here are few tips for using journaling as both a record keeping tool and a way to add interests to your scrapbook.
1. Make sure to include the basics.
Remember the five "w's"? Who, what, where, why, when? Those five little words are the questions a good reporter answers in even the most basic of articles. Make sure your journaling includes a name, location, date, and brief description for each photo or set of photos.
2. Keep track of who's who.
Try to name all the people in the photo in a logical order, and explain that in your caption (i.e. "left to right" or "top to bottom"). Remember, this scrapbook may be handed down to later generations. Even though you have no trouble telling your kids apart, your grad kids will appreciate being able to distinguish their mom from their aunt.
3. Include the most accurate date you can.
Don't fret about dates too much! If you can't get a day and month, at least add something like "summer 2006". It's easy to get stuck on a project when you get hung up on details and perfection. Let the information you have be good enough and go on; if you later remember the exact date, you can write it in.
4. Let everyone have their say.
Include a page where all the members of your family can write their thoughts about a photo or collection. I understand that you probably want to do most of the journaling yourself (either by hand or on the computer) in order to ensure a neat, uniform look. However, letting members of your family add their thoughts in their own writing will give the scrap book a truly personal quality that all will appreciate later. Adding these little notes on a designated sheet of paper will keep the actual photo displays looking professional.
5. Don't forget feelings and impressions.
Looking at a picture only tells one so much. Explain why the people in the photo are laughing or frowning by summarizing the situation. Add descriptions of things like temperature and sound. Years later, you may not remember the cries of the seagulls or the chill of the ocean breeze, so adding such impressions next to your photo will help preserve the experience.
6. Plan ahead!
If you are journaling by hand, practice writing your caption or note on scrap paper first. That way, you can change your layout or edit your note in order to make sure everything fits on the page. You don't want to run out of room halfway through a sentence.
7. Work when in a clear, calm state of mind.
It can be hard to put a project down when you're "on a roll," but a tired mind makes for sloppy work. If you are writing in ink, those little mistakes will be a pain to correct, and an annoyance to look at. You will have to choose between covering your errors with creatively chosen paper accents and living with the spelling/grammar errors or poorly written words. I personally would never journal by hand because of my error-prone nature. However, even the most detail-oriented scrapbooker can make mistakes when tired.
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