Scrap booking is a great way to past the time. Most people forget to journalize their scrapbook and it is one of the most commonly forgotten steps. I like to begin by creating a title for each page. Think of your page as a story and then name it. Use big bold letters for the title to draw attention to it, but make sure it does not overwhelm the most important elements of the page—the pictures.
Each picture on your page should have a few words as a caption. You also want to think about captions as a small element on a page and you may only want to use a caption occasionally and not put a caption on every picture.
You will also want to include text into your page design. I like to keep this text around the same size as the smallest photograph, but of course this depends on the page layout. Like what would you say to the friend or what would the friend say to you? Very few people can remember everything they did by date, but if you include a date or time you will be able to preserve the memories.
Occasionally you may forget your camera at an important event, lose your pictures, or not be allowed to use a camera in the space. Even if you went somewhere and you didn’t take pictures, you can still document that part of your life by using the scrapbook to document. These pages will be mostly journaling. Use descriptive words to take the place of the photographs.
For those who have a fear of using their handwriting to journalize, you don’t have to worry because you can use letter stickers and cutouts to help you to journalize. You will want to choose some way of journalizing that will allow you to scrapbook in a dramatic way and help create a wonderful album.
