Write? What you talking about?

Many scrappers don't put any details on their pages than those that they can obtain from some letter stickers or a title. For most of us we don't have the perfect handwriting. I know myself that if I just go for it and begin to write I find my writing going downhill. Sometimes it just looks sloppy no matter how I careful I try to be about having good penmanship. I know that I am not alone with this one, so I thought that a good article for the Journaling page would be one that would highlight some great tips to help make it more "comfortable" to add your own handwriting in your pages.

Here is a easy one that will just give you a little bit of your handwriting on your pages. Start with the date. Remember you can always write it on a tag or a separate piece of card stock. With that in mind don't be afraid that you are going to ruin your layout with your ugly handwriting. You can try it, and if it doesn't look good enough to adorn your page, just throw it away. No damage done!

Another tip I have is to use the same technique, by that I mean a separate piece of card stock. Use a ruler for your guide. Now if you don't think you can keep the ruler straight on a the paper, then using a pencil make a very faint line and go ahead and write your message with your pen then just erase the line. Believe me if you make the pencil very faint you won't even know that you have used a line as your guide.

One more tip. Think about hidden journaling. I love this. Leave a special handwritten message behind a photo. Can't go wrong with this one. The fact that its hidden should give you the confidence to just write your message and slip it behind your photo. Remember its hidden so all is fine for the first look at your page. Then you leave a great hidden message for the future to reveal and read. What a romantic idea!

Simple things make the difference. Scrapbooking isn't all about how "Pretty" the page looks its also about the specialness that you add with your own little sentimental touches. One of those being your very own handwriting.

Good ahead and try some of these. Add you to your pages by writing up a little bit of journaling to leave behind for generations to come! After all isn't that what its about? Leaving our memories to share with someone else. Those special little messages will probably be talked about by people that aren't even born yet. Who knows what will happen with your books. They might become a great historical piece of work proudly displayed in a museum somewhere. So how about that story telling with your own handwriting. Think about how special that will be in the pages you worked so hard and took such care in creating! Remember its just another part of what makes you a scrap artist!

Would love to hear any tips you may have about Scrap Journaling and your techniques. If you have some to share email them to me at debbie@accents2scrapbooking.com and I will be glad to share them with everyone!

Journal by
Debbie Ruggles