Lets Start The Story

It so difficult sometimes to start to tell the story of your layout. We can get blocked and just move on thinking that I will figure it out later. If you are like me, later is not good. I have forgotten dates and those on the pictures are either cropped off or nicely adhered to the back of the photo. I have started to use my stick notes to remind me of date and years, which is extremely necessary if you crop those dates off your photos.
There are a few ways that I can get my creative journaling juices flowing.
One I look at some books. I look at only the titles. Sometimes this works wonders for trying to come up with a title or even a beginning sentence for your journaling. Magazines are another great source for journaling, and no they don't have to be craft ones. Look through them for lots of different ideas, after all they have writers creating all the articles and sometimes a title or a first sentence might pop out at you to get you moving on your journaling dilemma. Another great idea is not to forget about songs! Love songs, poems etc. Use one phrase or part of it. You got to admit there are millions out there to chose from and one just might fit the feel of your layout.
Remember that its not what you write but that you write about your layouts. Believe me you will be happy later when you look back at a completly finished layout and it looks MARVELOUS.

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Debbie Ruggles