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Hi!

How are you doing on journaling? Do you find yourself making a list? I was thinking about it and found this interview Chelle’s did back in the day… well, her digital scrapbooking day. It was originally posted in July 2011 on her blog, just after she started her digital scrapbooking design business. Here’s what she had to say:

Journaling is so important because it’s telling the stories that are part of our memories.

• Sometimes
your
journaling
doesn’t
fit
in
a
tidy
paragraph.
• Sometimes
your
journaling
isn’t
complete
sentences.
• Sometimes
your
journaling is just a few words or phrases.
• It’s
time
for
a
list.

{Chelle used one of her original kits. It’s now retired.}

Remember, when using a list for your journaling, the format of the items is important. In general you want the items in your list to be consistent. For example:

• Spinning
• Twirling
• Swaying
• Run←See?  It doesn’t belong.

Unless you are doing it on purpose for effect.  Here I wanted to emphasize the contrast:

• Making pancakes for breakfast.
• Racing to sign papers.
• Searching for backpacks.
• Watching for the bus.
• Silence…at last.

{Chelle used one of her early kits that is retired.)

Lists can be especially useful in stories where you find yourself saying, “and then we went here…and then we did this…and then…and then…” Leave out the “and then” and turn it into a list…MUCH more interesting to read.

Here’s a layout from Jenn S from our creative team. Look at how she used a list. I bet you have tons of ideas now. Go for it!

Jenn used Mickey Mouse Club March & Mickey Mouse Club March Alpha.

The next time you are ready to journal…just make a list of the things that come to your mind as you reflect on the photos…then turn your journaling into a list.

Hugs!

Hello Friends, Do you talk to the traffic as you drive? “Brakes, brakes would be good here!” Or talk to your plants? “Deadhead. Deadhead, it’s time to Deadhead!” How about groceries in your cupboards or fridge? “I know I bought some. Where are you hiding?” Sound familiar? What if your “things” could talk to you?

Sometimes an interesting way to tell your story is through a message to or from an inanimate object. For example, Do the monkeys at the zoo have something to say about people staring at them each day? Jenny shows us her “take” on what this monkey might be thinking.

She used Zoo Crew Jungle {Bundle}.

Helen’s layout allows us to wonder what a pumpkin thinks as it transitions into a jack-o-lantern. If I were the knife what would I think?

Helen used Falling 4 U.

Try writing your journaling from a different perspective. I wonder what the inanimate objects in your photo’s would say?