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Journaling is one of the most important parts of preserving your family’s history. From time to time I take out old pictures from my mom’s trunk to learn a little bit about my history. It is fascinating to see how people used to live and what they looked like. But is not as rewarding if you don’t know whom the person is or when the picture was taken. That is why journaling is so important. It doesn’t have to be hard or cumbersome. Just follow these guidelines and ideas and you’ll see that journaling is fun.
There are three categories of journaling: Titles, Storytelling, and Captions, Quotes & Bullets. Within each category, we are going to discuss implementing them by hand and implementing them by computer. Read on for the simple and fun journaling techniques.

Part 3
Captions, Quotes & Bullets
- Creative Caption Ideas
 

Captions can be one word or many. They can speak loudly or softly. Captions are usually placed above or below your picture. If you have a round or oval picture, make the caption follow the curve of the picture. Here are a few ideas that will get you started:

Names of each person in the picture

A cheer such as “Go Chargers”

The place, address, or city and state where the picture was taken

The date the picture was taken

Any expression such as “Say Cheese”, “Smile”, “Love Birds”, or “Liv'in on the Edge”

- Creative Quote Ideas

Quotes are quick, easy, and fun to use in your scrapbook. A variety of quotes can be found in quote books such as Bartletts and on the Internet.
  • Handwritten quotes: Quote books contain an array of quotes usually categorized to help you find the perfect quote for your page. Just copy the quote, word for word, and be sure to give the author credit. Here are the titles of a few quote books available at book stores:
    Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
    Best Quotations for All Occasions
  • Stamped Quotes: A variety of stamps are available with famous quotes and verses. We carry several popular Bible verses on stamps by Stampabilities
  • Computer Quotes: You’ll be surprised to see how many quotes you can find on the Internet. Here are two websites that will get you started:
    • http://www.quotationspage.com/
    • http://www.quoteland.com/

  • Try printing the quotes using different font styles and sizes. Also, try printing quotes on vellum and matting them with printed or solid paper.

- Creative Bullet Ideas

Bullets are lists of information, usually facts, which summarize something. In our case, they summarize a picture or a scrapbook page.

   

Instead of just making black round dots for bullets try making bullets with color, or with stickers. Use small stickers such as hearts or stars as bullets.
Make a list of descriptions for a picture and put each description next to a bullet.
Have you seen Journaling From Start To Finish Part 1 and Part 2?
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