Scrapbooking Tips Information and Techniques

By Stephanie Boyle

There are many types of journaling out there. Each works well for different types of pages. Some work well with pages that need little information, others work well for pages that require much more information.


Bullet journaling is a quick and easy way to get the facts on the pages without having to make sentences and paragraphs. The bullets will supply the basics such as who, what, when, where and why the photos were taken. This is good if you have alot of information you want to get on the page, but making it into sentences and paragraphs would make to much information to read.


Short Caption Journaling is a way of telling a story briefly and concisely without writing out a long story. Sometimes so much information can be spoken in very few words. Include information such as who, where, what and when and then add a few interesting details. Basically say the information you need to say and then move on to the next one.


Perspective journaling reflects the memories, feelings, thoughts and impressions of others. Ask friends and family members what their thoughts were on an important occasion. A few sentences are fine from each person. The more perspectives you include in your scrapbook, the more stories and voices you will be adding to your album.

Poetic journaling uses songs, bible quotes, stories, book titles and any published piece of writing and uses it in your journaling. This can rhyme or be free verse, be published or written by yourself. Either way by using poetic journaling this is helping you depict a story and this is a natural choice for historical, holiday, wedding, anniversary, travel and even children's theme albums. Poetic journaling can be as simple or as complex as you want and can easily just be a sentimental saying.


Storytelling journaling goes beyond the basic information and goes deeper into the history behind the pictures and the memorabilia. These are normally narrative. Just like a novel, this type of journaling brings out sense of light, smell, sound and touch to establish a mood and carry your story from there. Text in this type of journaling tends to be longer and offers a deeper description of things. Some good tips for storytelling journaling is write like you would speak. Choose a story beginning that gets the readers attention and makes them want to read on. Make sure the end of the story leaves the reader feeling content with the ending. Don't be afraid to tell the whole story, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Rebus journaling uses words and small pictures in the same sentence. Some example would be instead of the word "I" some would draw an eye. Instead of the word love, they would draw a heart. Get the idea? Rebus journaling takes some time and planning but will end up with a very unique page for you and your family.



So basically there are so many different types of journaling you need to look and find which would work best for your page.Where there are so many different types, make sure you try using all of them in your scrapbook. By switching the journaling types around it creates a very special scrapbook that allows you to show off your family's achievements as well as your creativity.