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Weight Loss: My Lifestyle Journey (Week One)

I am going to be journaling “My Lifestyle Journey” over the next several months. I hope that it will only be a few months, but time will tell. I joined “Peertrainer” and the support seems to be helping me somewhat. More so, I am just determined to finish what I started when I first began my road to weight loss. Although I did accomplish losing a great deal of weight, I want to finish what I started and reach my original goal. I feel pretty good this week, as I lost 7 pounds. I am walking a fine line though … Continue reading →

5 Quick and Fast Journaling Tips

Many scrapbookers feel that journaling is daunting task that is usually put off until last. Some scrapbookers don’t even include journaling on their pages, because it takes too much time and effort. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. There are a few ways to make it a bit more fast and easy, than simply writing all the time. Blogs – If you have a blog, and you update it at all, you might be able to use entire posts for your scrapbook. You could simply cut, paste and print it, finally placing it on the layout at the … Continue reading →

Letter Writing Journaling

Specifically I saved this particular article for today. It is my daughter’s 10th birthday and on every single birthday layout I completed, I tend to do a letter as my journaling. Letter writing feels good, because you can write to the person, and you aren’t as obligated to feel like you have to fill in missing information. The best part of letter writing journaling is that it is the ability to convey your message to the person the layout is for. For instance, today I will be creating a journaling letter for my daughter’s birthday, even though the photographs have … Continue reading →

Interview Journaling

Journaling is such an important part of the scrapbook process and really does belong on every single scrapbooking layout you do. Journaling is how you tell the story about what is going on in the photographs. It can be difficult to find something interesting to say about every single picture you plan to scrap. This is where Interview Journaling and other types can come in. Interview journaling is a great way to journal from another standpoint. It allows two different voices to participate in the journaling process and also is a great technique when wanting to include memories from your … Continue reading →

Bullet Point Journaling

Are you looking for a new way to add your written or typed words to a scrapbook page and add a bit of flair at the same time? Consider using bullet point journaling as a method to tell your story or explain the information you want to provide on your layouts. It is a quick and easy way to journal, and it looks great. Bullet point journaling allows you to make lists instead of having to write any type of story or think about how you want to word something. At the same time, it can still be sure to … Continue reading →

Timeline Journaling

Journaling on a time line is a great way to get the words out when there isn’t a lot to say about pictures. Timeline journaling can tell a story through an almost step by step process, indicating perhaps what is going on in the pictures, or how the event occurred. In my example, “Baking with Ryan”, I had my son’s recipe for making cookies. It doesn’t exactly have to do with the ingredients and how they all fit together, and has more to do with our first major baking experience together. It was a fun way to tell the story. … Continue reading →

Journaling Advice: a families.com guide to 2006 journaling articles

Are you looking for great journaling ideas? Have you made a scrapbook goal or resolution to journal more, or to work on your journaling to make it better? Well, you need look no further than right here on families.com in our resourceful scrapbooking section. Being a journaling queen myself, and having both my 2006 and 2007 personal goals, include journaling in some way, I began taking a closer look at what Lisa Andrews and I provided on families.com in 2006. Wow! There are some great articles dealing with journaling right here on this very website. No need to look elsewhere, … Continue reading →

Journey To Better Journaling

One of my scrapbook goals for 2007 is to stop procrastinating and journal more. I am a born journalist and have kept diaries, journals and words that I have written over the years. I have notebooks filled with thoughts, poems, journaling and essays I’ve written on various subjects. But the thing I noticed, is that although I tend to do journaling a lot, there is still far more I could do with it. So how does someone who journal’s all the time, get better? There are several ways. Idea Books: On the scrapbooking market, and beyond, there are many different … Continue reading →

Journaling for Improved Mental Health: Scrapathy is the Cheapest Health Cover.

Visiting a therapist is EXPENSIVE! I should know: I am one. I charge high fees to assist people to understand them selves – what they are feeling, thinking and what they can do to change. Private health insurance is also expensive and it doesn’t always cover therapy fees. Oh bother…what to do?? How can the average person pay their mortgage, school fees, buy groceries, clothes and still see their beloved therapist? Apart from visiting our excellent Frugal articles, why not become your own beloved reflective therapist and make a soul investment in Scrapathy. Scrapathy is a term to cover how … Continue reading →

Documenting Black Friday Traditions

Did you brave the crazy big (and just crazy) crowds this morning to score crazy good Black Friday deals? I know some people who camped outside of Best Buy for 10 hours in order to get one of the “golden tickets” that allowed them to be the first inside the store at midnight. For some families, Black Friday shopping is a holiday tradition that they hold near and dear. I’ve seen people design matching t-shirts to wear while they hunt down deals, while others don huge wacky hats so they can find their loved ones in the masses. What’s more, … Continue reading →