1. Spend time with your photos. Really examine the details of the photo and allow your mind to take a mental journey back to that time and place before you write your journaling.
    
2. Don't always use plain white paper for your journaling. The white (even on the smallest pieces of paper) can really stand out and detract from the rest of the page, especially on colored pages where the theme is carried through on the embellishments, papers and photos. A white journal block can really detract from this theme. Use journaling papers that coincide with your theme.
    
3. Start writing, even when you aren't sure where to begin. Use a piece of scrap paper and just start writing. Take a free-form approach and write whatever
   comes to mind. Really think about your event or special memory. Once you get started, and the words begin to flow, you'll be sure to come up with some great journaling text.
    
4. Do something fun. Write your own newspaper article, comic strip, letter, or classified ad to capture the essence or your specific memory. These fun alternatives to standard journaling can add such life to your pages.
    
5. Journal even (and especially) when you don't have any photos. Putting words on paper and embellishing your page with a theme that fits your special event will aid in preserving your memories nearly as much as any photo. Just because you don't have a photo, doesn't mean you can't create a scrapbook page. Instead of a photo, use a special memento as the focal point for the page (such as a postcard, card, handwritten note, swatch of fabric or other item). Then add journaling to detail the special memory. You'll be sure to picture it in your mind for years to come.

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