Hi, Stefanie here. If you are anything like me, the photographer and scrapbooking memory keeper you hate being in front of the camera. But you want to be included in the scrapbook pages, don’t you? One way to do this is by adding your voice in the journaling. People looking through the scrapbooks first look at the photos you have included in the layouts, then they want to know about the photos, and that’s when they lean in closer to read the journaling and you have their attention.

Type your journaling as though you were speaking to a friend, and then even though your face may not be featured, your authentic voice will still be heard, almost as though you are leaning over their shoulders and talking about the photos and why you chose to include those specific ones, what makes them special, the story that lies deeper than just the tale that the photos tell.

I used Life Captured: February by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients

and Sabrina Creations’ Tear Frames and Post It’s and Mommyish’s shadow styles.