The weather’s getting warmer, and we’re moving into June. That means it’s time for graduation and Father’s Day. If you’re getting ready to scrapbook about the fond memories of school or dear ol’ Dad, here are a few ideas to jump-start your journaling as you create your pages.
"Congrats" by Megan Hoeppner as seen in the May/June issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 31.
Graduation
When making a layout about a graduation, you can record the memories from many angles.
- List the gifts received for graduation, as Megan Hoeppner did on her layout about her niece receiving her G.E.D.
- Record the graduate’s ambitions for the future, long- or short-term.
- Make a list of the graduate’s friends. It will be fun to see how this list does and doesn’t change in the future.
- Have the graduate brainstorm for one minute about memories that stand out about their memories from their school years. Record the top memories on a layout, and then present it as a graduation gift when your creation is complete.
- Journal about how the graduate celebrated his or her big day.
Father’s Day
Whether you use your own words or record the words from someone else, capture your memories of and feelings about Dad on a layout he’ll love.
"My Father" by Judy Nieusma as seen in the May/June 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 33.
- Use a quote you love as part of your title or journaling about your dad as Judy Nieusma did in her layout.
- Jot down some of your favorite times with Dad. Journal about some of the memories and include them on your layout.
- Dads can have some inspired, wise, and wacky sayings. Include his best on your layout.
- Write down the traits, talents, skills, and passions you inherited from Dad.
- Use your journaling as a way to write your dad a letter. You can then present him with the layout as a gift.
When you’ve finished your layout, whether you present it as a gift or preserve it in an album, pat yourself on the back, because (by golly!) the milestones and memories you’ve recorded will live on, continuing to bring smiles to the ones you care about.
Be sure to visit creatingkeepsakes.com for free downloadable quotes, titles, and more journaling ideas about graduation and family.
What is your favorite way to journal about your father or about graduations? Leave a comment below before Friday, June 4th, and you could win a prize package from Graphic45, Jillibean Soup, and Colorbök.
Dorathy Gilchrist, associate editor
He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
Thanks!
I like to journal about how the graduate celebrated his or her big day.
By the way, on the Giveaways tab, the link to the blog email address is wrong – the text says ckblog@creatingkeepsakes.com, but the address actually linked to is editorial@creatingkeepsakes.com.
For graduates I like to ask them questions about where they think they will be in 5, 10 & 20 years and include that in the journaling.
I stick more to the who,what , when, where details of graduation.
For layouts about my dad I like to combine older pictures of us (or just him) with newer ones. I like seeing the constrast over the years.
I use a lot of vellum quotes with a little journaling about the moment.
Sadly I haven’t spent as much time scrapping about my family as I should. I seem to spend more time scrapping my kids. I hope to spend time getting important family stories down this summer when I have time and motivation to scrap.
My favorite way to journal is always telling a story. The more details, the richer the story.
I love to scrapbook pics of my dad and my kids. He is a wonderful grandpa!
I like to tell funny stories that will make me laugh for years to come!!
I just jot down random memories of my father and hope that eventually I will have many pages of him for my children to enjoy.
I definitely love using quotes. I also will do some hand journaling but I usually will put it on a tag that is hidden within the layout if it is a personal note.
I love asking my husband to journal for me about what he loves about being a dad to our kiddos.
For my son’s graduation, I made a board with one picture from each year of his life. After graduation, I took those pictures and put them in a scrapbook of their own with a small bit of journaling about his personality in each of those years. It turned out to be a great tribute to a great kid…
I have to go with guotes for my father’s layouts … so hard to journal for him for some reason.
My father passed away 5 years ago. I like to journal about favorite memories. It is easier to talk about my true feelings about him because I know he will never see it. Isn’t that weird?
Journaling is a very important part of my scrapbooks now and I always have to add feelings, what was happening at the events, etc. So when I go back to that scrapbook I can remember the fun and feelings I had when I was experiencing it the first time.
I ask my husband to write something himself in his own handwriting for the page.
I haven’t made many pages yet (I started scrapbooking in March of this year)….but I really like the earth tone colors for pages…and black and white photos…and a rustic look for a masculine page. I have an idea for a page with my dad….hopefully I can finish it soon:) Thanks for the chance to win!
I like to write about the character of my father and my girl’s daddy – so they can remember the kind of person he was/is.
I like to put quotes on journaling tags.
my favorite journaling for father pages is quotes since they are much more eloquent than i am – bad excuse but true!!
I tend to stick to the basics…who, what, when, where, why
I like to bullet points and keep it simple.
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
i feel like Pictures can often do most of the story for me
For my dad, I like to ask him about the past. I am working on a scrapbook for my 2 year old grandson, and I want him to really know his great grandfather – what his favorite pie was, what his mother taught him, what his favorite way to spend a summer day was, etc. etc.
I like to use quotes, but sometimes just the facts, ‘mam!
I do alot of bullet journaling
and I like to use quotes
One time for Father’s Day, I had the kids fill in a quiz for Daddy’s Favorites. They filled in what they thought his faves were for food, and lot’s of other stuff. It was cute to see what they thought, especially when they are young. Cute stuff. Thanks for a chance to win some cute stuff.
I always use quotes for my journaling, I find others have said it best.
I love making mini albums because i can journal a little on each page. I seem to journal better, and more, this way then to try to write something meaningful on a huge 12×12 page. Maybe the size of a full page intimidates me
I had the honor and blessing of having my dad hood me for my PhD graduation this May. I want to make a layout (or more) about how much this meant to me, and how wonderful it was to have him hug me and say “I love you, and I am so proud of you” on stage at graduation. It was because of him that I followed through to getting my PhD in physics.
My father passed away 4 years ago… I like to journal abut memories I have of the 2 of us together.
I really like to use quotes or do journalling using lists.
I love using old pictures of my dad & I on my Father’s Day pages!
My DD just graduated from college–so many memories! Of course once I do scrap this time, I’ll be using photos from the big day, photos of her moving home and also from her family/friends party.
my favourite is an interview style with my dad, particularly asking stuff that would interest my kids, who will never know him like i have.
My favorite is lists and quotes.
My favorite way to scrap graduation LOs is “then and now.” Use either a baby pic or a kindergarten graduation picture and a high/school graduation picture together on the LO.
This year’s father’s day layout is going to include some journaling that my boys are helping with (ages 6 & 4). I’m reading them a list of questions about dad and writing their answers.
I love telling stories about my dad’s crazy quotes and catch phrases. I want to make sure the generations to come know how funny he is.
My dad passed away in 1981, so the old pictures have a lot of memories when I was little. I like to journal with quotes and little stories.
For graduates, I really like to journal about them when they were younger and how far they have come.
I love to include letters or emails my dad has sent me in the past few years since becoming a momma. Thank you for the giveaways!
I don’t really know how much longer my dad will be around, so when I do a page about him, I’ve focused on what he means to me and our family, and on what he was like when my sisters and I were growing up. I want my kids to get to know not only what he’s like now, when it’s difficult for him to get around…I also want them to understand what he was like when he was younger too.
I like hidden journaling for a Father’s Day gift album. It’s something Dad can display for family and friends, but allows something personal just for him too.
I like handwriting my journaling on separate pieces of cardstock and adding it to the layout.
I like to include snippets from what my children say for my Father’s Day layouts.
I do pics of my kiddos with their dad on his special day and try to include things that are special to each son and dad.
I love using vellum quotes and I do a lot of handwriting on journal spots! Thanks for the chance to win!