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
Those layouts are wonderful! I love the “father” quote.
Love these layouts..great ideas! I esp. love the Father Layout. It makes me smile as the quote is exactly what I think of my Dad. My layouts usually combine pictures of my Dad with all of us kids (6 of us). Graduation pics are usually a lot of smiling faces!!
I send frequent email updates to my mom about the kids and their antics. then I print and save the emails for future scrappin projects. Nice way to have journaling done along the way and fun to go back and read later!
I like to use bullets with brief “sentences” since men typically just want the facts, not the fluff.
I get the odd email from my dad and they are always a perfect reminder of his personality. I have rpinted them and used it on a layout or two
I love using quotes. Lately I’ve really gotten in to using hidden journaling if I want to tell a story. I’m not as worried about what I’m saying when I know it won’t be visible when someone turns to that page.
I’ve not scrapbooked pictures of my dad because all my pics of him & my mom are so disorganized. I do have voice recordings of him telling stories and things about his life so when I do finally scrapbook pics of him I’ll need to figure out a creative way to get those recordings into my scrapbook.
on some occasions, i use quotes but often, i would like to tell the story behind the photo that would highlight his feelings or talent… i also love to use love letters!
The way I journal depends on the look of the layout. Sometimes I will type and print it out on the computer or handwrite it (if it’s short), simply because I don’t like my handwriting when I have to concentrate on what I’m writing…LOL!
I have always kept a journal about people in my life so that when I do a layout, I have funny stories, sad stories and quotes that I never want to forget!
The way I journal depends on the photos and the layout. But I usually like to tell the stories behind the photos that people wouldn’t figure out just from looking at the photo(s).
I love to do 20 questions…. It’s great to look back a few years later and see what’s changed.
I’m a big fan of getting the grads plans for the future… And trying document the plan for making it happen.
I like to scrap my fav story or moment with that person and give it to them as a gift…
My fav layout of my Dad was 10 reasons my Dad is Cooler than your Dad… It was a really cool way to document the things that admire and appreciate about my Dad.
I love to get my dads thought and opinons on things so I can document them for future generations… He is a wise wise man…
Love to scrapbook their senior year and give it as a gift
I love to use quotes and then provide journaling explaining why the quote is applicable.
When I made a scrapbook of my son’s graduation last year, I used a lot of quotes about determination, pride, faith, etc. But my favorite was by Ralph Waldo Emerson “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
My favorite way to journal about fathers day is to use my kids perspective.. from the time they were little, I would do a layout using their words, now as they are older, the words are not as cute, but they are more sentimental. I think it is a great way to keep their voice when it comes to loving daddy!
Since this is my first “graduation” to scrapbook (promotion to high school is a little different) I am at a loss for how to journal it other than through my tears of joy.. SO I look forward to more ideas to help me as I am looking at the photos and am just at a loss for words when I look at her in her cap and gown
I love to scrapbook about my husband interacting with his grandchildren. Our youngest granddaughter loves to cuddle on his lap and I have delightful pictures of that. After reading some of this weeks ideas, though, I want to do a page about him and his children – how he supported them and the funny things he used to say to them and how they still call him and ask for “how do you do this, Dad” questions. Wouldn’t his grandchildren get a kick out of a page like that?
I like to include grad’s thoughts on favorite teachers and classes. And why the non-favorite ones are not liked!