Outline your journaling to keep it from looking lost on the page. -- Karen, H., Orem, UT

Use a larger size of letter at the beginning of first word in your journaling to draw attention to it. -- Karen, H., Orem, UT

When I want to use sticker letters and I want them to be straight and even on a page, I use a ruler to help me. I put the bottom 1/3 of the sticker on a ruler and that allows me to space them evenly and also keep them at the same height. Then I just put the ruler on the page where I want the letters to go, press down on the top 2/3 of the letters and then slowly peel the ruler away from the letters. -- Jody T., Bellevue, NE

I use down time to write my journaling on practice paper. This lets you get organized and decide what you want to write while you get your  oil changed or sit in the doctor's office. -- Elizabeth K.

I try and practice different writing on everything - grocery lists, addressing envelopes. Practice Makes Perfect. -- Elizabeth K.

When lettering, sketch your letters with a pencil first. If it's the first few times you've done an alphabet or if you want it to be really good. -- Kinsey T., Grassy Lake, Alberta

When journaling on a scrapbook page, be sure to enter at least the WHO, WHEN, and WHAT, in the photos, otherwise, in the future, all your precious memories will be lost.  -- Kinsey T., Grassy Lake, Alberta

Use punches instead of some letters - a flower in place of an o; a cross in place of the t; in Easter...etc. -- Denise C., Morris Plains, NJ

I like to tell a story on each page by journaling at each photo...On our vacation we....swam with dolphins...had a great dinner out.....saw beautiful sunsets...etc. -- Denise C., Morris Plains, NJ

One of my favorites tricks is to pretend I'm writing a letter to some one telling them what is going on. This really helps to journal pages. -- Peggy D., Vinton, VA

I love using the heart Journaling Genie and doing freehand vines and flowers around it really jazzes it up.  -- Peggy D., Vinton, VA

I love to do titles for pages. Cut a giraffe in half and put head on left and behind the back on the right at top; looks like you used 2 instead of 1. You can do this with stickers too. -- Peggy D., Vinton, VA

When journaling, a good idea is to write down some of your feelings and little details. This way, in the future, your memories won't be forgotten in the future. If you don't have the room or time, make sure to put the who, what and when. You'll thank yourself in the future! -- Kinsey T., Grassy Lake, Alberta

If you don't like your writing or you're not good at creative lettering yet, one option is a lightbox. Some craft or scrapbook supply stores carry these, and you just trace the lettering you want out of a lettering book. You can do the same with clipart. -- Kinsey T., Grassy Lake, Alberta

I write a story or general information about an event. Then I type it into  Word Perfect on the computer, and change the type's color to an appropriate shade for the event and then use the tab and space bars to create a particular shape from the words. Like my nephews trip to a pumpkin patch at Halloween. I typed the story out, shaped the story into a pumpkin, used the computer to color the words appropriately for a brown "stem" at the top and the rest orange to look like a pumpkin. -- Tiffany A., New Richmond, WI

 I always keep an eye out in the newspaper or magazines for large words. Newspapers usually have bold words while magazines use different fonts. I cut them out and copy (color copy if needed) them on to acid free paper and use them as die cut words in my scrapbook. Example "Love" "Eat" "Home", etc... -- Tiffany A., New Richmond, WI

Keep a pocket-sized thesaurus and dictionary with your pens; That way when you're journaling you can check spellings and look for new words. -- Brenda M., Kingston, MA

If you're going to be writing directly on your paper map and mark your titles first that way you can arrange and crop your photos to fit around your title instead of trying to squeeze in the words later. -- Brenda M., Kingston, MA

Use neat computer fonts and clip art for themed ideas. -- Stephani H., Portsmouth, NH

Mat your journaling entry on another, brighter paper. -- Stephani H., Portsmouth, NH

To make your journaling and handwritten titles look cleaner and more professional, use a thin, clear plastic ruler placed directly on your page. Hold it steady with your non-writing hand and use it as the "base" or bottom line for your lettering. When you are done, remove the ruler and add all your "tails" for letters like y,g,p,etc. No need to erase lines. I was accused of scrapbooking before when I attended my first party because of this technique! I use the ruler that came with my day runner. I've been doing this for years with envelope addressing and the like. --Cori W., Inglis, FL

Along the same idea, I punch large circles (Family Treasures Jumbo Circle Punch) out of scraps from photos I am using for a particular page. Outdoor pictures work GREAT. Then I put sticker letters on top to form the title. As an example, I have a page where my children are out playing in a field of flowers. I cropped the pictures and punched the scraps into the large circles. I put bright yellow letters over the circle shapes and spelled "springtime." It also works great for beach pictures. -- Debbie H., Windham, NH

I have received many compliments on this idea. I take the large shapes from the Mrs. Grossman's Giant shape stickers (The large colorful circles or squares). I then put sticker letters in black on top of the colorful shapes. I did this for one of my daughter's kindergarten pages. I used bright, bold colored shapes and put black letters spelling out "kindergarten" across the top of the page. -- Debbie H., Windham, NH

Look to card catalogs (like Current) for great page titles or short poems to add to your pages. Any cards you've received and saved may have great ideas for your pages as well. -- Diana S., Richland, WA

Incorporate small stickers into your titles...for example, for a bowling page, use a bowling ball sticker for the "o" and a bowling pin sticker for the "l". This can be used for many many events. -- Diana S., Richland, WA