As I mentioned in MY POST the other day, doing the research and spending time interviewing family members is necessary to produce the most meaningful scrapbook pages. Creative journaling can make your story interesting, not only to family members, but to others who may view your pages. Facts and stories interspersed with attractive photos and tasteful scrapbook elements can become a true work of art history.

Sometimes I get lazy and depend upon my artwork to produce a nice page and I skimp on journaling because I’m ‘in a hurry’ and ‘too busy’. The fact is that in later years my children, much less my grandchildren, won’t have a clue who the people are or how important they were, nor will they be able to connect with the essence of who the people are/were without journaling clues to feed them. Failing to provide those clues actually eventually allows the memory of your loved ones and friends to be lost in the foggy mists of time past. I know that’s not fair to those I love, and I want more for them than that!

I need help with ideas on how to bring their lives and personalities alive on my pages, and will appreciate any of your suggestions! In the meantime, I’ve created a PARTIAL list of questions that I plan to use for my own family interviews. I’ve put it into a PDF document that you can DOWNLOAD HERE if you would like to use it. Remember, it’s just a partial list, but maybe the questions will spur you to think of more questions to add to the list. Again, please share any of your ideas by leaving a comment or emailing me! Happy interviewing!