There was an interesting thread on UKScrappers recently when someone asked "Why do you blog?"
Answers ranged from the simple
"I blog for me"
to the casual
"It's a bit of fun"
"Because people told me I should"
to the purposeful
"To have a record of what I've made"
"As an online gallery"
"to share my latest layouts and projects"
I particularly liked Susan(scoobiesue)'s comment that she "wanted to remember when I had done what (also makes journalling on LOs easier!)"
And that's the crux of the matter - if you blog, then you should have a head start on journalling. You can even post the photos along with the writing and you've got a scrapbook-within-a-blog as a backup for if you never get around to scrapping the photos for real.
As you may have noticed in this blog, I often alter a photo to make a very plain mock-up - not really a digi page, but something that approximates what I might do when I get the chance to scrap for real.
And why do I blog?
I write a lot, and teach writing, and while I'm not a good scrapper I thought that by sharing tips and techniques for journalling I could give something back to the community that has given me so much inspiration in the visual sense!
Thanks so much, scrappers!
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