Journaling with Quotes and Poems

If you’re like me, you’re always looking for creative new journaling techniques. Many times, I like to use quotes or poems on my pages to fill the creative journaling void.

One of my favorite sources for quotes is a little book called Quote Unquote that I picked up from my local scrapbooking store. It’s got many quotes organized by theme, and I’ve found them to be generally good quotes for scrapbooking use. This book is unfortunately not sold on Amazon.com, but I did find it at some online shops by searching on Froogle. Here’s a page of several online stores that offer it:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-06,GGLD:en&q=quote+unquote+volume

Another place I generally go to find some good quotes and poems is to websites. Some good sources I’ve used include:

• Creating Keepsakes Quotes and Poems Online
  
• The Quotations Page
  
• Quoteland
  
• List of Quotes on About.com
  

So right about now, you’re probably saying – Janet, I’m a busy mom! I don’t have time to look up a bunch of quotes!

In that case, there’s another good alternative. The makers of Mat Stacks (see previous post) make a product called Quote Stacks. These are quotes printed on vellum sheets, ready to put directly into your scrapbook. You can purchase these at Amazon.com or at your local hobby or scrapbook store.

Happy journaling!