Notebook pages! Journaling pages! Pretty stuff. : ) We are trying to do more notebooking this year and it is taking various forms. Obviously the Home Journal took precedence for mom but I am also trying to make more regular entries in my nature notebook. I was way inspired by some illustrated journal sites online. I doubt mine will ever look that good but it freed me to make pages that weren't perfect - neither perfectly planned nor perfectly executed. Only perfectly pleasurable.
After a phone call this morning I took several pics of pages made with the templates from the Home Mgt Journal posts. Hopefully these will help you think outside the box(es) on the templates when helping your kids make their journal pages.
First of all, the templates work for any type of notebook page - history, religion, science, lit, etc. Printing on cardstock makes for a sturdier page. Don't get into a color rut. Printing paper comes in lots of colors besides white and they make for considerably punchier pages. Those are notebooking "upgrades" that don't cost time or money.
When planning a page consider whether it will contain mostly text or mostly images or a mix and then pick a template that works best. Narrations can be typed into the text boxes before printing or you can type in gray lines before printing as writing guides for handwritten narrations. Likewise net images can be imported before printing or cut and pasted afterwards. The text boxes also work great for bible verses, poetry exerpts or copywork. Bullet headers are acceptable at our house. Not everything needs a lengthy narration. We are just shooting for pegs to hang the information on to aid retention.
Anything can find its way onto a page. Coloring pages are trimmed and saved, leaf samples, charts, diagrams, you name it. The boxes serve as 'containers' to house these treasures neatly and bind them into easily stored books. (vs stuffing them into hidden corner of the house ; ))
I will try to upload more pages as we go. Please shoot me a note if you have pages to share!
These are gorgeous. It takes effort to produce work this beautiful, but how worth it!!!
Posted by: Alice Gunther | November 17, 2006 at 12:59 AM
These are awesome, thanks for the online journal links, looks tempting!!
Posted by: Meredith | November 17, 2006 at 05:19 AM
I love these notebook pages. Very inspiring!
Posted by: Katherine in TX | November 17, 2006 at 05:44 AM
Great notebooking! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Theresa | November 17, 2006 at 05:58 AM
You got me inspired! Come visit my blog to see what we did today.
Posted by: Louise | November 18, 2006 at 02:07 AM
Beautiful pages! Thanks for the ideas on using the templates.
Posted by: Rebecca | November 22, 2006 at 07:34 AM