text: Try to keep it short and special.  By this I mean personalize your message by using their name & your name.  I found that it helps to go with the old English Class Rule of using a "Person, Place, or Thing" in the actual message that you write.  Most of all, don't hog the whole page.  My yearbook ended up being a disaster after some chick took up the whole page for a goofy cheerleader poem. That was in 1971, all I can say is that the most memorable had artwork in them that I could (and still can) think of the person who drew it! Just a happy-face flower with names can be enough.  Go with your heart.  If you don't like them, just initial it!