Hi there! Welcome to this video, in which I decorate the pages of my Christmas journal insert with watercolour and washi tape to make some sparkly Christmas candles inspired by Mindy Lacefield’s Good Gumdrops course. Thanks for watching!
Month: November 2017
Plan With Me: December 2017
Hi! Welcome to my December 2017 Bullet Journal Setup video where I show you how my November insert turned out and talk you through my monthly spreads and trackers for December. I also talk about the part my bullet journal is playing in my recovery from mental illness and give you a tour of my collections insert. Thanks for watching!
Beauty in Brokenness: Kintsugi and Coffee Cups
Hi! Thanks for dropping by. This video is a live stream I did on Instagram in which I talk about Kintsugi, the Japanese philospohy that treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise, and how it relates to my faith in God and my recovery from mental illness. Please feel free to join the conversation in the comments. Much love to you. Natalie x
#amjournaling: getting ready for Christmas
This time last year I was very ill with depression and anxiety and Christmas was awful. This year, I am much better mentally, however until recently I was dreading Christmas because of all the bad memories it was starting to bring back, but since doing @mindy_lacefield’s Goodie Gumdrops course, all that has changed. Creating fun pages in my journal in preparation for the season has helped me to relax about it and anticipate the good things about it. I’m not going to go into advent and Christmas thinking that I’m going to make this one the best one ever; I’m just going to go with the flow and be mindful. At the moment I have a gentle sense of hope that all will be well, whatever happens.
Crafting Out Loud: Art Journaling
I’ve been getting into art journaling lately. An art journal is a place to play and practice without the pressure of performance. Sometimes spreads end up looking great. Sometumes they don’t. I did this page with acrylics, which I’m very new to. Pretty happy with the way it turned out.
“Night has always pushed up day,” is a line from ‘After the Storm‘ by Mumford and Sons. It’s one of my favourite songs. It speaks to me of the realities of this life and the hope of what is to come.
#amplanning: mental health
One of things I do to protect my mental health from depression and anxiety is to do a monthly hazard plan. I look at the month ahead and note down the things that are likely to cause me stress or upset and I come up with ways to manage them. Sometimes, just the act of acknowledging them them alleviates the problems.
#amplanning: minimalism
I’m running out of space in my current travelers notebook insert, so I’ve had to pair down my dailies to the bear minimum: day, date and bullet list.
#amplanning: decoration
I’ve been keeping it simple the last few months as I’ve been pouring my creative juices into other areas, so it’s been all about the washi tape and brush pens.
#amplanning: motivation
Each month I decide on some goals – things I’d like to get done by the end of the month. Some are big goals and some are little goals. mental illness can make it hard to get motivated some times, but I try not to beat myself up about not doing everything. I try to remember that my bujo is there to serve my needs, not the other way around.
#amplanning: bad habits
I’m trying to cut down on the amount of junkfood I eat, so I have a tracker for marking down when I don’t eat it. They say measurement drives behaviour …