Hello again! This week has been about adding sparkle and shine to my journal pages. As the nights draw in and my journaling time gets darker, I love to put on the lights and watch the paper shimmer as I write. It’s like having fairy lights on my page.
To begin my decoration, I used elements from one of the journal embellishment packs in my shop. I love layering the muted colours, the map pieces, and strips of washi tape. For the sparkle, I’ve been splattering the pages with metallic paint, adding a few random gold transparent stickers from my stash and using a gold Gelly Roll pen to fill in the dates which I’ve stencilled on in a variety of fonts. It’s so satisfying to put together and to look at once completed, and come the evening, I can write and enjoy the warmth and light of it all.
Hello! Welcome to this week’s shop update. I have a few new products for you this week:
For a closer look, please visit my online shop.
Hello, and welcome to this week’s shop update. One of my favourite things to add to my journal pages and papercraft projects is tabs, so I already sell a set of mixed paper tabs and a set of vintage paper tabs in the shop. This week, though, I decided to expand the collection of tabs on offer by creating packs of kraft card tabs in three different styles. You can buy them in packs of 40+ tabs as follows:
I love adding kraft card to my projects as it is such a warm yet neutral colour and works with just about anything! As well as the kraft tabs, I’ve also created a set of rainbow-coloured whale tail tabs. There are six of each of the seven colours, making 42 tabs in total. To take a closer look, please visit the shop:
Finally, this week, I laid my hands on vintage copies of three Jane Austen novels, so I thought I’d unleash my inner romantic by creating packs of heart-shaped confetti from these love stories. They’d be great for valentine’s day journal pages or for throwing at a happy couple! You can find out more via the links below:
I know it’s only the start of October, but as crafters it’s never to early to start preparing for Christmas. That’s why I’ve released this year’s Christmas Creative Kit now. It’s brimming with a mix of vintage and contemporary elements that will add a festive touch to your seasonal projects.
Each kit will come wrapped in tissue paper and red and white bakers twine. Great for scrapbooking, junk journaling, art journaling, happy mail and other paper crafts. Perfect for beginners who would like to try lots of different items in their journals and for seasoned crafters who need to jump-start their creativity!
One of the best sellers in my shop, is my Vintage Paper Scraps. I love to source old books, pamphlets and maps (and whatever else I can lay my hands on!) and turn them into eclectic, affordable and convenient packs of paper that will inspire you and cultivate your creativity.
As these two new packs contain scraps from encyclopedias they contain papers with lot of of different subjects, fonts, colours, photographs and illustrations. The Childeren’s Encyclopedia packs are particularly charming as they really show their age through yellowing and wear and tear. To find out more, follow the links to the shop below:
Firstly, when my A5 Core sheet arrives, I slip it into a poly pocket and add it to the A5 Core sheet section of my A5 sticker binder. Sometimes, I get an A5 Core sheet as part of a mini essentials kit. When that happens, I add the whole kit to the same poly pocket in the A5 Core sheet section, just to keep everything together.
After that, once the week is done and I have used all the stickers I need, I put what’s left of the A5 Core sheet back into its poly pocket (along with any other sheets from the same collection) and move it to the BACK of the Daily Log section of my sticker binder. This is where I keep my Days and Days sheets and any other leftover sheets that could be used to set up my daily logs.
Lastly, when setting up the daily logs in my bullet journal, I take sheets from the FRONT of the Daily Log section of my sticker binder. Once I’ve finished setting up a week’s worth of daily logs, I move those stickers to the BACK of my Daily Log section. This way, all the different collections of stickers (made up from whatever sheets and leftovers I have) cycle through my sticker binder which keeps my bullet journal fresh and makes sure everything eventually gets used. Once I have used absolutely everything I can use from this section of my sticker binder, I take any leftover stickers and add them to my reusable sticker album, which I keep in my planner pouch. This is very useful, as it means I can grab whatever I need whenever I need it for whatever spread I’m working on.
So, that’s how I get the most out of my A5 Core sheet – and all my sticker sheets really! How about you? How do you make sure no sticker is left behind?
Last week, my family and I went away on holiday. We stayed in a flat in Swanage, which we used as a base for days out to the beach and surrounding countryside. I have a love-hate relationship with holidays. I love taking a break from home, seeing different sights, walking different walks, breathing different air, but I hate the decision-making that goes into it – what should we pack, what should we eat, where should we go, what should we do? Such questions can make the whole event mentally taxing when it should be mentally relaxing!
Eating well while on holiday can be a bit of a challenge. At home, I do all the meal-planning, grocery shopping and cooking, and obviously, while on holiday, I wanted a break from all that, but just saying, ‘I’m not doing it,’ is not really an option – that would be more of a headache than it’s worth! Someone needs to take responsibility for feeding the family, so this time, all I did was pack enough food for the week’s breakfasts, snacks and lunches and then left the evening meal to chance. It worked out okay in the end; we decided on the day what we wanted for dinner and ended up having fish ‘n’ chips on the beach, takeaway pizza, quick-and-easy cold meats and salad (twice), and a quick-and easy-stir fry. All the last two required were a couple of ten minute trips to the supermarket (by my husband) which was just around the corner.
The rest of the family did more exercise than I did. There was also a walk to Corfe Castle (and a steam train ride back) and a walk to Winspit. In the evenings, we chilled at the flat, watching movies (and the footie), reading, surfing the web etc. Some days, choosing what to do was easy, somedays it wasn’t, depending on our individual moods and energy levels. It did help to have an idea of what we wanted from the holiday and a list of ideas to choose from. Before the holiday, we’d all sat down and discussed how we each wanted to spend our time, and we used our local knowledge and the tourist information website to come up with a list of possible activities. We also agreed that we didn’t have to do everything together.