One of my New Years goals was to keep a journal, I wanted to write down my thoughts and remember what I did that day, fun things I saw or memories that should be written down to look back on but I wanted it to be fun too. But at the end of the day the last thing I wanted to be doing was sitting up forcing myself to write about my day, so I did some research.
A couple neat things came to mind. One was a smash journal. You start with a journal and "smash"; clip out, write up, pictures, receipts, tid bits of things, into this journal page by page. They have super neat accessories including neat stamps, sticky notes, tape etc. for these types of things but I realized I don't read magazines to clip stuff out of and it was more of an idea book. So I continued researching..Now I have to insert here that I used to be the most impulsive person ever! If I decided to do something I just did it! Well..now I'm married to the least impulsive person I know..he doesn't walk towards anything..he crawls..but he usually makes the right decision. And here I am now..a researcher of things.
I stumbled upon Design Sponge and their Vintage Postcard Calendar Journal and decided this was for me..so here is my take on this cute idea!
To make this cute lil bugger all you need is a basket, 180 4x6 lined notecards, vintage postcards or scrapbook paper of your choice, a date stamp, a paper cutter (scissors) and time..
First cut your 4x6 cards in half, I cut more than I needed to leave room for mistakes.
Stamp the month and date on each card.
Trim your postcards to the same width as your notecards and a little longer. I wasn't able to find postcards I liked but had vintage scrapbook paper that looked sweet so I used that instead!
Once your done get to jotting down those memories! The great thing about this journal is that you will get to see what you did on that day each year!
This would be a fun gift for a newly married couple, new parents or pretty much anyone!
Until next time from my kitchen table..!
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