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Creating Junk Journals

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:59:41 +0000

I’m not sure how I got from where I was to where I did, but while perusing YouTube I found an awesome video on creating a Junk Journal out of items you’d normally throw away (or in my case, set out to be recycled): a cereal box, paper bags, and plastic bags.

Except I used good old fashioned garden twine for my thread rather than braided plastic. Here’s the result:

I can’t wait to make another one!

Journal Templates

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:35:04 +0000

While wondering through Borders, I came across a journal. It wasn’t your standard blank journal, it was more of a journal template. I didn’t take note of the publisher or name, but it did strike me as odd.

Why would someone need a template for journaling? Okay, maybe it’s not that odd because some people do need prompts — what happened today and how did it make you feel? — to get going, but I wonder if those prompts are taking some of the organic creativity out of journaling. There were no places for doodling or gluing snippets from a great magazine article or anything like that.

Hmm, maybe I should create my own journal template for nurturing organic creativity. It would still contain the prompts — hello dear, tell me about your day – but it would go a step further by asking for images, clippings, music, or anything else that made that day what it was.

(This is a perfect example of me thinking out loud.)

Starting to Like My Moleskine

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:53:04 +0000

It’s been about a week since I started jotting down notes in my tiny Moleskine journal. Give me a couple more days and I believe I will have mastered the fine art of tiny writing.

Though, I’m still trying to figure out what all the fuss is about, I do thoroughly enjoy the paper. The page color is very forgiving on the eyes, the texture is smooth enough that a pen can glide without hindrance, but there is just enough grip to it to maintain ink control. Very nice, indeed.

In a few days, I’ll probably be in love with Moleskine, but for the time being, it’s all about learning the hacks. Some of the ones I’ve found actually look interesting.

Fussing About Moleskine

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:29:23 +0000

Everywhere I turned, it seemed someone was fussing about Moleskine and creating a new hack. Frankly, I never cared to try it until I was hold up in a Borders one day. From the corner of my eye, I saw a small stack of them and decided it wouldn’t hurt to see what the fuss was about.

For only $7 for a pack of 3 small ones (I opted for the ones without lines so I could have a bit more freedom), it seemed like a decent buy — so I’d have to do without my Venti Coffee Frappuccino and Rice Crispy square for a day.

Well, after testing out a few pages, which took a lot of will power because I didn’t even want to defile its pages, I must say it’s pretty slick. The weight of the page is just right. I used it with my favorite Stabilo pen and it didn’t soak through to the other side — you can still see the writing from the other side, it just didn’t soak through. That means it’s doing well so far.

I’ll have to continue playing around with them for a few more days before I have my final verdict.