I live in the middle of the country so I seldom see the sea. To make up for this, I spend July in my “mermaid month”. I seek out art, films, books, colors and anything else that feels like ocean breezes, sand dunes and salty hair. Patrons received printables for this month filled with this…
There’s a bunch of travel reports from folks visiting favorite shops around the world, mid-year reflections and lots of creative ideas this week. I think my interest in more collage-y, art journaling projects is that these can be created with things I already have — reuse and repurpose — in a time that making something…
This week we have a lot of posts about technology — the kind of tech that analog people might be interested in like a university professor making students type papers on typewriters so they can’t use AI, a flip phone from Commodore (as in 64) and 40 rage-inducing problems in tech which made me laugh…
I mentioned last week about the tendency in the stationery community to end up talking about the same things around the same time. Do we influence one another? Maybe its a new release? And sometimes, its just kismet like the two reviews about the Pentel Multi 8 Lead Holder that I recently reviewed as well.…
I am always amazed at the way the stationery community has a tendency to come to the same sorts of projects or ideas at the same time. I have been thinking about pulling together a post or video or something about my Stationery Favorites and lo and behold, Inky Imaginings and JetPens both put together…
Oh, hell yeah, Mary! Her journaling is always inspiring but I am thrilled that she too is falling in love with Q-Less and has added even more was to gamify and play when journaling. YOu kow I love adding gaming components to my life planning and Mary has great ideas. Thanks for sharing and, as…
I have been going full tilt since I quit my job in 2024 trying to make this work-for-myself gig actually keep us afloat. This is not a plea of any sort. It’s just me admitting that I’m exhausted this week. But honestly, everyone I talk to these days feels similarly. The world is chaotic and…
