bullet journals and birthdays...oh my...

February 16, 2017 Arlene Giddings

march does not bring my birthday
but it does bring the birthday
of someone who has always been
very important to me...
DR SEUSS!

So with that in mind
aaaaand the help of the countless snowstorms
that have kept us trapped
in the warm cocoon of our houses this week,
i spent some time working
on my march bullet journal layouts...

i was pretty happy with how these have turned out!
i was going to go with all 4 leaf clovers and
shades of green for spring...but this
makes me just as happy.

now i just have to keep reminding myself
that we are already at the middle of february,
past the halfway point,
only 31 days, 6 hours and 8 minutes til spring.
just hold tight.
it's coming!

although i am not sure pugsley believes me... :)

catching up on the bullet journal

February 5, 2017 Arlene Giddings

and....it's done!

i liked the idea of doing a "doodle a day" challenge
but was finding it hard to follow the prompts
so i thought that, for december, i would do my own.

i used my "word" for the year, ADVENTURE, as a bit of a loose "theme"
and built on it from there.
every day, i added a little something to the page.
some days it was a big thing
but most of the time,
it was a tiny star or a flower...
and i colored it in a bit as i went
and finished coloring it in today.

i really enjoyed doing this...
i am going to do it again for february
with a heart/valentine/red/pink theme...
stay tuned!
♥ ♥

i love saturdays...

January 7, 2017 Arlene Giddings

saturdays that let you sleep in
and wake up feeling a little lazy
and full of bed head

saturdays that let you meet up
with clients to deliver their photos...
and they surprise you with
a totally sweet totally not necessary
but totally very, very appreciated gift...♥

saturdays that bring you texts
from your husband that
make you burst out laughing in
the book store...
and when you get home
he cooks up THE BEST
fried potatoes with pulled pork
and bacon and all kinds of peppers...
and then teases you
when you add salt to the bacon...
:)

saturdays that you decide to
use your christmas bookstore gift cards
on a new leuchtturm 1917 journal,
even though you don't need it yet...
and they have it in teal blue...
and you are so inspired,
you go home and work on your
new project for 2017
in your purple bullet journal...
the doodle a day that
is NOT done by following prompts...
just done by following the prompts
that come out of your own head.
..........................................................................

i chose adventure for my word
for 2017...
so the daily doodles for january
are kind of focused around that...

i do love saturdays...
♥

followed closely by stormy sundays.

bullet journal sunday

September 11, 2016 Arlene Giddings

spent some time on the bullet journal over the weekend...
hit 500 instagram followers which
doesn't seem like a lot
but was very exciting to me
because...well you know...i'm me.

I am participating in two instagram challenges this month
or trying to anyway...
somedays, like saturday, I have to play
catch up on the days that I have fallen behind.

Oh! and I was asked to do a little session on bullet journals
at a local library in October!!!!
How exciting (and slightly terrifying) is that!?! :) :) :)

This month, I am doing the #planwithmechallenge (first time)
and #doodlewithusinseptember (second attempt...
I did the under the sea version in June).

#doodlewithusinseptember (prompt - speaker)

#doodlewithusinseptember (prompts - pen & clock)

a new collection page to help me keep track of where i am on the weddings...

looking for balance in my life...these are the little things that make me feel like i am taking care of myself.

and i am not going to lie...i might have just played for a little bit...

Sad to see the weekend end...
why does Monday come so soon?

bullet journal sunday

August 28, 2016 Arlene Giddings

no weddings this weekend
meant spending time with family,
meeting up with friends home from away,
waffle breakfasts with whipped cream,
sleeping in,
popcorn with garlic & pepper mixed into the melty butter,
a movie night (mother's day...loved it),
editing and catching up on neverending laundry
and
finally cracking the spine open
on my new bullet journal
the purple leuchtturm 1917.

the truth is
i was a little scared to start that new book.
the fresh blank page is so
new...so crisp, so clean...
so open to possibility.

and i was scared that i would mess it up.

but finally,
i just bit the bullet (haha...see what i did there)
and started...and about 8 hours later,
i stopped.
so damn addictive...and fun...and
in all honesty
a little time consuming...heeheehee

here's how the first few pages are looking:

thank you Revision Guide for the inspiration for the "don't be normal"
which is, by the way, the way i have pretty much lived my whole life...
even when I didn't think I was trying to be anything but normal...
being weird has obviously always just come naturally for me.
:)

I liked the idea of a key/legend...
I think I am only going to use the index for collections though.
I didn't really use it in V1.

2016 goals and plans...carried over from V1
happy is my focus word for 2016
so I tried to pick out a couple of goals
that would make me feel happy
and focus on those...
:)

I am loving the leuchtturm 1917, by the way.
so far, I have used pencil crayon, markers, watercolors
and no bleeding through...a little crinkling from the
watercolors but I expected that.

Now I can't wait to start some challenges in September...
September is a preview for January for me...
it feels like a fresh start with new routines...
:)