~ I celebrated the discovery of my own creative journaling style, last Sunday.
Inspired by Ana Jimenez , I wanted to include cute, minimalist illustrations, enjoy fussy-cutting them, play with memos (my favorites), include bits and pieces of handmade papers (sometimes soft, sometimes scratchy, I love their textures), and my weakness--- Avril yarns. :)
I wanted to include one positive quote or saying in each page too. So here’s Davi Nakadamaki’s spring illustration saying hello.~ 🌸🌸🌸
~ Our Beloved Summer ~ Favorite Moments / Stills (2) 🌺
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Some GIF-love from Hyori’s Bed & Breakfast (Season 1) ~
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Credits: GIF 1: MyDramaList, GIF 2, 3 & 4: Amino Apps
~ When the Camellia Blooms ~
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Images: Netflix | Doodle App
~ You can pour love into the world from where you are, here and now. ~ . Not needing to wait till you are 'perfect', till all of your ideas have fallen into place, you can breathe into your purpose, as you are today. . To fill yourself first before filling others, to love yourself first before loving others, to heal yourself first, before you heal others, that is all this journey asks.
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~ notes from everyday ~
Every journal has a story. This one has been a motley of confused pages, inspired ones and a lot of ‘going to make whatever I want to’s’. I started this journal with a lot of lethargy, almost gave up on it and then came back with a surprised fondness after showing up on the page regularly. Thus, this notebook and I have an interesting tale of friendship.
As often as you need, disconnect from the noise of the surrounding world so that you can listen to yourself clearly. 🌺
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(Picture of a page before the words were written.)
“Though you have changed a thousand times, He has not changed once.” ~ @thehoneydesignco
“serious transformations begin with two commitments:
the courage to try new things and act in new ways
the honesty needed to no longer hide from or lie to ourselves.”
~ @yungpueblo
v. (verb) ~ to talk about the big & small things with someone you love, over a slice of cake and a cup of warm coffee. ~
I have sorely missed writing over the past couple of months. God only knows when it became a part of my being, but writing this is already making me smile.
I was telling my friend today morning that one of my favorite things to do was head to a quiet coffee shop, with a friend or a lover, settle ourselves with our respective cups of coffee and a slice of cake to share (always a good idea), talk for hours as we watch time slowly slip by, and people come and go. Those are my most, most favorite kind of dates.
So I was wondering, why not pair little notes of love, light and all the good feelings with pictures of coffee mugs and cake? :) The thought made me so happy that I had to write it down. :)
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Photo by: Masaki (IG)