CHRISTMAS JOURNALS BACK IN STOCK!

You asked and I'm delivering...Christmas journals are now back in stock! It's so perfect to use for your December Daily project or for the December 30 Days of Lists challenge like I'll be doing.

EDITED TO ADD | This journal has sold out, but new holiday journals have been re-stocked!

There are only two journals available, so if you've been thinking about snagging one, now would be the time to add it to your cart and checkout. You'll get a mini kit plus a really fun add-on embellishment kit.

I'll be using this same journal for the December 30 Days of Lists December challenge. This round will be my 18th challenge, so yeah, you can say that I kinda love this project.

LEARN MORE + BUY IT NOW

Learn more about 30 Lists and register here.
Click here to buy your Christmas Journal, it's a ready to ship item!

Hello December Journaling Card

I wanted to pop in and share this little Hello December journal card that I'll be using in my 30 Lists mini book and Gratitude Journals...and I thought that you may like it as well. You can find more journal cards here. And here's a project sharing how I added the journal card to my journal.

Oh yeah, and there's a 30% off Cyber Monday Sale at I Love It All!

Let this be just a little reminder that the simple things can bring us such sweet joy.

Harmony

See more of my Sunday Photos feature here.

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Let Us Gather and Be Grateful

Free December Calendar in 2 Sizes

How will you be using your free December calendar?
As a countdown calendar?
In your planner?
Or maybe in your memory keeping projects?

Free WiFi Password Sign

For all those times you've had a social event and everyone is wondering what your WiFi password is, here's your sign.

How to Get More Design Options from Your Journal Cards

I'm not much of a rebel, but I am all about making the most of what you have on hand. I love coming up with new ways to use product, so today I'm going to share with you a few ways to get more design options from your journal cards.

You can find 40+ designs in the shop, or you can use goodies from your stash. The techniques are the same and the ideas can be twisted into a multitude of new designs.

GRAB YOUR SUPPLIES

• Today, I'll be using these two sets: Count Your Blessings + Autumn Leaves.
• Your favorite adhesive - I use an Elmer's glue stick because it allows me to move my image around until I find just the right spot before it dries completely
• A Glassine Bag
• Manila Shipping Tag
• Washi Tape
• Cardstock + Kraft Paper

DESIGNING WITH JOURNAL CARDS

For the page divider in my Gratitude Journal, I added a few strips of washi tape as a base layer and then popped the pumpkin image from this set on top.

After printing and trimming the cards onto white cardstock, I fussy cut around the pumpkin image to create my very own die cut. It's just a fun way to add your own style + personality to your journals and mini books.

One of my favorite techniques is to add hidden journaling to my list journals and mini books. This list prompt had me reflecting upon my brother-in-law who had passed away recently.

Journaling on the shipping tag and tucking it inside the glassine bag offered me a way to keep my reflections private. By adding a fussy cut leaf from this set, which I printed on kraft paper, it added another layer of privacy.

Here's another time I cut around a journal card and used it in a journal. My page already had a leaf theme going, so why not continue with that, right?

How do you get more design bang for your buck?
What are your favorite scrapbook supply hacks?

CARD SETS I USED

#30LISTS REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

If you love list challenges as much as I do, you'll be happy to hear that registration for 30 Days of Lists is now open. You can read more about it here or use my {affiliate} link to register, it costs you nothing extra but I earn a small fee. 

Thank You Veterans

See more of my weekly Sunday Photos series - enjoy encouraging words and nature photography.

Our Maple Lane Corn Maze Adventures

Last weekend, we all piled in the car and headed out to Greenback for our annual Maple Lane Corn Maze adventures. Oh my gosh, the weather was so perfect; blue skies, puffy clouds, sunshine, warm temps and a slight breeze.

Yep, just perfect!

The girls took turns reading the clues as we answered the multiple choice questions. We mostly knew all the answers, but it was multiple choice so it wasn't too hard after we eliminated the obvious no's!

There were several different themes to choose from, we picked American History this year. I'm pretty sure that we only had to turn around once out of the 10 clues.

These girls, they have a healthy relationship: a little competition with a huge dose of love; even if they don't want the other one to know.

I'm terrible at selfies, truly terrible, but I try. And it was worth it to try to get a shot with this hottie. He is my everything.

And then as we were corn-mazing, he called my name and I turned around. I was caught off guard and surprised to see him with his phone up and ready to snap a picture.

I talked Victoria into posing for photos in the Kiddie area, but Isabella was a "nope" on this one.

Proud Mama with her girls, who continue to amaze me and blow me out of the water with their talents, wit and intelligence. 

Then my wacky guy said that we should pretend we were models for a catalog and be very animated and photogenic. Here are the outtakes.

Clearly Isabella is not amused.
And apparently, 3 out of 4 Wrights are mad for plaid!

We'll definitely be back next year for more Corn Maze adventures, and more photos!

Yesterday In My Gratitude Journal

Yesterday in my gratitude journal, I told a story. It wasn't a long story, but it was more than I could have included in the gratitude journal I use most often {see it here} and see more of my #ilovethursdaythanks posts here.

what I used | before and after

This is my Gratitude Journal after more than a year of use. In hindsight, I probably wouldn't have added the hexagon shape going off the top of the page because it gets crumpled when I put it back on my bookshelf.

It holds some wonderful memories that I'm thankful to have and may have otherwise forgotten had I not written them down.

This is the Gratitude Journal you'll receive, which includes the embellishment pack you see.

this week's thankful thought

How could I not include a story of Isabella's bowling match on Tuesday? She bowled a 180 after having been a bowler for just 8 weeks. Wow!!!!! We're so proud FOR her and of her.

in my gratitude journal

I'm pretty sure I've shared some of these pages before, but I wanted to show how easy it is to use what scraps and bits you already have in your Gratitude Journal. I like having a few pages pre-embellished so I can just sit down and share my story.

I get it, not everyone feels the need to decorate, but it's something that makes me happy, so I do!

Don't have any paper bits or stickers? Shop the Embellishment Kits, Die Cuts, Tags and Supplies sections in the I Love It All shop to see more goodies. There are even Print At Home journaling card sets that you could use, like I did here.

join in

Want to document your own #ilovethursdaythanks? Write down what you're thankful for, it doesn't have to be in a journal or notebook, just list it and then head on over to Instagram to post! Be sure to use the hashtag #ilovethursdaythanks so I can take a peek!

no right or wrong way

Let no one, not even yourself, tell you that you didn't do it right. There is no right, there is no wrong. Just do it. A year from now, you'll look back on your journaling and it will make you all the more thankful that you took a few minutes to write it down.