Jump for Joy

I did actually finish something this week. It’s what I call an Affirmation Journal and it’s for someone very special to me who I don’t see enough of. She’s making a fairly major career change – getting out of a career that she is good at and very capable of, but which is not giving her real fulfillment. I think she admires me for following my dreams so I hope she is now on a path to finding hers.

The book is filled with journal prompts and she has strict instructions (written on a little card in the front pocket) not to worry about spoiling the pretty pages, but to actually get a pen out and USE the book to help her capture her thoughts and emotions.

I’m trying the WordPress Gallery feature here – click on a thumbnail to see a larger version. There’s not a huge amount to see as this is basically a blank book with some prompts. I am pleased with it though. It started life as a trade show workshop project from Artgirlz – two zany artists with a refreshingly colourful outlook on life. It’s been sitting in a half finished state for a couple of years and I came across it this week. We were given the little book, plus some coloured paper and sheets printed with all these wonderfully positive words and little doodled images

I added some envelopes to pop the spare words into and used some Autumn Leaves rubber stamps here and there, cut a couple of windows and added a little painting. I plan on packaging up the book with some nice gel pens, a pair of scissors and some glue – everything you need for a portable journalling kit.