My 2011 Journaling Introduction/Current Standing
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Hello all!
My name is Sarah, and I'm about a month away from turning 24 years old. I live in a Chicago suburb, and hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Film from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. I'm (perpetually) single, an Aquarius, and I like long walks on the beach... LOL ;-)
I have so many interests, they're hard to list! Film and photography are my top two for sure. I love nature, sculpting, spiritualism, music (country is my favorite, and I also enjoy top 40 kind of stuff), the metaphysical arts, baking, tarot, family, friends, memories, journaling, writing, being online, television and creating in general.
I've been on LJ since May 2001, when I was in 8th grade! As for paper journaling, I was never able to keep one up for long; I had tried all throughout my life. Then one of my friends, Becki, encouraged me to try again while I was at college in late January 2009. And it just clicked! I have been journaling almost daily ever since! I am currently on volume XII and I plan to journal for the rest of my life! I love it!
It has kind of evolved into a project for me. That is, I hope to leave this behind for others to read; I have that intention as I write. I'd love to read old diaries from family members, and I hope my descendants feel the same about reading mine!
As for my style - I guess I'm just kind of normal. Nothing schmancy, really. Mainly text, but I'm also obsessed with paste-ins from my daily life - receipts, ticket stubs, pen tests, letters, cards, you name it. I also write out lyrics and quotations and things like that. Overall, I have come to prefer large notebooks with sturdy covers. My favorites are from Barnes and Noble - their 8.5"x11" fun plastic-covered notebooks. (This is one I have waiting for me: here)
Speaking of a journaling stash, I have lots of journals waiting to be used! I hoard journals! LOL I'm a very picky journaler though. The lines have to be exactly the right width apart, and I have to write with lines. They also have to be of a proper size. I have journaled in a smaller format, and have some smaller blank ones waiting, but overall I prefer having a lot of space for paste-ins without having to trim too much.
I have tons of other supplies as well. Drawing/painting are not my best nor my favorite mediums, but I have lots of paints and markers and crayons and every school supply you could think of. I loooove them. I have Gesso, paper, glitter, all of that as well. My adhesive of choice is rubber cement and my pen of choice is the Pilot G2 in black, 0.7 size. I have a ton of other Pilot G2 colors as well. I also adore Paper Mate Flairs, and have a multipack. I also keep a 10-pack of thin Crayola markers handy too. I use those for "special" things or a bit of color. I seem to be uptight about writing in black, and want to try to break that a little bit, and write with some more color.
My primary journal includes a diary of daily events, and my paste-ins and such. Most everything goes into that one, but I keep a few others as well. I just finished a book called "All About Me" - a book of questions to fill in. (Find it here.) I also keep the following books (and am always up for suggestions!):
- a book called "One Line a Day: a 5-Year Memory Book" in which you write a line or two per day for five years, contained in the same book (find it here)
- a journal for poetry
- a journal for "scenes" in which I write out scenes, plots, fantasies, characters and ideas for fiction writing
- an art journal for scribblings, paintings, etc.
- a dream journal
- a movie log where I write down each movie I watch, the date on which it was watched, whether it's the first time I saw it, where I saw it and how many stars out of 5 I give it
- a bucket list notebook for things I'd like to do during my lifetime
- a notebook to record restaurants I eat at, all the way down to the McDonald's on the corner, including: name, location, date, whether I've eaten there before, who I ate with, what I ate, my bill, comments and stars out of 5
- a notebook logging all of the books I finish, including title, author, date finished, date published, genre, comments and stars out of 5
I also try to keep a daily list of what I call "tidbits." I have weekly, monthly and yearly ones as well. I started this a couple of months ago because I love information, lol. I don't kick myself if I miss a day; it happens when it happens. I've been pretty good about it so far and hope to continue! To see what the heck I am talking about, click this first cut!
I print this page for the back of each new journal:
I also print this for each journal:
If you would like these Word documents, I am willing to share! Shoot me an email or PM with your email address and I will send them along! (My email address is simplememories AT sbcglobal DOT net)
In addition to all the previous insanity I have displayed, I also keep a Word document log of all the journals I have completed. For a sample page, click this second cut!
Under this cut is a massive photo post of my current supply stash, as well as the journals I have worked with in the past, am working with now and will be in the future.
1. My journaling shelf - on the left are completed journals, on the right are empty ones. In the middle are note cards, envelopes, return address labels, etc.
2. The journals waiting to be used
3. My finished journals, in order: top row, L to R; bottom row, L to R
4. “All About Me”
5. My poetry journal
6. My “scenes” journal (see the above post for explanation)
7. My art journal
8. My log books (the red one on top is my dream log)
9. Inside my restaurant log
10. Inside my read books log
11. Inside my bucket list book
12. Inside my movie log
13. My one-line-a-day book (see the above post for information)
14. Inside the one-line-a-day book
15. My current journal!
16. 99% of my supplies!
17. Here you can see mini envelopes (for putting things in to paste in - found at Dollar Tree), glitter markers and stamps
18. My Pilot G2 collection + refills
19. My Paper Mate Flair collection, as well as my Uniball Signo pens
20. Pink bag first, then clockwise: Crayola stamping markers, Crayola scented crayons, Crayola mini Mix-Ems markers, Crayola Twistables colored pencils
21. My adhesives and Gesso, Crayola Pipsqueaks markers, Crayola Color Explosion paper and markers
22. Middle: Crayola True To Life colored pencils; purple bag, then clockwise: Crayola crayons, Crayola True To Life crayons, Mr. Sketch scented markers, Crayola True To Life markers
23. Paper, scissors and a bag with 12 Crayola colored pencils and 10 Crayola thin markers
24. Rose Art colored pencils and Crayola markers
25. Purple bag, then clockwise: Crayola pearlescent crayons, Prang watercolors, Sharpie markers and Crayola watercolors
26. What I use most frequently, overall:
27. The whole array on my bed
28. All of that inside a big recyclable Target bag (I apologize for this one being slightly out of focus!)
- All of the detailed posts I have done about all of the volumes I have completed: here - these are links within my personal journal, but they're all public :)
- My Flickr: here - I'm freelancing as a photographer these days
- My deviantART: here - photos and polymer clay works
- My 365 photo project: here - a photo a day for a year!
- My Facebook fan page: here
Thanks for looking! :-)
Hello all!
My name is Sarah, and I'm about a month away from turning 24 years old. I live in a Chicago suburb, and hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Film from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. I'm (perpetually) single, an Aquarius, and I like long walks on the beach... LOL ;-)
I have so many interests, they're hard to list! Film and photography are my top two for sure. I love nature, sculpting, spiritualism, music (country is my favorite, and I also enjoy top 40 kind of stuff), the metaphysical arts, baking, tarot, family, friends, memories, journaling, writing, being online, television and creating in general.
I've been on LJ since May 2001, when I was in 8th grade! As for paper journaling, I was never able to keep one up for long; I had tried all throughout my life. Then one of my friends, Becki, encouraged me to try again while I was at college in late January 2009. And it just clicked! I have been journaling almost daily ever since! I am currently on volume XII and I plan to journal for the rest of my life! I love it!
It has kind of evolved into a project for me. That is, I hope to leave this behind for others to read; I have that intention as I write. I'd love to read old diaries from family members, and I hope my descendants feel the same about reading mine!
As for my style - I guess I'm just kind of normal. Nothing schmancy, really. Mainly text, but I'm also obsessed with paste-ins from my daily life - receipts, ticket stubs, pen tests, letters, cards, you name it. I also write out lyrics and quotations and things like that. Overall, I have come to prefer large notebooks with sturdy covers. My favorites are from Barnes and Noble - their 8.5"x11" fun plastic-covered notebooks. (This is one I have waiting for me: here)
Speaking of a journaling stash, I have lots of journals waiting to be used! I hoard journals! LOL I'm a very picky journaler though. The lines have to be exactly the right width apart, and I have to write with lines. They also have to be of a proper size. I have journaled in a smaller format, and have some smaller blank ones waiting, but overall I prefer having a lot of space for paste-ins without having to trim too much.
I have tons of other supplies as well. Drawing/painting are not my best nor my favorite mediums, but I have lots of paints and markers and crayons and every school supply you could think of. I loooove them. I have Gesso, paper, glitter, all of that as well. My adhesive of choice is rubber cement and my pen of choice is the Pilot G2 in black, 0.7 size. I have a ton of other Pilot G2 colors as well. I also adore Paper Mate Flairs, and have a multipack. I also keep a 10-pack of thin Crayola markers handy too. I use those for "special" things or a bit of color. I seem to be uptight about writing in black, and want to try to break that a little bit, and write with some more color.
My primary journal includes a diary of daily events, and my paste-ins and such. Most everything goes into that one, but I keep a few others as well. I just finished a book called "All About Me" - a book of questions to fill in. (Find it here.) I also keep the following books (and am always up for suggestions!):
- a book called "One Line a Day: a 5-Year Memory Book" in which you write a line or two per day for five years, contained in the same book (find it here)
- a journal for poetry
- a journal for "scenes" in which I write out scenes, plots, fantasies, characters and ideas for fiction writing
- an art journal for scribblings, paintings, etc.
- a dream journal
- a movie log where I write down each movie I watch, the date on which it was watched, whether it's the first time I saw it, where I saw it and how many stars out of 5 I give it
- a bucket list notebook for things I'd like to do during my lifetime
- a notebook to record restaurants I eat at, all the way down to the McDonald's on the corner, including: name, location, date, whether I've eaten there before, who I ate with, what I ate, my bill, comments and stars out of 5
- a notebook logging all of the books I finish, including title, author, date finished, date published, genre, comments and stars out of 5
I also try to keep a daily list of what I call "tidbits." I have weekly, monthly and yearly ones as well. I started this a couple of months ago because I love information, lol. I don't kick myself if I miss a day; it happens when it happens. I've been pretty good about it so far and hope to continue! To see what the heck I am talking about, click this first cut!
I print this page for the back of each new journal:
I also print this for each journal:
If you would like these Word documents, I am willing to share! Shoot me an email or PM with your email address and I will send them along! (My email address is simplememories AT sbcglobal DOT net)
In addition to all the previous insanity I have displayed, I also keep a Word document log of all the journals I have completed. For a sample page, click this second cut!
Under this cut is a massive photo post of my current supply stash, as well as the journals I have worked with in the past, am working with now and will be in the future.
1. My journaling shelf - on the left are completed journals, on the right are empty ones. In the middle are note cards, envelopes, return address labels, etc.
2. The journals waiting to be used
3. My finished journals, in order: top row, L to R; bottom row, L to R
4. “All About Me”
5. My poetry journal
6. My “scenes” journal (see the above post for explanation)
7. My art journal
8. My log books (the red one on top is my dream log)
9. Inside my restaurant log
10. Inside my read books log
11. Inside my bucket list book
12. Inside my movie log
13. My one-line-a-day book (see the above post for information)
14. Inside the one-line-a-day book
15. My current journal!
16. 99% of my supplies!
17. Here you can see mini envelopes (for putting things in to paste in - found at Dollar Tree), glitter markers and stamps
18. My Pilot G2 collection + refills
19. My Paper Mate Flair collection, as well as my Uniball Signo pens
20. Pink bag first, then clockwise: Crayola stamping markers, Crayola scented crayons, Crayola mini Mix-Ems markers, Crayola Twistables colored pencils
21. My adhesives and Gesso, Crayola Pipsqueaks markers, Crayola Color Explosion paper and markers
22. Middle: Crayola True To Life colored pencils; purple bag, then clockwise: Crayola crayons, Crayola True To Life crayons, Mr. Sketch scented markers, Crayola True To Life markers
23. Paper, scissors and a bag with 12 Crayola colored pencils and 10 Crayola thin markers
24. Rose Art colored pencils and Crayola markers
25. Purple bag, then clockwise: Crayola pearlescent crayons, Prang watercolors, Sharpie markers and Crayola watercolors
26. What I use most frequently, overall:
27. The whole array on my bed
28. All of that inside a big recyclable Target bag (I apologize for this one being slightly out of focus!)
- All of the detailed posts I have done about all of the volumes I have completed: here - these are links within my personal journal, but they're all public :)
- My Flickr: here - I'm freelancing as a photographer these days
- My deviantART: here - photos and polymer clay works
- My 365 photo project: here - a photo a day for a year!
- My Facebook fan page: here
Thanks for looking! :-)