Her birthday journal was delivered Tuesday and she is over the moon happy with it.
She was delighted with the number of "intriguing" things - like this page with a stamp from Rwanda featuring a Norman Rockwell Santa Claus and a quality control slip from an at-home COVID test.
I found all of my Queen Elizabeth stamps and added them to this page from an old stamp catalog.
Everyone in her family is a huge fan of Charlie Brown . . . and the snaps came from the stash of our mom.
I even managed to tuck in a few bits of fabric (right page) - something I want to do much more of going forward.
She said she loved all the empowering words . . .
Didn't we all grow up eating Animal Crackers?
Another quote she especially liked.
The paper towel was used to soak up excess water in the pans after Little Man and I painted with water colors one day.
Turns out paper towel works well in journals!
I used this random water color note from who knows where and added a quote inside - Don't make things more complicated than they need to be (she and I are famous for doing that).
And here's a top view of the finished journal.
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I was so worried about gifting one of my randomly eclectic journals, but after her reactions, I feel much better about gifting another one someday in the future.
Quiltdivajulie
-----------------------------------------------"The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart."
George Sand
