There are only three pages left in my first traveler’s notebook insert. I can’t believe it filled up this fast. I have been in this insert for about for months now in which Inserts became my new favorite thing to write in and I can’t wait to decorate my new one. I am already looking for ideas. Besides being excited about moving into a new insert I wanted to try something new and added some more bits and pieces to the insert I am about to finish which I want to show you today.
When I started this insert I didn’t know what to put on the first page. At first, I wanted to add a quote but I couldn’t find one that fit and I never found a better idea. I never liked that my first page was empty and that the ink I wrote with on the other page bled through. Now that I am at the end of this insert I finally had an idea on what to do with this page. I decided to include a table of content. Although my old journal had a table of content which I never really used I wanted to include something in this journal that would make it easier to find certain events or times I went through. I am currently in the process of graduating and I thought I might want to skip through that time in my life someday.
Table of content
First I skipped through my whole journal and numbered every single page. Of course, I didn’t notice I missed four pages until I was done and had to cross some of the numbers I had already written but I decided not to worry about that. I worry too much about making everything perfect.
Next, I created a background using some cardstock and glued some ripped graph paper on top. Then I went through my insert again and added all the event I thought I might look for in a couple of years to my table of content.
I also wanted to add some tabs which turned out to be harder than I thought because I didn’t leave any space at the end of the page. Instead, I pretty much wrote up to the edge of the paper. I got the idea from @agirlwithajournal and @megjournals because they are both obsessed with them and decided to give it a try. I went through my journal once more and added some very small tabs wherever I found some space. In the end, I ended up really liking them and decided to leave some space to add tabs in my next insert.
Is there anything you do once you are heading towards finishing your journal?
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After I got home I took that little drawing and played around with it on my Computer. That was fun and when I showed it to my friends we got the idea to do the same thing with us three. Kind of like a gang picture. The next day I sat down and started with my little project. Today I want to show you the different steps I did to create these characters.
Start sketching your ideas. You can look up reference pictures to get ideas or to find a style you want to go with. Experiment with different. I started off with a business card I found with a little cartoon character on it that I liked and then changed the style to my likings. I find it easier to sketch on paper than on my computer but that is just how I work. After I was satisfied with my sketch I took a picture of it and imported it on my computer.
Hello and welcome back to my monthly habit tracker review where I talk all about my last month. How has your May been? To be honest, mine wasn’t as great as I hoped it would be but I am trying not to ruin June by that thought. I think the problem is that I had too high expectations for May. I thought since my exams are over I get to do a lot of fun stuff and be creative all day and when that didn’t happen I fell into a hole of frustration, which only made it worse.
