Old Journal Out, New Journal In!

If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I have been using a journal I just..really hate... for awhile now. I even received permission from several tweeps to STOP using it as my journal (and just use it for scrap paper or whatever else I needed) and to not feel obligated to use it as a journal. I just couldn't do it. I stopped for awhile but had to finish it. Its lack of completeness was bothering me.

Guess what? I finally finished it!! I will never, ever again buy a journal I do not absolutely love. Because it's torture to use it. So here is the wretched journal in question:

I went through my stash of unused journals (which is probably larger than it should be... sigh...) and picked out this one - a Banditapple Carnet Tablet Notebook in Manduka Honey, with lined paper. A nice size for journaling because it's not so big that it's intimidating to fill, but it's not so small that it's awkward to write/doodle in. And the paper is good with fountain pens!

While it's a very pretty and warm colour, I wanted to decorate it. Do not judge my skills, I have none.

I can hear you laughing. I know you are!!