February 29th, 2008
In case you weren’t aware today is 29th February, which makes this year, 2008, a leap year. As a journal writing prompt think about what you were doing on this day last leap year. If you’ve been keeping a journal all this time you will find this an easy exercise. Locate that date in your […]
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February 28th, 2008
A lot of people comment how they’ve tried writing in a journal or diary, but didn’t find it a personally fulfilling activity. They grew bored with describing the daily events of their lives and didn’t feel they had anything to say; that their lives were too boring. I will often ask for the reason they […]
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February 27th, 2008
Food has the ability to bring out amazing responses from people. We all seem to have a love/hate relationship with food. Many memories revolve around certain dishes. Every one of our senses is involved while cooking and eating food. There’s the social or community aspect involved, too. The ideal atmosphere is preparing and sharing meals […]
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February 26th, 2008
I was thinking today that we spend a lot of time writing about what we intend to do in our journals. Writing down our goals, dreams and otherwise stuff about making plans can sometimes take a lot of energy. Previously I’ve mentioned lists of 100. Today set up a page and write 100 things you […]
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February 25th, 2008
For those of you keeping visual journals or just wanting images that are free to use, make sure you make use of the sweet beach scene over at Stamping Mad. Katelyn has more free images, mostly vintage style, on her excellent blog. So don’t stop at that one image.
Heather
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February 23rd, 2008
This afternoon my daughter related one of those moments when she misread a movie poster while riding to work on the bus the other day. The film was in fact Vantage Point, but she read the words as Vintage Paint. We both had a bit of a laugh, but both of us thought the title […]
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February 22nd, 2008
Today is Friday and that means it’s Freaky Friday. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
Novels, films and even music are marketed as being of a particular genre. Today think of your life from this perspective. Write a journal entry about yourself in the […]
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February 21st, 2008
If you’d love a collage freebie from Zura at Creative Clown then make sure you visit the Creative Clown Shop or use this link for a free download of a collage sheet with women as the theme.
Heather
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February 21st, 2008
I have to thank Jan, who has a seriously cool blog herself, for putting me onto Journal Craft yesterday. How did this website escape my notice? Gill has created a fun place for journal lovers, but especially for those who love visual journals. There’s inspiration, workshops, tutorials, book reviews, interviews and you can look at […]
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February 20th, 2008
In an effort to help you find purpose in life, or at least in writing your journal entries, spend some time writing a list of 100 goals you’d like to achieve. 100 may seem like a lot, but I challenge you to take a closer look at what it is you really want to achieve. […]
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