My journal pages

I had a couple of hours to finish some of the journal pages I've started last week. I particularly like this one. I am can easily imagine myself sitting on the veranda with a nice book and a latte, looking at the beautiful garden. Wooden rocking chair with handmade linen cushion will probably be my reading nook. I most certainly need to make a quilt too, for the chilly nights:)

There are two pages devoted to sewing but so far I finished one as I need more magazines to add a few more details to the second page. Motivational quote, cute buttons, thread spools and a lovely pincushion, these bits and pieces are everything that I need for inspiration.
I am woking on more pages and every month there are more beautiful things to add. New journal will be needed soon so I'd better start searching for a new one....

Hope you are had a great Tuesday!

Collecting inspirations....

Having some free time this long weekend, I took my journal out  and went through some recent magazines I've purchased. Discovering, admiring and reading about new things and places is my second favourite way to spend a quite afternoon after craft. 

When all things that inspire me are cut out, it's time to sort them out by theme. These time there are a few themes that are evolving so far: vintage, books and sewing. 

I will share a few finished pages with you next week. 

I use just a drawing book for my journal but I found these recycled scrap notebook DIY project over at Design*Sponge that looks very tempting and what is the best way for creating a special journal if not making it yourself?!

Happy Saturday!

Organizing, managing, scheduling...

Today, it's all about stock intake, scheduling and organizing Plushka's life. I love being organised! I used to love my uni years when I had a schedule, deadlines, assessments as I knew what I need to do and when. There is a little bit of control freak in me (ok, maybe a bit more then a little bit).

With a few customer orders mounting up, I felt a need to go back to "organized me" and stop keeping things in my head. I followed a great advice from Jane and Jake that you can read here. I agree with her that to-do lists can be hard to manage and very time-consuming when you need to move tasks from one page to the next according to their priority. I adapted her method a little bit though to suit my needs. I took:

*cute post-it notes

*some washi tape

*pink paper that I cut out little squares from to brighten up the page

*my journal that I keep my inspirations in (see a few pages here)

So, the urgent things to do on the right page and Easter orders, that I've got a few weeks to complete, on the left. I will use pink squares for the orders that I need to post or payments to track so I can easily remove them when it's done.

I still use a calendar so I can see the whole month in front of me. I'll see if this system will work for me and report back:)

How do you keep yourself organized? Which system do you use?

Journal pages...

My journal is a big part of me, it contains all things that I love, dream about, places I travel too in my mind when I look at the beautiful pictures..... I love picking pictures from my favourite magazines like Frankie, Country style, Notebook magazine..... to create colorful collage pages of my journal......

I leave some space that later will be filled with my thoughts, quotes and sometimes even housekeeping tips.....

Do you keep a journal? If you do, there is one blog that I would definitely recommend you visiting: The journal keepers. Enjoy!