visual journal

here's a sneak peak into my visual journal that i've been doing for kimberly's tranquilista lifestyle e-course. i'm having a wonderful time creating. i have so many more ideas & can't wait to create more. just love it when the creativity starts to f-l-o-w!!

gussying up my planner pad & some news

i spent part of this snowy weekend gussying up my planner pad. after hearing kimberly wilson rave about the planner pad i knew i had to try it out. this is my second year with the planner pad and i don't see myself buying any other planner. i am a changed woman ;)

it's too bad that you can't get planner pads in colors, however, you can gussy it up any way you'd like. here's what i did:

front cover
inside front cover
inside back cover
back cover

now for the news... you'll notice on the inside front cover of my planner pad is related to all things buddhism and zen. a while back i asked if anyone had any input as far as a business name. i thought & thought & thought about it and finally come up with "zen from within." i think it's pretty fitting, don't you?!

although i haven't done anything with it, i've registered the domain. since owning my own business is a 5-10 year goal of mine i figured i'd snag the domain for safe keeping. i'm excited!! :)

artsplosion

i was one of the lucky winners of michele's crafty goodness giveaway winners (double hooray because i never win anything & i love this kind of crafty goods). i was expecting to get some stuff, but i got a ton of stuff (see for yourself below) and i love every bit of it!! i am like a kid in a candy store in my own house lol. thank you so much michele!!

pink chalkboard with a twist

remember when little brown pen blogged about a pink chalkboard? well, that got me thinking. i would love to have a chalkboard and definitely a pink one!! so i looked & looked, and no pink chalkboards were to be found. however, on an artist's date to michaels much to my joy, i discovered pink chalkboard paint. i also found this cute speech bubble and thought it would make the cutest little chalkboard.


this is just one of the things i got into on my little vacation. more to come...

photo by moi