(Click the above collage to see full size…)
This little table is circa 1930 or so, it isn’t large but at one time had a leaf that could be put in the middle that is missing. Curvy edges to the table, flat shelves that pull out on each end, and legs so shapely they would make you blush! Best of all it was painted a beautiful sky blue, and better yet it is a bit battered and that paint has worn away in places or been knicked up. It has seen hard times and better days, the latter, I’d like to think, with me. It has held a tiny, Charlie Brown size Christmas tree hung with hundreds of twinkly blue lights my first Christmas alone. There was no place for the tree but on the table. I have written there, done fiberwork, painted, had vintage quilt-tops spread over it and pinned to the wall just above it, and now it is here to bring me joy while I create the book I’ve dreamed of for so long. The table and I have both been around a long time and have bumps and scars and bruises, but we are blissfully happy together and joyful partners in creativity. And it will create exactly the set up I need.
Hi! I didn’t quite make it through your entire post, but I really like what I read. I have switched up my journaling lately as well (what a “coincidence” that I click to you now, huh?)… I have a large black journal that was bought for me around 1997. I have used it for lists, notes, character descriptions and everything in between. Now I’ve covered the pages with images and articles from magazines, cards and notes from children, pictures and information from places I’ve been and places I wanna go, little stickers and tags that I love and can’t bear to throw away. It has become a little place to go to read up on parenting, traveling and all sorts as well as revel in memories.
And then guess what I found a few weeks ago? A journal on Amazon called Wreck this Journal. I’ve been using it for about a week now. It’s sort of a therapy – relaxing my perfectionism type thing for me. It’s also pretty silly, but it has reaffirmed why I love including all sorts of things, keepsakes, etc. in my journals. I don’t just like to write in it anymore.
An-t-way, excited to see your post about journaling, about the book and what you have going on. Sorry my comment is so long. 🙂
HI Maitri,
This post is very inspiring for a blogger like me. You are so right, use the talent God gave to us, I’m still searching for mine..but! ha ha
It’s early in the morning and your post was the first one I read…amazing!
xoxo,
Pearl
How interesting that I discovered your blog this morning. I’ve been traveling down some of the same pathways as you have. I especially appreciate the wisdom of your last paragraph. The more I act in this way, the better life becomes.
I look forward to following your blog.