Fun Friday: Making Books

Today is a day off, and other than some online shopping with my Mom and Sister later, I do not intend on leaving my house at all for any sort of consumer action. Black Friday deals are not for me!

Instead, I am making small books for my co-workers that share the music therapy space at work. One is a recipe book and the other is a future adventures book. I hope they will like them, and it will give me a chance to explore my creativity through making something that I love to make - small journals and books.

One of the things that has really sustained my music therapy professional journey is cultivating hobbies that are not related to music at all! 

I love making journals, and I make them out of all sorts of things. Right now, I am in the design phase of my thinking about all of this. I have to figure out how to make a recipe book. It will be easier to set up the future adventures book, but there are other considerations for that book than the recipe book. It will be a good challenge!

Time to break out the cardboard. glue sticks, and fancy papers.

This month, I am going to an overnight scrapbooking weekend. This is something I have never done before, and I hope that I can get myself ready for this experience. It is outside of my comfort zone to head out into the world to spend time with people that I don't know very well, but it is also something that I have challenged myself to try and do as much as possible that challenges my comfort. So, I spent the $20 to go and put together some projects in the company of strangers.

My feeling of gratitude continued this morning when I woke up. Let's hope that it continues through the rest of this season. I hope that today will bring you some joy. I am now going to show you some of the journals that I have made. If you would like more information about how to get your own original journal from me, please feel free to message me!












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