I love my handmade lifestyle! I enjoy crafts like knitting, crocheting, and creative journaling. These are crucial in my mindfulness journey, especially now that I am working full-time again.
As I explore the possibilities within my current role, I am also guiding myself in balancing my life. I am adjusting well to work, so I just need to enhance my days with some journaling.
To inspire myself to keep on creating and writing, I reached out to Anne of 11*11 Handmade. I commissioned her to make me a traveler’s notebook in salmon pink Argentinian vegetable-tanned leather.
Anne is a one-woman mompreneur who makes all her journals by hand. She takes pride in using vegetable-tanned leather, and guarantees that each journal will age beautifully.
Her journals have been used by fountain pen enthusiasts and calligraphy hobbyists. Since I sketch my food and label my entries with brush lettering, I felt that I deserved a new handmade journal to last me through the years.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that she resides near my office, so we met up when my journal was already completed.
The eco-friendly packaging won my heart during my “unboxing” process.
Say hello to my new synchronicity journal! Anne refers to her creations as synchronicity journals because they serve as vessels for our dreams which will be manifested through action.
I requested for my blog’s name to be embossed on the leather, and yes, it was hand-embossed!
I was pleased with my purchase, and I crocheted on the P2P bus ride home.
I look forward to using my new journal, and living up to my handmade lifestyle everyday! There is always something worth creating, whether it’s a blog entry (yes, I believe this blog is also a craft!), a scarf, or a sketch of my lunch.
The possibilities are limitless!