First Day of Fall

Last weekend I made a bunch of new Paper Wrapped Spiral Pendants for my shop. I’ll probably add them to my shop over the next week or so. I had to do this one first because it was my favorite. I think it would be perfect for a bookworm, the paper is all text from a retired library book.

Fall has been in the air here for a couple weeks, but today it is official. Today is the first day of fall, and it also happens to be my birthday :) This is great because a lot of the time my birthday falls on the last day of summer. Who wants their special day to be on the last day of anything? Plus, fall is the superior season, in my opinion ;)

I’m already starting to see next year’s calendars and planners popping up all over the place. Earlier this year I had an idea, a kind of spin on the daily 5 gratitude journal thing, where I would just try and commit writing one sentence down each night before I go to bed. It didn’t need to be a gratitude, but could be anything about the day, even if it ended up being “today I went to work”. Of course, I haven’t taken this plan into action yet. But, this week I saw two different websites that really inspired me with similar ideas.

Jennifer Johner posted this “one line a day-5 year journal” and she notes “it’s like facebook in a journal form”. I like the idea, but it looks like each line for each date, shares the same page for all 5 years, which would mean that each day I would see what I wrote in the previous years. This might be appealing to some, but lately that idea leaves a rock in my stomach. Long story short, I think a better version of this book, for me, would be a single year. So that way, looking back in the past would be an intentional action, not a daily obligation that might bring back bad memories. In the last few years I’m all about looking forward, and not back. At the same time, I think it’s important to be thoughtful, and reflecting at the end of each day can help make us grateful for today and prepare us for tomorrow.

Then, this week I came upon this wonderful blog jillstodayisaw. This is more along the lines of what I was thinking of for my own personal project, sans the drawing. This is a blog where Jill documents her daily project of writing and drawing something she saw each day. And if that wasn’t awesome enough, each “thing she saw” is then turned into a postcard that she mails to someone! Now, we all know how much Robyn loves getting mail. I’m adding this to my current blog crushes.

And quickly, while we are still on a fall theme, I will leave you with this awesome recipe/tutorial for mini caramel apples. I have already bought the goods and will be making these today. And if you have a bit more time, and are inspired by creative cooking, I encourage you to check out the rest of ChristyRobbins blog, woah! Holy Cupcake Batman!