Princess Leah

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Categories: DIY

DIY Travel Journal

Hello there! I hope everything is well with you people ☺️

I always wanted to have my own travel journal. I am not so good in writing a procedure (not good at writing at all! Haha nagfe-feeling lang!) but I would love to share how I did my journal.

After few times of browsing and checking on Pinterest, I had a strong feeling of making my own. Why? First, the popular Midori Travel Journal is expensive. Don’t get me wrong, I love it so much. If I could, I would love to buy one for me one day. But because of circumstances, I cannot afford a 25-40 dollars journal.

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So, I have to make another option– Do-It-Yourself.

Second, I am really a journal lover. I have learned that nowadays, people make different kinds of journal and it was a good idea that we have separate journal for our random thoughts, verse of the day and prayer, Daily to-do-list journal or planner, and a Travel Journal, where you keep records of memories and places you went to. You can also write the places you wanted to go and make it your goal.

Travel journal isn’t only for people who travel all the time, out of town or country trips. You can also use this when you go places within your vicinity. For example, I just want to go to Starbucks. Since I live in Aruba, where surrounded by beautiful beaches, I can go there and take a picture, print it/them before or after going to SB and write about my thoughts. It doesn’t have to be out of the country all the time. So don’t make it like “Oh this is only for travelers” Nah.. I strongly believe this is for everybody who doesn’t want to stay at home the whole day and make his/her day fun and memorable.

Okay! Lets begin… (daldal ko e no?haha)

Materials Needed:

  • Foam (Color of your choice)
  • White papers
  • Specialty papers
  • Wrapper
  • Elastic bands
  • Stapler
  • Sewing Kit
  • Ruler
  • Scissor
  • Washi tapes (optional)
  • Printer (optional)

As you can see, I couldn’t find an elastic bands so I used my choker with bling bling. 😂 (it would be great if you have elastic)

Procedure:

1. Make inserts first.

I am not gonna lie, google is my best friend. Everyone’s best friend. I searched for the dimensions.

You can use this size for the inserts. But you can also make your own.

For me, I just fold the letter size white paper lengthwise and measure vertically (21cm) and then cut the excess.

You can also follow the dimensions from Midori Traveler’s Notebook.

The quantity of papers to use is upto to you, Midori has 32sheets. I only used 10sheets because this is my first time doing it, I do not know if I will be able to use it properly. I didn’t want to waste the papers. But the good thing is, you can add more anytime.

2. Cut and Pile them.

After you measure, cut the excess of the paper and insert one by one.

3. Staple

4. Cover

Since I do not have a leather, I used foam. I watched videos on Youtube for the procedure of this:

As I have said, I used my choker for this. But I would suggest to buy an elastic band.

It’s actually upto you how long or wide you want your journal. You can make any adjustment with this.

When it’s ready, carefully add the 4 inserts. 5. Optional: Printable Dot/Grid Paper

I searched for a free Dotted paper. And I found this one from SavorAndSavvy It’s so cool. I don’t own that. It helped me with my new journal. Thank you! She has free printables for planners or bullet journaling. Check it out!

You can always choose a style on your notebook. If you want it plain, let it be. If you want to use specialty paper, dotted paper, go ahead. Be free to create something new.

I think that’s really the fun part, you learn from others, get idead from others and try to be creative on your own. ❤️

And there you go.

Bring your journal wherever you go, keep records on whats happening around you, take pictures, save the little papers whether a receipt from the restaurant you ate at, the tickets from the movies you watched, the plane tickets, the stamp from the places you went to, write your thoughts & experiences and.. yeah! Explore the world.

Handcrafted is heart-made. Make your own travel journal! ❤️

Categories: DIY

DIY Penholders

Hello gals and guys! It’s been a while. My travel post is still pending. I didn’t finish yet. I’m back in Aruba and it’s been hectic since I arrived. A lot of things happened not to mention the wedding preparation. And yes! I am getting married very soon. Finally! Haha

Well this post is not about that. I would like to share this DIY penholders. I was looking for a place or something to put all my pens (I have a lot!) but since I moved in to a new place, I don’t have everything yet but I wanted to organize my stuff especially when I do write, journal and scrapbooking. Thank God I have these to start with.

Materials:

1. Holder (from Pik-nik, peanut can, and piroulie)

2. Pink cartolina (or color of your choice)

3. Ruler

4. Glue gun (with glue! Of course! Haha)

5. Scissor or cutter

6. Washy tape (optional)

Procedure:

It’s easy, cartolina is to cover these holders. You can design it afterwards (sorry! Not so good in explaining procedure. Haha)

Here’s the result:

It’s simple. And you don’t only save money but you exercise your creativity and you can personalize it.

And everytime you are on your desk, doing your thing, remember that “You are awesome”.

Thank you! May God bless your day.

Napadaan lang ako sa inyong mga feed. ❤️

Love,

-Princess

Categories: DIY, Personal

DIY 2017 Bullet Journal/Life Planner Set Up

I love writing and journaling but this is actually my first time doing a BuJo. After browsing on the internet especially on Pinterest. I finally decided to make my own. 

I used colored cardstock, white papers and some stickers. I bought them at Palais Hindu and Dyon Center. At first, I wanted to just simply buy one. I saw a beautiful planner/journal at Kate Spade. I wanted it so bad but it’s quite expensive. So I decided to do DIY Planner. It’s more fun to design your own, though. 

The categories I have:

1. Day Planner- my daily plan

2. Ministry – all about church stuff.

3. Expenses

4. Notes

5. Goals 

6. Projects

7. Contacts

Honestly, I just use this dividers I saw from an old organizer at home. I didn’t buy them. You can always make your own. Go to Microsoft Excel or Word, type your categories and print. 
Someone gave me a hanging calendar. I used it for my planner. 

I don’t really have much to do but I decided to plan to be productive. It is helpful for me to stop procrastinating. I honestly lost my motivation here, I wanted and praying to go back Philippines. It is really hard to be an overseas worker. I have to be strong and strive harder. So this is good to track how am I doing with my life. But you know, its not that easy to go back to my country because I have met my love of my life here. So trying to motivate myself and keep going. 

 
That’s my daily plan looks like. I am sorry for the mess around. I don’t have table in my room. I have a small room but I am thankful I have place to sleep. 😝 I put verse everyday so I am always be reminded how faithful God is and to trust him everyday. I also add a habit tracker. Since, I also love scrapbooking, I kinda like to design my pages sometimes. I am planning to add pictures as well. Sounds fun!  Besides from daily plan, I also have a weekly plan. To be honest, I am more into designing my pages. 😂  But I have to remind myself to plan and be really serious about doing it. Keep motivated and determined. Every good memories are good to write down. When you have to look back, you’ll remember how you days become happy! I put a page for special memories.  If you are planning to make one for your journal, bring out the artistic spirit in you. As long as you are having fun, go for it!


I love watching movies with special someone,family and friends. One of my to-do list for this year is to watch alone. Let’s see! Hihi. And, of course, Korean series are the best! OMG it’s really fun to watch korean love stories 😍 This is not necessary but for me it’s fun to write them down. I added page for them 😅

Next, birthday and special events. You’ll be reminded to greet them and do something for your friends and love ones. I added this because I used to memorize all of their birthdays but because of technology, we sometimes depend on fb reminders or phone reminders. It’s not bad to do that but for me, I wanted to remember them by heart. 


Because of so much websites to join, we sometimes forget our passwords. So Websites with Password page in your journal can help you remember them. But of course, be really careful not to leave your journal unattended. 

Good thing about Bullet Journal, you can add more pages as much as you want. I also put some quotes and motivational and inspirational reminders between the days or weeks. You can choose where you want them to put. It’s really helpful for me to keep going especially when I don’t have enough courage to do something. Reminding myself that God created me to do something  great in this world. Remind yourself everyday that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. 

So far, this is my set up. I got some ideas from Youtube and Pinterest. Happy Journaling! 😘 
–Princess

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