Remember my washi tape notebook post? I mentioned I've always kept some sort of notebook to write down "to do's". I recently found a stash of old notebooks I've used through the years, and thought it'd be fun to share them with you ;)
So back in high school, I was really into Modge Podge, has anyone heard of it/used it? Good old modge podge. I modged everything! I modged my binders, candle holders, frames, I modged a huge trunk I had - it was awesome! That was back in the day when I still got magazines, I'd have magazine scraps everywhere and it was so fun hunting and cutting content to use. Now it seems sad to cut up magazines since they seem to be a dying art.
I would draw out my calendars each month, hehe. Now I've upgraded to making them in illustrator and printing them out ;) I mentioned in the other post that a friend saw this once and commented that I was ocd. Maybe a little? hehe.
AWWW, this was my favorite part as I was going through these notebooks. I totally have September 25th marked as our "1 year" with a heart and Nick's initials ;)
Nick & I talked about beliefs and different things one night at a 'casino night' school event, then I invited him to church with me. We went to church one evening and had in-n-out hamburgers at a park afterward. (We got married at that same park) Found this name tag in one of the pages, from the night we went to college group at my church. It totally took me back to that time over 5 years ago and thought about our whole journey. I'd love to go back and see us again then. Kerri had a really neat post about falling in love, she says "There's something about falling in love—with that person you're going to spend your life with—that is unparalleled" It's true. Those first months were so much fun, the excitement and newness of it all. I love Nick even more now, but will never forget those first months when our relationship was just starting out.
2004?! Seems like so long ago.
Well used and well loved.
I've never been good at keeping journals so I realized these notebooks kind of served as a substitute for them. I can go through the calendars and see what I was doing around that time, go through all the pages of lists and to-do's. If you have journals or notebooks stashed away, have a look at them! It is so much fun going down memory lane.
That's awesome that you kept these! They look like they could house really neat 'zines.
ReplyDeleteinspiring! love these - i draw out my calendars, too! they take more work but is it weird that i like doing it?!
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm impressed you've kept up the organization for so long. I start a notebook and then lose my grove. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWow that is so cool that you did that in high school. I would say you were ahead of the times because I think that is STILL cool. What cool notebooks and memories!
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Super cool creative notebooks! What a fun way to make your stuff look cool!! You even make organizing with calendars look fun! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI still have old note and scrap books from long ago and it's always fun to bring them back out every couple of years to flips through them! :)
ReplyDeleteI love these! I did the same exact thing all through high school and college and it really is so fun to look back! Thanks for sharing - I think I should go pull some of my old ones out to remember what a fun time in my life that was!
ReplyDeletecute notebooks. i have the same trouble with keeping journals but your "to do" books make me want to try something new :)
ReplyDeletethis is awesome. i totally want to do something like this now.
ReplyDeleteand yes, i have modge podged old journals myself. ;)
I thought I was the only one who kept calendars. I wrap each calendar up with that years Christmas cards and the next year it gives me the opportunity to sort of review what took place. Always brings back lost of fond memories.
ReplyDeleteThis is so absolutely wonderful. I lost all my notebooks and it really was a sad sad day. Especially knowing they contained all my thoughts about a particular time in my life.
ReplyDeleteomg! i can't believe you've kept all those!
ReplyDeletethis makes me so sad that i haven't kept so many of my planners/calendars. i have a few- and it's so fun to reminisce and see all the fun events of life (or what i thought was eventful then)
ReplyDeletei loved to mod podge them with magazines and then cover them in clear packaging tape.....lol
thanks for the sweet memory!
What a lovely post! I used to do that with my notebooks in High School too! I think I have them at my mum's house, I have to go and get them! :) So many memories!
ReplyDeleteWow I lovee these notebooks. I'm really impressed with your hand drawn calendars!
ReplyDeletei did the same exact thing! loved modge podge. and i also kept lots of my planners until recently when i moved. so many good memories.
ReplyDeleteand i love reading about your story...truly amazing and beautiful how love just happens sometimes. :)
i heard that magazine sales have actually gone up!
ReplyDelete*high five* love love love notebooks! i keep some old ones too :) but for my latest ones? i hardly dont wanna write on them coz they seem to be too cute to be spoilt on hahaha :)
ReplyDeleteCute notebooks. I can see that you had an artistic flair from a young age.
ReplyDeleteYour notebooks are so fun! I also loved doing collage with mod podge and magazines back in the day. I wish I had kept some of those. I do keep all my calendars and it cracks me up sometimes to look back. I made my own washi tape planner that was totally inspired by yours! http://jennnash.typepad.com/blog/2011/08/time-for-an-intervention.html I'm kinda obsessed with washi tape... I've done a lot of projects with it recently.
ReplyDeleteTHEY MAKE SUCH A PRETTY COLLECTION ALL TOGETHER. SO FUN. I LOVE READING THROUGH MY OLD DIARIES. I REALIZE HOW MUCH I HAVE CHANGED AND ALSO HOW MUCH I HAVEN;T CHANGED...HAHA
ReplyDeleteI just went through my old calendars the other day! Sooo many memories-including Capernwray!!
ReplyDeleteloving the notebooks. When I was a kid I kept journals, but now I can barely keep up with them so instead I record everything with photos.
ReplyDeleteI have 7 diaries, going back to when I was in the 5th grade! I've been looking for a new diary after I finish my 7th, but your creativity inspires me to create my own diary :)
ReplyDeleteHi Danni, I've been following your blog for a while now. Your posts are always so inspirational, and leave me thinking what a nice person you are and how I should aspire to be. So I was particularly excited when I read this post because I used to have notebooks just like this in high school and college, where I'd meticulously log my schedule and events. I often was called OCD because of it too. Sadly I didn't save mine. Your comment about falling in love with the person you end up marrying rings so true; there's such an exciting feeling in new love. Thanks for always sharing your world with us. I've been able to cultivate my creative side because of your posts :-)
ReplyDeleteI love these, thank you so much for sharing them with us! Going through old notebooks provides such an awesome sense of nostalgia. I'm still an avid fan of Mod Podge.
ReplyDeleteGASP! Love love love.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I've always been a notebook collector myself. When I was younger I would keep journals & then I shifted to using notebooks more for lists. This makes me want to gather all my notebooks in one place & lOok through them!
ReplyDeleteI Love these! (as she runs to the loft to grab her own childhood diarys to read thorugh and giggle)
ReplyDeleteCOOL!!! I LOVE NOTEBOOKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ReplyDeleteyes i so totally agree with you that notebooks serve as a substitute for journals! now to find all my old notebooks...
ReplyDeleteHi there! I LOVE that you made your own calendars... I draw out my months, too - and wondered if I was the only one who did that! :) LOVE your notebooks - they are an inspiration! :)
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