DIY Journal

Big Pinay
Aug 4, 2016
2 min read

To start a journal, a diary or any day to day, you'll need a notebook (of course), a pen and a commitment to yourself. The first move is to write your first entry. Then, you can think about keeping up a regular journal! Journals helps you write innermost thoughts and feelings – the things that you cannot tell anyone else.

Here are 3 Easy steps on how to create one awesome Journal;

1. CHOOSE THE RIGHT NOTEBOOK - find a decent notebook, it could be simple spiral notebook or ornate. You can even choose between lined ones or unlined notebooks. That depends on how you'd like to write on it. You can even pick the right size, if you go to school and you have big bags or back packs, choose the larger notebooks, if you want to carry it with you all the time or you want to put it in your packet make sure to pick the smaller ones.

2. DECORATE THE NOTEBOOK - Personalize the journal, by decorating it with a unique style. Glamour the covers with words, art, stickers, and colors. Take clippings from your old magazines, and post them on the inside or outside of the journal. Consider putting different styles and on each pages, try to put in the dates with stickers. You can even print out dates and style it as well using Microsoft Excel.

*THINGS I PERSONALLY USE*

Letter and Number Stickers I bought from Libya and the Philippines, I wouldn't recommend stickers from Libya, they're really not that good, you can buy stickers in bookstores or online, or if you're that creative you can create your own.

Washi Tapes - In Japan, it's known as masking tape and the most renowned brand of washi tape is simply called mt - which stands for "masking tape". The term "washi tape" refers to the fact that the tapes are made from Japanese rice paper and differentiates it from typical masking tape you might find in the hardware store.

Post It/ Memo stickers - These are the ones that I stole from my sister (most of it)! I love you Saly- The Artsy Mom

(check out her blog) I love the designs I believe she ordered it online. There are alot of great stickers out there you just let your sister find them. HA!

Pens and Cut-outs from old magazines

Colored / Printed Papers

3. START WRITING - make sure you write in the first entry then make it a habit to write on it everyday. Who knows you might want to go through things when you're in that "muni-muni" stage of your life. HA! IF there are certain object you want to insert like tissue, post-it from your crush, letters, you can just paste it in your journal it adds meaning to the notebook.