All About My Journals

In the world of YouTube, a tag video is a video made to answer a certain set of questions. The questions are determined by another YouTuber and they proceed to "tag" others in an effort to get to know them better.

I have always enjoyed tag videos. Especially ones about reading and writing. Recently, I came across a tag entitled "All About My Journals" on one of my favorite YouTube channels. It seemed like the perfect fit for me so I gave it a try. Below is the result of my first tag response video. 

Credit: The original tag was created by Journal Tree. I learned about the tag from Burgess Taylor. 

The Moleskine Postal Notebook

The Moleskine Postal Notebook has been out for while. It first caught my eye over a year ago when I noticed it on Instagram. It's a cool concept, but I've always struggled with how to use it. Here's why.

The notebook cover has flaps allowing it to be folded into an envelope and mailed. Some people mail the blank notebook to their pen pals. Once received, the flaps can be removed and the recipient has a nice little Moleskine notebook. I like the design. It's clever. Unfortunately, the paper used in these notebooks is not fountain pen friendly. And most of my pen pals are serious fountain pen users. So, I knew few of them would want to use the notebook for writing.

Then I realized there are just enough pages to tell a story with a few printed photos and a nice fine tip marker. Check out my video below to see the end result. I'd love to know how you use this charming and interesting product. I think it has so much potential. 

August Downtime

Dear Readers,

August is the hottest month in Florida, in my opinion. It's the time of year when I travel and visit family farther north to beat the heat. I also take some downtime from technology and work. I'm not alone. Many Floridians escape during August. 

My blog will not be as active this month, but if you'd like to follow me on other platforms, I'll be sharing some fun things like photos (follow me on Instagram) , short video clips (check out my Facebook page) and vlogs (my YouTube channel). Some of the plans for this month include:

• Time with family and friends
• Vacation in North Carolina
• My Mother's home cooking
• Visiting inspiring gardens and parks
• Tampa Bay Comicon
• Much needed time to catch up on letters
• Working on my garden junk journal 
• Reading books for pleasure
• Shopping for new stationery

I hope you are yours are having a wonderful summer and you are taking time to treat yourself. See you back here in September. 

Well wishes always,

Tams