ArtStitch - handmade organic cotton goods

 

Canvas Tote Bag "You Got This"

I'm excited to share the good news! The shop ArtStitch on Etsy is re-opened now! 

Softcover fabric journal

Embroidered apron Unicorn

You will find handmade items made of organic cotton fabric, like tote bags, aprons and softcover journals. There are a few goods yet, but I'm working on it 😊

Please visit ArtStitch.etsy.com

 

bullet journal

I've found a very simple planning method with Bullet Journal. It seems a really easy and successful. 

All you need the notebook and pen. Just write tasks, events and notes; make collections and shopping lists; plan a vacation etc. Then strike out the completed points. It is easy to follow and move the undone points from one day to another day inside the journal, and identify what’s important and weed out the things that aren’t. And that's it all, just day-by-day. 

bullet journal key ideas

I will try this planning method and hope to get rid of hundreds of Post-Its on my desk.

More about the bullet journal: bulletjournal.com
 

Announce - large fabric and leather journals

We've made large journals in size approximately  5 x 7.5 inches (13x19 cm). This one is made of linen fabric, embellished with the beautiful cotton lace and filled with blank beige paper. Great for using as a guest book, or sketchbook. It has 168 pages counted both sides.

Another fabric journal is very similar, but filled with a lined paper, great for writing stories and keeping a diary.

It has 320 pages counted both sides.

The large leather journal in a rosewood color is perfect as a sketchbook, because it's filled with blank white paper 150 gsm. It has approx. 190 pages counted both sides.

Another leather journal in a beautiful burgundy red color, is filled with a lined paper.

Soon all these journals will be listed in our shop ArtStitch.etsy.com.

Inspiration: how to keep journals

What do you know about the journals? I'm sure that anyone has at least one journal, for example it is a planner or scheduler for everyday use, isn't it? I know some people who keep the diaries. Also sketchbooks, artbooks and scrapbooks are really great way to record life's experiences, feelings, emotional reactions or one's own inner voice.

I did a little list of some journals, that give me a lot of inspiration and share them here. All pictures are clickable and link to the source. Start with the planners, look at this pretty weekly planner:

.. or monthly planner:

The travel journal:

.. one travel journal more:

The cooking journal with visual recipes:

The visual journal of emotions and feelings:

Keeping To-Do list in a journal:

The diary with scrapbook elements:

Just the page from a diary:

The scrapbook for the photos:

 The family budget journal:

If you think that you can't draw, that is false! Everyone can draw! Just take the pencil and paper and start drawing all the things you see around you:

The Elvie Studio blog is very helpful to starting with drawing and feeling you are an artist:

View this funny picture and tutorial by Elvie Studio:

The artist's journal for drawing with watercolours:

Who hasn't any journal, they are drawing in the books:

The scripture journal:

The doodling journal:

Doodling with colors:

Also it is possible to glue in some pockets, envelopes, stickers, labels..

..and make some journal arts:

You can do with a journal everything your heart desires: to glue on your favorite pictures and photos, draw, paint, doodle, tweet, write all important and unimportant things, to travel and make sketches, collect your favorite recipes and even sketching the ingridients or just keep a journal in complete secrecy under your pillow :)

I have 3 journals: family budget journal, sold and custom orders journal and inspiration journal. Some days ago I started with 4th journal and try to draw with my new watercolour pencils. My mom keeps 2 journals: a garden journal and our house repairs journal. One day I will share some pages of our journals.

Do you have any journals too?