Creative Joy

Document everyday with creativity and joy.

This is my current life motto.

I love to create, inspire, and share.

Adding a piece of art to my everyday life brings me tremendous amounts of comfort and joy.

I may not know where my creative path may take me but I am grateful for the healing pleasures it gives me on a daily basis. 

Drawing, coloring, writing, & even adding sparkles to my art planner. 

I let my allotted time and mood choose my creative activity for the day.

I don't plan or push my creative actions.

I simply let them flow and unload onto paper as I feel inspired.

However, this being said, I am inspired a lot.

Finding time is far more difficult than inspiration. 

Within just about any given day, there is plenty of opportunity to enjoy a creative lifestyle. It make take a bit of creativity and multitasking just to make it work, but it is well worth it.

Over this past year I have spent nearly everyday with pen, pencil, and paper. 

I now have a very wonderful collection of journals, art journals, sketchbooks, and even pretty planners to look through. They are full of inspiring heartfelt moments from each and everyday.

Love spilled directly onto paper.

I encourage anyone with even the smallest amount of curiosity to take the creative jump. 

One little notebook to fill with all your dreams; creates wonderful memories to smile and look through in the future. 

Here's a little freebie to release you creativity on. 

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Joy, but please give me; Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her, and if you have a moment please feel free to leave a comment letting me know that you stopped by.

 

Joy Cuddlebug Cuties

 

 

Joy Cuddlebug Cuties

Hope everyone has a wonderful joy filled weekend.

Hugs,

Anna

  

Craft Haul

Craft Haul

Just a little fun crafty shopping.
Here's the latest treasures.

Tombow markers

Distress Markers

Creative Girl watercolor book

water brush pen

watercolors

 Mijello Mission Gold watercolor set with pallet.
Can't wait to play with this.

  White Journal, mechanical pencil, and clips.
Sharp and sleek creative writing in my future.

And a bit of filofaxing fun.
New sticky notes.

I don't often do huge hauls, but I'm glad I saved for a bit. This has been a blast. I have so many treasures to keep me busy.

Hugs,

Anna

Handmade Happiness

Embellished happiness.

I'm truly beginning to love this term.

When I first began my life as a crafter I was quite sparse with the extra little pretties. I enjoyed letting the main focal point of my work be nearly all of my piece. As time passed I became a bit braver and more eccentric. Instead of saving my treasures for that "special someday" project; I began wanting to use every little bit and bob that I had. 

I've found so much true joy from creating.

Handmade has become a part of who I am.

And anything that I can customize with embellishments brings happiness to unexpected places.

My Filofax art planner and my pink Moleskine journal are two of my daily favorite places to create, embellish, and pour my thoughts into. The pages are full of images that make me smile, favorite memories caught on camera, and powerful thoughts that overload my mind and fuel my imagination. I treasure these little books. 

Filofax Art Planner; weekly layout; kitty themed

Pink Moleskine journal, Legacy Sticky Notes by Mandy Lynne, kawaii ink pen

Pink Moleskine inside pages; soft vintage layout

Don't hold back. Create something today that will inspire and move your soul. Use your pretties and enjoy the process. Keepsakes journals or planners are a great way to start. All you need is a bit of paper and some imagination. 

Hugs,

Anna

Midori Love

When I first started seeing midori traveler's notebooks I wasn't sure what to think.

Functional? To trendy for my taste? What would I do with it?

As I saw them popping up more and more on Pinterest my curiosity was beginning to overtake me.

When I got my midori, I feel in love and never looked back.

Wonderful quality, beautiful leather, tons of options for paper and storage inserts, lightweight, sturdy, and so much potential for personalization. 

The best part for me is that they work well with my purse brand of choice.

I'm a Lucky Brand girl. Have been for about 15 years.

I love the more creative rough look and the midori fits that style well.

Right now my little notebook contains 3 journal inserts. Two lined and one blank, as well as a plastic sleeve for photo inserts with a zipper pouch on  the back.

The first book is for little snippets of my day journaling.

The second book is for inspirational and creative thoughts with a bit of creativity to-do lists.

The third book is for art journaling because of course I had to try out the new paper for my art.

Midori Travelers Notebook & Lucky Brand Purse

Midori Front Book for Journaling

Midori Journal, Gorjuss Die Cuts

Midori Journal, Gorjuss Die Cuts

Midori Book Cover, Monster High

Midori, My Little Pony

I decorate the inside of my books for fun. I love original art characters and fun cartoon characters.  The bright pops of color inspire me to use it daily. I always smile as I flip through the pages. They showoff my inner child.

What type of books / journals do you carry?

I would love to read more about other styles and brands.

Hugs,

Anna

I Prefer Paper

I have 2 tablets, 2 e-readers, a smartphone and I've put great consideration into just about every other gadget on the market as a maybe someday item; but when it comes right down to it 

I prefer paper.

Guess I'm a bit old fashion.

I have apps for notes, calendars, recipes, books and more,

but I love having all of these things wrote down in a book too.

It makes me feel more organized and I like being able to add a personal touch to things.

A little sketch here, an adorable sticker there, just sweet embellishments that make me smile while I go through my little book of to - dos. 

I've found a great little 3 ring binder book that I can do all these things in.

It's called Misc Me Life Journal by Bo Bunny.

And I am so loving this little book.

It has everything I need and then some.

You purchase the binder and all the accessories separately, giving you an awesome amount of choices on exactly what's going on inside your life journal.

Mine contains a monthly and daily calendar, beautiful vintage note paper, a section for family favorite recipes, a handful of sentiment cards with some of my favorite sayings, and some pretty paper pages to decorate and add photos to later.

And my favorite part.

The cover looks like a vintage book, but I see it as a blank canvas just waiting to be embellished.

These little books are so versatile.

It's a little bit like a planner, a little bit of a recipe book, and a little bit of a scrapbook.

I Love it, totally just adore it actually.
This is my new go to book.

Life Journal

Favorite quotes and room to scrap.

Monthly calendar with a pocket.

Weekly calendar. Aren't the coffee stains cute?

Pretty note paper.

A pretty page to scrap on later.

More quotes and scraps.

Recipe cards and a bookmark.

Full page recipe card.

And my soon to be decorated blank canvas.

Loving everything thing about this new treasure.

Hugs,

Anna