I know I’ll feel better if I can shake my sillies out with art but I don’t have the motivation to make my own prompts.
Sorry if this isn’t allowed.
My journal progress bar tells me that I am almost done with my current journal. I was wondering if any of you have recommendations for good art journals. I prefer book-style hardcover journals and I have mostly been using Ohuhu marker pen journals. These are good for Ohuhu alcohol marker art, but I didn't have success with their mixed media journal.
That said I enjoy experimentation and am open to just about anything. What do you like?
Decided to combine hobbies of me and my wife together in app form. (ambient music, and journaling) So Melo was born. The idea is pretty simple:
- You write a small journal entry a day, and a piece of ambient music is generated.
- You can play a weekly overview of all the entries, with images attached in a nice player.
- Analysis of your monthly mood
I'm genuinely curious what the actual journaling community thinks of this, so feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, i'm just a one man team so i can build and fix things pretty quick!
Feel free to check it out in the app store, or via the website
Being a first-time mom has honestly been one of the most beautiful but overwhelming experiences for me. Some days feel magical, while others feel exhausting, emotional, and lonely all at once. Somewhere in between the sleepless nights and trying to adjust to a completely new routine, I found myself wanting a quiet little hobby that felt calming and that is how I slowly got into journaling
At first I thought journaling needed perfect handwriting,you know, fancy artistic skills, but I realized it’s really just about having a space for your thoughts. Now I’m looking for basic journaling supplies that actually make the experience enjoyable, (simple notebooks, smooth gel pens, soft highlighters, sticky tabs, washi tape, and cute stickers) and make even messy pages feel personal.
I’ve been browsing stores like jetpens and even Alibaba for ideas but there are so many options that it gets overwhelming quickly.
If you love journaling what are some journaling supplies you would genuinely recommend for someone who would want to explore more?
I started journaling recently and I genuinely like it, but I’m very inconsistent with it.
Some days I write a lot and feel productive, then I suddenly stop for a few days or even weeks.
I’m still trying to figure out what type of journaling suits me best — daily thoughts, productivity, gratitude, random ideas, or something else.
How did you build a consistent journaling habit?
Do you follow a structure or just write whatever’s on your mind?
Any advice for beginners would really help 👍
My favorites so far are the pink pages and the Mary Jane ones! I have so many crafty supplies sitting around I’m surprised I haven’t started this sooner. Side note- I’m looking for glue recs to eliminate the wrinkles because they’re really bugging me 😅
Hello I got myself 3 sketchbooks for the price of the 3 dollars mainly to learn art but I always wanted to start a diary/journal and just talk about life to myself. What is journaling and should I start as a 14 years old. I will keep 2 as sketchbooks and turn one into a journal. If I like journaling I will definetly get more journals. I would greatly appreciate any help.
Started last summer to bring some joy and creativity into my suburban, working mom life. I lean more into a hybrid scrapbooking/junk journaling where I capture and use more photos of my kids. I'm 3/4 through that notebook.
My friend gifted me a little junk set for Christmas from Target (love and find it silly how Target will make a money grab for anything with sloght popularity) and it came with a notebook. I've been using this little one to do more aimless and fun spreads. I had a work trip to Baltimore and thought I'd try doing a daily junk spread. I assembled a travel kit with the journal, a glue stick, glue tape, and mini scissors. I also had coloring supplies and mini coloring pages for during the conference itself - used a couple in the spreads.
It was a fun way to wrap up each day while I decompressed in my hotel room. I also made a trip to Scrap Baltimore to get some donated craft supplies. The final spread (which I forgot to take a pucture of) I actually did on the plane.
Made two Birthday cards! One for my little sister’s sweet 16! Then, one to mail out to an old friend who is very into gardening this year. Each card has hand written notes on the back ᵕ̈
Started a new journal. First pages from the last couple of days.
I love food. 🥘 🍱 I went from keeping lists of places to eat which was very boring (and sometimes I cannot remember the dishes I described).. to keeping a visual food journal. But I didn’t want to spend too much time on it, but I also wanted it to commemorate all my good eats.
So I turned it into a 5-minute journal. 📓 5 minutes the the time I allotted myself to sketch the food when it arrives at my table, before I get to eat. I sometimes go back to add more details to the drawing, but the first 5 minutes is used to capture the overall visual.