I wanted to bring a little something out to San Francisco as a treat for my friends. When we get together, the conversations become one big swap — tips, advice, ideas — and, of course, a number of hilarious moments. So I took some Carrot & Stick blank journals and transformed them into special travel journals to record those forget-me-not conversation bits and funny quotes as they happen on our trip. These blank books are little enough to fit in your bag. I made one for each of us.
It was a really simple project. I grabbed a stack of Thomas Paul sticky notes I had (you could easily substitute index cards — I just didn't have any on hand) and used one note to create a title page in each journal. With small alphabet stamps, I noted the meaning behind the journals (see above.) Then I used a glue stick to attach the sticky note to the page. I added about 20 more blank sticky notes in each blank book. These Post-its not only dressed up the journals, but they created an obvious fill-in-the-box space for memorable quotes. I think blank books and blank cards are sometimes intimidating for people because you feel you have fill in the entire space. These sticky notes frame the space to write in.
My inspiration for this idea stems for two recent favorite projects — Suann's amazing quote book of her son's funny sayings and Brooke's speech bubble thank you cards. Both super ideas! I'm excited to fill up my San Francisco quote book with memorable bits of our talks.
