Happy New Year! Yesterday I started my third year of writing in the calendar journal I made in 2011. I can’t believe I’ve stuck with it for this long! Check it out if you’re looking for a less daunting way to journal.
I’d like to kick off 2013 by sharing my Dad’s latest book. The Giving Grandpa (available here) is a series of anecdotes my dad wrote about his grandpa’s life in the hills of West Virginia. Dad asked me to come up with a cover design, so I combined a bit of hand lettering with some barn wood scraps left over from building my coffee table. The result is rustic and simple, but charming!
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What a fun collaboration! I love the cover.
I recently started keeping a gratitude journal on a calendar, and you’re right. It’s MUCH less daunting than an entire book of blank pages.
I love the simplicity of the cover. How great to have those stories for your family!
And I like the journal idea. (I’ve been keeping a traditional book journal for about 16 years; it’s a lot of books!)
One of my goals for this year was to start a notecard journal! What’s taking me so long is finding a recipe box I like enough. :)
That cover is fantastic and so you! How great to have a client so close and personal. Does your dad love it?
Yes, Laura. I love it. Amanda’s creativity has always been a source of joy for me.
What a beautiful cover!! Love it. Happy 2013!
Ha! I just blogged yesterday about your calendar journal and wondered if you’d kept up with it. And I love that cover. Fantastic!
The cover is wonderful ! It should be great to collaborate with someone you love so much…
A beautiful experience…
The calendar journal is a good idea, I’ll try to make mine.
Great work. Your father seems like quite the character!
Wow! Props! This is gorgeous!
Such a cool collaboration! And that cover is gorgeous.