Ever since Adelynn was born, I've been writing to her in a journal. Memories, I add pictures, mementos from various things I tell her about,etc. I loved going through old family pictures (and still do) when I was younger, and asking my parents/grandparents the stories behind everything, and who was who, etc. I decided to keep journals for Adelynn throughout her life so she can have them one day and know all about everything!
The journal I'm writing in right now is one my Aunt gave me when she came to visit in the hospital- and I love it, it is so beautiful.
I browse Etsy often for various things, and came across ArtBookMarks store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/artbookmarks
Maria is the seller, and she does amazing work! She is located in Greece, and hand paints everything she makes with oil colors. She does: bookmarks, notebooks, calendars, and diaries. She let me know she loves custom orders as well- she was a joy to work with and nail down exactly what I wanted! I immediately knew I wanted one of her journals, for my next journal for Adelynn. The hard part was nailing down which one I wanted, because they were all so beautiful! All the journals are of course hand painted on Italian canvas, but ALSO hand stitched with cotton thread. They also come in different sizes, 8.5z6.1in or 6.1x4.3in.
The bigger journal is $35 and the smaller one is $29.
I contacted her and let her know which one I liked, and she let me know she could customize it how I wanted! I picked the larger journal, with beige colored paper, and asked her to write "Dear Adelynn...." on the bottom of the cover. I had told my MIL about it a while ago, and she decided to get it for me for my birthday (tomorrow!). I WAS SO EXCITED to finalize everything with Maria and order it!
Here are some pictures of the final product, Maria shipped it out today so I will be anxiously awaiting this package in the mail!
I haven't seen it in person yet (obviously) but I already know I LOVE IT. The pictures are beautiful and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Maria was so sweet and awesome to work with on this. This is going to be SO SPECIAL for Adelynn one day :) Thanks again to Maria- you did an amazing job!
Head over to her site and check out everything else she has to offer, you won't be sorry! Again her site is:
“We let ourselves loose on that simple blank piece of paper, and our bodies spill. The terror, the love…embodying our stories page after page. In a sense, the pen was our tongue, it is how we delineate the world.”
-Coco J. Ginger
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