Your Joyful Puttering!

I have found a purpose....and it was hidden in my joy. 

I am offering to make you a personalized Joy Journal...also known as a Junk Journal. They are meant to be added to and altered....you can write, doodle, draw and paste things in. There will be pockets to tuck treasures and blank pages to make your own. 

When I am absorbed in cutting, folding and stitching, I am in a place of peace.  when I am doing it for someone else, I am in a place of joy. 

Here’s how the Joy Journal Project will work:

Send me a small pile of papers in a color scheme you love. Some should be foldable foundation papers....some can be thin and some can be a bit heavier. 

Papers can include greeting cards, calendar images, junk mail, art projects, gelli prints, children's art and stationary. Images that I can cut out with irregular edges are fun and images on good old copy paper are a nice weight to work with. Plain paper is good too. Anything goes really. Your journal could also be all neutral inside with just places to write and tuck. No art needed.

Don’t send too much, I can only make one journal for each person. Your papers should fit in a 5 x 7 or legal size envelope and not cost much more than a stamp or two to send. Five to eight medium to large pieces and a hand full of smaller pieces like art scraps, stamps or tickets would be useful. 

If you don’t have many papers....no worries. I have plenty to fill in the gaps. But I do need at least a couple inspiration papers. Everyone has something.

Don’t send anything too precious…I might cut it up. 

You can request certain plain filler papers from me: mixed media, watercolor, graph paper, lined paper or simple art or simple gelli prints. If you don’t specify, I will mix it up inspired by your papers.

You can choose your journal shape: about 5 x 7 or about 4 x 9 (legal envelope size). If you don’t specify….I’ll choose. I want the finished journal to fit into regular envelopes keeping the mailing costs under $5.

Include $5 to cover mailing it back to you. Any extra money will be used to buy items for Maine Needs. International requests might need a little more postage and we can discuss that through email. 

If you don’t have my address, you can email me at joyfulputtering@gmail.com

Make sure you have a clear return name and address on the envelope or include it inside. 

I will open one envelope at a time finishing one journal before moving onto to the next one. I hope to work on these a few hours every day this winter, but you will have to be patient because some days fill up with other things. 

I will share some of the process and a glimpse of each journal on the blog using first names only and where it is going. You know I love to share my joyful puttering. Please let me know if you would rather not have your first name published....that will be just fine.

I would love to see and share (if you're OK with that) some of what you do with them if you’re willing...but that is not required.

Questions? Email me at joyfulputtering@gmail.com

Let's spread some joy!

MaryAnn