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Here you’ll find the posts where I talk more about the nuts and bolts of keeping a field journal or just the organizational details of what I’m doing. What you choose to track and record is completely up to you.
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PDFThe Best Way to Keep Field Notes
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. ~Julia Child This past year I've spent time reading much on Julia Child - just wanted to learn more about her and how she accomplished all that she did. I came across the above quote in one of the books and … Read more...
One Little Word: Intention Garland
Back in Colorado again and since I'm home I can finally share what I've done to keep my One Little Word: JOY in front of me daily. In January, Ali Edwards had a prompt that asked us to make a list of intentions for our words. Some people assigned an intention to a specific month. But having done … Read more...
Frame Freebie
I've had a lot of fun playing around with the frame style I used for my photo layout for Day in the Life. And it prompted me to make quite a few of them. They should be in the shop hopefully sometime this weekend - but before they go in, I have a freebie of the one I used for DITL...and a question … Read more...
A Day in the Life • January
Ali Edwards is prompting us to document one day each month a little more thorough than we normally do. For some that means actually taking notes as you go through your day. I already do that - it's my 'Ta Da! Ta Done!" list - I have a 'focus this week on' list but I really concentrate on what I … Read more...
Looking Back to Look Ahead
Yesterday morning started off with the internet being down for a bit. I ended up spending that time going through old digital layouts. Then in the evening, I went through the layouts again. That, combined with the extra documentation done for A Day in the Life came together to give some insight on … Read more...
A Day in the Life Field Notes
Tomorrow Ali Edwards will start a monthly project of A Day in the Life where once a month she'll do more detailed observations of life. I'm completely in on this. I looked a bit more closely at her templates and it struck me that, "By golly! Those are field notes." I do this daily as it is, … Read more...
Phenology Notebook Setup
New in the shop this week is a nature calendar/phenology notebook set. Before offering this, I had to make sure that 365 pages would fit in the binders. Plus, I've been meaning to set up my own physical phenology journal for awhile now. They do fit, but it's a bit tight, and since I'll also be … Read more...
The Daily Record
So how exactly am I using those monthly tabs? As 'The Daily Record' - just a quick rundown on the highlights of the day - sometimes talking more in depth, but pretty much a list of what we did. I have a more mundane list in my field notes (including things like "Laundry - Dusted - made a salad for … Read more...
Field Journaling 2013 – the set up
I had covered my chipboard album with the paper as shown in the last post, but it wasn't making my heart sing. So I took it off and painted the binder (still have the inside back to do) and now I love the direction it's taken. And the story I added tells why: I added in the Distress Ink pad … Read more...
Ready for a New Year
He came to my desk with a quivering lip;The lesson was done;"Dear Teacher, I want a new sheet, " he said,"I have spoiled this one." I took the old sheet, torn and blottedAnd gave him a new one, all unspotted,And into his sad eyes smiled:"Do better now, my child. I came to the Throne with a … Read more...
