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Reminders

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Reminders…we all need them, right? I know I do.  My new Smash* journal is going to be exactly that…a book of reminders.

I love words.  I would eat and breathe them if I could.  I like how the right words can make something once marred perfect again.  I love how they tell people your feelings, but they can also protect you.  The Bible says that the power of life and death is in the tongue.  I believe that.

Anyhow…when I went to Michael’s this weekend, I happened to look at the Michael’s app on my phone and was pleasantly surprised to see a 50% off one item coupon.  It’s normally 40% off one item.  Anyhow…I was just about to check out when my brain went back to the Smash* folio kit.  It’s normally $19.99 and I was having a horrible time justifying buying another one when my first one still isn’t completely full.  However, $9.99 for a new project/quote/reminder journal? I could do that.  Plus it has all these extra bits with it.  Check this out!

If you’ve bought anything from Smash* made by K&Company, you know that each of those accessories (not counting the journal itself) costs about $3.00 to $4.00 each.   My $10.00 purchase was definitely worth it.  Here are the goods all spread out.

This time around, picking which journal I wanted was a little trickier.  With them inside the large plastic pack, I couldn’t tell what pages where in the journal so it meant taking a risk.  Pink is my favorite color, so I decided to just go with it.  Plus, I loved all the accessories and it made me think the journal would surely go along with them.  It does.  The following, are some of my favorite pages.

I’m not usually a fan of floral papers, but these…just wow. I’m very impressed.  They make me feel happy. 🙂

Detail of above paper.

Detail of above page.

Okay. It came with other nifty things too.  However, I’m going to just post a big collage or two of those things. I mean…this post is already photo heavy and I haven’t actually even started working in my new journal yet. Haha.

So…I hope your week is terrific and that you have a safe and blessed Halloween.  I’ll be dressed up for my job tomorrow (I work at a school) and then I’ll be handing out treats tomorrow night.  Hopefully I can make someone’s day a little bit brighter.  And who knows…maybe someone will come up with a quote to share with me along the way! 🙂

Until next time,

xoxoxoxox

Sara

Smash* Journal/Book/Folio

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Okay, so I started making my own “smash” book.  I designed and assembled the cover I was going to use and even started doodling on it.

Then!  Dustin and I went to Michael’s after we went to church yesterday and they had the official Smash* Books on sale for $9.99!  After clearing it with Dustin I bought the Retro Style Blue Smash* Book.  It looked like this:

– From the official website. Photo Copyright belongs to them.

 

In addition, I bought their “Blank” Smash* Pad and “Like This” Smash* Tape.

 

Of course, I started messing around on the cover as soon as I got home and I even added a couple of things inside.  My cover now looks like this!

I really think this is going to end up being a lot of fun for me.  With scrapbooking, you I find myself being so careful to make sure that everything is in the proper spot, the proper size, etc.  With these, the idea is that you just put smash it in!  It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be YOU!

 

If any of you are using a smash* book, please leave a comment below to let me know how much fun it is for you.

 

Happy Smashing!

xxxxx

Sara