Wreck This Journal (#2) {A Little of the Book Life}

Guys, I am loving Wreck This Journal. Seriously. So. Much. Fun. And it's great that Malissa is doing it as well. It's cool to see how we do things differently or the same. It really kinda tells me something about myself when I look at one of the pages and I think "Um... No. I don't think I can do that."(Here's the first post on the journal...)

Example

Uhhhhhhh............... We'll see how that one pans out... eventually. lol

Here are a few pics from this past week's adventures with the journal:

 

This one is going to take me a while. Mostly because I'm having fun with it and using it as a random doodling page. :)

 

I started with a glue stick. Then thought I'd have fun with a bottle of liquid glue. It took a while to dry, and it was hard as hell to actually draw with them, but the end result was cool.

 

I know the instructions say to basically do whatever you want. But I've always been a rule follower. So I tried to rip on the lines. That took a LOT of work. HAHA

 

I swear I closed my eyes!!!!  I sent the pic to Malissa and told her maybe I should do more things with my eyes closed. :)

                               Malissa has been having just as much fun with her journal! :)

 

Excited to see what other fun we can get up to. 

Have any of you done this? Share your experiences if you have!!!  :)

Smiles,
B

Wreck This Journal {A Little of the Book Life}

My friend Danielle got me this book for Christmas:

Here's the Amazon description:

The special limited edition red mesh cover of the international bestseller…

For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake and mess-making abilities and to fill the pages of the book (or destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts--poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more--in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.

Have you seen this? Like the inside of it? It's really pretty cool. And pretty scary.

The instructions are simple enough:

And the first page wasn't hard at all...

 

And then there was this, which was great for releasing some stress/aggression:

 

But shit got real when I looked at this one -

And what the what?!

Yep... I did it...

 

When I got this, Malissa mentioned how cool it would be to do together with someone. I sent her one. I agreed. And it's worked. We keep texting each other about it. Like this one, this morning, that I got from her:

"Pretty impressed with myself. I found six different fruit stickers for my journal at my house this morning!" 

And this pic from her:

I'll keep sharing. It's going to be fun!!!!  :)

Smiles,
B

Sunday = Family Day

Ahh... Day 3 of thankfulness. :)  I am thankful for Sundays. Although we sometimes have other plans, generally it's a day to lounge around the house, catching up laundry/dishes (ugh), and spending some much needed quality time together. The week gets so busy and hectic sometimes that it's tough to be able to do this. We'll snuggle together and read, watch some tv (this time of year it's mostly football), or play games/do crafts. When it's nice out we'll go outside and go to the park or run around the back yard. And in between battling fits and whines and boo-boos, it's so. much. fun. And while the kids nap, I get to read while the hubby watches his sports du jour. ;)  Win-win-win.

What do you love about Sundays?

Smiles,
B

Top Ten Tuesday: Fun and Light Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

  ♥ Top Ten Books When You Need Something Light & Fun ♥

Light & fun reads should be a staple of every one's reading diet. Really. As much as I love the serious, dramatic type books, I do really enjoy light and fun books as well. (However, looking at my Goodreads 'read' list, one would think I don't. It took me a while to come up with enough for some reason. Maybe I scroll too fast. lol) They are a nice breather when you don't want to feel so heavy or like your heart was ripped to tiny little shreds in the process of reading. :)

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, & Lauren Myracle
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Heist Society by Ally Carter

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
(I know this is a picture book, but I find it super adorable and it always makes me chuckle and feel good.)

What about you? What books do you recommend for a lighter or a fun read?

Smiles,
B