Have you suddenly found out that a friend is pregnant or you are looking for a birthday or seasonal gift? I won’t lie I have been there and before I had children of my own to test things out on. This is a collection of blog posts on the accessories and garments that I have made for the tiny humans that control both my life and those of my friends. You can, of course, find all the projects I have knitted over the years over on Ravelry.
Preptober Character Development – NaNoWriMo Vlog Ep. 2
It's week 2 of NaNoWrio Prep, and it's already been a bit of a rollercoaster. Here is the latest vlog where I dive into character development and chat about how it's going. I wasn't prepared for an early freakout. It had never happened before, but I got those chills...
Get to Know me | Booktube Newbie Tag
Hello friends! Well, I did it. I added a new video and answered the booktube newbie questions so that we could get to know each other a little better. I hope you enjoy it. I'll add all the relevant links below so you can check out other YouTubers / podcasts. Don't...
October Plan With Me Journal Spread
Hello Again, It's that time when you start to see pumpkins everywhere, so you can guess where my theme idea came from. This spread has a coverage, calendar page and a reference list for NaNoWriMo which you will be seeing more of during Preptober. If you don't know...
5 Surprising Journaling Tips and Thoughts | Ideas for Journaling Beginners & Quitters
What tips/ideas/advice would you share with someone just starting out with journals? Drop a comment and let me know 👇
Preptober 2022 – NaNoWriMo Vlog Episode 1.
Well, now isn't this exciting! Yes, yes, it's that time of year again, NaNoWriMo in da house...no I can't quite pull that off, can I? Now that we have gotten that out of the way, you can press play on the video below it summarises ALL I have to say in less than 8...
A Creative Journaling Experiment with Watercolour
Hello friends! It's been a while, so I thought I would jump back in with a video from my YouTube channel and share this really quick flip-through of a week-long storytelling experiment in my watercolour journal. I hope you enjoy it, and let me know if you would try...
May 2021 Calendar Freebies
Can you believe we are getting ready for May already. I wanted to share a free May calendar printable so that all of you can just print and add it to your journals. If you use it please tag me in social @cottagenotebook, I'd love to see where they end up! I popped...
The Gratitude Journal. Surprising Benefits, How to Start and How to Squeeze It into Your Day.
How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.-Louise Hay, Author It's a powerful quote, isn't it? There are sentences out there when you hear them hit you hard. This one from Louie Hay is one of those. They hit hard...
Free Lunchbox Planner Printable
It's Saturday morning and instead of writing about my wonderful garden, I find myself planning out a months worth of meals. Lockdown has really had an effect on our eating habits as a family and I wanted to get back to my clean eating plan that I had in place before...
Free St. Patrick’s Day Planner Printable
It seems strange to me that as an Irish blogger that I've never made a St. Patrick's Day Printable. So here we are coming into the St. Patrick's Day weekend and here is one (okay, 6) motivational planner printables below. Just choose your size, download, print and add...