Hard work does indeed reap rewards, I had a great year last year and wanted to incorporate working hard and rewarding myself into both my journaling and my Word of the Year for 2019.  Last year I focused on the word 'Happy' and it was a great success.  You can see more on last years word here Word of the Year 2018.

Self Care is so important, if you don't look after yourself then you will struggle in other aspects of your life.  I love adding a bit of self love into my journaling as you can see from my self care and mood tracking journaling pages.
Self Care and Mood Tracking ideas in your Bullet Journal.

This years pages are an extension of this idea, but with the added notion of working hard to receive it.

Eek, I'm excited to share that over in my Facebook Art Journaling group we will be having another junk journal challenge throughout the month of August. This will follow the same format as last years very successful challenge and will run from 20th July - Aug 31st on Instagram and in the group. We will once again be using an hashtag #kmmamjunkjournal on Instagram and we can post progress updates in the group and on other social media platforms. 

From the middle of July there will be a few prompts to get you started over in the group and a Pinterest board updated with tips and ideas here KMMAM Pinterest Board. You can see the prompts on the main graphic and below.

The first thing I have created is this gorgeous creative journal as part of a challenge over at the Dream Create Journal Facebook Group.

The theme is Bloom so I turned it into a junk journal of my goals, aspirations, wellness and passions. I have used a variety of papers, vellum and acetate from Little Rainbow Moon, Queen Mabel and Doris and my own stash, then hand sewn it with waxed thread.

​You can see the journal in the video below.
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• Kit by Queen Mabel and Doris 
• Little Rainbow Moon Kits
  

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I've always been in to creating journals, scrapbooks, smash books and travel journals, even as a teenager. As a child I used to make magazines and then when I was 13-14 I made a gorgeous travel journal of my visits to Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire places of beauty. I had actually completely forgotten about it, but my mum was keeping it safe for me.

If you haven't got your Instagram photos that you want to use in your memory book saved on your computer or phone, then firstly go and save your Instagram photos using this link. You can copy and paste individual photos and then click to download them - downloadgram.com.

​I used a company called Printiki for my journal photographs. They offer a great variety of layouts. I opted for a gorgeous polaroid style, they suit Instagram photos so well as they have a square orientation; look for the 'M' prints. 

You can grab FREE postage if you use the link below and enter code CMCKFA59 at checkout.
​Printiki Photos with Free Postage