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This Week's Bullet Journal Spread and a MAJOR DIY FAIL

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     This week already feels a little boring. I've started  my Graphic Design homework. I've started planning the first get together for the summer. And, I've already finished my first weekly spread for the summer.       I really like the wildflower theme, and I might stick with it for the entire summer. However, It did take a lot longer than my normal spreads, which are fairly boring, usually not featuring much more than my attempt at pretty handwriting. (Though, in the last year, I have gotten a little bit  better.) I found the doodle in the corner on Pinterest and I absolutely loved it, so I tried to recreate it.      I also added a cute little quote at the top, as well. It says "Every flower must grow through dirt." Because of my aforementioned lack of pretty handwriting, I tried to add color to make it interesting. Overall, I'm pleased with the outcome. I really like the amount of color I was able to ...

DIY Birthday Box

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 I have my very own John Watson. And she's pretty amazing! (Hello there, John.) While her name isn't actually John, that is what she'll go by for the sake of anonymity. Anyways, John's birthday is in a few days (The 31st, actually,) but because she shares a birthday with one of my brothers, we celebrated a few days early. John, another close friend of mine (Who will go by G, until I can find a better code name) and I spent the day together doing some things that will be featured in a different post. For this post, I want to talk about the Birthday Box (!!) I put together for John. The first thing that I did (after finding a box) was paint the box. I actually decided to add polka dots to it after I painted it. The polka dots were done in hot pink because I wanted to coordinate the stuff, and a bag I used had polka dots in the same teal colour along with hot pink ones. (I'll show the bag later)                      ...