Rachel Elliott

My Craft : Journaling

Happiness is powerful. Happiness is the ultimate shapeshifter; for it holds no absolute form or exact definition for every 7 billion people on earth. Each form of happiness is at the hands of the individual. For me, I have always found my most joyful moments when I was doing my craft of journaling. There is something so therapeutic about writing out your thoughts at the end of the day and marking those moments in time. Once I put my daughter to bed; I grab my tea, grab my journal, my colored pencils, my craft paper, and my crafting scissors, and get to work. Each page of my journal is so different. Some have very little decorations, to some having full paper mache glued across the page. Each page a stamp in time of that day's mood. I craft my imperfect days into perfect memories. My craft has always been my love for journaling and design. I’d never been a confident public speaker, but with a pen and a piece of paper, I felt like I was left with endless possibilities of what I could write about; It was my art form, my stress release, my purest form of happiness. I’d like to share some of my favorite memories throughout my years of journaling.