Behind the Scenes | Journal Embellishments and FREE Printable

Since the end of March when I unloaded craft supplies all over my office, I completed 25 (!!!) traveler's notebooks and 5 junk journals. Twelve of those went to a custom order, one was for a gift, and the rest went straight to Etsy. Once everything was out and visible it was hard to stop! (And I've gotten pretty quick about the assembly process by this point!) But a few weeks ago I cleaned up the room and put the usual decor back on the shelves. And even though I purchased a ton of new papers and accents, I ended up with less materials to put away. Starting a big craft project is a great way to organize what you have and use up or get rid of what you don't need.

One of the new aspects I focused on was tags. I purchased a bunch of pre-cut tags in varying styles and colors and tied different lace, patterned, and colored ribbons on them. Some of the tags were cut from large scrapbook papers that had a variety of cards and accents. I had used some tags before, but mainly just repurposed ones from purchased items or gift bags. I really love the classic, clean look that plain card stock tags have.

Another new addition was mini booklets, cards, and envelopes. The booklets were requested by my custom orderer but they looked so different than the type of things that I usually add, so I decided to make more for the other journals. They were made with pre-cut mini cards and filled with scrap papers left from the journal pages.

I'm excited to announce my first free printable download! I was inspired by Johanna to create a small text sticker sheet to use in my own personal projects or journals that are listed for sale. Most of the fonts were all found on free font sites and are listed below (just in case you love the font or want to create your own sticker sheet of phrases). This PDF can be printed on sticker paper or other printer papers and then cut apart as desired. I tried to leave plenty of space between each phrase or section so that the words could be cut out easily with scissors or a paper trimmer.

Here is the download link: FREE Small Text Printable

And here are the fonts (in order as they appear): Shorlines Script, Fish&Chips, King Basil Lite, Leander, LUELLA, Noelan, Playfair Display SC, WHATNOT

King Basil was part of a Creative Market weekly free download and is, unfortunately, no longer free. And, yes, WHATNOT is the font that was used in Life is Strange.

Please let me know if there are any issues with viewing the PDF. I don't use Dropbox but have had success with Google Docs previously, so that seemed like the best option. Happy sticker-ing!

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