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I write a lot. Sadly, I don’t spend a lot of time writing about my innermost thoughts and feelings. I just write about spray painting furniture and glue gun burns, which doesn’t require much self-reflection.
My friend Katie at Gadanke has a different experience with her writing. She has been journaling since she was in the 2nd grade, and she seeks to capture the moments and memories that she is living today so that she may share them with those who come after us. Katie has such a touching story about how her grandmother couldn’t remember the little things that made her life so special, and it really causes you to pause and think about what you will have difficultly remembering yourself. I have already forgotten what it was like to not have children, let alone being single and living on my own, and there is something quite sad about that realization.
With her handmade journals, Katie offers us an opportunity to record our every day lives in such a way that we will be able to remember them later in life. Her journals range in themes – from baby books to travel to just what it’s like to be you – and feature helpful writing prompts to get the most out of your personal journaling. I absolutely love this idea folks.
Here are some examples:
{Love Where We Live} – A Home Minibook
{The Little Things} – Listing Thankful Thoughts
{Love Letter} – A Minibook for Someone You Love
What a tremendous gift to yourself and to those who will wonder about your life – your children, your grandchildren, your great grandchildren.
What do you want to remember? Katie is graciously giving away your choice of journals to one lucky reader. Please visit Gadanke and let me know in the comments below which journal you would love to win. The giveaway will be open through Sunday, October 10th.
Thank you, Katie!
These are so cute! If I won, I would like “{She: Me, My Life, My Days} ~ Writing Prompt Journal 1.0″
the You are Loved book is AMAZING! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Wow, what a neat idea! I like The Little Things book.
{She: Me, My Life, My Days} would be my pick!
I like the blue and white diamond mini book For Someone You Love. So sweet!
Oh my gosh! I love those journals! My favs are, love letters and she. I need those!
I love two! I just had a baby, so I am leaning towards the baby book. I also like the home mini-book.
I love the You Are Loved book. No children here yet…but I think it would so sweet to record those special memories for the little one!
It’s hard to decide which one I want! I like the She 1.0, the journey one, and the little things one. I’m not sure which one I would pick…
Nice journals and a nice idea! I’d go for the travel journal.
I’d love the baby book! So unique!
I think ’1o little things’ is lovely. But i also love the SHE book.
wonderful!
These are so beautiful! One of my dearest friends is pregnant with her first baby, and I would LOVE to get her the baby book! I would love the home journal for myself. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would have to choose {Love Letter} ~ A Minibook for Someone You Love. Such an awesome idea!!
These are so great! For a pregnant friend, I would love to gift {You Are Loved}. And for myself, {Love Where We Live}!
i’ve never been really committed to journaling (and believe me, i’ve tried!), but the ‘You Are Loved’ book just melts my heart.
i love the ‘you are loved’ baby book. so sweet!
I just bookmarked the ‘you are loved’ baby book. It will be just perfect for my little baby who’s due on the scene Christmas Day!
I think my favorite is “{She: Me, My Life, My Days} ~ Writing Prompt Journal 1.0″.
I never write about my life and the things that are going on and this would really start the creative flow. I love her ideas, they are great!!
What a great giveaway! I like the Love Where You Live notebook.
- Danielle
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I would so want the “She 1.1″ journal. I think it would be fun to have things about me written down.
So hard to decide! Probably the you are loved minibook. I’d have to buy two more if I won.
I also like the serious/silly doodle list one.
They are all beautiful! But I think I would choose the SHE 1.1 book – a treat for myself…
I would love the You are loved, baby book, preferably green! Adorable!
I love the {You Are Loved} ~ Baby Book. Would come in handy since we have a baby on the way!
I would ove to win any of the “She” journals!
Those are so cute-what a fabulous idea! I would love the {She: Me, My Life, My Days} ~ Writing Prompt Journal 1.0 to start! LOL
What a great idea!! We are military so we move all the time so I want the {Love Where We Live} – A Home Mini Book. I think I might even buy a bunch of these and try to recapture our past homes around the world!
I would choose the “You Are Loved” baby book in pistachio. My husband and I are trying to start a family and I know those good intentions of keeping a detailed scrapbook will fall to the wayside.
I like the travel journals or the She ‘prompt’ journals.
I love the love letter book. definitely hard to choose such good ideas wish I could see more of what was in them!
I love the celery green Love Where We Live journal. I have recently written a few things from deep within regarding where I am right now. Would love to try this different approach. Thanks for an opportunity to try to win a journal!
Love Letter in Blue & White diamond would be a sweet way to record all the reasons I love and appreciate my hubby.
love letters!! so sweet…what a beautiful shop!!
I would love the “{She: Me, My Life, My Days} ~ Writing Prompt Journal 1.0″ I have recently started thinking about journelingf my thought and this would be the perfect journal to start with.
I would pick the Love Where We Live journal because I love the prompts and suggestions for journaling.
I’m expecting my first baby in January and have been looking for a baby book. The “You are Loved” book looks so sweet!
{She: Me, My Life, My Days}, It is hard to choose which one I like the best!
The Little Things (listing thankful thoughts) would be perfect for me!
I would pick the You are Loved book. What a wonderful idea! Thanks for the chance!
I love the You are Loved book or the She writing prompt journal.
Thanks for this giveaway!
My sister is the journal writing one in the family! I would love to give her the Journey travel journal. I give her a different one every Christmas.
I love the For Someone You Love book. I am like you… I can’t remember anything. Sometimes people talk about experiences we had when we were younger with such amazing recall… and I can’t remember what they are talking about at all. makes me sad.
These are adorable! I would love The Little Things journal!
I love all of these! I have lost my whole family to accidents. It is very hard for me to remember things about what I was like as a girl, or the things we did as a family…I have no one to ask. That is why I am obsessed with keeping journals, especially for my kids. The “You Are Loved” journals are my favorite because that is exactly why I choose to write everything down. So my children know how much I truly lov(ed) them.
The She journal is gorgeous.
i am an imigrant… and have been journaling long before blogging was around…:) These cute books certainly makes one want to pick up a pen ….The little things is so cute….
What a cool idea. I love all of them. I think I would get “She”
thanks.
I think the Love Letter journal would be awesome to give to my fiance on our wedding day!
All of the journals are amazing! 
Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been wanting the She journal since it came out ~ http://www.gadanke.com/product/she-me-my-life-my-days-original-writing-prompt-journal
I’d love to win the You are Loved Baby Book! What a neat idea for a journal! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to win the She: Me, My Life, My Days book!
I would love to win the You are Loved journal. What a fabulous idea. I think it would be cool to have one for each child!!
I would love to win She: Me, My Life, My Days. This is such a great idea!
I would love to win the {Something Serious with Something Silly} ~ Doodle List journal! Thanks for sharing these, they’re awesome!
I’ve been a long time follower of Katie’s blog and love her Gadanke line. I think I would like…ummm…all of them?
The Travel Journal looks wonderful!
– Birgit
The “Love Letter” is my absolute favorite…would love to win this!
My pick is the Something Serious with Something Silly, in Pink.
What a great giveaway! I love the She: Me, My Life, My Days journal. I used to love journaling when I was younger but I’ve gotten out of it in the last few years, this could be the very thing to help me start again
I would love the Mini Book for Someone You Love in “blue trellis”. Great blog!
I would love to win the Love where you Live journal, as we are in the beginning process of building a new house (excited!!!), and leaving a home that my great-grandma built, where my grandpa lived as long as I can remember, and where my daughter first came home from the hospital (bittersweet!).
The Something Serious with Something Silly Doodle journal is right up my alley…in orange…
creative and inspiring, makes me wanna go home, curl up on the recliner by the window, and write away! eenie meenie miney mo, which one should it be? you are loved, or she?
i would love love love to win a red she: journal!! i have been looking for the perfect journal for over a year, and that one just looks perfect! it has been a while since i have journalled regularly, and the prompts sound like fun ways to re.ignite my creative self!
thanks to both of you for the opportunity.. & the inspiration!
“the little things” is such a simple but wonderful way to capture the important things in life.
I’d love either the baby book or the home book! Either would be amazing to document our day to day!
I’d love to win the red Joy to the World Christmas journal – what a wonderful idea!
These are very cool. I guess I would choose the “Love Where we Live” book because I really have nothing like that. They’re all pretty cute, though.
PS–My actual human name is Jaimie, LOL (from Two Chicks and a Hen.)
I would love to win the She: Me, My Life, My Days journal. Such a good idea!
They are all brilliant! I would love to win the “love letter” journal.
These journal are just adorable. I love the She one and also the You are Love. What an awesome giveaway. Thanks to you and to her for the generous opportunity.
These are all amazing, I want every single one of them! I think I would love the {Love Letter} journal for my daughter. Or any one of the She journals would be awesome, too!
I love the Love where you live journal.
I would love the baby book. I have been slow in keeping up with one for my second child. This would inspire me!
I would LOVE to win the “love letter” journal…my bf’s birthday is coming up, and that would be an awesome gift! I would also love one of the “She” journals! These are just fabulous:) I love preserving memories, and these journals are great ways to do that. Thank you Katie for making these & thank you Lindsay for sharing!
I would love to win the travel journals!
I have a blog, but it doesn’t really capture how I feel or little moments. I’d love to win the She journal to help me do that.
Those are beautiful! I love {The Little Things} journal…I think it’s so important to remind yourself of all the little things there are to be thankful about!