Remember, uh, member how, uh, in Back to the Future? Yeah. Doc? Yeah, his dog was named Einstein, but he always called him Einy? Member that? Member that? . . . . . . . . . That was awesome.
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Anyhoo, here’s the detail on my [clever] Einstein journals. Firstly, the cover.
Hey! Who put that there?————-^

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Secondly, the inside cover, for some encouragement, just in case.

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And thirdly, a bit more than halfway through, just when the recipient – and thus the writer of this journal, in this case my nephew Drake- might be thinking his thoughts are incoherent or irrelevant, I offer some pep from Mr. Spacetime Fabric himself.

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I know, I’m silly.
Is silliness biodegradable?

Not having to homeschool last week, I decided to get a start on some handmade gifts to give for x-mas. I love making stuff.
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Let’s start with a photo of what our living room looks like after I spend the day creating.

Not too bad.
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I made journals.

The artwork on them came from a book I got in Japan, seven years ago. The artist is Chinami Nakajima. I Mod Podge-d the color-copied art to adhere and lightly seal it to the cardstock cover.
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Here’s the inside. All along the bottom inside cover is a fold that makes a pocket, that’s what the Ticonderoga #2 is nestle into.

Also, on the inside cover I typed “Your thoughts are so important!!” But the photo of those kind words didn’t turn out.
What did I use to apply the type, you ask?
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This.

My Royal Aristocrat Cursive Typewriter! I got it off eBay and it became my present for my 32nd birthday, which was on Thanksgiving this year (Happy Birthday to me). I love it. There also in that photo are my stacks of journals. I’m so blessed to have so many family members to give my handmade junk to. Poor fellas, they’re sweet to put up with me and my “creativity.” I figured, even if they don’t use them and they end up in a landfill, at least they’re biodegradable. I’ll show some more detail on the Einstein ones in another post, cause I know you’re dying to see more.