Happy new journal! This month’s book inspiration is A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, and it’s one I’ve been saving since I read it in November. While the colors are very much Lila and Orion inspired, and the quotes were some of my favorites from the book, the idea of the fans came from some random stuff around my room. I was actually kind of nervous to use these colors just because the last time I tried them I felt a little iffy, but I actually love how they turned out!
Without further ado, grab some tea and a pastry, and your own journal if you’re inspired, and scroll on to look at my January journal theme!
I think I was extra nervous to start just because I started a new journal for the year, and I haven’t been feeling super inspired lately. I’ve been putting more pressure on myself to create things and I think maybe I let myself hold back a bit.
What’s funny is that at the same time I’m in a creative rut, I find myself in a reading rut as well! The world works in mysterious ways, so I’m hoping I can navigate my way out of all these weird mindsets, hence my lists and empty spaces meant to “clear my mind.” We’ll see if it works *crosses fingers*
This was when I started to get really excited about this theme. I’m not always a perfectionist when it comes to art, but I couldn’t help but feel relieved when my first weekly spread turned out almost exactly how it turned out in my head!
Aaaaaaand then it went (slightly) downhill again. If you really look, you’ll notice that this is in fact NOT the second week of January, but the third. The second week did NOT look like the thing I had in my head, but this was definitely the month for accepting the little wins and taking punches as they come. In other words, I had an Orion week.
I might be the most proud of this last week. I experimented with making patterns on the marker bits and it almost looked like washi tape! Not to mention the color combo is visually stunning.
I hope you found my journal spreads as soothing as I did making them, and if you’re new to these segments, let us know how you like them! Lauren just started a reading journal and I’m just waiting to see how pretty it is.
Wishing you all the best, here’s to tea, tomorrow, and fake washi tape.
I love the idea of using books as inspiration for bullet journal spreads! I also really enjoyed A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (it was just so wholesome!) and I loved seeing how you incorporated the colors and quotes from the book! 💛 I feel like whenever I try to do bullet journal spreads, I always end up disappointed, so I’m really in awe of how beautiful these look!
Wasn’t it just so precious?? Ah thank you so much 💖 I know the feeling, there’s a lot of color swatching and pencil sketching, so don’t be discouraged! I’m sure they’re beautiful
That’s so cute!! I love the idea of having month themes inspired by books. I’m planning to read this book in February, I can’t wait 🥰
Thank you so much! I LOVE doing book-inspired themes, and I’m so excited for you to read it – definitely a good one for February
Nana, I’m LOVING this idea and how the spread turns out! I’m also planning to start a digital reading journal, since bullet journal is not really working for me, sadly! I’m looking forward to more of your journal contents in the future. They’re so soothing to look at 💛
AH thank you so much Vinny, that means so much to me coming from you! I’m so excited for you! Hopefully you share some of your journal bits and things on twitter n such <3