Beyond the Lines: Exploring the World of Notebooks & Journals With a Cuppa

 

Hello friends!

 Happy November!

 How do you like my new cuppa?

This came with a set of three other cups and they all have a different designs on them. 

I received the set from a wonderful friend. 

Can't wait to share each one with you every week.

Linking up with  Tea Stands For Tuesday hosted by the lovely Elizabeth.

Also linking up to The Good The Random The Fun hosted by Tamar.

THE GOOD

I have a few notebooks, journals and planners that I wanted to share with you. I bought a red Clever Fox Weekly planner from Amazon and I use this for appointments and to-do lists. It's a great planner. I really enjoy using this weekly. It sculpts my thoughts and brain around what I need to do and what I need to accomplish in the week and month.

Vision Board for 2026 

 I used Pinterest to print out some images

I also used some stickers.

This is how the weekly layout is in the Clever Fox Weekly Planner

I have a red Leuchtturm1917 and I use it for a Creative Journal. This lovely journal was gifted to me. In this journal I love to capture memories in creative ways like drawing, making collages, cut and pasting, adding photos, embellishments, making lists, writing poems and journal entries.

 I just had to add pom-poms to the journal.

 Leuchtturm1917 is by far my favourite notebook out there. 

I love the quality of the notebook.

I have a Junky Junk journal, It's an Oxford Composition Notebook and in it I put all paper and scraps that I like. The messier the better! I will be be sharing a flip through of my Junky Junk Journal when I finish it. 

I have a pocket size Leuchtturm1917 softcover that I use as a commonplace book. 

"Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are personal notebooks used to compile any information the owner finds interesting or useful. They can variously contain notes, proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, prayers, legal formulas, and other professional references. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century." -wikipedia

So far I have documented quotes from books, bible quotes and classical music that I love. 

I love a commonplace book. Yes of course I decorated the cover! 

I have a Leuchtturm1917 five year planner called "Some Lines A Day" which I write a few lines of what happened in my day and I write it before bed. I love this planner because each day it allows me to see what I was doing the year before on the exact date. Very amazing planner and I will continue to use it because I love it so much. 

*Feel free to use my code: MARIA for 20% off your purchase from Leuchtturm1917

I also have a Traveler's Notebook. I bought an affordable one off of Amazon.

This is great to take with me when I am out of the house. 

This is my Moleskine notebook which I use as a monthly calendar, daily thoughts and to-do lists plus food and recipes and creative junk pages too. I am not a fan of this book. I will be using this up because when I start something I must finish it. 

Do you have a favourite notebook? 

Let me know which notebooks you like and enjoy.

 I would love to know. 

I also have two more notebooks, one to write stories and poetry and another notebook that sits by the couch area just incase I have an idea and want to jot it down quickly. 

You can never have enough notebooks, journals, sketchbooks or planners! :) 

THE RANDOM

I have a new About Me Page.

 Check it out if you like to read a little about me. 

Here is the set of four mugs. 

Which one is your favourite?

Thank you all for visiting my blog. I appreciate you so much.

THE FUN

Check out my New Vlog if you like.

I was thinking of making a journal vlog where I can share all my journals with you. 

Let me know if this is something that would interest you. 

Thank you and have a wonderful rest of the week!

Thank you,

Maria

Tuesday Tea & A Farewell Poem to October

Linking up with Tea For Tuesday 

Hosted by the lovely Elizabeth.  Bluebird and Elizabeth's Blog

This is not the poem

I pulled my back last night

Don't ask how 

Ok 

I will tell you

Just getting into my PJ's 

yup that's all it took

Now I'm sitting and can't move from the couch

Thank goodness I have some help today.

Yesterday I tried this tea and It's in my favourite mug

I love the Nutcracker story and this mug is from Indigo

it has the characters all over it

I have a green version of this mug as well but it's in boxes from our move

We haven't unboxed everything

The tea is Organic Green Tea Matcha with toasted rice 

I really love the flavour of the toasted rice.

My Sweet October

October,

Colours of red, orange, yellow, brown

Leaves are falling all around and the air is cool

Fireplace in the air

Sounds of Autumn everywhere

Leaves falling like rain to the ground

The sun is bright 

The sky so blue contrasting with the warm colours of the leaves

oh how I will miss your beauty!

My sweet October.

-Maria Medeiros

Thank you for each moment

I am grateful for each day

MINI COMPILATION OF PHOTOS

Have a wonderful day and a lovely rest of the week my friends!

Thank you from my heart!

Maria

A Slow Autumn 🍂 Morning

Linking up with Tea Stands For Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! Time is going fast my friends. 

The trees have changed colour; red, yellow, orange and brown. 

Leaves are falling and some trees are bare.

I've been enjoying Pumpkin Chai tea with milk and maple syrup from Davids Tea.

The cup is a gift from a friend. I received it before moving to PEI. 

I'm still stuck on the same books and really need to make the time to read more. 

Cold iced coffee for the afternoon and I love popcorn. This one is not my favourite flavour. 

Previously I bought the Pumpkin Spice popcorn and enjoyed that more. 

Books I need to finish by the end of this month. 

I wish you all a lovely week full of love, good health and kindness. 

Love how roses still bloom and blossom in Autumn. 

Thank you all for your visit. 

I hope you have magical, wonderful and creative week!

Lot's of prayers and love,

Maria 

 

Happy Tea Stands For Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! How are you all doing?

I hope you are all good my friends. I am feeling tired from the Thanksgiving weekend. 

I cooked a lot and ate too much. 🤣 

We also watched a couple of Christmas movies and had popcorn. My favourite snack. The two Christmas movies that we watched were Angels Sing with Harry Connick Junior and While you Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock. Sandra is an fantastic actress. 

I woke up today and painted my tea cup photo for Tea Stands For Tuesday.

Linking up with Tea Stands For Tuesday 

hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard

 

Painted my cuppa tea. This tea is the Twinings Lady Grey and I add lemon to it. 

I definitely want to practice painting cups more often.

I also enjoyed a cold iced caramel coffee with pumpkin spice. 🎃

I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week my friends.

Thank you for your visit.

Lots of hugs

Maria