Just Add Stickers

  Little Miss and I made a very special fairy addition to our library. I found a Fairy library kit on Amazon and thought that it would be easy to create our own version. We had all of the materials at home. Some times when I get an idea for a craft, I want to buy exactly craft supply that I have in mind but lately I have been trying to use what I have on hand, to save money and slowly work my way through my large amount of craft supplies. The end result often turns out different but more unique than what I had in mind. This project calls for a faux book box but you can easily make one out of a box. I used one that I had in my Halloween decorations box. I had a more spring themed library in mind but the dark interior gave us the idea for it to be a midnight library. We added some constellation stickers I had left over. We were very happy with the end result. I can see this as a cozy place to read books at night.  What you need: A decorative book box  Modeling clay Mini boo...

Welcome to my 3rd annual reading journal post I started in 2023 and continued the tradition throughout  2024 . This year many of the pages are the same but I have decided to make one change to the way I track audio books and physical books. The 1st year I kept them completely separate, having separate sections for reviews and trackers. Last year I kept the reviews together but tracked physical books and audiobooks separately. I always felt that the way I relate to the story is different in audio form than it is when I read a physical book. I find audio books closer to movies because you don't have to imagine the voices, the narrators bring the characters to life in a unique way.  I am also less concentrated on audiobooks, I will rarely sit listening to a  audiobook without any other distractions, I multi-task while listening to audiobooks, cleaning or walking or driving, even Christmas shopping. The other side is that audiobooks are faster to listen to than to read (espe...