reminisce / book of notes:

September 10, 2012

This week while I am away in London, I thought it'd be fun to go through some very old blog posts and repost them here again! For any newer readers, maybe you missed these. For any readers who have been reading this blog since this time and remember these - thank you for sticking with the blog all these years! This post was my very first & original 'book of notes' that I shared about a little note-book card I made for my (at the time boyfriend) Nick. It actually got linked on a couple other blogs and I received a 1000 hits the day I posted this. (going from maybe 20 hits a day, heh) Pretty cool ;) This post was originally posted on February 3, 2009.

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last week, nick had a super tough work week. he was working overtime, till about midnight every night! so i decided to make him a little book of encouraging notes to get him through the day. there were about 8-9 notes in the book. the first page even has a little 'capsule' note, that you can open and it had a note inside, my personal favorite ;)

anyway, i've always been fascinated with the book, "the jolly postman" by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. did anyone ever read this when they were younger? if you didn't read it, buy it now! it is simply delightful. if you have kids, get it for them immediately! they will love it. and love you for it! the story is so clever, and there is something so neat about opening up all the little letters as you go along the story. they also created "the jolly christmas postman" and "the jolly pocket postman" and they are all just as cool. i had lost my books from i was young so my little brother re-bought them for me a couple christmas's ago. i would love to just have endless books of envelopes notes to read all the time!

so this is my book of notes for nicholas. it was so much fun to make. and i think he really enjoyed it. he said it helped him get through the day.







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  1. Oh wow! This is such a lovely idea the book of notes... sooo romantic and unique and personal too. Such a great idea to steal..... hehehe


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  2. What´s in the last picture? It´s a music?

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  3. Love the Jolly Postman. I also love this book-makes me want to create my own version asap.

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  4. This is a nice idea, so cute !
    I'll try to make one :-)

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  5. I hope Nick re-read this,also, and remembers what a lucky man he is to have you.

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  6. Just wanted to say it was so nice to meet you and Nick in person at the Chicago fair on Saturday (my fiancé was the one who used to work at Square)! You are both even sweeter in person and I hope you have a wonderful time in London (jealous!). :)

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  7. That's so cute. It's like an early form of art journaling.

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  8. Adorable! No wonder you for so many hits!

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  9. This is such a sweet idea, you are so creative.

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  10. So lovely... and very cute. So encouraging too - what a lovely thing to come home to. x

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  11. After seeing your initial post, I created a book of notes for my partner when we first started going out. He loved it, and it was by far the most fun project I've worked on. Thank you for sharing and putting the idea in my head =)

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  12. Danni, I LOVED "The Jolly Postman" when I was younger! Loved it! I am sure it is still around my mom's house somewhere in fact. Thank you for the fun trip down memory lane! That book, The Borrowers, and The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler are probably the 3 most memorable books from my childhood. You know, besides the Baby-Sitters' Club. Thank you so much for sharing, your book is adorable!

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  13. Lovely! Simple and straight from the heart to his heart :)

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  14. This is one of the first posts I remember! And I'm pretty sure I yoinked it and saved it on my harddrive somewhere. I'm sure it's still there.

    Fun memory!

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  15. I remember this post! It was so inspiring, I had to try it. My boyfriend is a marine and we couldn't be together for his birthday this year (which coincidentally happens to be Valentine's Day), so I made him a little book of notes. He said no one had ever done anything like it before. Thank you for all the wonderful ideas!

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  16. Oh man! I had totally forgotten about The Jolly Postman until just now. I absolutely loved that (and the Xmas Postman) as a child. This is such a great idea!

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  17. Really nice and sweet idea! Will make one this weekend :)

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  18. Love this envelope book, it's so Sweet!! Can't wait to read jolly postman with my daughter

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  19. Perfect Idea, so simple and so romantic! I love it, congrats for you work!

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  20. Absolutely beautiful. What a sweet and inspirational way to say 'I love you' to the one who is so special to you. Thank you for sharing.
    Love, Maureen

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