Release day is a big deal around here and this new collection is one of my personal favorites. March is my birthday month so I love St. Patrick’s day theme items. We don’t usually do much for St. Patrick’s day, but I love to include these festive touches on my pages and projects throughout the month. I’m excited to reveal the new collection here with you and also share some ideas and inspiration for creative projects.

I’m convinced that humor sparks creativity. When I can laugh at life, I feel much happier and that leads to good things. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve probably figured out that I have a pretty goofy sense of humor. It’s a great coping tool and I’m so grateful for the funny parts of life. Here are some silly snippets I’ve been saving to share.

I’m excited about a new tool I found last week when I visited someone’s Instagram profile page. It’s called Campsite and it’s free and helps you put all of your important links in one place. This is important when you can only include one link in your profile - which is the case with platforms like Instagram and Twitter. My blog has always been my homebase for all of my links, but in a mobile app connected world, it’s nice to have an easy way to help others find all of your resources.

Here’s what my Campsite looks like. When you go to the actual page, all the links and icons are clickable.

Whether or not you follow my monthly roundup prompts, I hope you have a system for documenting the details of your everyday life. It might seem overwhelming during a busy month or boring during slower times, but it’s worth having some systems in place to help you capture the details.

Here are a few of my suggestions to make documenting an easy part of your routine.

I’ve had a few technical issues behind the scenes that I’ve been trying to work out and this post will be a bit of a test to see if they are all resolved. When I have to work on the techie behind-the-scenes stuff, it’s harder to find time to focus on the fun and creative content so I’m really hoping this will all do the trick. If not, I’ll keep trying!

I had soooo much fun designing this new collection! I have to admit that I’ve been craving chocolate for weeks now while I’ve been working on all of these designs. I think I need to get myself some chocolate today as a reward for getting it all done. Don’t you agree?

I think there will be some fun pages and projects to create with all of these goodies. If you are thinking of giving someone a chocolate-themed gift, it would be really cute to frame one of the cards or printables and include it with a nice box of chocolates. Wouldn’t that be fun?

A lot of creative people struggle with trying to focus on too many things at once. I’m definitely guilty of that because there are so many different projects I want to work on! I guess that is why this quote really resonated with me.

I think this was the most difficult roundup I’ve ever done. Life has been hard to document over the last year, but this was a particularly scary month in the United States. I couldn’t exactly leave political events off of my recap and I wouldn’t want to do that. I also needed to be sure they were recorded in a way that will be suitable for all viewers of my album. I plan to do more journaling of the events that took place, but won’t be sharing those publicly.

I hope that by sharing my approach, it will make it easier for you to decide how you want to do your own documenting.

Now that January has (finally) ended, it’s time for my list of roundup prompts. Before I put them all together on a reminder graphic, I wanted to check in with all of you about roundups in general.