It's my birthday and I'll journal if I wanna......

Shhhh.....Maria sneaking in here at the beginning of the post to say....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY BETH!!!!!!!

I decided since it was Mary Beth's birthday, let's celebrate by giving YOU all a present!!!

Join me back at the end of the post for a GIVEAWAY and Discount Code!

Take it away Mary Beth.....

Yep, I am 54 today. It seems a lot older than 53, go figure. Geez has it been a busy year or what?? I have a feeling that trend is going to continue.  

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My cats like to journal, at least two of them do.

In honor of my birthday, I think Maria has a little something up her sleeve, a discount perhaps? Yay!!!!

But I am here today to talk about DLP =  Documented Life Project brought to you by the girls at the Art to the 5th Academy.

If you would have asked me in January what that was, I would have had told you I had no idea. Then I heard a few people talking and the name kept coming up. Even though I am typically under a rock, I do hear things, ya know.

But I still wasn't really paying attention until March when I taught at Random Arts in NC. A bunch of my very favorite people were there and they all brought their DLP journals. 

Oh.My.

They were gorgeous. 

Maria is one of these people with a gorgeous journal; she lays low on this sort of thing but that girl has more talent in her baby finger than a lot of people I know. Her planner is chock full of fancy schmancy parts. It is totally yummy. 

But back to DLP and Random Arts. 

I got home and looked it up. Of course it had started in the beginning of 2014 so I had missed the boat by more than three months. Someone suggested I could pop in at any time but I really didn't want to play 'catch up', you know what I mean? 

My birthday seemed like a really good time to start though, I mean it is a new year, right?

When I found out that Moleskine made a journal that started in July 2014 and my birthday is on the 7th and all, I figured it was meant to be. 

What I didn't realize is that journal went all the way thru to the end of 2015. 

All the edges of my ginormous journal, covered in Washi tape = beautiful!

And that once I added my pages it would be 

SO.FLIPPING.BIG.

Hmmmm. I will confess to trepidation.

I am up for it though.

LOVE the concept, every single thing about it.

Journal, planner, diary, call it what you will, I just like it. 

Even though mine is flipping ginormous. 

These girls, the DLP gang, they go by Art to the 5th.....and they are uber talented. I haven't met any of them in real life, at least I don't think I have (you know I am of advanced age), but I can tell you I love what they are doing and how they have created a thriving community around their passion. 

They are generous girls; I bought their online workshop about doing Planner Pages and it is really worthwhile. 

So now, let the journey into my new natal year begin. 

The DLP way.

Did I mention that my journal is B-I-G?

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Maria back again....so are you ready??? 
GIVEAWAY and SALE-NOW CLOSED

Maria back again....so are you ready??? 
There are quite a few of us on the StencilGirl team doing the Documented Life Project and we are EXCITED to tell you that we are dedicating this ENTIRE week to posts about the DLP-Documented Life Project! Even better--the girls from the DLP will be here on StencilGirl Talk and their personal blogs using StencilGirl stencils! YAY!!!

We are SO excited to have them, not to mention Mary Beth's Birthday.....so......

We will be GIVING AWAY one 9" x 12" stencil each day 
AND
in honor of Mary Beth's Birthday......having a sale! 
We haven't had a sale since Cyber Monday last year and we won't have another until 
Cyber Monday this year!

7 + 7 = 14% off your ENTIRE order of stencils on the StencilGirl Products website!!!!
and YES our everyday discount of 10% off when you buy 6 or more of the same size also applies! and YES free shipping over $50 in the US still applies!!!
This week only!!
July 7th 12:00 AM - July 12th 11:59PM Central Time
Use Coupon Code HAPPYBDAYMB at checkout.

Fine print....good for stencils ONLY, not good on books, DVD's, Deal of the Day or StencilClub. One time use per customer.

To be eligible for the stencil GIVEAWAY each day just leave a comment on StencilGirl Talk each day AND go over and leave a comment on the DLP blogs featured that day--links will be provided. All comments in each 24 hour period, on each of the blogs will be eligible.

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