Tuesday's {Tip} Create a Blessings Box

Earlier this month, I saw this daily journal that she kept in a fruit box journaling just a "one-liner" about each day. Each card is reused each year so that you could easily see what had happend the previous year. It is really neat but I felt God leading me to do something a bit different.

I have dwelled and dwelled on the idea, and now I think I have my idea "cemented" how I want it. Let's look at my new "Blessings Box" and how I created it using the inspiration from the "fruit box" journal!

What Makes This Different?
What makes this box different is that we are not journaling paragraph upon paragraph. We are not journaling "the bad stuff." We are just noting ONE blessing from the day! That's it. Super easy to keep up with, and what a blessing as you go back through each year to write another blessing!!

The Box
First, my amazing parents found this great antique card file box for me. It holds 3x5 cards but I cut out scraps of my favorite "pink" papers from Memory Box, Basic Grey, etc. I will use the white side (the back) of the paper for my journaling but I love that the other side of each card is pink! This will be a great way to use up scraps and save "samples" of my favorite papers!
The Monthly Dividers
To create the monthly dividers, I used an old 2007 Vera Bradley Calendar that I had gotten for free. I saved it because on the back of each calendar page were prints of their beautiful fabrics. I love Vera Bradley fabrics. So, I decided to cut up the pages to create my monthly dividers. I then used scrap white paper to stamp each month and adhered them to each card. Didn't they turn out pretty? :)The Cards
Yes, you will need 365 cards! However, think of all of the scraps you will use up! You do not have to cut them all at once. You can cut them weekly, daily, whenever you have scraps handy, anytime! Or, you can certainly just use pre-packaged 3x5 cards! In fact, I think I may switch to 3x5 cards because I am missing not having lines on the cards.

After cutting some of my cards, I used a date stamp to stamp the date in the corner of each card just like the "fruit box" cards were done. I did not include the year as I will write those each year as I write my daily blessing.
On each card, I am thinking about stamping scriptures on the bottom of each one using the Our Daily Bread Designs scripture stamps I have. I won't stamp them in any particular order, just randomly. I figure it will be a gift to see the scripture I come upon each day as I write my blessing for the day. You certainly could write or print out meaningful scriptures for each card too. If you want to see a list of scriptures already used in ODBD sets, you can find the listing here. Just scroll down a bit. :)

I hope you have enjoyed my "Blessings Box." I am excited to see the blessings each year as I come upon them. I can't begin to imagine how it will help me to see God's continuing faithfulness in my life each and every day!