This is a Journal Jar...

Inside this decorated jar are strips of paper that have prompts. For example:

• What is your full name? Who were you named for? How do you feel about your name?
• What is your favourite book? Tell about your favourite books as a child, teen and adult.
• Did you have a favourite toy as a child? Did it have a name? What memories are connected to it?

The idea is that you choose a question strip from the jar and adhere it to the top of your journal page. The question is then used as inspiration for your journal entry. I got the idea from the Organised Christmas and 119 Journal Prompts websites.

I paired the jar with a plain red (Riding Hood Red?) journal I got from the local stationary store...

Stamps: Artistic Etchings (wood: 121478, clear: 120573). Card/Paper: Basic Black (121688), Very Vanilla (106550), Love Letters (117162). Ink: Riding Hood Red (111836), Crumb Cake (121030), Jet Black Stazon (101406). Accessories: Very Vanilla 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (109026), Very Vanilla 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon (109071), Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (109027), Basic Black 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (115615). Tools: Sizzix Big Shot (113439), Timeless Typle Junior Alphabet Sizzlets Die (115951), 2-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch (118874), 1-3/4" Circle Punch (119850), 1-3/8" Circle Punch (119860), 1-1/4" Circle Punch (119861), 1" Circle Punch (119868), Sponge Daubers (102892), Tombo Glue (110755), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

The Love Letters DSP was the inspiration for the colours and embellishments - Riding Hood Red, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. I altered the journal cover using the Love Letters paper and stamped images from the Artistic Etchings stamp set.

I even added patterned paper to the pen!

I made this Journal Jar as a Christmas present for my Grandma, who loves to write. She has always wanted to write her life story, but has never got around to it. Maybe this will inspire her.