I recently worked on an extensive project with a friend, crafting an enormous scrapbook for another friend who was moving away. We spent a few months piecing together photos I printed on my photo printer, along with glittery paper, stickers, and so many other lovely things.

What started out as a simple project turned into 30 intricately detailed pages in the first scrapbook I think I’ve ever worked on. It was kind of sad to realize that it was all done, but our friend really appreciated all the work we’d put into it. We also took photos of all the pages, so we’d be able to remember what it looked like.

It was really nice to actually see such a huge project through from start to finish, though the idea of actually buying supplies and using them up — sometimes the same day! — was a little new to me. I’ve always had a bad habit of collecting supplies I never used, so this was a nice change.

I might have one little project to work on in the next week, but I’ll have to wait until I post more about that. In the meantime, I’ve been buying a few things for myself on Etsy, and wanted to share some of the shops I’ve bought from.

I recently started thinking more about buying cute, dressy things for myself, so this was part of the reason for looking for items like this in the first place. And, as should be no surprise by now, they’re all Japanese in design and theme. The barrette and purse are both from Tago Design of Japan and the necklace comes from Ceeb Wassermann in Australia, who I’ve purchased a few necklaces from in the past.