My Cat, My Crafts, My Life

For this week’s Happy Planner layout, I did something a little fun and spontaneous! I picked a sticker book at random without looking! The winner was the  Big Grand, Color Story Happy Planner Sticker Book . Technically, it’s designed for the Big Happy Planner, while I’m using a Classic, so the stickers don’t always line up perfectly with the lines. But honestly? They still look super cute, and I love the playful style it gave my spread.  This week’s sentiments are extra special: “We are all a work in progress” “I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive”  (close to my fave mantra— fall in love with life ) “This Happy Life” “Everyday is a gift” To add some extra flair (though less writing space), I sprinkled in the small transparent stickers included in the book - vinyl records, ice cream, and musical notes. It’s colorful, happy, and a little random… just how I like it.  Oh, and can you believe we’re only  86 days away from Christmas ? Woot woot...

Three years ago, we spent the Saudi National Day long weekend in Bahrain. We stayed at Fraser’s Suites, which, little did we know, would be our last time there for a while. Not long after, we got “poached” by The Domain Hotel when their manager helped my husband arrange a birthday surprise for me. Since then, we became regulars there. Fast forward to last month, when we found ourselves back at Fraser’s again, reminded of just how homey the apartments feel and how sincerely the staff treat their guests. You can read more about that here . But back to three years ago: on our way home from Bahrain, we got stuck in heavy traffic. At first, we wondered what was going on, only to realize it was the National Day festivities in full swing. Cars were draped in Saudi flags, kids were cheering from sunroofs, and people were handing out candies and chocolates from car to car. Some even sprayed cars with (what we assume was) removable paint, but all in good fun. The energy was infectious, and the l...