Welcome!

I’m so glad you’re here and so excited for you to get started on your journey with your commonplace book!

As you will hear me mention throughout this course, my commonplace book is my heart in book form. I want you to have your very own heart-book to have and hold all the precious bits from your own life.

Let’s dig in!


This course is divided into five sections and each section includes several lessons.

Lesson titles are clickable and will take you to the course content.

getting started

section 1

  • Welcome and introduction

  • The who, what, when, where, and why behind common place books

  • Setting your own parameters (or not!)

  • Materials, tools, and supplies

artwork & titles

section 2

  • Finding Your Style

  • Adding color, interest, and art

  • Titling entries

  • Sourcing art + color

  • Printable art - free download

five layout ideas

section 3

  • Center Focused

  • Puzzle

  • One big idea

  • Bullet points

  • One more

mix & match and

keep going

section 5

  • Mix and match

  • When you don’t like what you’ve made

  • Keep going!

five content ideas

section 4

  • Monthly goals, plans, or calendar

  • Diary entries

  • Collecting good words

  • One more

  • One more