Love the idea of repurposing the fruit crates!

I love this idea – I’m going to make one and give it to my Mom for Christmas! Thanks for sharing!

Love this idea! I think it would be cool to give this to a significant other, documenting a year of your relationship. Might have to try this!

looove it!! beautiful idea!! I’d love to make this for christmas to my busy and creative friends! (any particular place where I can find fruit boxes?)
thank you ashley!

This is so creative and inventive, and personal! I love how sweet this is – if giving as a gift, you could write something on some of the days too. Love it!

Such a lovely idea. I have some vintage wallpaper scraps that I will mount on card and use instead of postcards. Thank you.

Cute idea! I don’t think I’d have the heart to cut up vintage postcards though — I love them so much!

wonderful!

I LOOOVVVEEE this! What a beautiful keepsake that can last you years!

I LOVE this!! I will be making a few of these soon!

I really *adore* this idea! How lovely & unique :)

I love this idea. I used to journal long ago but I gave it up because it was time consuming and when I’m in bed at the end of the day, I want to sleep! This definitely encourages to try to start jotting down little notes about our day!

I love this idea very much. I know some great friends who would appreciate this. <3 <3 <3 Thanks.

What a meaningful project!

This reminds me that a friend’s mom had a big notepad on her fridge where she noted every dinner they ever had. It was fun as a teen to look back through their childhood that way, even while I thought the mom was a little nuts. Now, as a mom, I totally get it.

Um, hello, how great of an idea is this!? Love it.

What a cute idea! I love it!

I love this idea! What a great way to use and treasure your postcards as well as keep track of all of your notes! It would be quite lovely to make a version for your Valentine this coming February! Very cute!

Beautiful, simple, and meaningful!

I LOVE this idea! I’m doing it!

Wow! What a lovely and memory-filled idea. I used to journal. Then I got a life. (ha). Maybe I can do this to remember the small moments of life and my marriage to my best friend!

Love this! Would like to make them for my mom friends in my neighborhood & as hostess gifts. Any ideas for alternatives to postcards & fruit baskets? Thinking I will need to make 8 of these. Great idea!!

I just love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing!

Such a great idea!!!!!

This is awesome! I’m definitely making this! Love the date stamper!

This idea made my smile! So wonderful!!! I think I may just make one of my own! xxoo

i love this idea! i stopped journaling because storing the filled up journals took up too much room… i’m totally going to do this!

Such a wonderful idea! Makes want to try doing this!!! Thank you for another inspiring post!

This is such a fabulous idea. I think my mom’s artist way group is going to be all over this one.

Oh! I absolutely LOVE this idea! And so affordable, too! :) I think this has the makings of a great gift idea, too!

Terrific idea! Great for Christmas or teachers presents.

Too cute.. I’ve been saving my planner books over the last few years,, they’re covered in scribbles, notes, and reminders so its neat to flip through them but they’re pretty ugly to have around. Maybe I’ll transfer them to a card catalog like this :)

amazing idea!!!!!

AshleyAnn – you’ve done it again. Beautiful, simple, fantastic. I want to make one for me and several for gifts.

this is just beautiful…and a perfect easy to make gift for my girlfriends! thanks!

That is soooooo precious! What an awesome idea…I know what I am going to make for my mom! Ashley Ann you are an inspiration!!!

What an amazing idea! I think I will be making this.

I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said already, but it seemed unfair to not note another persons delight with this diy. Well done to all involved!

awesome idea! i think i’ll do this with my own collection of postcards to make it all the more personal. thanks!

So so so innovative and wonderful. I can’t wait to make these for Christmas!

I think I will have to make this but change the post cards to pictures that I already have for the different season/ months and a photo box. But due to other DIY projects this will have to wait until the new year.

Ashley, this is great! Love it like everyone else. :) I have a ton of vintage postcards sitting in a keepsake box from our wedding- we used them as the “sign in book”… now you’ve give me one idea to put them to use.

I will do this adorable box for myself and my family for the New Year and I plan to use some of those great postcards I get sent from other people’s holidays all year round and which clutter my noticeboard!!
Great idea, thanks!!!!!!

This couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. I’ve been scratching my head over some new, vintage postcards (what possessed me? how will i ever be worthy of them?). This would also make a great recipe box

Awesome idea! I keep all of my calendars bc I love knowing “on this day last year….” even if it’s something completely pointless like getting my oil changed or something. I tend to remember the random but can’t make a point to journal the big deals. This is a perfect medium! I’m doing this for myself ASAP so I can start it Jan. 1. Thx for the superb idea. (Plus, I can use my vintage album covers…)

I have been looking for a perpetual calendar, and toyed with the idea of making my own but couldn’t quite visualise what I wanted to do. I will definitely be using aspects of your calendar/journal project. I also really like this idea of ‘speed journalling’.

This is absolutely adorable. I think it may have to be a gift to myself. Journals are so hard to find time to maintain, but a little something like this might be just the thing.

Great idea! Have you seen this by chance:

http://www.etsy.com/transaction/34363310

I think both are great and have been considering making my own :) Thanks for the inspiration to do so!

thanks so much for this creative idea ashley. i so enjoy reading your blog and LOVE that you are sharing a monthly post at design sponge

I love this idea. What a great way to remember and reflect throughout the year! Super cute, too… I think I’m heading straight to the store to pick up a date stamp and get started!! My mom and sister-in-law will love these.

This is AWESOME! I’m definitely going to make a couple of these for Christmas gifts :)

I’ve been hunting the Internet for fruit boxes, but can’t find them anywhere. Any suggestions for where to get them?

what a fabulous idea.. i’m thinking of doing this for myself.. i love it.

I used to be married to reflecting daily in short notes and this is the perfect idea to start that up in 2011! Thanks.

Ashley … Your ideas are amazing! Love following your blog as well as DS!
Great idea … I will be making one for myself and a few for gifts.
Truly think your creativity is amazing!!

Great Idea! I love it!

Thanks, Grace. I also found thinkgarnish online for wooden berry boxes.

I love this…having a hard time finding those bins too.

this is just too, too cute!

Great idea! I just had a baby in November and will use this for her.
Thanks.

Hey Dawn, I love the ones in that store too. The combination of those and a perpetual book calendar/journal were big parts of the inspiration for me coming up with a diy version that has both easy to access supplies and flea market finds. If you are able to nab one from SingleChair consider yourself very lucky – I don’t think he has many for sale.

Wonderful timing…perfect gift. I happen to have some of the green plastic strawberry containers that might work just right. Thank you!

CUTE~ CUTE ~ CUTE~

Love it! If you couldn’t find old postcards, you could use scrapbooking cardstock in different patterns. Of course, I love the history of the postcards.

I saw this idea on etsy a few week ago and thought it was just lovely:
http://www.etsy.com/transaction/34363310

Love this idea for both my daughter who is a new mom and my MIL who is starting down the long road of dementia. Thank you

I adore this idea. It’s perfect for me as a student that is about to enter my last year of schooling. I can look back and make each of my days meaningful.

This is genius. I love it so much and cannot wait to do it. Thank you!

this idea is so cute!!! i can’t wait to make one of my own :)

Dear Mementos,
Hmmmm…. think I’ll create something like this with some of the old cards I can’t let go of… a sweet way to remember and fulfill that perpetual need I have to DOCUMENT.
Love,
Obsessive Journalist in NE

I LOVE this! Thank you for sharing! Just a fabulous idea! :-)

thank you for your idea!! so cool!

Wow! What a truly creative idea. I was thinking of buying a calendar for someone on my list, but I think this is a better idea by far. :)

From the second I saw the first photo, I knew this was a post by the lovely Ashley. I always devour your photos and love your taste/style. This idea is truly incredible. I have never thought of tracking each day side-by-side. How neat to see what you were doing on that same day 5 or 10 years earlier. Thanks so much for sharing!

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing! =)

Me encanta lo voy hacer para recodar los avances de mis tres hijos y cuando sean mayores se lo daré.En vez de postales usaré fotos de ellos.

What a wonderful idea. Simple with a lot of impact!

Absolutely adorable, I’m dying to do this for someone who will enjoy it….hmmmm…or keep it for myself :) Thanks for a great idea!

I made my first one last night and it took a little under 1 hour to complete. Instead of the vintage postcards, I opted to create my own dividers using vector graphics I found online. I’m excited to give these as gifts!

I love this but I am changing it up a bit, I am going to put picture of me and my friend for each month instead of a postcard, seems a little more personal to me!

wonderful idea! I’m terrible about journaling, but I might have to try this

Too cool. And I have a gift card at the stationery store for the index cards and date stamp! Great, useful gifts which are also personal and GREEN!!!
Thanks for being so creative and so generous.

I love this idea so, SO much! I wish we had a market nearby… Vintage postcards are a little pricier than that at the local antique market. Cardstock should do the trick, though!

What a wonderful idea! I just found a whole unopened packet of ruled cards … away we go.

I am making this right now for my girlfriend, I love the idea and really hope that she does as well. I picked up the worst postcards in NYC that I could…kind of an inside joke, but I love terribly designed postcards.

Thanks for the inspiration!

i finally figured out where to find the fruit baskets. google “berry basket.” phew. almost thought i wasn’t going to be able to make these for my friends because i couldn’t find the baskets.

OH. MY. GOD.
Not only do I love this idea, I’m currently sorting my office supplies and was wondering what the heck to do with my 4 packs of index cards. AND I just bought the cutest wooden box with a lid and didn’t know what to do with it. Now I just need the discipline!

I love this, it’s a fantastic idea! Now the race is on to get it sorted by January!

I am DYING to make these, like, right now. Only problem is I can’t find the brown berry baskets! Does anyone have a direct link to buy them online?

LOVE THIS AND MAKING IT!

I LOVE this idea! How fabulous!

LOVE this!

What I love most about this project is that it’s infinitely flexible. You can use whatever size/type box you want, whole index cards, photos or scrapbooks supplies or beautiful papers for the dividers, etc. Can’t wait to make a couple!

i LOVE this idea! and am also having a hard time finding the berry baskets and don’t really want to order them online. i’d love to use something i use everyday…but haven’t thought of anything yet…anyone else have a good idea??

Wonderful and inexpensive idea! I too struggle to find the time to write in my new journal. If I didn’t feel the pressure (that I put on myself) of having to write something deep and reflective I would get a lot more writing done. Thanks for the great gift idea too!

What a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing it

Oh what a wonderful idea, and so cute! Thanks for sharing!

I bought two books of beautiful art postcards and 5×8 cards cut in half. It offered more room for writing and I didn’t have to cut up the postcards. I couldn’t find fruit boxes either so I used square tissue boxes. The end result was lovely and super affordable! Thanks for the great idea!!

Super idea! thank you from Denmark

I am so going to explore crafting this for at least me and my DD. Thank you for the wonderful idea!!

I made one of these last night! Perfect use of the Fossil postcards I’ve been holding on to!

I used a bamboo box intended for silverware organization from World Market. There are photos on my blog! :]

I made four of them at once, which is actually much easier than it sounds, and boom, I had several gifts. I used a 5″ glass container and put some small, glass stone at the bottom to keep the cards tidy. The gifts were a hit!

I love this, and I’ll be making a few this week! Thank you so much.

I LOVE this! Thanks for the great idea, Ashley!
Kelly

Just made one for my daughter for Christmas. I used an old cheese box which was the perfect size. For some dates I used special coloured paper, like red for Valentine’s and teal for her wedding anniversary, green for Christmas.
There are lots of berry boxes in the vintage section of Etsy.com.

can’t wait to make some of these for me and my friends. i’m
even making one for my husband, in hopes that he’ll take a little
more time to think about daily life. :) great idea, so
clever.

What a wonderful idea! I tried keeping a daily journal on my computer, but it just didn’t work out. I could keep something like this on my night stand so I’d remember to write something right before bed. These would also make wonderful gifts!

Nice idea, I’ll start with it on saturday.

Hi there, quite a nice idea! I store everything that I like
(cards, museum tickets, leaflets, etc of things that we have been
doing) in an A4 box, that I put on the attic once filled (oldest
items on the bottom). I think that I am doing this for 10 years now
and for sure it will be fun to open the eldest box. Your suggestion
is even nicer, although more suitable for a kind of dairy/journal
than for objects! One could even create a book of all loose ends in
a later stadium (digital or in real), with a handmade cover! Thanks
for showing.

Hi, love the idea – I didn’t want to buy a date stamp so I created a printable template for the cards (also easy for me to reproduce for gifts next year!). Thought I would share the link to my post containing the link to the PDF if anyone wants to use it! :) just print on the 4×6 card prior to cutting in half.

http://www.thegeekysaver.com/2011/01/inspired-for-2011.html

what a wonderful idea!
i made three of them as christmas presents, my friends were very pleased!
instead of a fruit container i used an old cigarbox and copied old fotos in sepia for the different month.
here in germany you can`t find the small index cards, so i had to cut a large one in half, this was quite a thing.
but it was worth!
thank you so much for sharing this project!

This made me gasp, it’s so lovely. Thanks!

Just absolutely ADORE these! I am a “memory junkie” & I used to be SO good at daily writing down a little note about what I did each day and look back the following years…but I’d have to dig out my old calendars. This is so handy and creative!! Thanks for sharing!

I love this!! It is beautiful and practical. I have added your link to my blog as I think that many people would enjoy giving, receiving and having this.
http://michellan-michele.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-perpetual-calendar-this-is.html

Fabulous! So simple and can be so personalized with special
photos or postcards. This will be put into action for me this
weekend! And I think it may just be my go-to gift idea as well.
Many thanks! Love it.

Love this idea! With my crazy busy schedule it would be nice to jot down just one sentence… and it is adorable to boot!
~D~

this is a wonderful idea!

I adore this, it is so cute and something you can put on your coffee table to remind yourself to write. Great idea.

This is fantastic, can’t wait to make one! Thanks for such a splendid idea.

I did it!
Only, I changed the rules a bit and called it a blessing box where I write down each days blessings:
http://www.lemusingsofmoi.com/2011/01/blessing-box.html

this is brilliant!!! i may just have to do this myself!! thank you very much for creating and sharing with us!

what a fab idea!
this would be sooooo good to give as a gift to a newly married couple, or a new mum!

This is great! Thanks for sharing!!! I’m making one right now with vintage love postcards for my fiance who loves to journal, but can’t seem find the time each day. I hope he enjoys it as much as I like the idea!!! :)

love this.
heres my result :

http://flytothewall.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-totally-want-to-make-that-week-14.html

cheers.

Absolutely love this! Fantastic gift idea!

I think I am going to make this for a friend’s wedding gift!

Amaxing, sooo useful!! Thank you so much for the idea and for bringing us life again!!

I think I am going to have to make one too! Great idea~

Great idea! What about a perpetual flip calendar? Same idea, but use/make an A frame out of sturdy cardboard, make the pages, and take to store to have it spiral bound.

Oh my god i love this idea!

Such a cool take on the 10-year journal. I’m going to make this for my little sister’s 20th birthday.

just super great!! Best wishes from janine, from germany

This is a great idea if you wanted to store brainstorming ideas in a cute creative way!

Great idea! I will definitely be making these to give as gifts this season!

i heart this idea so so much. i tried to do something similar with cereal boxes and recipe cards but i like the perpetual calendar idea much more. i think i will look for different boxes/containers to put mine in. all the women in my family are getting these for xmas this year!! thank you so much for the inspiration. i am blogging it, hope its ok to use you pick and link. if not i will take it down

Love it! I read about it in a magazine a while back and totally forgot about it. Will definitely do!

This is GREAT!! Dumb question………is there a specific size for the berry bucket? And are there larger ones if I wanted to do the 5×8? Thank you for your help!

this is so cute!!! one question – where did you get the date stamp? cause i love it :)

I have the same question as AbbieM, I’m surprised it wasn’t asked earlier!

The date stamp can be found at Staples or Office Depot.

And for anyone looking for a more sturdy “berry box” that can survive years of journaling, I just found a white porcelain one at crateandbarrel.com for only $6.95. It’s a “Berry Box Colander”. 5″ square and 2.75″ high. Super cute and definitely on my wish list!!! :)

Porcelain berry box more specifically: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/colanders/berry-box-colander/s183167#

Просто мислех, че ще ви капка линия, за да ви кажа, твоя сайт наистина скали! Търси такъв вид информация за дълго време .. Обикновено аз не отговаряш на постове, но аз в този случай. WoW страхотно страхотно.

I love this! I’ve been keeping calendar journals for several years. How much easier to go back and read this way. Just have to do this. Thanks so much.

This is such a good idea! I have to start this journal.

What a great idea! I’m planning to make one for myself to start January 1st – what a great memory maker over the years.

This is such a great idea. Good on you for thinking it up – what a creative genius. I’m going to make one for my sister for Christmas. Thanks for sharing it!

What a cutie patootie idea! I think I will make one with printed out art that I have done into postcard sise! Thank you for the great inspiration! xoxo

Thanks so much for sharing this idea! After reading your blog post, I made one for myself and have plans to make them as gifts as well. I used recycled greeting cards (good use for those I’d been saving) cut to fit for the dividers. For boxes, I will use burlap covered cardstock boxes (made from a box template found online), with a little decorative ribbon. What a fun and thoughtful treasure! Thanks again!

Thanks for the Crate & Barrel info, Lynn. Cute! I ordered some.

Can’t wait to make this! I may use an Anthropologie stoneware fruit basket for longevity purposes:
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20744306&catId=HOME-KITCHEN&pushId=HOME-KITCHEN&popId=HOME&navCount=90&color=072&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=HOME-KITCHEN-GADGETS

My mom and I have done this for years…..make each other a “grateful” journal. Saw this and I am making for her 3 girls and her and her daughter in law and each year we are going to pass it. Then each year we can read back over our sisters or moms year!!!!!!

This is a wonderful idea. I going to make this for myself and my daughter. Thanks

could you pls. tell me where you found the pint berry containers? I’ve searched high and low online and can only find colored ones! Thanks! Love your idea…making them for Christmas gifts this year :)

Great idea! I am going to make this and use pictures in place of postcards.

Absolutely perfect gift. I was looking for something thoughtful for my Sister who is a new mother. Amazing idea. Thanks so much!

P.S. Don’t forget February 29th for the leap years!

I love this idea, making one for myself and four others my my close friends!

I’m using these: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/kitchen-and-food/colanders/berry-box-colander/s183167

very cool. thank you. xo

I’m not sure why having 365 tiny pieces of paper is any better than having one small book to write in. I can just see the mess when a child, a pet, or one careless gesture by the writer knocks the whole lightweight box over. I also question why anyone would want to trim used postcards and ruin their shape and lose some of the messages written on them.

this will be a great gift ;) I’ll do this for me and my friends, thank you for this great idea =))

OMG, I love this idea and would love to make one to sit on my craft table where I spend a lot of my time. Now to try and figure out where to find a fruit box.

Thank you for the great idea! I love how using postcards can make it highly personal! Flowers, puppies, or maps! The ideas are endless!

Keara
cashmerechronicles.com

great idea! :-) It would make a perfect gift! Not only is it very personal, it’s very fun to do as well!!

xoxo
ida

This is an awesome idea, but in favor of using what I have, I used the cut out bottom of a plastic Arizona Sweet Tea Jug and instead of vintage post cards, I used old pictures that I have that are related to each month. I taped the pictures to some colorful construction paper and wrote the corresponding month on the paper. Also, the jug was kind of big so I just punched some holes in the side and tied some ribbon through to keep the index cards and pics in line. I wish I could post a pic of my results, because it turned out really well. Either way, great diy!!!! Thanks!!!

Great idea!

Love love love this idea – I am always looking for new ways with paper and this is one of the best I have seen in a long time – great for jotting down daily ideas!

Hi. I just made one for my 75 year old mother that I will give to her for Christmas. I think it will be great to see what’s important to her at this stage of her life. I used a kleenex box, the square one, for the holder, and used the whole index card on end and put the date stamp on that end. I used mostly stampin’ up stuff to decorate the box and the dividers. It turned out cool. Thanks for the inspiration!

Here’s a twist to this idea. In a big family it’s difficult to remember all the birthdays and anniversaries. I used a calendar similar to this idea. I used a traditional file box. Each month was a “main heading” card (i.e. January, Feb. etc). Then I put a dated file card for each day of that month behind the main heading card. ( Jan. 1, Jan 2, Jan 3 etc)Each person in the family was written on the card of their birth or wedding. That way, as the family grew, I simply added more names on the cards. One given date card just might have 3 or 4 people celebrating something on that day. At the end of the day, the card for the day was moved to the back of the line so I could see who was celebrating the next day. Best thing, it’s good every year. It sure beats having to rewrite a calendar full of info every year.

Love it! Someone asked where to find the fruit cartons: you could just buy a carton of blueberries or something at the grocery store! Might have mushes on it though… But I was thinking, Anthropologie sells them in porcelaine!

This is such a lovely idea! Thank you for posting it. I have seen some porcelain fruit cartons at Anthropologie too, and that’s what I thought of when I saw this. What a fun, simple, gift to make that will be great to look back on in years to come!

ive made this for two of my friends, one couple just got engaged, and the other, are moving into their new home soon – i hope they like it (oh and ofcourse one for myself! hehe)

instead of a berry box or whatever, I’m using glue and popsicle sticks to make a box, works perfectly. I’m excited to start using it Jan 1. I just need to find postcards or something to divide the months.

Leuk/Good idea!

I love this idea and all the additional tips from other posters.

I saw this a while back but rediscovered it on Pinterest. I’m doing this! I won’t cut the index cards or postcards. I’m going to use a vintage file box. My reason for not cutting them is so that I have more room to journal.

I just finished this for myself and a friend. I pinned my finished photo with the link to your blog and wanted to thank you for such a cute idea!! It was really simple and I enjoyed doing it.

Love this idea and in process of making it! Shout out of thanks to Kim for sharing the retro font to print on the cards for those of us who do not have a stamper; and another thanks to Karen and others who recommended getting the cartons at Anthropologie. They had an assortment of pretty colors – and I ordered two! One for me, one for a gift. Thanks for sharing ladies!

Thanks for this awesome idea! I’m pretty sure I can handle writing one line a day (check back with me in 10 years!). Like others, I also didn’t have access to berry containers but found a cute paper mâché book that holds 4×6 cards so I gessoed it and modified the design slightly. I added some antique drawer knobs for feet. You can see my results at Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/282882420313895356/

I love it so much. I would buy this from you. Really. Thats awesome! I love the idea. And I am going to make it myself.

I just made one today!! Thanks for the great idea!! I love how mines turned out even though yours is so much better! LOL I wish I had done this as Christmas presents.. so I am definetly making these for my friends and family next year =) Didnt have a date stamp so I hand wrote all of mines.. oh gosh.. I recommend the date stamp =p

Can someone please share a source for the baskets? I got my cards today, but when I cut them in half, the little box that I have is way too wide. The cards when cut in half are 3″ wide and the container I have is 4 1/2″ square. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Where can I find those type of fruit boxes?? I can only find ceramic ones online and I like that natural look better! Awesome idea I can’t wait to make one for all my sisters and I :D

I loved this idea so much that I went out and bought the supplies that day (I just finished my journal this afternoon). I love the vintage postcards but couldn’t find any so I used patterned card stock from a craft store. I’ll be looking for the postcards since I plan to make more of these for gifts. Thanks for sharing your idea- it’s awesome!

I love this! I want to create one for myself. I feel like it will be so fun to go back and see them. I have these tiny index cards already and I want to create one for this year.

I made a couple! Great idea. http://alyssum.blogspot.com/2012/01/14-year-calendar.html

Very cool, my boss’s wife would realy dig it

AMAZINGLY CUTE!
tara

The best ideas are those that spark others, right? So, I’m inspired to make one for each of my five siblings and myself, and then for us to share our calendars with our parents and each other during our occasional visits at various times of the year (we are spread out across the country and rarely get together anymore at one time). We always want to know what each of the others has been up to between visits and, despite email and Facebook, we don’t seem to always connect. This is a nice way to recall events that will trigger stories and lots of reminiscing! Thanks for the inspiration!

this is amazing! i struggle to find time to journal, so this is exactly what i need. :) thanks a bunch!

I loved this idea so much I made two similar versions. I needed them just a little larger so one I did on small index cards and the other on 4 x 6 inch index cards. I used old photos to separate the months and hand wrote the dates. Can’t wait to see what this project looks like in five years. I’ve always kept a similar diary on a yearly calendar, but this is so much better since you can see several years at once. Thanks for a great idea.

This is a really cool idea… I think I may have to do it! :)

I made one of these for myself and loved it so much that I made several more as gifts. If you can’t find fruit crates, Michael’s has small cardboard boxes that work. You may have to adjust the size of the cards though. LOVE the diy ideas on D*S. Thank you!

Very Nice idea.I now know what to do with my Postcards

Thanks for the inspiration. I made my own, pinned it to pinterest & linked it to your blog. Love it!

http://pinterest.com/pin/267964246548443526/

I finished mine last week, it is just adorable! :D I did not have a date stamp so I wrote the dates myself, which made it more personal to me (: I also used post cards from friends, so now I tell all of my friends to compete and write the best post cards so they can enter my diary haha :D
Thank you a lot for the idea, in some years I will be even more thankful! :D

Caught this idea on Pinterest! Schlepped to the office supply store and now my kids and I are starting our own 10-year Journals. It will be fun watching their hand writing change over the years and seeing what snippets of their days they find most meaningful.