I made a thing.

I just finished my handmade graph paper journal. I'm really happy with how it turned out! It was a lot of fun to learn some bookbinding and to try my hand at embroidery (and creating the design).

That should satisfy the creative urges for at least a couple of days :)

I shall call him Ernest.

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