I am throwing that bullshit out this year and just going for the bucket list. There are a lot of things I want to do... write a kids book, design wallpaper... so I need to get cracking. I am turning 40 in a couple years, so I might be "mid-lifing" here.
Regardless, I made myself a pretty little bucket list book, with a happier name. I plan on giving each idea or 'to-do' its own page. I can write out what I want to do, and then when I do it I can blurb about the experience/ success/ failure as well instead of just "checking it off".
This is how I made mine... My husband gave me this leather journal in my stocking this Christmas. Its by Martha Stewart and you can get it at Staples here for $9.99. Also comes in many other sizes and colors.
I started by using a ruler and a Gold Sharpie-*I love this marker* (also from Staples) and I drew a frame in the center of the cover:
Actually was planning to do this pattern on a wall in my house, but it has since been demolished.
I found some random coins to use a templates-including those of the chocolate persuasion. yum. I started at the bottom and traced half of the coin. I made marks at the half points of the coins, and on the bottom center (see the faint black lines?)
I then lined up the marks up with the centers of the previous rows and traced the next row:
I took a quarter next and centered it in each scallop and traced again. I decided too keep this simple and call it a day here: