Your Journalling Practice, Your Way with Mira Bradshaw

Journalling doesn’t have to follow a particular format, happen at a particular time, or look like anyone else’s. The key is finding an approach that fits naturally into everyday life. In this one-hour workshop, Mira Bradshaw helps participants discover a journalling practice that suits their personality, interests and available time. The session looks at different approaches to journalling, what each can offer, and how to choose a format and routine that feels achievable rather than becoming another task on the to-do list. Participants will explore practical ways to begin, keep the habit going when life becomes hectic, and stay creatively interested over the long term. Mira will also share ideas for adapting a journalling practice when there’s little time or life simply doesn’t go according to plan. Custom stickers created especially for the workshop will be used throughout the session, adding a playful and creative element to the journalling process. Please bring a notebook and pen that you enjoy using. Participants will take home:

• Four A6 sheets of custom-designed stickers created by Mira specifically for this workshop — these are exclusive to the session and won't be available elsewhere
• A personalised journalling plan
• Practical ideas to try after the workshop
• A handout with tips and approaches for making journalling work in everyday life

No previous journalling experience is required. Everyone is welcome. New Zealand Stationery Festival This workshop is presented as part of the New Zealand Stationery Festival. A Festival ticket is not required to attend the workshop, although it is highly recommended. Attendees without a Festival ticket will not receive a tote bag and will only be able to access Cobblestones 15 minutes before their class begins. If a Festival time-entry ticket before the workshop isn't available, there’s no need to worry. Anyone holding both a class ticket and a Festival ticket will be admitted according to whichever entry time is earliest. About your teacher Mira Bradshaw has spent more than a decade exploring creative planning, stamping and journalling. A lifelong fan of paper and pens, she has experimented with decorative planning, traveller’s notebooks and bullet journalling before developing a creative daily journalling practice centred around memory-keeping, reflection and noticing the everyday. Her practice continues to evolve across daily, media and commonplace journalling, with photo journalling the latest area she is exploring. She takes a practical, low-pressure approach: learn the tools, discover what works personally, and allow the practice to change over time. Outside her day job leading data and technology for an FMCG company, Mira is an enthusiastic collector and user of stamps, fountain pens, inks, washi tape and all manner of paper supplies — whether they were originally intended for journalling or not. Venue The workshop takes place inside Cobblestones Museum. The paths to the classroom are stone-chip, while the workshop space itself is on the ground level. Tickets $59.90 per person Tickets are available through Eventfinda from Thursday, 24 September 2026. Refund policy Due to the bespoke nature of the workshops and limited capacity, tickets are non-refundable. However, tickets can be transferred to someone else if a participant is unable to attend. For sold-out workshops, participants can contact the organisers to ask whether a waitlist is available. If there is a waitlist, the ticket holder can be put directly in touch with someone who may be able to take over their ticket.