Beauty By Desy grew out of so many things I have loved for as long as I can remember, books, journals, letters, creativity, handmade things, and the simple joy of noticing beauty in everyday life.

I have always been drawn to stories, especially fantasy and fiction. I love the way a book can pull you into another world, introduce you to characters who stay with you, and leave behind lines you keep thinking about long after you close the cover.

That is part of why I love annotating books

I don’t annotate to make reading feel like schoolwork. I annotate because I want to be in conversation with the story. I underline what moves me. I write little thoughts in the margins. I mark the scenes that make me feel something. Then, when a book stays with me, I love writing about it in a journal, not as a formal review, but as a way to remember what the story awakened in me.

I have also always loved writing letters

Letters to friends. Letters to family. Notes that say, “I’m thinking of you.” Words that feel more meaningful because they are written slowly, by hand, with someone specific in mind. There is something beautiful about a letter. It carries care in a way that feels different from a quick message. It becomes something someone can hold, keep, reread, tuck away, or remember.

And then there are journals

Creating journals feels like bringing together so many parts of who I am, paper, creativity, reflection, beauty, and the desire to make something with my hands that someone else can fill with pieces of their life.

My creative passion started when I was very young. I was blessed to have that creativity encouraged and cultivated by my grandmother as I was growing up. That shaped me deeply. She helped me see that creativity was not something extra or unnecessary. It was something meaningful. Something worth making time for. Something that could bring beauty into ordinary days.

That love has stayed with me!