{"product_id":"craft-journal-for-makers","title":"The Maker’s Chaos Book","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou keep photographs of what you make. This is for everything the photograph doesn’t show.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe ideas that arrive at completely inconvenient times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe things you tried that nobody asked you to try.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe piece you nearly launched across the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe customer comment you want to remember forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe strange request that required a short walk before replying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe thing you were \u003cem\u003ecertain\u003c\/em\u003e would sell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe thing you nearly didn't make that everybody suddenly wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnd all those little moments you were absolutely convinced you'd remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Maker’s Chaos Book is part journal, part creative dumping ground and part maker time capsule - created especially for people who make things.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt's a place to get ideas out of your head, keep track of the moments worth remembering and build a record of your creative life as it changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eNot another productivity system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eNot another planner telling you what you should be doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnd definitely no expectation that you fill it in perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart anywhere. Skip pages. Scribble. Stick things in. Come back months later. Make it yours.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThere is no order you have to follow and no page you have to complete first. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003eMore than somewhere to write down ideas\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Chaos Book gives all those little parts of being a maker somewhere to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eUse it to capture \u003cstrong\u003eideas before they disappear\u003c\/strong\u003e, remember projects you want to try and park expensive ideas before one convincing video results in another piece of equipment arriving at your house. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eKeep a record of \u003cstrong\u003ehow your making is changing\u003c\/strong\u003e — the things you can do now that once felt difficult, experiments that worked, experiments that absolutely didn't and lessons you learned along the way. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eSave the \u003cstrong\u003epeople and moments behind your work\u003c\/strong\u003e, from comments that made the whole thing worthwhile to customer requests, people who supported you and the things only another maker would understand. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIf you sell what you make, there's space for the \u003cstrong\u003ebusiness memories worth keeping too\u003c\/strong\u003e - unexpected bestsellers, products that didn't perform as expected, memorable orders, market-day aftermaths and the things you've learned you'd rather say no to next time. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnd because progress can be surprisingly difficult to notice while you're living it, there's somewhere to keep the \u003cstrong\u003efirsts, tiny wins and milestones\u003c\/strong\u003e too - from your first sale or repeat customer to the small creative victories nobody else would understand. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnd then there's the time capsule...\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eKeep photographs, old product tags, packaging, business cards, swatches, stickers, notes and other little flat pieces of your making life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eRecord what you're making now, what people know you for and what you're hoping might change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eCompare your early work with what you're making today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWrite something to the maker you'll be in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBecause one day, this won't just be a book you've filled in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt'll be a record of the maker you were becoming.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis might be for you if…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ideas currently live in screenshots, scraps of paper and your head.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've bought materials for a project you can no longer remember.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've said \u003cem\u003e“I'll remember that”\u003c\/em\u003e and absolutely did not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want somewhere for the fun bits of making, not just the admin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've been making for years but rarely stop to notice how much better you've become.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou sell your work and want to remember the stories behind the business, not only the numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou make purely because you love it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'd love to open something years from now and rediscover things you'd completely forgotten.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou don't need to run a business to use it.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you don't sell what you make, the business pages can simply be skipped. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 dir=\"auto\"\u003eChoose your format\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRINT AT HOME EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWant to start filling your Chaos Book immediately?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eDownload the Print at Home Edition and print it yourself at home, through a local printer or using your preferred printing service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePerfect if you like working with pen and paper, want the freedom to print the pages that appeal to you most, or fancy building your own gloriously chaotic binder over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWrite on it. 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