Hi! I'm Matilda

From a very young age, I had the opportunity to be exposed to art in various forms. My mother was a painter, so our home was always filled with paintings, easels, oils, acrylics, and canvases. As I moved past adolescence, I had my act of rebellion: I enrolled in an Arts school. Those were the happiest three years of my life, offering me the freedom to express my creativity openly.

Responsibilities soon arrived—university, work, marriage, and four wonderful children. Twenty-five years passed, and like a Swiss clock, life brought me a half-empty nest and menopause simultaneously!

I am a happy person who loves and is loved with tenderness and passion. However, whenever difficult times came, as they do for all of us, arts and crafts were an incredible emotional lifeline. A few years ago, I completely fell in love with the art of journaling, creating a new story with each journal. For a long time, this was a personal and very private activity, but over time, I felt the need to share it with others.

This is how I started a small journaling project with adolescents, offering them this fantastic tool for free expression, creativity, and emotional self-care. This store, Matilda's Journals, is my newest project. Reinventing myself and creating will surely accompany me until the last day of my life, as I walk under the sun.

Join me, and let's create together!