Midori journaling

 One thing that I love about my Midori Travelers Notebook is that it is portable and has just enough space to record my week or month. I also have a canvas to use leftover pictures that I have printed but couldn't find a use for in some of my others craft venues.(i.e pocket scrapbooking) here is the week of June 29-July 5. I use my Canon Selphy to print my photos and an app called Photo Collage.

Books to read this SUMMER

Just arriving today are two art journaling books I ordered from  Interweave(Cloth, Paper, Scissors) Art Journal Courage byDina Wakly is for mixed media techniques  and The Art of Whimsical Lettering by Joanne Sharpe will help me to perfect my writing style. I can't wait to dive into these yummy books. Stay tuned for some inspiration.

Surprise package

I rushed to the post office to pick up a surprise package from my son and DIL.

My weekend

Here's what I did this past weekend. I attended a spiritual convention with over 7,000 other spiritual people. The convention's theme was: Imitate Jesus.

What a spiritual feast it was!

Fauxbonichi Style

As July approaches, I have some new approaches to journaling that I am going to embark upon. I have to admit that I did not always like journaling but with some of the new techno goodies that are available today , I am rethinking that idea and recreating my writing style. So since my latest "fauxbonichi " is almost filled up, I'm starting a new one which will include the listersgottalist challenge.

Canvas Decor

After cleaning and purging my room recently, I decided that I wanted to add some handmade
decor to my craft area.  I had saved a catchy saying that I found on the web and used it as the basis for my creating.  To start, I took a small 8x10 canvas and proceeded to add some embellishments.  I layered on a scrap piece of a telephone book page, painted it and then adhered it to my canvas.

Next, I added two strips of cardstock, some of my scrap writing paper that I

write little snippets of notes, wood letters(that I painted) and then I took a clear

script stamp and covered the canvas randomly. I also added some

doodles and lastly one of my hand-drawn artsy flowers. I can't wait

to display it in my craft space.

Getting my Summer Craft On

Well it's here, summer vacation. What a wonderful time for me. I get 2 and a half months off with stress-free living. Well, at  least a little less dtressful. So what am I doing? Crafting my little hands and brain away. Check out my IG account(button right) to see what I'm doing. I dusted off my Imagine and it is working double duty helping me to create stickers for my planners. What's next? I guess some awesome projects are just ahead. So stay tuned