It’s been a while since I shared about my shoppe here because like everything else creative in my life, I’ve been struggling to make the time. I tend to go whole hog for a few days on a project, then burn out. And it seems to get harder to get back into the grove again as I get older, kinda like “The Little Engine That Could” chug, chug… Of course it doesn’t help that I love watching other people create as much as love creating. Dang YouTube!
“Bright Curated Art Finds” Ephemera Pack
There’s a lot of handmade items in this one, stitched collage pieces, painted backgrounds, tags, paperclips, library pockets, pieces of a masterboard, the list goes on. I took a bunch of my most colorful bits and pieces and just started making. It took quite a while to get it all made and organized, and believe it or not, it sat waiting for about eight months to be put together and photographed for my shoppe. Such a slacker!
You can see more details here: EclecticArtJournals
Monkeying About
I’m trying something new on my YouTube channel, talking about my shoppe and using the “ephemera pack leftovers” in my videos. This is the page spread I created in my video. It was fun, but not quite what I was picturing in my mind. Isn’t that always the way, sometimes it’s hard to hit that creative sweet spot, but other times it happens almost magically…go figure. You can watch the video of this page spread here: Eclectic Art Journals
Using the small “masterboard” pieces
This one turned out a little closer to my liking. I think it may be the Travelers Notebook size of this journal that throws me off sometimes, luckily I have quite a collection of ‘long thin’ images in my stash, so I’m good there. You can see a “short” of this page spread here: Eclectic Art Journals
Thank you so much for stopping by! I have a lot of projects and plans that I want to share over the next few months, it’s just a matter of getting organized…and watching less YouTube maybe…
So, until next time,
Be sure to use the coupon code ‘CUSTOMERLOVE20’ to receive 20% off your purchase of anything in my shoppe.
Talk to you soon,
~Patty
Patty Radish 
Hi Patty, boy can I relate to the little engine that could! I’m “chugging” away with stuff these days as well-lol. I had a recipe from last Christmas I wanted to try and just today I finally made it! Almost a year later!
I kept moving the recipe and ingredients from counter to cupboard, rewriting it on my “to do ” list and was getting very exasperated! Today was the day it finally got done. (it’s a sweet treat called Christmas Crack-because it’s so good you can’t stop eating it – haha) Easy to make and only a few ingredients if you want to try it, lots of videos on YT about it.
One day at a time right? Be good to yourself 🥰 and keep chugging along!
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Thanks Jenny! I realized when I wrote this that because I’m retired, if I don’t plan my days, they all tend to run together. Oh, and I’m looking up this Christmas Crack asap! Lol!
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You won’t be disappointed! Hard to stop munching on it, I had Keebler Club crackers and used those, I did 1/2 a batch not wanting to “waste” 2 sticks of butter if it wasn’t that good. 16 club crackers fit on my cookie sheet perfectly. I used semi sweet chocolate chips, next time I want to break up a couple Hershey bars. Have the best day 🙂
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