Mini Art Journal Makings

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 7 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I was planning a trip to visit my daughter and was looking for an easier way to bring art making supplies. Without bringing my whole studio! I decided to go micro-mini. Luckily for all concerned, not with my wardrobe…if you know what I mean!

I searched for anything I could find that was tiny to see how much I could ft into this travel case. Success was mine…I could barely lift it!

I’ve kept it packed so that all I have to do is grab it and go. Sometimes I just want to sit in front of the T.V. and play…and that’s exactly what I do!

I’ve continued to work on them since arriving back home and had some fun embellishing them with every wayward, or unwanted, paperclip in my stash…so much fun!

This is a page spread I worked on while visiting my daughter. We stayed super busy, so I only got a couple done.

Limiting the bits and pieces I can use really helps me think outside the box, or travel case if you will. I love the challenge of making the randomness come together cohesively!

Those page tabs are from the recent Planner Society Kit Club offerings. I love all that fuss at the top of my pages!

I’m trying to get used to stamping in my journals. I have a boat load of stamps and ink pads, but I get extremely frustrated at how lame I am at stamping! Practice, practice, practice…grrr!

This is my favorite part of art journaling, using something that has been bouncing around my studio for years! I have refused to get rid of that tiny paper clip, hoping that someday I would find the the perfect home for it…Bingo!

So, there you have it. Much ado about some mini-ness!

Thank you so much for stopping in,

Have a wonderful week,

~Patty

New List Journals in the Shoppe!

October 22, 2015October 21, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 2 Comments

I have been having so much fun with my “Halloween” list journal, that I thought it would be fun to make some Fall themed for November list challenges!

I found some super cute “fall-ish” paper last week, and knew it would be perfect for these journals!

This one with the feathers is a particular favorite. I’m not sure wether I saved some for myself though! 😦

What do you think of the giraffe ribbon? Kinda kooky!

I think I had too much fun adding ephemera to these!

Luckily, I had pulled a lot of Fall themed ephemera together throughout the year…and for Christmas, which is around the corner!

I’m still running my 20% off your entire purchase coupon through the end of the month:

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if your interested!

All the streamlining and planning are starting to pay off now, so I’ll be making and posting a lot over the next couple of months! Yay!

Hope you find time to visit my Shoppe!

Thank you for visiting my blog,

Have a wonderful day,

~Patty

Some #listersgottalist Organization

October 20, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 9 Comments

I have been enjoying this month’s ListersGottaList challenge more than usual, and I think it’s because I have been much more organized. Having a container to work from has made quite a bit of difference. No more searching around my studio for inspiration for that day’s decor, it’s all right there!

Last week, I took a couple of hours to go through this journal and lay down all the scrap pieces and journal cards. One of those mindless activities to do in front of a movie or favorite T.V. show.

Having the basic layouts set and ready to go gave me so much more time to have fun and be creative. I even splurged a little on some new Halloween paper just to update my stash a little.

It’s funny how working on a project and making small changes here and there can turn into a process. I’m not sure how this technique will work on months with out a theme, but its worth a try

I think we all struggle with finding enough time to be creative, it always seems to go on the back burner! So having a plan, even with creativity, can really be a life saver!

I am actually going to start working on November’s list journal this week. I think it would be fun to do a blog post to show the step-by-step process I use to build my pages. Hope that sounds like fun!

Until next time,

Thank you for the visit,

Have a great week,

~Patty

My Home Planner Decor

October 17, 2015October 21, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ Leave a comment

So, this post started out as a planner decor reveal, but has turned into something else along the way. Not quite a rant, but a little bit of a frustration.

I have been working diligently over the last week moving from my “Home” spiral bound planner into something much more convenient. I wrote about my frustration of keeping up with two Inkwell Press Planners here, and found the perfect solution…the Week-on-2-Pages digital download from the Plan2Create Etsy shop. Love!

Julie has a great Youtube channel, called Plan2Create, where she shows how she decorates these inserts. She really puts a lot into her videos, totally worth watching!

So, with that part organized, I thought it was time to personalize my Aqua Filofax

I love Christy Tomlinson, and of course her Planner Society goodies, but when I open my planner, I want to be inspired by my own style, so I changed it up a bit.

A few slight changes here and there, mostly, the all important dashboard. Here is where the drama enters! I completely mangled the first decorative insert! It was so darn cute, but I tore it …fixed it…then completely spazed on the laminating, I couldn’t win! So, I started over again…

…and came up with this. I liked it, but it didn’t help me get over the disappointment of losing that first one.

The silver lining: as I was begrudgingly putting away the supplies I had strewn around my studio, some papers fell to the floor, “typical” I thought! Until I saw this piece laying there…

..and decided to start all over again! I love it! Even more than the first one!

My poor husband, if he only knew how much I want that stove! (oh, he probably does!) But as long as I’m baking pies, with or without high heels, he’ll be happy!

So, there you have it! Catastrophe abated…planner well and properly decorated..and all is well with the world…at least my part of it!:)

Long-story-longer, I love my new “Home” planner!

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a wonderful weekend,

~Patty

Thrifty Book Finds

October 15, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 4 Comments

I had the best luck the other day! On a whim, I stopped into a thrift shop by my mother’s place and found the sweetest books at the best price I could have imagined!

50 cents each! That one in the front is from 1907! It doesn’t have any colored illustrations, but I just love it!

Here are a couple of pages from two of these books. These books are so old they are slightly falling apart, so they may have to sit on a shelf for a while until I figure out how I’m going use them.

Three more. How cute are those! And the illustrations are just gorgeous!

Lastly, these two. I would love to have a collection of vintage “The Christmas Carol” books! I have another one, but took it apart to make a journal out of and have regretted it ever since. (In my defense, at least I read the book before I took it apart)