I thought I would take a minute to to say hello and share a little something I played with between Turkey day meal prep. I usually don’t have time on Thanksgiving to get artsy, but it was just my husband and I this year. There were phone conversations, emails and texts throughout the day, but this was definitely the most relaxing Holiday I’ve had in many years!
I kept it pretty simple with some paint and a few embellishments…
Hi friends, a lot has been happening in my neck of the woods, but I wanted to take a minute and say hello while I have the chance.
Lately most of my time has been dedicated to home projects and spending time with family. No complaints here on that score, but things will be changing soon because my daughter and her family are moving east a few states and I won’t have them close by anymore. It’s all for the better for her little family, but I’m really going to miss them. Suffice it to say, I’ll have a lot more time on my hands soon.
I found a fews minutes to pull out my little “A Cottage For Betsy” journal for some playtime, this is probably the best page spread I’ve done in here yet.
An homage to working on the house and using up some stash. I found that little frame stuck to the bottom of one of my containers (eye roll emoji)
Spending time with family over the last couple of months has really been a joy, but I really need to back on the “memory keeping bus” before I forget details…
…like this!
Raking leaves with my grandson.
I really miss chatting and sharing with you all!
With the colder weather arriving, I’ll have lots more time to spend on creative projects. I’ve been working on some crochet projects I’d like to share soon.
Growing up, Queen Elizabeth was a big part of my world, you see my mom was a huge fan. She was an English history major in school, and we had shelves of history books about Britain and the Monarchy around the house. So losing the Queen hit home in a special way for me…I’ve always been a fan too!
I knew that I wanted to pay tribute to her in some small way, so I gathered up a few bit and bobs and came up with this:
Ingredients:
Vintage images of Queen Elizabeth II from the internet, a photo of Balmoral Castle printed on clear label paper, postage stamps, and a quote.
Act 5 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and quoted from King Charles in his first address to the country about losing his “Mum”, (and one of my absolute favorites.)
I’ll never forget how proud my mother was when she told me about watching the coronation of Queen Elizabeth when she was young, several times! (sorry about the photo quality, my printer is a stinker!)
A stamp of her parents, I wish it was in better condition, but I’m so glad it found a home. This is a simple page, but a sweet keepsake and I’d like to think my mother would appreciate it.
Did I tell you that I quit Instagram? I thought that I had mentioned it, but apparently not. In case you are interested as to why I ditched 3500+ followers on the IG’s, I just wasn’t getting the engagement I thought I should with that many followers.
Whaaaa!!! (<me whining)
As most people know by now, if you want to be seen on IG you have to make reels…I din’t want to make reels! …and then I did…after I killed my IG account!
Now it would make total sense that I would regret getting rid of my old account, but I don’t in the least. I’m not quite sure why that is, maybe I like the idea of a fresh start.
Well, cutting to the chase as it were, I started up a new IG account: PattysArtJournals Yes, the same name as the one long ago, not so new.
All I know is that I am having so much fun on my “new” account! I’m posting new pix of old journals and new page spreads, making reels, and just fooling around. I think the problem I was having with my old account is the pressure I put on myself to push my Etsy shoppe. You know that “Hustle” culture some of us less enlightened folks fell into.
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share the reel I made for IG with you. You’ll have to add your own background music, I had enough trouble figuring out how to upload this video, Lol!
It has been a long time since I’ve made an art journaling video. Pretty much all the things went on hold over the summer…and the wedding…and the…Ya, enough with the excuses!
The funny thing is that I made this video over two weeks ago, edited and ready to go, but because I had so many fun things lined up with family, I forgot…crazy!
This page was super fun to put together, and the video was actually a breeze to make because I decided to keep the commentary to a minimum, so editing went pretty quickly. (boring backend info)
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’d love to make more videos in the future as long as I don’t have to do so much editing, we’ll have to see how that goes 🙂
I’m working in my “Daniel Boone” nature journal here and using up what I found in my little junk journaling box. Using this sweet image from a Little Golden Book came as a surprise, those lil” birds are so darn cute!
Keeping this short and sweet hoping you will get the info from the video!
Patty Radish 