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Trying to Keep Up

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I’ve been busy with all the projects that have been floating around in my brain, and my desk, for quite a while. I have too many ideas and not enough time…or maybe energy?

But there’s lots to do, and I’m slowly getting things done. Slowly being the operative word!

Making journals into fodder.

My latest ephemera packs have been half finished for a couple of years. They started out as a way to use some of my very early art journals for my shoppe. You see, I had to go through my journals when we downsized to a smaller home a few years ago. Some of my journals were not hard to let go of, but I also couldn’t just toss them out either. So I took them apart, played around with them, and turned them into things I could share (sell, let’s be honest)).

The little gypsy is from a tag journal from many moons ago that can be a journal spot, and I made some pages from another journal into tags. I added some gesso and strategic paper pieces to cover my journaling, but most of them are double sided and have some creative potential.

A bit on the grungy side.

I had fun putting it all together, rusty paperclips with fabric clusters, coffee dyed coin envelopes, dyed vintage lace, more journals spots from one of my early index card journals (that makes three journals used up!), old book pages, tea dyed journal papers, and more. This ephemera pack is pretty muted in tone, but as you know, I’ve always loved playing with different styles and colors.

Keeping organized.

These packs have a lot more handmade items than my old style of ephemera packs which were filled with mostly “found” items. I have a lot of ideas I want to use in the future, so I made this ‘Idea Book’ for notes, resources, and creations. I have made something like this in the past, but this feels more like a journal, more hands on and useful.

So much inspiration!

There are so many awesome ideas out there, added with a few of my own, that there doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day for all of them, but I’m giving it my best effort. I decided to include a few photos of my latest ephemera pack into this journal for reference along with some fun ideas for projects.

(I made a video of this journal, the link is in the sidebar if you would like to learn a little more about it.)

Another trip to the vet.

The biggest reason I am having a hard time keeping up with all the things right now is our lil’ fur baby Lily is reaching that time of life where things are starting to fail and I want to spend as much quality time with her as I can. It’s going to be pretty rough when we loose her, she’s my little bestie, so I hope I can keep up when we do. Meanwhile we are doing what we can to make her comfortable and happy!

Until next time,

Sending Joy and Love to you and yours,

Thank you for the visit,

~Patty

“The Nature of Things” Journal Progress

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I like to name my art journals, but I’m not sure if this title will stick. Maybe I should call it “Wings on Things”.

Because EVERYBODY gets wings in here!

This is one of my page “re-do’s”. I pulled off the retro-kitsch decor and gave it a botanical fantasy makeover, like what I did in the rest of this journal.

I didn’t really like the direction it was going, so I decided to tear out pages I had already worked on and replaced them with pre-painted pages. I’ll find a use for the pages I tore out, that can actually be a lot of fun.

I filmed a video this week where I go into a little more detail about why and where my art journaling has been taking me lately. If you would like to see it, hit the link-ity link on the sidebar.

A mouse pondering how to use wings.

In a nutshell…life in the outside world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be right now. My little world is doing great, but as being an ingredient of the world at large, it’s hard to ignore everything that’s going on. This isn’t a place to pick sides, all sides seem to be struggling about something right now…so there you go.

This is a place where I create a little world of my own to visit when things get a bit grim. Much like I did when I was a kid, reading books, listening to music, and making art.

As a matter of fact, I decided to purchase some my favorite childhood books , and a few new ones, on the Audible app to listen to while I work on my journals, this has been so fun!

The other thing I have been working on this week is my creative spaces, yes I have more than one…what?!

Anyway, I started following “The Unexpected Gypsy” on YouTube, and she has really inspired me me to take all things creative a lot more seriously for my overall well being. I highly recommend making any changes in your environment to support your creative life. Any and all changes, large or small, will make an impact, so I’m going to just keep at it! I hope you will too!

Let me know in the comments how you are doing, I love hearing from you!

Until next time,

Have a great week

Thank you for the visit,

~Patty

Shoppe Newness:

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It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about my shoppe on my blog, but it’s also been a while since I’ve put anything into my shoppe! But, in my almighty efforts to downsize, I have to back on it and get some stuff made!

“Sewing and Such” ephemera packs.

I made some of these last year and they sold a lot faster than I though they would, so here we go again!

Lots of thrifted goodies, and even a few things I inherited from my mom and grandmom!

The link to my shoppe is in the sidebar. There’s lots of new stuff from last year you may not have seen, so have a look around a bit.

If you see anything you like, use the code CUSTOMERLOVE15 to get an extra Bloggy Friends 15% discount on everything in my shoppe!

Thank you as always for stopping in,

See you soon,

~Patty

Shoppe Newness

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Between moving rooms, then cleaning and decorating, I’ve decided it was time to pay a little attention to my shoppe. It’s funny how digging deep into clutter can inspire you!

(*be sure to get to the bottom of this post for an awesome announcement!)

I had a specific request to make some journals out of non-children’s books. Any ideas on what to call those other than “Adult” books? I can’t go there, I don’t even want to think about the trouble that will cause!

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This is one of my favorite things to make, “Surprise Packs”! 70+ pieces of vintage goodness!

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“Springtime” ephemera packs, filled with lots of fun spring related bits and bobs!

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*Awesome announcement:

Any purchase $35 and over from my shoppe gets Free Shipping! Yay!

I have been making great progress on my new creative space, but there are a few more fun little touches I need to make, and I’ll be sure to share some photos here when I’m finished.

Well, that’s it for now,

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Bye until next time,

~Patty