I have a plethora of empty tissue boxes that I need to use up! I cut one apart today and made this sweet stuffed pocket with Vintage Christmas papers by Sandi Nagel, which I won in a giveaway!

I used other scraps of the box to make the tiny journal, the tag, and the clipboard base for the card stack. I folded and cut another sheet for the greeting card, and sewed another small notebook from another folded page. Since I printed on just one side of each page of cardstock, there is plenty of room for writing, drawing, or adding photos. Who do you know who would love to receive this as a gift? EnJoy!

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 2 Tiny Journal

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 3 Clipped Cards

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 4 Cards

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 5 Tag Front

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 6 Tag Back

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 7 Small Journal

Vintage Christmas Stuffed Pocket 8 Greeting Card

Today I went to the Grand Re-Opening of a team member’s UFO business. I was really impressed by the display of supplements and other products she had out, and I got to sample the Cider Vinegar and Ginger Gummies (sooo tasty!), along with some of the other supplements. Very fun! My friend is also a seamstress who alters wedding gowns and prom dresses and has some fabric and trims left from when she owned a store. I’m definitely going back to shop for trims soon!

I found this folded notebook cover when I was looking for something else in a drawer, and decided to add pages to it and put it to use! EnJoy!

Turquoise Butterfly Notebook

Turquoise Butterfly Notebook 2

Today I decided to make a doily journal, inspired by Natasa of Treasure Books, and to use 3 prompts from a weekly challenge by Pam of The Paper Outpost. The prompts were doily, blue, and coin. Somehow I could not find a way to add a coin, image or word, in a way that was pleasing to me, so I decided to skip that prompt.

I used two doilies glued together for the cover, and cut some folded pages in roughly similar shapes to make the signature, which I sewed in with my machine. I used a downloaded bodice and heart shaped skirt pieces (shapes from Gi Kerr of Happiness in Crafting) cut from a paper napkin for the skirt. EnJoy!

Doily Journal

Doily Journal 2

Today I went to the Yuba River with a friend and her daughter for a swim and picnic lunch. I got invaded by a bunch of groun squirrels when I was eating my lunch; they kept coming up to try to get at my food! Bold fellows, not easily scared away. I finally went and sat by the water to eat in peace. Meantime, my friends swam upstream to a waterfall, unbeknownst to me, so I had a mostly solo time at the river. Hmmmm. Not quite what I had in mind for an outing with friends!

We are in for temps in the triple digits by the weekend, not fun. I wish I could go off to the ocean for the rest of the week!

I did not make anything new today, so thought I’d share this fun Earring Holder I made from a grater that has a an end piece missing. I painted it with acrylic paint. EnJoy!

Earring Holder

Earring Holder 2

Earring Holder 3

Earring Holder 4

Today I decided to make a pencil box from an empty Lindt chocolate bar box, and I cut part of the sleeve off an old tee shirt someone gave me to cover the box. These pretty flowers and leave give it added pizzazz. EnJoy!

Striped Pencil Box

Striped Pencil Box 2

Another day with no new art–and I nearly forgot to make a post!  I spent more time on my wellness business, talking to folks and sending out information, so I did have a productive day.

Several years ago I attended a class on making ornaments from gourds; these are the two projects I completed. EnJoy!

Gourd Pendant

Gourd Bird

I spent more hours today working on my wellness website and I’m happy to say it’s Done for now! Go check out my new pages!

This evening I finally finished decorating this fun little accordian file made from recycled book pages. This seems to be all the rage these days–some refer to it as a rolodex. Anyhow, it’s a pretty way to organize and store some bits and pieces that can be used in future art projects. One could also use this to store greeting cards by month or by season, or for holding seed packets or whatever you wish.

I hand stitched the lace to the ribbon, then glued the whole over each end of the page pockets, securing the ribbon to the base made from a scrap of mat board. I did not space the pages out as evenly as I wish when attaching the ribbons, and it still works.
EnJoy!

Book Page Accordian File

Book Page Accordian File 2

Book Page Accordian File 4

Book Page Accordian File 3

Today I drove to Auburn to see my chiropractor there, then took myself on an Artist Date at Michael’s craft store. I found a lot of items on clearance that I added to my cart and took to the register. Alas, I didn’t have enough available balance on my credit card, so I had to leave it all behind. Oh, well, it was fun shopping and seeing all the possibilities for making more projects! Lots of inspiration.

Where do you go when you take yourself on an Artist Date?

I spent the rest of the day working on my wellness business website; oooh, is it ever challenging to get things lined up the way I wanted them to be! I did get a couple of new pages added, made several others private as my focus has shifted, and see that some pages need to be updated. Another day! I got worn out with what I did for the site and decided I’m done for the day.

Again, I did not finish my latest art project, though I made a bit of progress. Soon! Meantime, here is a beautiful hat I knitted (and sold) years ago. EnJoy!

Lacey Blue Hat

I’m continuing the celebration of reaching the middle of my year-long challenge by inviting you all to shop my boutique. If you purchase any album from this page by Friday the 26th at midnight PST, I’ll include a lovely gift bag and a hand made card with your order. Hop on over to my boutique now!

Still no time to finish my project today, so I though I’d share some of the possible choices of gift bag you could receive if you make a purchase in the next 24 hours. EnJoy!

Lacey Brown Bag

Scrappy Paper Bag

Wildlife Bag

Princess Bag

Baby Brown Bag

Elegance Brown Bag

Exciting news: I’m officially half-way through my 365-day art challenge! Woo-hoooo! Only 182 more days to go!

I started a new project this afternoon, and since it’s not finished, I’ll have to post it tomorrow. I also spent a long time mending some tears in my summer cotton night gown–by hand! I made a patch on the inside and sewing by hand was necessary for this delicate work. Done!

Since I’m half done with this year, I’m celebrating by inviting you all to shop my boutique. If you purchase any album from this page by Friday the 26th at midnight PST, I’ll include a lovely gift bag and a hand made card with your order. Hop on over to my boutique now!

Hortensia Album