Took my car to the shop today, as there is an oil leak yet again! Turns out that the power steering pump needs to be replaced, as the first replacement failed. Grrr. At least there will be no additional charge.

I had a lovely conversation with one of my sisters this afternoon, and started working on an art project. Paused to have a snack and take my evening walk, then met a young neighbor in the driveway on my way home. She and I stood there talking for over an hour! I came indoors to eat dinner and realized it was 9:15 pm and I had to get to the store for drinking water before 10 pm. Needless to say, it was past 10:30 by the time I got home and had my dinner! Now I’m too tired to finish the art project, so I’ll get to that tomorrow.

Meantime, here is a tiny change purse I made from a cut and folded, 8-oz almond drink carton! EnJoy!

Polka Dot Change Purse

Polka Dot Change Purse 2

Polka Dot Change Purse 3

I watched a video by “Root Pursuit” with some cool tips and tricks for making journals. One tip was to glue scraps onto discarded book pages, to be used for something else. So that’s what I did this evening.

Here are my “snippet pages.” I certainly have way too many scraps to glue onto pages, and these will be fun to work with.  I can cut each segment apart to use for cards, tags, belly bands, or collage clusters for my art projects. Or I can leave any page intact. EnJoy!

Snippet Page 1

Snippet Page 2

Snippet Page 3

Snippet Page 4

Snippet Page 5

Snippet Page 6

Snippet Page 7

This evening I decided to make an altered guest check, one of the popular journal embellishments these days. I printed an oversize check and glued it to heavy cream cardstock, so there is space to write or draw on the back side.

The front flap is from an envelope–again backed with cardstock–and I used a paperclip to attach the bag topper that came in a swap I did a couple of years ago. The paper doll under the flap is by Julie Nutting for Prima papers. EnJoy!

Guest Check

Guest Check 2

Another very hot day; praying for cooler weather and more rain!

All I did today was to sort through piles of hand-written driving instructions to people and places I visit–got to discard many, as well–and then i made a pocket holder for them by gluing business envelopes together. I did not decorate, so not worth photographing!

This evening I was blessed to be able to attend the Zikr (means rememberance) part of the weekend Sufi retreat lead by Leilah Be and her husband Bodhi. So sweet to see many beloveds again, to dance together and hug and commune from the heart!

Enjoy this flat doll that I made for a doll club challenge, several years ago. Her hair was a pile of discarded thread scraps that I rescued, and her headdress is a piece of fringe with a rhinestone in the center. All of the elements in her dress are made with scraps from my stash.

Gwendolyn

A very good day today! I paid an expense for my business that keeps it going; I was gifted some gas money in exchange for home made cookies; my chiropractor allowed me to make a couple of payments for today’s treatment; and the cashier at Trader Joe’s gifted me with 1/2 gallon of juice, as I didn’t have quite enough funds to cover 2 containers. I AM so blessed and abundant! Thank you Goddess!

Since I was gone for the whole afternoon and evening, I did not have time to create something new, so I’ll share this pretty little multi-page journal with you. I was inspired by Gi Kerr of Happiness in Crafting. EnJoy!

Pocket journal Vintage Bunting

Pocket journal Vintage Bunting 2

Pocket journal Vintage Bunting 3

Pocket journal Vintage Bunting 4

Pocket journal Vintage Bunting 5

Another very hot day–indoors! Fortunately the outdoor temps will be cooling off toward the middle of next week. Thankfully I have AC in my art/living room!

Here is another tiny notebook I just made, using part of a manila folder for the cover, with scraps from my stash to decorate. I have not added much in the way of embellishment this time. EnJoy!

Tiny Butterfly Notebook

Tiny Butterfly Notebook 2

Tiny Butterfly Notebook 3

I’m almost a third of the way through this year of creating and posting about my art every day! Woot!

Still in a kind of slump on my creativity. I had a block of time to create today and toyed with a couple of ideas but could not commit to anything! It was also too hot, indoors and out, which just drains my energy.

Yes, we all have such days from time to time, and I felt annoyed that I could not muster up the creative juices in that time frame. Ah, well, this too shall pass. Meantime, EnJoy this lovely Pincushion Jar!

Pincusion Jar

I finally got something new created today! I was inspired by Natasa of “Treasure Books” to create these fun little embellishments with book pages. The first is a large tag, with an index page for the embellishment.

Next I decorated an empty tea bag with a small scrap of book page, and finally I made a large card to write on with music paper for the embellishment. EnJoy!

Book Page Tag

Book Page Tag 2

Book Page Tea Bag

Music Page Journal Card

Another full day with business meetings, a short walk and my Artists of Toastmasters meeting. I started a couple of little projects, but could not seem to figure out how to finish them this evening! I’ll do so tomorrow.

So here is a lovely pencil holder made from a toothpaste box.  EnJoy!

Toothpaste box pencil holder

Toothpaste box pencil holder 2

Woo-hoo! All of the focus on my wellness business this past week has paid off! With the help of my coach, I showed a friend how she could save about 69K in interest and pay off her debts in 4.5 years, rather than 26 years, using this awesome tool called Debt Shredder. Ask me if you want to see what it could do for you!

I also signed this friend up as a new partner in my business, and am SO excited!! We’re on the way Up!

So I did not get anything new created today, though I did bake another big batch of my awesome cookies, and ironed some new pants and two new shawls that I picked up at the clothing swap yesterday. Here is a sweet stuffed Valentine envelope that I made a couple of years ago. Who would you love to give this to?

Stuffed Valentine Envelope front