Oooh, I am in love with today’s creation! I took a plain envelope and covered it with pretty papers, then cut the sides open and turned it into a journal. I sewed the journal right to the fold in the envelope, and closed the flap with a magnet. Soooo gorgeous! The journal measures 8.75″ x 5.75″ and has fourteen pages to write or draw on, plenty of space for your poems, dreams, wishes, prayers or whatever you desire.  EnJoy!

Birds and Butterflies Envelope Journal

Birds and Butterflies Envelope Journal 2

Birds and Butterflies Envelope Journal 3

Birds and Butterflies Envelope Journal 4

I made a tutorial for the tea bag journal today! What an undertaking! Making and taking photos that I then edited, added to Keynote to make slides, and wrote in the steps. Finally got that all done, then exported to movies, and uploaded to YouTube. PHEW! Now I know why I don’t make more tutorials, too much work! Though I may make one more and just post the photos and instructions in a blog post, rather than making a video.

Here is the link to the tutorial; I hope you enjoy it! If you decide to try this out, please do let me know in the comments and send me a link to your own video or photos, if you wish. You can email me here: Quadira@fairyfiberfancies.com

Tea Bag Journal Tutorial

Today was almost hot! Sunny and dry, lovely and I still yearn for more rain. I pray for a cool, wet summer for a change, with no fires anywhere!

This afternoon I covered two more oatmeal cannisters with pages from some Victoriana calendars I have; these hold two rolls of TP and pretty up my laundry closet! I added photos of two that I decorated a couple of years ago, as well. Numbers 3 and 4 made today. EnJoy!

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TP Holder 1

TP Holder 2

TP Holder 3

TP Holder 4

Today I played around with decorating empty pen barrels to re-use in projects; more on those another day. Then I made this pretty waterfall journal, inspired by Natasa of Treasure Books.

It would be better if all the pages were double-sided, as there is too much white on the right-hand pages. I’ll have to do lots of embellishing! Have a Joyful weekend!

Waterfall Journal (in Progress)

Got my teeth cleaned today; the hygienist said that my teeth didn’t have too much tartar, good! So that’s done for the year. Phew! So car, teeth, and body are all in good working order. Yay! 🙂

Went to the library and stocked up on books today, always a good feeling. This evening I went for a walk with a friend, and after dinner I made this pretty Christmas tag that has lines for writing on the back. I used another panel from an almond drink carton, and Stamperia’s “Classic Christmas” paper. EnJoy!

Holly Berry Tag

Holly Berry Tag 2

Sometimes it takes me all day to figure out what to create–and today was one of those days! Sadly, I missed the best light in the studio, so had to create with artificial light.

I made this sweet little journal using more of the papers I recently won from a YouTube hop; I printed these out on cardstock and trimmed the borders. I love that each printed page has a blank reverse side, leaving plenty of room to write or draw. I embellished some of the pages with elements from the Le Romantique papers made by
Graphic 45; I think these go splendidly with the main papers. EnJoy!

A Fine Romance Journal

A Fine Romance Journal 1

A Fine Romance Journal 2

A Fine Romance Journal 3

A Fine Romance Journal 4

A Fine Romance Journal 5

A Fine Romance Journal 6

A Fine Romance Journal 7

A Fine Romance Journal 8

A Fine Romance Journal 9

A Fine Romance Journal 10

A Fine Romance Journal 11

A Fine Romance Journal 12

I was gone most of the day, picking up my car (yay!!!), going to my naturopath, and grocery shopping. No time to create anything new, so I’ll again feature something made in the past. Enjoy this lovely vanity set to hold bath salts, cotton swabs, cotton balls and more.

Vanity Set

Chilly today and a bit more rain! I love it! My car is Still in the shop; I expect to retrieve it tomorrow morning. Phew! Should be good for many more miles now, thankfully.

This evening I made this sweet tiny journal using rinsed and ironed tea bags for the pages! I’ve been thinking about doing this for ages, finally got down to it. The cover is a scrap from the Stamperia “Hortensia” papers. I sewed the binding with my sewing machine, right along the edge of the spine.

I tested out several writing implements: gel pen, marker, and a B8 pencil show up the best on the tea bags. Ball point pens, not so much. EnJoy!

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Hortensia Tea Bag Journal

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 2

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 3

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 4

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 5

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 6

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 7

Hortensia Tea Bag Journal 8

We got a little more rain this evening, then hail and sun and more rain. We love the moisture!

Last week I won a set of digital papers from a video hop hosted by my good friend, Sandi Nagel! I printed them out today and made this sweet little tag, using a panel from an almond milk carton as the base. One of the tea bag charms I made some days ago goes perfectly in the little pocket, along with the “Paris” tag. So pretty. EnJoy!

Paris Tag

Paris Tag 2

Paris Tag 3

The best laid plans, and all that. Turns out the booth I set my heart on at the Marketplace got rented to someone else yesterday! Bummer.  I don’t know when another booth will open, or how fabulous that might be….Rats. Yes, now I have more time to save up for the rent–and I sure need some art sales to do so!

This evening I made a couple more tea bag charms and a little circle charm, as well. EnJoy!

Bloom Tea Bag Charm

Bloom Tea Bag Charm 2

Rose Tea Bag Charm

Lilac Round Charm

Lilac Round Charm 2