Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to send a thank you message to those people that pinned me. I think I may need to follow them first, (geez, didn't think of that)!
So here's the deal. If you pinned me, Thank you! If you'd like to read the article on Pinterest and Blogging follow the link below.
On the other hand, I don't do a lot of normal crafty things and this downtime has allowed me to finish some projects, like this tag I made for a friend.
But Ms. Rose is still my #1 girl. I just love this book, so I'm going to share a few more pages. Mind you, this isn't an "art" journal, nor is it a "junk" journal. It's "My" journal.
I started working on this tussey mussey at the beginning of the year, sometime around Feb-Mar. Who knows why I set it aside, but I like how it turned out.
Then there's the balsa box I put together back in ....??? It's still waiting to be sprayed with the Lindy's Flat Fabio's that I bought just for this project. You can see the original color of some of the pieces bleeding through the gesso.
I may just leave it this way.
Lots of stuff. I just haven't been showing it because I'm too lazy and/or Facebook has taken over my life. I don't show much on FB either but I DO spend a lot of time there! I spend a lot of time on YouTube too, OMG, do I spend time on YouTube. So many videos! I rarely leave comments anymore because I think it's getting a bit redundant. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the video, but it's almost impossible to leave comments on 583,921 videos every day! Okay, not that many, but it sure seems like it!
I don't want to bore you with my medical issues and the 6 days I spent in the hospital due to a Ruptured Appendix, HOWEVER, while I was there I became even more aware of the time that was wasted. Time wasting away while I waited for my bladder to work again after surgery. Geez. If they just left me alone and gave me some privacy I was sure everything would work properly. But 6 days in the hospital really bothered me... the time, the money... omg, the money, but that's a whole 'nother issue and far too political.
Once home, I was fine, except for the silly drain attached to me, and how quickly I would tire out from doing nothing! It took 3 weeks for me to feel normal again but I was ready and raring to go! I decided to tackle a small closet that had a life of it's own. After 3 years of moving stuff in and out, organizing and reorganizing, I was finally going to master the damn thing. I should have taken a before picture, but I had no idea I was going to end up with so much space!
There's another shelf at the top and two shelves at the bottom for miscellaneous items that refuse to be contained, but the goodies are tucked away safely in the boxes and canvas bins.
This over-the-door rack made all the difference in the world, and it closes without interfering with anything inside.
It seems like I haven't done a thing since Ms. Rose (rose covered journal) came into my life, but I have! I really have! I'm cleaning up again. Finishing a few things that were started and never finished. Like journals. I have this one book that has a few blank pages in it and I'm working on filling them up. The funny thing is that I started this book a long time ago, and it's a true Mixed Media journal. I've thrown everything in there, including photocopies of pics from Flickr. I love Flickr for inspiration! I've certainly learned a lot since I started this book. The first page was hideous, and I mean HIDEOUS! So I painted over it and made a new page.
As for Ms. Rose...Well, she's getting a little chubby. I think I've been feeding her too much, but I love her so much!!
I'm still not writing a whole lot, but I do pick her up every day and do something. I start a new page, embellish an old page, write a word or add a picture. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes, sometimes an hour or two. I worked through the first signature during July and August, started the second signature Sept 1st, and now I'm sharing my time between Ms. Rose and the old sadly ignored journal.