Treasured

This is my newest journal page. I'm about three days behind. School. Work. Sickly pie girl. Hopefully I get caught up today!!!



It's simply a photo of my bubbies this time last year and some doodled flowers. Colorful and bright. Simple. Pretty?

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Hand Sewn Journal!

I was soooo inspired by a picture of a hand sewn art journal that the "Cat Wrangler" posted on her Blog that I followed the picture and discovered "A Little Imagination and a Pile of Junk" (both ladies can be found in my Click Please! section).

She makes these amazing hand made and sewn journals and I cant wait to try my hand at making one for myself!!! I of course will be finishing my current journal (the first EVER to hopefully be finished...so far seven pages is a record!). But now I am super excited to start collecting paper!!! I also want to attempt sewing paper together and using colored seams has embellishment. PAPER IS FUN!

Day Número Seis

Why does this page look better in the photo than in real life! I think it's too busy...




The prompt was "Color Collection". Simple enough right? Choose your favorite Fall color and collect items for your page. But. I somehow managed to make a page I don't really care for... Maybe I should let my finished pages marinate before I post about them. Then this Blog won't become such a downer!!!



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Today is Today

Yesterday Was a Disaster. Tomorrow is Always a New Day.

This is my latest journal page. The prompt was simply "Today". My day was spent at work so instead I journaled about the Idea of Days. Present. Past. & Future.




My pages these last few days seem a little melancholy... But meaningful. Blah. Maybe I'm melancholy. It really seems to be showing in my art.

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Transform

Was yesterday's prompt for my "I Will Fall For You" journal workshop. We were encouraged to focus on not only the transformation of nature and seasons but also of self. I find this one to be the deepest and most personal one thus far. It's a more serious page. I can't decide if I'm happy with it! It seems dark...




I used Alice's "Drink Me" scene and one of my favorite Robert Frost poems "The Road Not Taken". And of course any excuse to add some trees and I will! Hmmm...




My desk!

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Lovely Gloomy Weather

Perfect for Journaling!




This is my third page. I'm pretty pleased with it. I still have to start today's prompt. I haven't peeked at it yet. I wanted to finish this one first. I haven't done any actual "journaling" but I'm sure I will...

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Day Two of Journal Workshop!

Goals




For this page I tried to make sure that the message was clear as to what my goals are for this journal process. I used some great French stamps I received on a letter from my new pen pal Stephanie and a great little card with a man writing that I received from Julie at La Papierre. I'm not quite sure if I love this page but it's done and there's no turning back! Which means it will probably end up being my favorite later on...

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Hi. My name is Sara

And I have a stationery addiction.




This is a two (yes two) inch binder filled with plastic sleeves of stationery. The poor binder has doubled in height and doesn't really close... This is not accounting for my boxes of postcards or my ephemera. Or my scrapbooking paper! Oh dear...

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My First Journal Entry!

"I Will Fall For You"




This is my first "art" journal thus far. And I am so excited! Janel (from "Running With Scissors") has really inspired me! Prompt 2 picture to follow this evening. It's currently marinating.

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Such an Amazing Idea!

I ran across this article on the Catwranglers Blog (you can find her in my Click Please! section) this morning. She is a fellow mail enthusiast, cat lover and Damon Salvatore fan. Sounds like my kind of gal!

Little Free Libraries Are Coming to Town

9/1/2011 3:54:23 PM
by Margret Aldrich

Andrew Carnegie built an impressive 2,509 libraries around the turn of the 20th century. Now Rick Brooks and Todd Bol are on a mission to top his total with their two-foot by two-foot Little Free Libraries, reports Michael Kelley in Library Journal.

The diminutive, birdhouse-like libraries, which Brooks and Bol began installing in Hudson and Madison, Wisconsin, in 2009, are typically made of wood and Plexiglas and are designed to hold about 20 books for community members to borrow and enjoy. Offerings include anything from Russian novels and gardening guides to French cookbooks and Dr. Seuss.

Each Little Free Library runs on the honor system, displaying a sign that asks patrons to Take a Book, Leave a Book. “Everybody asks, ‘Aren’t they going to steal the books?’” Brooks told Kelley. “But you can’t steal a free book.”

Fifty libraries have been built so far, with 30 more underway and plans to expand into Chicago, Long Island, and elsewhere. Brooks and Bol have a long way to go to reach their goal of 2,510 libraries, but they’re digging the ride. “At a personal, human level, it’s very thrilling how it excites people,” Bol shared with Kelley. “But on a larger plane, it’s such a nice spark for literacy, art, and community all at once.”

Exciting Busy-Ness in Fall!

I love Fall!!! I stumbled upon this great Blog called "Running with Scissors" a while back and really fell in love with the author. Janel is a wife and an art teacher who has been raising money for their adoption proceedings! One of the lovely ideas she has come up with is to offer Art Journaling Workshops for purchase in her Etsy shop! I had been contemplating purchasing an older one that had already been hosted and completed when all of a sudden Janel posted her newest class "I Will Fall For You". It is thirty days of lovely Fall journaling prompts and projects. There is an entire Blog created just for us to share and learn together on. This Blog is private so I will be posting picutres of my own creations here. Hopefully daily...



I have also received my first penpal response letter from Stephanie in France! I am taking my time responding back becasue I want it to be thoughtful and not rushed. I also have a first letter to write and send out to another prospective mail friend this week. So exciting!







To top this coming month off I have a Twilight Moms card exchange, many shop updates and I have received my acceptance email into the Package Project! There is a link to the right if your interested in taking a peek. I am going to be SOOO busy!!! But in fabulous ways. I LOVE FALL!!!

Sneak Peak!

There are going to be a few changes to the Etsy shop all week! First some new photos and a SALE!!! As well as some new hand made goodies. Specifically some hand cut and folded upcycled Legends of Hollywood envelopes! As well as a few other suprises!



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I Heart Mail

Wish I could stop ordering stuff just to get some! So today I received these AMAZING shoes from Em and Sprout's Etsy shop. Aren't they super terrific???






I also received this little package from La Papierre with the sweet little mailing labels I ordered.












Yippie for mail!!!

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A Quick Hello!

In five hours I will be done with class having completed a presentation and back home. I plan to use the lovely free hours this evening crafting, letter writing and journaling! Evening post soon to follow. Muahahahaha...

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