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Something simple and crafty today. I used a canvas piece by Maya Road. Used watercolor crayons to color it and then added some Maya Road flowers and some words.
another look: The back also has some Maya Road flowers and some more words. another look: i like the mix of crafty pages with stories. it makes me happy (though it also makes my album fatter.) And that’s day sixteen. A few months ago, I made some handmade tags for Julie’s handmade for the holidays series. There were six tags and one set of downloads. I will post all of them one at a time during this week. For all my tags I used manila tags I bought at Office Depot. You can always cut your own tag from cardstock and punch a hole as well.
Here are the steps to this simple tag:
Supplies Used: My Mind’s Eye Holly Jolly stamps, My Mind’s Eye I Believe stamps, The Girls’ Paperie Tinsel and Twig sticker market, Making Memories Ledger Slice Paper Pack, Dusty Concord Distress ink, baker’s twine and copic markers. And here’s a movie where I demonstrate how I made the tag: This was originally posted at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s blog as part of handmade for the holidays series.
Journaling Reads: While I would have loved to have visited Kyoto, I didn’t get the opportunity and Kamakura was the closest I got to experiencing the magic of all the temples and the nature. I remember most of my time in Japan with joy and gratitude. I loved every moment of it. The uniqueness, the foreignness and all the kindness of strangers have still stayed with me. I loved the cherry blossoms and the fish market and all the parts of Tokyo I visited. Each unique, each more amazing than the other. But Kamakura was much more magical than any others. It was peaceful and quiet. Even though, at the time, I was really sad that our one occasion to visit was “ruined” by rain, I can now see that it only added to the mood and solitude of being there. Maybe next time I visit Japan I will get to visit Kyoto, but until then, I am grateful that I got to visit Kamakura and experience some of the beauty.
I went to bed last night promising myself that I would be calm, quiet and patient today. And I am happy to say that I think I was. I’ve had my moments and work was very stressful but I kept my cool. I talked to David a lot to explain the situation so all I had to do was remind and I didn’t yell one single time. Nathaniel had me stressed a bit because just when I was having manual production problems and had to do a lot of typing, he’d come over to the computer and type and I had to move his hand and he’d melt down. But he did eventually calm down and play.
I worked all through until the moment I had to leave to get David. Then I worked a bunch more while David did his gratitude journal, etc. And then I asked if could snap a photo and I got this gem.
Then since he was so great when I worked, we played some cards together. He won. And then it was bed time. There was a little bit of a meltdown but it all happened with relatively low fanfare and I just kept reminding myself that I needed to breathe and relax. Then I got a bunch of crafty stuff done and now I have more todo list items to get through. But I feel good about the work, the exercise, the fun time, the craft time, and even a long wonderful conversation with my mother in law. Having said that I am so so so tired. Please hope that my little one sleeps past 5am ok? Pretty please? Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: A few months ago, I made some handmade tags for Julie’s handmade for the holidays series. There were six tags and one set of downloads. I will post all of them one at a time during this week. For all my tags I used manila tags I bought at Office Depot. You can always cut your own tag from cardstock and punch a hole as well.
Here are the steps to this simple tag:
Supplies used: The Girls’ Paperie Tinsel and Twig sticker market, fabric, bling, felt reindeer, and baker’s twine. This was originally posted at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s blog as part of handmade for the holidays series. I made this layout a long while ago but it looks like I never posted it.
Journaling Reads:
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters was recommended to me by my friend Kathy. I generally trust her taste in books and the premise of this one seemed wonderful. Here’s the description from amazon: Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal pangram,* “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island’s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is both a hilarious and moving story of one girl’s fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere. And while the premise was cute, the book was so-so. I felt like it never really went beyond the premise and I just didn’t care for it even though I cannot exactly put my finger on exactly why. Now you know why I don’t write longer book reviews. I am clearly not good at them.
Today we went to David’s school for the Winter Sing. The photos are not good but I still love them. Here he’s dancing with his teacher’s son. They are good friends.
Nathaniel loves watching them.
And David was so happy.
i must be honest, I’ve been so grouchy that I dreaded going there and I am really glad I did. It was wonderful to be there with David and see all of K-2 sing. Tonight I get to go to book club and then I have a list of things I want to do when I come home but the chances are I will be way too tired. I spose that’s what tomorrow is for, right? Thank you for all your kind comments from yesterday. I feel so much better knowing I am not alone. Thank you, thank you. Also thank you for signing up for my newsletter. I appreciate that, too! I promise you will be glad you did! Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: I know it’s not the end of the day yet but I knew what I wanted to do today so I just sat and made these pages that capture where my kids are at right now. Just a few things.
you are able to nod yes and no
you are reading like a champ And that’s day fifteen. Super-simple pages today, too. I love this page in the front so I just added a tiny bit to it.
And put a photo I loved in the back.
And that’s day fourteen. A few months ago, I made some handmade tags for Julie’s handmade for the holidays series. There were six tags and one set of downloads. I will post all of them one at a time during this week. For all my tags I used manila tags I bought at Office Depot. You can always cut your own tag from cardstock and punch a hole as well.
Here are the steps to this simple tag: Supplies used: The Girls’ Paperie Tinsel and Twig vintage buttons, sticker market, trims, and flower market crepe paper. Broken China and Shabby Shutters distress ink. And here’s a movie where I demonstrate how I made the tag: This was originally posted at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s blog as part of handmade for the holidays series. I know we’re smack in the middle of Christmastime but I have this Halloween layout I made because I knew that if I didn’t make it, I would never make it since I am not a fan of Halloween at ALL.
Journaling Reads: All products are from The Girls’ Paperie Toil and Trouble (except for the green button which is from Tinsel and Twig) Details: |
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