Holiday Junque Journal

I've been working out of the same Journal Your Christmas album for the last three years now. I really enjoy it, and it's going to be super fancy when it is done.

But, inspired by this most recent round of Learn Something New Every Day class, and also the fact that I'm doing Project Life AND a separate holiday mini, I decided something a little bit more for play was in order.

I rummaged around through some scraps of other projects, grabbed my cinch and made up a little 4x6 junque book. It's pretty adorable. And I feel absolutely no pressure about making it be pretty or perfect. This is where I am going to get down and dirty with my holiday crafting. If I want to test out a stamp, splooch out some random paint, put in a blurry print, whatever. It will be all good.

But where did all those little scraps come from? Why was I working on something like this in the first place? Well, it's a mystery for now. But, here's a little sneak peek, just for you.

Shhhhh. It's a surprise!

Field Guide Mini: Part 03

More, because really I don't have any other content ready to share, or things I can talk about on the blog yet. But soon. Just need to live through this weekend! Enjoy.

Smash*ing Good Fun

Ever since CHA I have been patiently waiting for Smash* Books to come out. (You remember the awesome video, right?) And since I was such a fan of their cuteness, I became a fan of their blog.

And it's a good thing too. Because they have been having giveaways!

And I got me a sweet little sample in the mail. I thought I would share the "before" here on the blog.

Cute, right?

And of course, once I smash some stuff in there, I'll share it when it's done. :)

Happy Monday!

Art Journal Pages

So I was going through my box of unfinished projects looking for things that I could take up to the cabin next week to work on.. and I found an art journal that I had started last summer (from Rachel's Steady Hands Faulty Heart class) and it seemed like the perfect thing to bring.

In fact, the last time I worked on it was up at the cabin (over a year ago). But in a fit of creative madness and extra time this weekend I decided to add a few new pages to it before I head off into the wilderness. I just love this book because I am using up so many scraps and photos that just don't seem to fit anywhere else.

So these were the pages I made inspired by the class:

And these are the new pages.

It is still in progress (pending me finding my sharpie... it's somewhere around here...)

Anyway, it's fun. Just to make things for me, and to play and make a mess. Good stuff. Art for art's sake. Art therapy. And thrifty too, since all I'm using is junk mail and scraps and photos that are rejects from other projects. ;)

Also have been reading the newest Artful Journaling by Somerset Memories. So nice to see some familiar art (hullo Dina and Glenda!). Love it.