I’m taking a bit of time to share a look back at the things I’ve been up to over the last couple months so grab a cup and stay a while.

As per usual with me I get a little caught up in one type of craft until the next thing strikes.

Playing with fabric and paper is always a go-to activity for me. Making mini collages or “clusters”, as the junk journal community calls them, tends to get my creativity going. Matching up little bits of this and that is a fun challenge.

I use these either on greeting cards or as journal embellishments. Either way it’s nice to have a stash of them on hand.

One weekend, after finding a fun set of fat quarters, I sat down and made the whole lot into journal covers. Did I mention that I get a little caught up? I’m still considering opening a new etsy storefront so some of these might go in there. Otherwise I have a nice stash of gifts for the future.

While sorting through the file cabinet that holds my paper stash, I found piano sheet music that had seen better days. I removed the cover and sewed it together to form that outside of a journal. Since it was Rhapsody in Blue I decided I’d created a blue themed journal.

I’m continuing to work at going through my stash of supplies by either purging items I’ll never use, creating items that are “ready to use” such as these ruffles and just plain organizing so I know what I actually have. I have a feeling this will be a never ending battle.

Speaking of stashes… Here is a stack of 37 quilt blocks with no end in sight. I have so many scrappy bits and friends keep gifting me with more. Someday I’ll have to sit down and sew a quilt top or two.

While I had sorting through some of those scraps, I found some fun ones and was inspired to make a patchwork cover for another journal. I happened to have a stamped leather piece that Mini-me and I made a decade ago at mother daughter camp. It was the perfect addition to the journal.

I got my seeds started about 2 weeks later than I typically do. The weather kept tricking me into thinking that spring was never coming. Hopefully they will be strong enough when I’m ready to set them outside.

Last week was Spring break for my school. The days filled quicker than I would have liked as well a some crazy snow mid week. I did spend some time crafting and sewing which definitely made me happy. When we returned to school yesterday I heard that we only have 40 days left. That’s totally doable even with all of the state testing that’s in front of us.

My Mini-me is quite literally a poster child. I had to share this fun tidbit since it’s published all over the university site. 🙂

And we can’t forget Marvin…he is becoming a very needy only child.

Thanks for catching up with me for T Stands for Tuesday!

Happy 2025! Yes, I know I’m late but that’s kind of how I roll lately.

I’m starting to write this before work, bright and early Monday morning in hopes that it will get published in a reasonable amount of time.

I’ve been working a bit in my sewing room, organizing and crafting.

It seems as if I’ve been doing more collecting of supplies than using them lately. I want/need to remedy that.

I’ve been playing mostly with fabric but not always in a traditional sense. Fabric journal covers have been one of my recent endeavors.

I’ve been having fun using my stash and creating “sets” if you will. Everything coordinates.

I’m undecided if I’m going to open a new Etsy shop or not. There is a big, frustrating issue on the back end of things and I am no longer able to accept payments since my online bank I used was purchased. Etsy is not being very helpful or accommodating. In the meantime I keep creating without an end goal in mind. Honestly it’s really nice doing things that way.

Since I was sorting through fabric I decided to pull out my Christmas fabrics and make some Scandinavian star ornaments.

Several years ago I made a handful of them but had to look up the tutorial again to refresh my memory. I’ll share the completed ones at a later date.

I’ve been writing lists of crafty things I want to try…so many ideas, so little time.

One of my co-workers brought back these beautiful treats from her trip to India to share with our team.

They are Kaju sweets made with cashews, sugar, ghee and cardamom. The two I tried tasted as good as they looked.

I’m still unsettled on my WOTY for 2025. I loved brave so much, I hesitate to move on. I have a short list of words I may go with or I might just hang onto brave for another year. I don’t think there is any hard fast rule…and if there were I’d likely not follow it. 🙂

I have put together a full journal that I’m having fun making pockets, tags and other ephemera to include in and on the pages. It really is a lot of fun!

I can’t leave you today without an image of my best buddy Marvin.

Here he was watching an episode of Yellowstone with me. What I goofy cat!!!

I have a before school committee meeting Tuesday morning. No walk for me.

What are you doing today?