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    Vintage Dressmaker

    July 10, 2024 - By 

    The very first elements of this page were definitely not heading me in the direction of my “I’ve got a notion” theme. I was just playing and seeing where my creativity would take me.

    The substrate is a yellow piece of copy paper I had used to protect my mat while painting and stamping. I added gelatos to deepen the color and give a more cohesive color scheme. The landscape image came next. It was salvaged from a calendar. It felt very “frontier” to me. I then added the western union scrapbook paper. Definitely heading to old west.

    Then the dress form cutout literally fell into my lap from a package. It was meant to be. I had another page for my theme.

    The ruler and spool label helped round out the thought for me.

    I’m quite happy with the way it turned out…especially since I wasn’t planning on this page to begin with.

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    T Tuesday: summer days edition

    July 9, 2024 - By 

    Nothing beats summer in Minnesota if you ask me. It’s the reason we put up with the harsh winters.

    I’ve been trying to get myself back on track with walking in the morning. I like to do it as early as possible but some mornings I can’t seem to get the lead out.

    I’m so fortunate to have beautiful and well maintained places to walk. Just around the bend of the above photo I spotted a place where the fairies live. 🙂

    It was so cute. I’m glad the park service let it stay there.

    As I continued on my walk I got to our city center park which hosts a carnival and street dance the 3rd of July. Everyone was working hard to get things set up for the afternoon. Mini-me and I went up for a little while and hung out with our neighbors. It’s always a good time.

    Yesterday Mini-me and I walked at the MN Landscape Arboretum. They have a nice 3 mile walking trail that we enjoy. There are benches of varying ages throughout the walk to rest or contemplate.

    My garden is doing quite well. I’ve harvested 2 cucumbers and 2 jalapenos so far.

    I’m hoping the tomatoes will begin to ripen soon.

    T stands for Tuesday
    Today has me working on some boring chores in the house. I got my walk in though. I plan to spend more time outside as well even if it’s just weeding.
    What are you doing today?
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    Planner becomes art journal

    July 7, 2024 - By 

     

    A couple years ago I attempted to use this Rae Dunn planner that I was gifted.

    I collaged the corners to give it a little bit more of a “me” feel to it. But it just was too big! It took up way too much room no matter where I tried to keep it. Instead of tossing it out, I set it aside.

    When I began preparing to host “I’ve got a notion” over at Art Journal Journey, I remembered how much I love creating journal pages in a loose leaf manner. Especially since I often like to sew on my pages.

    I decided to add a bit more collage to disguise the year on the front cover. Since the bird looked weird just hanging out by itself I added the nest and butterfly to keep it company.

    I glued two planner pages together to give it a bit more strength then glued the journal page down. I am removing some of the planner pages to reduce bulk but I am happy that I am reusing the planner in some fashion.