AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

 

Remember the free form

stitchery I worked on?

Well, it has become the cover

for a Traveler's Notebook

Junk Journal for January.

I sewed in the signature this morning

It is sporting my new word

on the cover--

[a ceramic piece I've

had for a very long time...]

"B E L I E V E"

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And here are two other Junk Journals

with their signatures

sewn in:

These have cardstock covers sewn with 

fabric to strengthen them...

↓↓↓↓

I used Tim Holtz cardstock 

and sewed fabric for the spine and

borders strips...

Here is the center spread 

where I used pages from

an old gardening book..

This will be the Spring-Summer

volume for 2023

and 

here is another one

made in the same way...

Again I used up Tim Holtz

scraps leftover from my

scrapbooking days...

These will be memory journals

using some old photos

that are now stored in a

shoebox--😕

now they will have a proper place...

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I have also picked up my knitting needles 

to make a little gift for my DIL

A bright tangerine facecloth...

[aka a dishcloth]

I love using these in the shower--

they are softer than a loofah

but still help to smooth the skin..

I am working on this while watching tv

to help to stay calm during this

hectic and, for me, kind of

sad time...missing my

family who have gone on

before me....

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B U T 

I am

so looking forward to our trip

[my first long one since the

back debacle!!]

up to my son's home on

Saturday to meet up with

my daughter and her family also.

All of us together on

Christmas Eve...

I just hope the weather holds...😔

fingers crossed...

I hope you are enjoying this pre-Holiday

few days and are able to find

some quiet time to enjoy 

your crafts...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(crafting-euse)