Coming Up Next!

My next class at Paper Tales will be held on Saturday, May 24th, beginning at 3:00 p.m.  It will focus on fonts, especially on faux calligraphy.  I'll also include ideas which can be used to make some "quickie" pages.  Hope to see you there!

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My Self-imposed Journal Challenge

This is the journal    that has inspired my next class at Paper Tales.  I found the sweetest little journal (5 x 7") in Michaels dollar bin and couldn't resist.  I bought the matching stationery cards to make it a total $2 splurge.  Came home and didn't want it sitting with all my other empty and waiting journals, so I gave myself a challenge:  finish this journal in one week…

tI'm now on week 3 and I'm dangerously close to being done.   I have the final page to complete, the cover, two pages still need writing (the art work is done) and a tag or two to insert.

This little book has made me get up a few minutes earlier in the morning in order to write an entry or complete some art work before heading off to school.  Even though it's early (5 a.m.), I find I'm just a little bit happier leaving home knowing that I've already done something "just for me."

What do you do when the well runs dry?

Sometimes you stare at a blank piece of paper and nothing happens.  I had that happen to me this week so, looking for inspiration, I went to Miramar Lake for a stroll.  It's been a while since I've been there, and this time I took a different path (I mean that literally).  I had forgotten how beautiful it can be there. My hope was that I would come home and journal.  Instead, I went to the nursery and bought a lovely pink (what else?) climbing rose bush and a cylindrical tower to support it.  Can't wait 'til it grows completely!