Once Again

 Yep, I'm back. Mr. Cowboy finally allowed me to back into my little studio to play.

This video is about a junk journal that has a bunch of space to write or even do some drawing. With spring close, this is a great journal to get out in nature and do something fun.

A Little Romance

 Hi everyone!

I'm back with another junk journal project and also another practice run with the video making and uploading or is it downloading?!

So one of my girlfriends gave me several vintage type photos to play around with. Here's what I have done so far. I'm thinking this one would be great for a couple on their honeymoon or someone on a romantic vacation to place their little mementos as keepsakes.

So this journal needs more work but at the moment Mr. Cowboy has requested that I step away from my habit to help him with a tractor fix.....hummmmmmmmmm!  Until next time😁

Junk Journaling Again

 Here I go again. Hi everyone. Please allow me to practice on you all with my first attempt to video one of my latest junk journals. I am not good with the direction of turning the journal the correct way. Please use kind words with your critiques. And thanks in advance.

Church Quilt - Go Texan

 

Just got my "Barnes" quilt back from the Houston Livestock & Rodeo event. This was my third quilt to win "Go-Texan,"

My "Churches" was recently delivered to Houston. It won "Go-Texan" back in June.

OMG - 2024

 Good grief! Where have I been all this time? Well allow me to attempt to sum it up.....one word comes to mind......L A Z Y !

Yep, I've been extremely lazy, binge watching Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Peacock, Tubi and many more. I'm so ashamed to admit it but it's true.  But now I'm sort of back.

I've done no sewing but have picked up a new hobby.......junk journaling, which is a type of scrapbook making. I think I've shown you all this type of thing before but ......  Let me show you what I mean....

This is one of my prototypes that just finished yesterday. I challenged a friend to do a flip/flop fold out folio. This inspired me to find new ways to do closures.

More to come soon.....fingers crossed.

Junk Jounaling

 Hi everyone!! For the moment, I'm out of the hay fields!! Shhhhhhh, don't cheer to loudly, we wouldn't want Mr. Cowboy to hear. BTW, it gets to around 103 degrees here in central Texas each day. What about where you live? I'm drinking water like it's going out of style.  But enough about that.

I'm back to junk journaling when I can find the time. here's some of my latest venture.

I made passports for several characters in my journal along with the storyline of the two Inspectors of this plot. Anyway, it's my fun way of keeping my brain stimulated........Oh dear, I think I hear Mr. Cowboy calling....bye for now!

May 2023

 Warning: Loads of photos!!

Hi everyone! Well, it's been a very long time since I've posted. Good grief, where did the time go?!

I've been quite busy doing all sort of things. I'll do a show and tell to show what's been going on in my life.

First, I'm sure you all have seen this quilt. I entered it in our local county fair. It won best of show and then went to the Houston Stock Show. And now it's on the way to the Houston Quilt Show this November. I couldn't believe it and am very humbled by the whole thing.

See all that smoke.....it from piles of old hay that had to be burned before Mr. Cowboy can disk up the field so that more grass grows.  I was in charge of watching that field to make sure that the fire didn't get out of hand.  How I got roped into that is beyond me.....sigh!!

March 23, 2023 came around so I made a "junk journal" for the occasion. Sorry I didn't take pictures of the inside. Maybe another time.

These lily types are what in my little flower garden this spring. The hummingbirds love them but they really love the sugar water......hehehehehehehehehehehehe!

Junk Journal time..... I've gotten hooked on making junk journals. What are junk journals, you may ask? Junk Journals are eclectic & unique handmade journals using recycled & found materials. To enhance your journal, you can add ephemera, which are that are enjoyed for only a brief period of time. The purpose of Junk Journals are for recording your travels, field notes, diaries, drawing/art or whatever one can think of and enjoy.

Whew! That was a mouth full. So here's a project I've been working on for a couple of months. I loving writing little stories and those old Penny Dreadfuls. I decided to incorporate a short clip along with my journal. 

"Monsters & Lace"

This is the front cover.

I made this dangle and attached it to the back spine. I love the sounds it produces when I handle it.

This is a fold out journal with many places to write or draw.

You can see some of the ephemera (things to take notes one or draw) in this photo.

More places to write.

I even added part of me.....heheheheheh

Here's a list of all the wonderful tutorials from YouTube:  I warn you, these tutorials are addictive. Watch at your own risk!!

Scrapbooking With Me Crafts
Melina Pylant
Made by Martha
Sevenplaza
PinkMonarchPaints
SparkBird Studios
The Paper Outpost
Treasure Books
Nik the Booksmith
Bohemian Crafting
Tonya Samuels
Paper Terrace
Cori Dahmen

 

Scrapbook Christmas Gift

 I did take a photo of the cover just in case my Secret Pal goes surfing my blog. This is what I've added in the last couple of days. I need to stop because the Junk Book is getting to fat....hehehehehe!

Most of my ideas so far have come from Pat at The Paper Outpost and Natasha at Treasure Books.

Joyce Carter sent me a link to fabric and memories. (Thanks sooooooo much Joyce...this from Mr. Cowboy.....cause I kind of threw you under the bus for giving me the link). I managed to save the link to my bookmark pages before Mr. Cowboy blew his top. I think he was really a bit hungry so I fixed him a quick snack.  Anyway, look at these cute tiny envelops. They are so cute & very simlpe to make.

These tags were fun and quick to make as well.

On this page I threw in a little pocketbook calendar for 2023.

And finally, I made a dangly thingy for the back spine. I'm going to call it quits......maybe.

Remember, for some reason your comments do not show up in my email......trust me I've tried everything. So I've gone to responding in my comments. And thanks you all for the warm comments. I read each one as often as I can.

Scrapbook Squirrel

 

Hi everyone!! First of all I want to give a big thank you to Pam from The Paper Outpost (she's on YouTube) for introducing me to "Junk Scrapbooking!"  Then there's Natasha from Treasure Books (also on YouTube) & Curio By B-Spoke Designs (sorry I've not caught his name & he's on YouTube as well).

Today I was working on 3 cover pages from Natasha.

Here are the 3 sets of items I pulled out to work on.  At one point Mr. Cowboy came in needing breakfast.....sign!!!!!!

    

And then here they are all glued down. I really love how they all turned out and the tutorial was easy to follow. I did pause and rewind many, many times though.  I may add more another day but at this point I've worn myself out!!

Squirrel Continued

 Let's get into it.......

So here's my first doodle attempt....sorry I didn't take a better photo. It's an eye. I'm going to like this "Doodler" design program now that I understand and have practiced. The online facebook group is a fantastic resource when ironing out what to do.

The hankie folding is coming along. I just need to be more precise. The great thing about this process is if you mess up all you need to do is press out the folds and start over!!

Did I mention that I'm now into Junk Journaling?! Love it already but my head is spinning with so many ideas.  These make great stocking stuffers. 

I've had to use a timer so that I can work on the journaling then the hankies and the doodling.....LOL.

Oh yea, I need to get in some actual quilt block time too. So many projects...so little time.

Mr. Cowboy just walks by my sewing room and shakes his head.

What are some of your stocking stuffer favorites??

Two or Three Squirrels

 Hi everyone!!

Well, I don't know what has happened....oh yes I do.....youTube happened. I was stitching along on my be attitude blocks when suddenly late one night I saw this

Design Doodler! And of course they were doing a wonderful sale pitch and I fell for it hook, line & sinker......(I'm doing a happy dance here!)

I uploaded it on my iPad and laptop & have been s-l-o-w-l-y learning the process.  Hopefully coming soon.....something embroidered out.....fingers crossed.

The second squirrel was when I stumbled across handkerchief dress blocks. Now this is not a handkerchief, it's fabric and my attempt to fold as instructed. Sigh.....I'll get the hang of it because I've already orders some handies from Amazon!!!!

Finally, sorry about this hazy photo. This was attempt making a pound cake using butter milk. Mr. Cowboy loved it and so did some of my cousins. So I'm off to bake another for my seniors group.

What have you guys been up to lately?  Leave me a comment and I will respond in the comments as well.