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Month: March 2018

Making a Journal: Part 3

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 ~ ginamakesit ~ Leave a comment

Hello crafty peeps! I am back with the final installment of my Making a Journal Series! In this last video, I am decorating the cover, as well as a few inside pages. I created a YouTube video of my process if you are so inclined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8SYKUUr0_w Otherwise, here are some up close and personal pictures: … Continue reading Making a Journal: Part 3

Irish Lass Card

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 ~ ginamakesit ~ Leave a comment

Hello out there and Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today on my YouTube channel, I am sharing a Craft with Me video depicting how I made this sweet and fast vintage-y Irish Lass card. If interested, the video can be found here: https://youtu.be/UNvGLwP86-U If you watched the video and would like the image, simply right-click on … Continue reading Irish Lass Card

Making A Journal: Part 2

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 ~ ginamakesit ~ Leave a comment

Hello out there in the blogosphere! Today I am finally sharing part two of my Making A Journal series, demonstrating how to sew signatures into a hard-covered journal in a way that doesn't show the binding itself. It's hiding! I was unable to record this earlier because my sewing machine was in this shop. But … Continue reading Making A Journal: Part 2

First Communion Invites

March 6, 2018March 8, 2018 ~ ginamakesit ~ Leave a comment

Hello out there! I have been busy as a bee knocking things off of a very long to-do list. I just finished these lovely First Communion invites. The invite itself I downloaded from freepik.com and just adjusted the information using Adobe Photoshop. I can't really talk too highly of that website. It's the best resource … Continue reading First Communion Invites

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The seasonal drum continues to beat constant in my life with each sunrise and sunset, morning, noon, and night.
And here we all are, at once, with one foot standing tall and loyal in summer’s warm ray and the other foot carefully, tentatively, dipping into the golden ponds of autumn. On the edge of autumn is simply the best place to be.
I noticed a perceptible change this morning when I opened my eyes. The sun was younger, less alive than it was a week ago at the same time, not quite over the horizon, but not quite under it. The days, though still warm, have begun to noticeably shorten. The inky nights have started to lengthen and cool. The soft descent of summer has begun.
At the end of every journal, I like to write a letter to myself about where I’m at in my life and where I think I’m going. In my most recent journal, I started thinking about the idea of gratitude and how its meaning has shifted so significantly for me over the past few years. It’s interesting to note its evolution alongside the evolution of my own life and how it has paralleled the worries, the grief—and most recently, the happiness. It’s so clear to me now that gratitude is not something to have, but instead something to be. It’s an ever present mindset, a way to think, feel and ultimately live to fully experience the wonder found in each and every day.
Good morning from Illinois! ☀️
August is here and over the weekend I spent some time finishing my summer journal. I know, I know, summer isn't over just yet. But if you happened to follow along with me last year, you know my absolute favorite part of summer is approaching.

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