In my latest YouTube video, I took some time to look over my journals from the last year. 2021 without a doubt, has been my most productive journaling year to date. I don't think I have ever utilized a journal every month or every two months consecutively in a year. It really feels like quite … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Today's Free Vintage Friday is courtesy of William Trost Richards, an American landscape artist who reveled in realism and greatly rejected romanticism. This amazing depiction of an October afternoon details a forest's interior with such breathtaking focus. It is exactly what one would expect to find in a forest during the glorious month of October, … Continue reading October, 1863 — Free Vintage Friday
I love to paint and draw, but if truth be told, I'm not really that good at it. I think a large part of the problem is that I simply don't practice enough. I have recently tried to incorporate more practice into my weekly goals, but life gets so hectic! Last year right around this … Continue reading Free Vintage-Inspired Watercolor Pumpkins
Image Source I call my husband St. Francis of Assisi because animals just kind of flock to him. Cats and dogs follow him home; squirrels befriend him; it's just in him. He was always trying to sneak bird feeders in the yard, but I always discouraged them because I felt they were a teeny bit … Continue reading Chickadees — Free Vintage Friday
The calendar says it's October 8 and while it feels more like August 8 outside, the leaves have indeed begun to turn and float softly to the ground. My Summer Twilight journal was quickly coming to an end, so I knew it was time to start working on a new fall journal. I used an … Continue reading New Fall Journal + Circle of Leaves — Free Vintage Friday
Over the past few months, my fondness for collage masterboards has grown substantially. Each masterboard is different, simply by nature. Plus, making masterboards is a fairly mindless project--perfect when you're tired or watching television, but still want to do something crafty. So far, I've created journals using masterboards (I have a few left for sale … Continue reading Vintage Collage Masterboard — Free Vintage Friday
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox has come and gone. Technically, it's the day at the end of summer when on earth we see an equal amount of sunlight and moonlight (although Neil deGrasse Tyson differs on this) as the sun shines directly on the equator. I've never really noticed … Continue reading 1909 Astronomical Chart — Free Vintage Fridays
It's the last official Friday in fall, so I decided to commemorate this day with a free vintage image of hand-drawn bi-color flowers indicative of this hazy summer-into-fall period. As the floral embodiment of the very essence of Summer Twilight, this image will be definitely integrated into my current altered book. I am slightly sad … Continue reading Summer-to-Fall — Free Vintage Friday
I was born with a terrible inherent creative flaw. I have an extremely hard time working on projects that do not mimic my reality. If it's November, I find it near impossible to work on projects with vibrant spring flowers. If it's the dead of summer, snowflakes and sleds kill my creative mojo. I move … Continue reading Late Summer Lady — Free Vintage Friday
In the midwest USA, you can't go to any big box or grocery store without tripping over mile-high pots of mums at the doors. And inevitably, each year I'm caught between the irresistible pull of the fall mum and the last days of my summer flowers. Which do I choose? When do I pull the … Continue reading 1905 Dallas Annual Chrysanthemum Show Postcard — Free Vintage Friday
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