August is here and a few weekends ago, I spent some much needed downtime putting the finishing touches on my summer journal (watch my process here). 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 … Continue reading Summer’s End—A New Junk Journal & Ephemera Kit
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!
There’s a little less than 2 weeks before Christmas and I recently found a few fun (and vintage of course!) holiday-themed audio books to help capture the feelings of the season. If you are searching for a book chock full of traditional winter cheer, here are a few suggestions to put you perfectly in the … Continue reading Capture the Feelings of the Season
There's something magical about evergreen trees during the winter season. Feeling quite inspired by them, I decided to make a few templates to use over the next few months. For my first project using the template, I decided to make a tree using some ruffled vintage lace. I love how it turned out! I originally … Continue reading Evergreen Trees — Free Template
It’s been a while since I’ve given this blog a proper update, so I thought I would carve some time out this Thanksgiving holiday and start anew. You’ve probably noticed that Free Vintage Fridays have stopped rather abruptly. I always meant to use this space as a blog, in its truest sense. And as with … Continue reading Hello, There
I've been making the large version of these layered flowers for a few years now as hair clips. They look so cute clipped right above a bun or ponytail. But recently, I thought they would also make great journal embellishments, so I decided to make a template with three different sizes -- free for you … Continue reading Layered Flowers — Free Templates
I've been wanting to make some vintage photo corners for a while now because I simply love the look of them! And you might be saying, well you can easily just cut some little triangles out to make them, but trust me, I've tried that and they're just never even. So I decided to create … Continue reading Vintage Photo Corners — Free Template
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
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
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
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