Mountain Laurel Blooming

           The Mountain Laurel 

         has been admired for its 

           beauty, resilience, and 

        its symbolic connection to 

         love, purity, and strength.
 

Coffee with Emily Carr

Emily Carr 1871 - 1945

"It was not handling of paint but handling of thoughts which overwhelmed me. Trying to get around this problem, I took always in my sketch-sack a little note book. When I had discovered my subject, I sat before it, asking myself these questions, What attracted you to this particular subject? Why do you want to paint it? What is its core, the thing you are trying to express?

Clearly, and in as few words as possible, I had answered these questions from myself to myself, wording them in my little note book, presenting essentials only, discarding everything of minor importance....This saying in words as well as in colour and form gave me double approach."

Hundreds and Thousands is the record of the life, work and thoughts of a great individualist, an extraordinary woman.

Read her bio here 

Chunky DIY Spiral Planner

Another DIY skinny planner, but CHUNKY! Got carried away adding loads of inserts!

Measures 5" x 8.5" with a laminated cover. Spiral bound using The Cinch. A cheerful, undated/perpetual planner:)

Created weekly and monthly templates printed onto colored cardstock and added folders to store papers.

Each month is separated with a colorful, plastic tabbed blank index card.  Lots pockets and sticker elements.

Additional papers and cut-a-parts used are from Echo Park Scrapbook Pad Collections.

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Skinny DIY Spiral Planner

Fun DIY project! Spiral bound planner using The Cinch and measures 5" x 8.5". A happy, undated/perpetual planner with a laminated cover:)

Created weekly and monthly templates and printed onto colored cardstock with additional folders for notes.

Included tabs for each month along with lots of flips, flaps, pockets and sticker elements.

For added interest, colorful paper clips were used to include cut-a-parts from Echo Park Scrapbook Pad Collections.

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Forest Gnome...Tree Stump Dweller

More Whimsy!
 

Slot & Tab Binding Book

Simple technique called 'Slot & Tab Binding' does not require any glue or stitching. Stumbled upon this technique here. Measures: 4"W x 5.5"H x 1"thick

Used double sided scrapbook/cardstock for the cover. For the pages I used single sided scrapbook paper. Rounded the corners of the pages with my Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper. Images on the paper create interest and the white back sides leave plenty of space for notes or journaling. Lies flat for easy writing.

You can view a quick flip-thru below.

National Dandelion Day

 Make a wish! For the magic to be at its best you must blow all the seeds off with one breath!

Each time you wish upon a dandelion you are sending anywhere from 54 to 172 seeds into the air.

It is said that the 3 phases of a dandelion represent the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower represents the sun, the white puff ball represents the moon and the dispersing seeds represent the stars.

  May all your wishes come true!

 

Love this little 4”x 6” Dandelion Book I made entitled ‘the Story’. You can read about the materials used and construction of the book here in a previous post.

View a short flip thru below.