'Oriental Garden' - Mini Envelope Journal

A 4 x 4.5 inch Mini Envelope Journal assembled using tab binding. Crafted 4 envelopes each containing a mini journal and each journal bound with a 3-hole pamphlet stitch. One mini notepad included in last envelope. Journal pages are purchased and printed from Etsy seller "DigitalScrapHelper" which I resized. The Journal envelopes, journal covers & tags were made using Stamperia 'Oriental Garden' 8x8 inch Scrapbook Pad Papers. Each journal has 10 pages. Used Tim Holtz linen tape for tab binding. ('ShabbySoul' on YT offers a tutorial on envelope tab binding.) I used a torn piece of black batik fabric with wood beads as tie closure.

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Out on the Porch

Wonderful little book to read
while sitting on the porch.
Fondly recalling pleasant days
 when life moved more slowly.

"It has become that time of evening

 when people sit on their porches, 

rocking gently and watching the 

street..."

   ..."Out on the Porch"

BOO!

When black cats prowl

  and pumpkins gleam,

May luck be yours 

    on Halloween!

  

Mini Wildflower Bouquet

                Last of the season's tiny flowers 

 "May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day."

        - Native American Proverb

Autumn Gold

Our Golden Ginkgo Tree - Spectacular when backlit by early morning or late afternoon sun. 

The leaves will soon drop, and will drop rapidly and form a golden carpet around the tree.

Golden Maple Leaves

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

            L.M. Montgomery

Leaves are falling ...

“The simple things of life are best. An hour of sweet solitude, a cluster of bright yellow mums, the call of quail in the meadow. It doesn’t take much to please us. Our elusive goal after another makes us hurry by some beautiful times. It seems autumn will stand still while we do other things. The trees lose their colorful leaves and they are no less pretty, but to see them in all their phases is even better.”

                           October 2nd,
                              'A Cherokee Feast of Days'