Another batch of "clusters"

I've made eight new clusters for junk journaling.  Each of these has numerous layers of paper and ink:  shopping bag kraft paper, cheesecloth, decorative paper, dictionary page, old map, auto painting masking paper, vintage book page with adhered napkin image, word. 

Word:  Fearless

Words:  Until Forever

Word: Courageous

Words:  Things we do

S

Words:  Simply Me

Words:  Hello Today

Word:  Noteworthy

Word:  Obsessed

When Did I start Art-Every-Day?

Lately, I've been trying to remember when I started doing art every day as a usual practice.  I realized that I  probably stuck here in the blog all those years ago, so I went looking and found a challenge I issued to my readers to join me in art-ever-day for a month.  Some did, but didn't continue long past that first month.  Others hung in there longer.  I am still going strong many, many years later.  I've pretty much kept to every day, except for a few days when I was moving or too ill/broken to work on it.  I've kept it up through a heart attack and heart surgery, broken bones, and most recently, cancer/surgery/treatments.  I am thinking I may be slightly obsessive about it, but it is relaxing and in some ways therapeutic. 

Would any of you be interested in trying again?  It can be any art or craft that you enjoy.  Do a bit every day -- and document it.  Document it on your own blog, on Facebook, Twitter, whatever social media you prefer.   Fiber, paper, cooking, photos -- all count. 

More Cards

I've found a little time to create a dozen more greeting cards, two sets of 6 each. 

Swap goodies!

In the last two days, I've received swap packages from members of my journaling group.  I set to work and immediately incorporated them into my bird envelope journal.  Here are some photos.

Index 365 Cards 22-27

Here are the latest card for my Index 365 challenge.  I'm posting cards 22 through 27.  Obviously, more to follow as I complete them.  I'm nearly ready to create the first bound booklet of them. 

22-23

24-25

26-27

Welcome, Little Bat!

A week or so ago, we discovered that we had a little brown bat sheltering in our deck umbrella when we opened it to have a meal outside. He scrambled away and clung to the side of our venerable box elder tree for the rest of the day. That night, he went about his usual mosquito and insect feasting. The next day, we discovered him in our side door porch light, not a good place for him if we turned on the light and burned him. So we bought a bat house and hung it on the side wall of the house a few feet from the light. We don't use that side of the house often, and only a couple of times over the last 4 years after dark. Last night, at least 2 bats sheltered there (the cam recorded them). We are delighted! Neither of us is afraid of bats, and we both hate mosquitos, so it is a win-win for all of us. Here's a photo of our little bat house on the wall.

A Random Act of Kindness led to TWO more journal pages

Yesterday, I received a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) gift from a fellow member of my journaling group.  I was so inspired by the beauty of her work when I opened her package this morning that I immediately knew it had to be incorporated into my bird envelope journal.  Here, first, is a photo of the RAK package contents, followed by two pages I created using those embellishments. 

The RAK package