this too shall pass

well, it’s been some shitty times around here lately, but you really can’t help but smile when you watch this video from the always-entertaining OK Go…

 

and this one’s pretty good too…

Cut & Paste – Volumes 3 & 4

Well here we are again with my friend Ashley and I’s little art journaling journey.

I’m really enjoying the process of this. I’ve been trying to set aside my Sunday afternoons for some much needed creative me-time and, so far, I’ve found it so SO great.

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This page was fun. I started with doodling on a page I ripped out of a favourite catalogue and wrote down a few of my favourite things, then added more to it as other things I love popped into my head throughout the week.

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It may sound strange but I had been saving this cardboard tissue box specifically to use for art-journaling at some point (you’d be surprised how many collected papers/ephemera I’ve accumulated over the past couple years) so I finally dug it out! I added some of these great Japanese masking tape stickers, stapled on a random piece of ribbon and glued down some paper doilies.

So there you have it!  Happy Friday and don’t forget to check out Ashley’s pages here.

{These art journal pages were created based on the Art Journal All Year e-course from Red Velvet, found here.}

30 Days of Lists

So, in addition to my daily photo project and (bi-)weekly art-journaling project,  yesterday I signed up to do a “30 Days of Lists” project… which – again – is basically what I already do anyway, this will just be – again – with special prompts… and with sharing (which – again – I’ve never been good at, until recently).

Should be fun/interesting!  It officially starts March 1st. Care to join?

(photo from here)

Valentine’s Date

If I was going somewhere a little fancy for v-day I would definitely be wearing something like this little outfit I put together on Polyvore – featuring one of my favourite colour combinations; red and turquoise.

Guess what starts tomorrow

Are you joining in?

Lately

Watching:  PVR’d episodes of Pan Am, Anthony Bourdain/No Reservations, Museum Secrets, Fashion Television, and Wonders of the Solar System (it hurts my brain, that show – some things just boggle the mind)

Drinking:  chai tea, gin and tonics, Cherry Hill coffee, ice cold water, red wine

Feeling:  sleepy, anxious, happy, and the occasional heartburn

Reading:  The Girls, by Lori Lansens (so good)

Listening:  Cat Power, Arcade Fire and, oddly, this song that randomly got stuck in my head

Eating:  spinach salads, turkey soup (defrosted from last November’s American Thanksgiving dinner leftovers), nutella on toast, apples with peanut butter

Wearing:  my favourite winter accessory – extra fluffy earmuffs (Brian calls them my Princess Leia earmuffs)

Writing:  in my daily journal, every night

Planning:  my next tattoo, some new jewellery for my shop, a weekend getaway