Diary of a Crafty Girl

 Not sure what was going on, but yesterday was NOT a good day.  I was emotional, cranky, tired, and just blah.  I had to do laundry and basically just sat around most of the day while I waited for loads to need switching.  In the afternoon, I finally decided I needed to do something constructive so I picked crafting.  I started by picking a new journal out of my pile of empty journals and grabbing some collage items - paper, stickers, washi.  I went to work creating a collage journal page that was space themed.  It turned out pretty good for my first attempt.  Feeling pretty good, I kept up the crafting momentum and tried a new stamping technique.  Not sure what it is called, but I learned about it from another Stampin' Up! demo during a watercolor webinar.  You use your ink pads and blending brushes to create a background piece on Fluid 100 watercolor paper.  You then take a stamp, lightly mist it with water and press it onto the i...

 I've been quite busy this summer since my friend's daughter was here for 6 weeks.  I have tried to take time for myself though.  I have Wednesdays off and I have tried to reserve those for "me time".  On one Wednesday, I went to my grandma's house and she helped me to assemble some curtains that I need for my room.  I bought the fabric months ago.  I wanted a blackout lining and I wasn't sure how to go about that.  She used to work with her brother at a shop that specialized in custom window treatments so I thought having her help would be best.  We got them all laid out and pinned, I just need to dig out my machine to sew them together.  On another Wednesday, I went to my friend Sheila's house.  I took Em with me just to get her out of the house and off her Switch and phone.  She assembled some Paper Pumpkin kits while I worked on a card design for stamp class (see image below). We were there for 4 hours and I finished one card lo...