What I Learned While Making My Horse-Themed Junk Journal

After ignoring it for two and a half years, my horse junk journal is finally finished. My second junk journal both springs from and improves on the things I did with my first one. It taught me some new lessons as well. In the spring of 2021, I assembled the signatures, collected every horsey paper... Continue Reading →

Preparing for Dephemerember 2023

Dephemerember 2023 starts on December 4th and for the first time, I've planning on participating. I've only watched the previous years, but found the videos so inspiring that it's finally time for me to try it, too. I'd like to make a bird-themed journal and this seems like a great way to get a lot... Continue Reading →

To Use Or No To Use?: Vintage Art Paper Dilemma

Since I've started blogging about art and junk journaling, I've been getting really interesting mail. I've received a pile of paint chips and scraps of wallpaper uncovered during a renovation. But the biggest surprise came this week from a friend who is clearing out some of her late husband's art supplies. The vintage artist paper... Continue Reading →

Pot Luck Paint Chip Challenge for Artists

On my recent visit to Maryland, we made two trips to Lowe's home improvement store. My parents are getting ready to renovate their bathroom, so we looked at fixtures, tiles, and paints. Paint swatch cards seemed like a perfect piece of ephemera to include in my travel journal and I even challenged myself to take... Continue Reading →

How Winning a Single ATC Has Me Drowning in Ideas

Last week I was a lucky winner. Mine was one of the three names picked at random from a list of 1033 comments on Luise Heinzl's Dephemerember video for December 25th. I won the fourth artist's trading card (ATC) she made during that video! My astonishment and joy have been quickly replaced by so many... Continue Reading →

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