Sunday, 19 July 2009

Oh Sarah!

Yesterday I took a workshop at Paddy's with the talented Sarah Anderson showing us all how to begin "journaling". How I wish I had resisted attending. I loved it - every minute of it - and now am wanting to do more journaling. Time, time, time!

I got rather carried away with my painting pages and covered five of them, didn't want to stop but Sarah needed to show us how to do other things (other than splodge paint all over like pre-school kids - oh how we enjoyed ourselves). I found it rather difficult to go out of my comfort zone with paint but eventually I managed it, thanks to the tutor.

I loved one of Sarah's pages and had to do something similar, liked the idea of her 'numbers' showing house numbers where she had lived in the past so I did mine on the same theme. This morning when I came to work on it I realised I had begun life at a house numbered 11 and now lived at one with the same number. So I journalled it. I have not got the hang of this writing so it is not very good but it is my first attempt so be gentle.

This is another page, using my friend Chris's bird stamps (Crafty Individuals) which I fell in love with and have now had to order. Not sure what I will write on this page although I have something in mind but need to clear it with my son as it concerns him and a certain baby blackbird.

Another unfinished page (below). Again using Chris's stamps (Stamp Bug) which I have to have. Was really nice to find that the designer was none other than Penny Bearcroft who I met in Germany last year and who is a member of a stamp group I am on. Love these designs Penny!

No ideas as yet what this page will contain to complete it but I am not rushing into things and spoiling the pages I like. The other two pages are nowhere near stamped up or anything so there is little point in showing them here.

Hope you enjoy this brief look into yet another of my crafty (new) hobbies.