tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83743254387745780482024-03-13T02:38:33.169-04:00Miss Phoebe's PerchSue @ Miss Phoebes Perchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592621831757315362noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8374325438774578048.post-21886597386208536272017-09-09T16:41:00.000-04:002017-09-09T16:41:40.136-04:00A hurricane and a junk journal entry...<div>
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Hello friends. It has been awhile since I posted. Since my last post we managed to get a few days up at the Wren's Nest, but didn't get to do much since Hubby had picked up a nasty stomach bug and we cut our trip short. We hope to go back soon.
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Hurricane Irma is on her way up to Florida and ready to soon hit the southwest portion of the state as a Category 3, right where my entire family lives...my two children and their spouses, my four grandchildren and my aging dad. My daughter picked up my dad this morning so that he can tough out the storm with them. I am praying for them and everyone else that has already been, and will be, impacted by this storm. And I am also still throwing in a some prayers for those in Texas who were devastated by Harvey.<br />
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I actually had the following photos ready to post before we went on our trip, but didn't have the time to do it, so in an effort to get my mind off the stressful stuff mentioned above, I am going to share them now.<br />
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I have been following a few YouTube channels done by junk journal artists, and one of them, The Innkeeper's Journal, is hosting a giveaway of one of her journals. I intended to post about it here earlier, but didn't have the time getting ready for our trip. Sue is an amazing artist. You can see her blog <a href="http://innkeepersjournal.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-special-journal-for-someone-it-could.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and on it you can watch her post to her YouTube channel.<br />
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Here I will share the photos of the four pages that I submitted. I'm sure that anything I do will not compare to what the "pros" have sent in, but I still had fun doing it. I don't have time to write much more today, so lucky for you this will be photos only!<br />
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Friends, our summer has taken an unexpected turn, so I will apologize now for neither looking at nor commenting on your blogs, and for not paying much attention to mine.<br />
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Just when Mr. Perch was doing so well with his prosthetic leg, he ended up getting a pin-head sized sore at the bottom of his tibia just where his leg was amputated. After two trips to the emergency room (you may remember why we run scared of wounds that don't heal), and visits to several of his doctors, it was determined that at least there was no infection. Since every time he put on his leg the sore would reopen, he was finally told to keep it off until the sore healed and a new and different kind of prosthesis could be made. This has been going on since just after Memorial Day, so in the meantime we missed out on our trip to Florida to visit my family and to Massachusetts to visit his. Not to mention that The Wren's Nest is becoming a distant memory. In any case, the magical new leg is supposed to be ready next week. We can only dream that it will solve the problem of the mysterious-tiny-sore-that-will-not-heal!! Enough of <span style="color: #38761d;"><u>THAT</u></span>!<br />
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So, what have I been doing with all of my "at home time"? Cooking, cleaning, gardening, and a little art is pretty much it.<br />
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Last week my annual haul of bearded iris starts arrived. I ordered them in April from a company that I had seen through Pinterest, and was totally thrilled. I ordered ten plants, and they threw in another four as a bonus. The bonus plants' selling prices were more than I paid for the ones I actually ordered, so they have my vote as a great company to deal with. The company is Stout Gardens at Dancing Tree and you can find them <a href="https://www.stoutgardens.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. They are in Oklahoma City.<br />
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Yesterday I created a few more pages for my junk journal, including some pages that were mostly left blank, except for just a few bits and pieces of "junk".<br />
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I think that this is one of my favorite pages.</div>
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I love the photo of the two sweet girls on </div>
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their trike.</div>
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Kraft paper is collaged with a piece of</div>
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a vintage hanky, lace, and sheet music. </div>
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To the top I added a flower that I had </div>
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dried from <a href="https://missphoebesperch.blogspot.com/2017/03/garden-cleanup-daisies-and-snow.html" target="_blank">the bunch of flowers seen in this post</a>.</div>
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(While the flowers were still looking good,</div>
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I cut some and pressed them layered</div>
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between paper towels and wax paper </div>
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placed between some pages of old</div>
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and heavy books.</div>
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I found them when I was cleaning</div>
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my studio recently!!)...</div>
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I then layered an old piece of mica </div>
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on top of the blossom and fastened it</div>
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with some brads.</div>
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This was so much fun to do...</div>
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The bottom corner was embellished</div>
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with a small piece of coffee-stained</div>
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lace, a button and some thin twine...</div>
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On the back of the page above is a kraft</div>
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envelope bought on my shopping trip </div>
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two weeks ago. </div>
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I folded it in half and embellished it </div>
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with some burlap, </div>
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a piece of tissue paper that I received</div>
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with an order,</div>
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and tulle roses...</div>
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...and the inside was decorated with another darling photo...</div>
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...and other random pieces of "junk", including</div>
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grey tissue paper, a copy of an old envelope,</div>
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and satin ribbon. </div>
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I even got to use a rubber stamp </div>
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("lots of hugs") that I haven't used</div>
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in a very long time...</div>
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I am now getting into the pages to be left fairly blank.</div>
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Of course, I can't resist just a little embellishing!... </div>
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This cute little girl in the straw had was a </div>
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postcard. I picked up on the stitching</div>
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that showed up from the page behind it</div>
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and added the same stitching </div>
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to the photo itself...</div>
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...with matching bits and pieces on the</div>
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And below is another set of matching writing pages...</div>
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The little birdie on the music paper is actually</div>
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something that holds crinkled seam binding</div>
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together from one of my favorite shops</div>
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on Etsy, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Bluebirdlane?ref=ss_profile" target="_blank">Bluebird Lane</a>.</div>
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I also capitalized on the stitching that showed</div>
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I didn't previously realize that a long time ago</div>
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I bought the same punch that the shop owner</div>
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uses, so I made a coordinating page using</div>
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this punch...</div>
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It has been too hot here to garden,</div>
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so I have been having so much fun creating these pages.</div>
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Enjoy the rest of the weekend!</div>
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Here are a few more junk journal pages which I created yesterday.<br />
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These two will likely face each other...</div>
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feeding a calf...</div>
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Last week, when I didn't have much to do, I copied some old documents to use in my junk journals. It would be nice to say that I was going to use originals of everything, but since the vintage papers of the world will not last forever, and some are a little pricey, using originals would be cost prohibitive. And who am I to destroy something that has "lived" for the last 100 years or so.<br />
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patina, </div>
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so I just printed them out<br />
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That way, the backs, which could be used</div>
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for journaling,</div>
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You may remember this beautiful cradle</div>
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roll certificate (top), which I think</div>
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I shared with you a while back...</div>
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Some of the originals were folded up,</div>
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The page below was just torn from an</div>
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old book that I had for years.</div>
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It had some of the cutest illustrations.</div>
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I embellished it with old lace,</div>
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and a piece cut from a cutter quilt</div>
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I've also been enjoying using the embroidery</div>
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my Etsy shop, or something for an entry into a magazine.</div>
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Not sure where this will take me,</div>
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Hello there!<br />
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One day last week I did something that I have not done in quite some time, namely, I went on a crafty shopping spree. Michael's and Hobby Lobby loved me.<br />
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Below are my purchases, all with the hope of using them in junk journals.<br />
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Kraft envelopes, Tim Holtz doo-dads,</div>
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and two sweet rubber stamps.</div>
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I don't buy many stamps anymore...</div>
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More doo-dads, and some washi tape,</div>
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little of which I have used in the past...</div>
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At some point I want to make a ballerina-</div>
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inspired junk journal,</div>
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These stick-on word pads are great,</div>
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and you get a lot of bang for the buck on them.</div>
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Sometimes they are hard to find</div>
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More cool embellishments,</div>
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which were buy one, get one...</div>
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How could I resist the birds?...</div>
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Beautiful botanicals in this pack.</div>
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Also the little cutout "people"</div>
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which will be lovely in journals, cards,</div>
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I thought this stamp pack</div>
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Some paper fall leaves,</div>
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and mini wooden clothespins in</div>
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(see my sidebar) she had a sweet video</div>
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Thanks Cat!</div>
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She uses Mixed Media paper,</div>
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which I have not tried before...</div>
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The chipboard word cutouts below were to die for.</div>
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Hello! Yesterday I worked on a couple of pages for a new junk journal that I started (and no, I have not completed my nature journal yet!). I am really enjoying using some of my stash that has been accumulated over the past several years. After a long time spent deliberating over whether or not to work with vintage textiles (which I love) or with vintage ephemera (which I also love), I really found a home for both together in this thing known as "junk" journals.
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The beautiful image is from </div>
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Ireland Rose Studios on Etsy.</div>
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Also used from my vintage stash was</div>
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and ledger paper...</div>
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I hope you have a wonderful Fourth of July tomorrow!</div>
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Happy Saturday and I'm hoping that yours is a nice holiday weekend. We did not have any plans, and The Mister is not feeling well, so I am having a stay indoors party working on some crafting and getting ready for my foray into junk-journaling. It's pretty hot outside so this is not a bad thing.<br />
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During this past week I saved unused coffee for a few days and experimented with more coffee staining. I used the process that I talked about <a href="https://missphoebesperch.blogspot.com/2017/03/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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And I coffee stained some lace and a doily.</div>
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Happy Friday!<br />
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This week I set out to make a couple more cards and use up the materials cluttering my work table. Not only did I do that, but I also listed them in my Etsy shop just now. It has been a long time since I have made anything to list, and I all but forgot how to do it. Does that ever happen to you?<br />
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Anyway, here are the cards. They have a patriotic flair, but are not only applicable to July 4th, (I know...I'm a little late on that one!!), but I think that they would be nice to give to someone you know in the military.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The photo that I used in the card below was the very first</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">It was on eBay, not up for bid, but at a</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">"buy now" price of $100.00. Gulp.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I fell in love with this photo, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">but didn't want to run the risk of getting murdered</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">by my hubby if I ever paid that much for a photo,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">so saved it to my favorites and hoped for a miracle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Lo and behold, it didn't sell,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">and then the seller opened it up for bid.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I did win the bid for a fraction of the original price.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">To this day, this gorgeous photo is my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">What a beautiful little boy this is...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Again, I made some use of those glittered stick-on stars </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">...the inside was made of papers from Bo Bunny</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I used a copy of some old sheet music, and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">also on Etsy, plus they have their own website...</span></div>
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Happy Tuesday evening. This will be a quick post. <br />
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I previously mentioned that I was going to wind up my card-making for a while, other than a few I would make to use the materials that I already had pulled out.<br />
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Here are a couple that I finished yesterday.<br />
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but I will not be able to give it to him for a while.</div>
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I got to use some of those glittered stars that I showed you</div>
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a few posts ago...</div>
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Have you ever had one of those days where you don't know what to do with yourself? Well, today is one of those days for me. This morning I hosed out and chloroxed our outdoor trash can, if that tells you anything. Beyond that, I don't know where I am headed for the rest of the day. So I will do a blog post! Lucky you. Ha!</div>
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Yesterday I had a burst of energy and started thoroughly cleaning our upstairs guest bedroom. It is a neglected room since no one ever sees it except me on my way to my studio. While I was at it, I redecorated. it. For no real reason except that I was sick of looking at it and wanted to spruce it up. And it didn't cost me a dime since I "shopped" stuff that I already had. It's not done yet, so perhaps I will post about it in the future. </div>
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I am simultaneously cleaning up my studio. I have not been especially creative, likely because it is so messy up there. I think I will finish the few cards for which I have already pulled out all the materials, and then put my card-making on hold for a while. Once organized, I will decide which direction I will move towards. I still want to create some art and junk journals.<br />
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Yesterday I completed this card, which I am keeping to give someone special.<br />
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I purchased the photo on Etsy...</div>
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Paper flowers by Prima attached with a brad,</div>
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vintage velvet trim, old vintage lace,</div>
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Here at Plum Tree Cottage the gardens are in full bloom with daylilies (mostly), and if you follow this blog you know how very much I love them. So, this post will be heavier with photos than it is with words! Well, maybe not. <br />
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but his antennae are made of nails.</div>
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In him I have planted some lemon thyme,</div>
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and he sits on our table on the deck...</div>
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mint, where it cannot take over the rest</div>
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also filled with iris and daylilies...</div>
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I was running out of space to plant all of my babies,</div>
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Towards the front you can see parsley.</div>
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Sage grows behind it, and wintered over from last year.</div>
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How nice!</div>
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Not seen in these photos are other herbs,</div>
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In front of the whirligig,</div>
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by cross-pollinating "Fooled Me" </div>
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They continued to grow nicely in the pot</div>
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Because I love the kind of daylilies</div>
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(spiders and unusual form) that</div>
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centers,</div>
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I love the one below.</div>
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about five years ago.</div>
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It is called Wiggle Worm...</div>
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and turning a dusky rose color...</div>
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Hello to all and I hope that you are well.<br />
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We returned from The Nest on Tuesday, and I have finally caught up on my laundry chores, grocery shopping, and about everything I had neglected before we left. <br />
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We completed most of the interior trim work around the windows up there, and it is looking so much better. I will post more about that some time in the future. In a word, I am TIRED!<br />
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This month we celebrate both my daughter's and granddaughter's birthdays, so I created a couple of cards. I haven't had much creative time for more than that, I'm afraid!<br />
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This is the one for my daughter.</div>
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If it is vaguely familiar, that is because I created one</div>
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just like it for my Etsy shop.</div>
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It sold, and I really enjoyed making it,</div>
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so I made another...</div>
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I thought this little girl was so sweet </div>
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holding her precious teddy bear.</div>
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I love the striped dress that she is wearing,</div>
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She is wearing Mary Jane shoes...</div>
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And, of course, how could I resist adding the two below to my</div>
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Don't you just love the baby sitting in front of the flag?...</div>
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Do photographers stage this way anymore?</div>
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They are <u>stickers</u> that range in sizes from</div>
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So much cheaper than buying embellishments</div>
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We are planning to leave soon for The Wren's Nest,</div>
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Some years back we planted seeds along the lattice </div>
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The arbor that we have on the side of the house needed some attention.</div>
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The two climbing roses that grew over it,</div>
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Hello, and welcome to our great room</div>
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Continuing with yesterday's post,</div>
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here is our dining space...</div>
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The towels on the primitive ladder</div>
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and replaced the beige and black ticking stripe </div>
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ones that I usually keep there...</div>
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I also bought the runner at HobLob,</div>
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and love the stars on it...</div>
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On the sideboard is a wooden plate which</div>
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of hubby's son's friends,</div>
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Mr. Billy the Goat stands watch over our </div>
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Since the background is black, I didn't want </div>
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This is the second year that I have put out</div>
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Well, I wish you could come over and see it in person.</div>
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We could have some sweet tea and cookies!</div>
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This year I decided to decorate some of our spaces for the </div>
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It's been a while since I've dragged out</div>
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my red and blue stuff</div>
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I love to decorate our small entryway</div>
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You may recall that this is part of an old </div>
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and here it is back in its rightful state!</div>
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The flag banner was a cheapy from</div>
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Walmart that I spotted a few weeks ago,</div>
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architectural salvage and a pitcher,</div>
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all of which I have had for a while...</div>
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Though I don't decorate with a lot of primitives</div>
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anymore, they feel at home in a patriotic</div>
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theme, and these I have also had for a while.</div>
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They were purchased in a shop in</div>
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Micanopy, Florida and made</div>
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They are standing on the galvanized</div>
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milk box that I stand our little</div>
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I love the tinsel "sparklers"</div>
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This weekend finds us having some unseasonably cool weather, but since I am trying to cut back all the spent Iris plants in the garden to free up airspace for the getting-ready-to-bud daylilies, I won't knock the cool air that Mother Nature has provided!<br />
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I wanted to share this beautiful Iris that I purchased from Schreiner's (you can find them <a href="https://www.schreinersgardens.com/" target="_blank">here</a>) and planted in the fall. I am so attracted to almost-black flowers, and this is such a dark purple that it is almost black, even the insides. I did actually buy a few that were labelled as really being black, but they did not bloom yet. Perhaps they will not even bloom until next year, but that is OK.<br />
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An speaking of something that is not what I thought it would be, the photos below are of something that has leaves that look like a daylily, but blooms that certainly don't. </div>
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The label is currently hiding underneath somewhere,</div>
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It has such pretty flowers but I have no idea what it is.</div>
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If you follow this blog, you know that I am pretty diligent about keeping up with tags that identify each plant in my gardens, particularly my daylilies and iris plants. However, every once in a while, I purchase a pretty addition to my garden that is a cutting from someone else's garden, sold to our local garden center, and was not identified. I can't resist buying these any more than one would refuse to adopt a cute puppy just because she didn't know his heritage. And sometimes the tags just disappear altogether.<br />
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This one was blooming at The Nest while we</div>
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It wasn't doing well in our garden at home</div>
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last year,</div>
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so I divided it, left half home,</div>
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How beautiful it turned out to be,</div>
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a pretty shade of yellow...</div>
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Iris tend to send their new growth outward</div>
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Good morning friends and happy Sunday! <br />
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We returned home earlier this week after 10 days at The Wren's Nest, and it has taken me this long to catch up on laundry and garden work, so here I am at last. Doesn't it seem like there are never enough hours in the day?<br />
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We finally hung up an assemblage piece that I started a while ago, and finished over the winter. <br />
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Here is the piece, which has been hung</div>
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next to the window in the living room.</div>
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We actually managed to get in the last</div>
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two new windows this trip.</div>
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More on that saga later this week!</div>
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You may recall that we had completed </div>
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standstill last June when the issues</div>
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We even put up our first curtains,</div>
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which are a little more "printy" than</div>
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what I would used here at home,</div>
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but "cottagey" enough for this place</div>
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without being too cute!...</div>
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This was a generic Michael's wood shadow</div>
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box that I originally purchased for I-don't-know-</div>
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what and painted with Waverly Chalk paint </div>
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The color is "plaster".</div>
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The inside of the box as purchased</div>
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was lined with beige fabric.</div>
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The nest was a vacated real one found up at </div>
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The Wren's Nest when we cut down some</div>
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Because it was crumbly,</div>
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I sealed it with spray acrylic</div>
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and carefully glued it to a background</div>
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of wax paper to make sure that it</div>
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didn't crumble further once placed in the box.</div>
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The eggs are little paper eggs that I</div>
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You can read more about the actual nest <a href="https://missphoebesperch.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-wrens-nest-saying-hello.html" target="_blank">here</a>...</div>
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A copy of some vintage sheet music,</div>
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and some paper flowers fastened with </div>
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brads,</div>
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seed pods from daylilies here at home, </div>
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But my favorite part is the old rusted doorbell</div>
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It's all about home!...</div>
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The beautiful tulip above was blooming in our garden last week.</div>
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Good morning and happy Monday! I hope that your week is getting off to a good start.<br />
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I have had very little time for crafting as I have been working a lot in the gardens, but as I mentioned recently, I am working on a junk journal. It is with a nature-inspired theme (prompted perhaps by all the yard work I have been doing!), and I've been picking away at it bit by bit, working one page at a time. It's much more labor intensive than working on greeting cards, but I'm enjoying using "stuff" that has been kicking around a while. I have not yet worked on the cover, but rather, I am just working on trying to plan my pages in some integrated manner. <br />
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Some scrapbook papers and a use for</div>
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In the glassine envelope is a vintage Bridge</div>
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tally card purchased on eBay.</div>
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Pretty young sisters from their First Communion or </div>
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More sheet music, printouts from garden books,</div>
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I am not one to keep journals myself, so the hardest part for me has been allowing room for someone else to journal and to not get overly carried away on the collaging of everything else that I love. I guess I'll see where this takes me!</div>
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Years ago when I first started taking collage classes at one of the rubber stamp stores that my friend and I went to when I lived in Florida, we did some work with coffee-stained paper. In the essence of time, the instructor had already stained some tags for us to use, but I never actually did much coffee-staining myself. I always had the intention of doing more, but of course I never really did. <br />
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When I decided recently that I was going to start working on some junk journals, I looked at several tutorials on the process, and of course, everyone has their own way of doing it. This weekend I combined a few techniques and stained some myself, alternating between regular white printer paper and ivory resume paper just to compare the outcomes. There wasn't really a marked difference between the two, so when I do it again I will continue to alternate, using whatever I have on hand.<br />
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No complicated technique at all. Here is my process:<br />
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<li>Mix a strong batch of instant coffee. I mixed it in a 4-cup Pyrex measuring cup, using two cups of almost-boiling water and a couple of heaping teaspoons of coffee.</li>
<li>Cut several sheets of waxed paper to fit two old cookie sheets. You will need the same amount as the number of pages you hope to stain. (For my first run I found 16 sheets of paper a good number to work with.)</li>
<li>Lay one sheet of waxed paper down on one of the cookie sheets with a sheet of printer paper on top.</li>
<li>Using a cheap 2-inch wide bristle brush, "paint" the coffee onto one side of the printer paper, then flip it over onto the waxed paper and "paint" the other side. Don't completely soak the paper. </li>
<li>If desired, you can sprinkle a few coffee granules randomly over some of the wet pages to give some of your sheets an even more aged look.</li>
<li>Place another piece of waxed paper on top of the page you just stained, then add your second piece of printer paper to the top. "Paint" each side as you did in step 4.</li>
<li>Repeat this process until about 8 pages are stained, each time alternating the paper with the waxed paper, stacking them as you go along. They will be a bit buckled but this is a good thing. </li>
<li>Do the same thing with another batch of papers on the second cookie sheet.</li>
<li>Set the trays aside to dry over night. </li>
<li>The next morning the top ones will be pretty dry, but the ones underneath will still be a little damp or wet. So spread them apart on a protected table or counter, each one with the sheet of waxed paper underneath it. This way they will dry faster.</li>
<li>After they dry, iron the pages, one at a time, to flatten them out a bit. Place a piece of muslin over the paper, press using the cotton or linen setting, and do not use steam. Flip over the page, and iron the reverse side, this time without the sheet of muslin. They won't get real flat, but after all, they will be used in a junk journal!</li>
<li>After each sheet is ironed, take a look at the waxed paper sheets. You will find that they are also coffee-stained and have a marvelous color and texture. They will take on a vellum effect and could be used for little aged envelopes, or additional pages in your book. Or, you could just reuse them for your next bout of coffee-staining!</li>
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Here is the batch I did this weekend. </div>
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To me it looks really old...</div>
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nature-inspired,</div>
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one of my vintage botanical books</div>
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What a pretty effect this had,</div>
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some papers for the cover of my book,</div>
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which will be made from a vintage</div>
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Reader's Digest book cover,</div>
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covered with this </div>
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pretty pink and green paper,</div>
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a little corrugated cardboard,</div>
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Next time I will try this with tea. Perhaps some nice cinnamon-apple. </div>
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My, wouldn't that make my journal smell good!</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I thought that you would enjoy this pretty </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">little French Victorian trade card.</span></div>
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We are approaching the end of The Mister's physical therapy sessions for his leg, and when we went last week I noticed, for the first time, these signs in the parking lot. It reminded me of some of the odd combinations of signs that people photograph and post on Facebook. Well, as you may know I do not do Facebook, so my friends, you are stuck with looking at Sue's Sign Photo.<br />
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