My favorite year of elementary school was 4th grade with Miss. Helmkay. She was a really nice teacher and I thought she understood me. When I found this old fourth grade book I thought it would make a cute journal. The pages were not attached to the spine and so I added rings to the covers and inserted my pages into them.
Once I started making various pages for the journal It became one that I would make for myself and keep. I thought it would be fun to include a copy of my report card, a school picture, information about my school & a photo of it. I added a 4H certificate & pin, math fact page, and other pages significant to my 4th grade year. I still need to add friend’s names & class pictures. I can easily add pages when I find other items for the book.
This would be a fun project to do for your children or grandchildren or even yourself!

I am taking a online art class called Botanical Collage Mini Class from Kate Thompson. I was originally signed up for this class at Art Unraveled, but it was cancelled.
I am learning how to eco dye paper, create photo skins and then combine the techniques in a collage. I am learning so much! I need to get a few supplies still, but I had enough to get started. I chose to start small and then create a bigger collage when I have everything I need.
I am making a round book. I am going to incorporate photos from my husband’s family in this book. My first page has a photo of my husband’s mom. She was a beautiful woman.
I made a little book pouch to hold my botanical collage book. I will update you on my progress.

Oh, my! I was working on this quilt a year ago and I put it away and forgot about it! I’m stitching around each block with colorful embroidery floss and it’s a lot of work. I think it will be so pretty if I can just finish it. Between this quilt & my yo-yo quilt I have my hands full. My goal is to finish both quilts before August. Care to make any bets?

I am taking a botanical collage mini class from Kate Thompson. The first step is eco dying paper. I love how
my first batch turned out! The next step is image transfers.
I have to order some leveling gel before I can complete that process. I love learning new stuff!!

I bought this pattern in the 1980’s! I used it once, and cut out two sets of the appliqué pieces when I bought the pattern. I thought these ladies would be cute on a linen towel. I used a machine on part of the appliqué, and hand stitched the rest. I still have a tiny bit left to do but I thought I would share it with you. The fabric is vintage, just like me! 😉

I had a wonderful weekend camping with my mister! I was able to get a couple of projects started. I did a little appliqué heart and some felt appliqué using dyed wool.
​We enjoyed some hiking and relaxing. The weather was so nice! The perfect weekend! ❤️

I forgot to take a before picture of this Samsonite train-case. It was brown, in pretty good shape, included a key, and the mirror is
adjustable! I found the image on Pinterest a few years ago. I did look for a credit on the artist and couldn’t find the print or the name of the artist anymore. I cut around the part of the print that I wanted to decoupage onto the case, and then I dry-brushed acrylic paints around the print. When the paint was dry I put decoupage on the entire outer case. I didn’t have to do anything to the inside. It’s ready to go!

I happened upon a estate sale a couple of weeks ago. I’m going to call it “Lucky Estates” because it was the best sale I’ve been to in years! I was the only shopper, it was outdoors and it had tables & boxes of things I love. I found antique French canisters, old books, tiny Limoge miniatures, an antique side table, vintage quilt top, and more!
One of the best finds was this vintage doll dresser! I cleaned it up yesterday and decided to make a little doll quilt to go with it. Pretty cute don’t you think?

I found this little vintage purse at a garage sale. It is shaped like a box and covered in red velvet. The only problem was the chunk missing out of the top left side. I bought it anyway because I knew I could find a way to repair it. I found an old piece of needlepoint and cut it to fit the damaged area, and then stitched it down. This little bag is perfect to store my tin boxes in. Not bad for a buck!