It’s the little things that make me happy. Justin knows how much I love armadillos. While in Texas he found an armadillo pen for me as a souvenir. But it’s not just any ordinary pen… it’s a BUG EYE GOOGLY EYE armadillo!!
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Pantyhose Crafts… seriously
After my great grandmother passed away, they went through her house. A lot of stuff just went to the estate sale, but they kept a few things. Everyone in my family knows I love to craft. I got that from my mammaw who got it from grandma. So, when they were going through her things, they found this book that they thought I would love. And they were right. An entire book on pantyhose crafts.
Have I tried any of these? Absolutely not. Am I horrified by some of these, absolutely.
The best part of this book, and the part that made me sob, was a doodle grandma made. She loved to doodle on pieces of scrap paper. This one was on the back of a grocery list.
Rainbow Over Waffle House
On the way to the apartment yesterday, we saw a rainbow over Waffle House. I argued it was a sign and we should stop. That was vetoed 😂
Better view of the rainbow. After the nasty weather and tense drive due to damp conditions and stupid drivers, it was a nice sight to see.
Before anyone has thoughts, both of these were taken from the passenger seat by me. Justin remained focused and kept driving. Though, he might have thought I was crazy.
Creative Expression through Junk Journaling
I have always been interested in collage or more specifically speaking taking magazine or other ephemera and putting it in more aesthetically pleasing way (to me obviously, everyone’s opinions about what is pleasing to the eye differs especially in collage.)
It started with my mammaw. We’d cut things out of construction paper and make little scenes in a notebook. Then in my late tweens/early teens, I would destroy Seventeen, Glamour, and Teen Bop magazines. Cut out the interesting bits and reorder them into new outfits, or more pleasing room decor. Then over the years starting into my thirties, I picked up the hobby of destroying magazines again. I would cut out my favorite parts to glue into journals. This continued off and on till I was 42 and found junk journaling. I dipped my toes in and found I really liked it. For whatever reason I didn’t keep it up. A couple of months ago I picked up the hobby again. I blame Insta and Reels.
I’m still finding a groove/style. And it’s hard to be consistent in the practice because I keep jumping back & forth in living locations. While this hobby uses less resources than say painting, I still have created a large stash that would be too difficult to carry with me.
I’ve found a shop I love for specific, detailed and themed ephemera. Cora Crea Crafts is the name of the shop. https://coracreacrafts.com. I rely on Amazon for the filler pieces. I use a multimedia spiral sketchbook for thick paper and room to expand. Layes of paper on a page adds up and will make for a thick journal.
Best of all, through the shop, I found a very active Discord group. They are super supportive. There are daily and monthly prompts that challenges you to be think out of the box. It makes me try themes I’d never think of otherwise-like the Olympics or journaling a spread about my favorite book.
Here are a few of my favorites.
In Bloom
The woman who lived here before us, loved gardening. I want to at least take the time to pull all the weeds after the move is over.?(
Walking around the house everything is in bloom or blooming. I had to look each up. The tfirst is a hibiscus, the second a hydrangea bush, and the third one I’m really excited by because it is a calla lily.
When you move, you find things
Found this is the garage. All I knew was that it was an inflatable. I miss GISH.
4th of July Fireworks
Our house is right next to the city’s park/fireworks launch area. It was amazing.
Finch App for Self-Care & Goal Setting
During PHP, my therapist recommended a self care goal setting app called Finch. By setting and completing goals you can grow your wee bird from a chick to adult. Along the way you can get wee pets as well as clothes and decor for your bird’s nest.
I didn’t expect to use it so much and become involved and reliant on the app. I track my daily chores there (at least till my planner starts in July). I have self care goals, like sleeping and showering. I have work goals, like log off by a certain time, etc.
My favorite goal which is “literally survive the day.” I feel like this is such a good and oddly motivational goal, especially on those really bad days when getting out of bed is tough.
I’m almost to my 50th adventure that you can send your finches on to grow further as they explore different regions. There are monthly themes and you can use it either paid or unpaid subscriptions.
All in all, I would recommend this app to give you a boost in practicing goal setting and seeing those goals to completion.
Meet Birdy.
Fell on my Tush
Mom needed help out by the pool because she was having trouble getting up and down from the concrete. I was like, “I got this.” When out there and helped with what she needed, stood up, fell backwards and landed completely on my backside. It was a slow fall so it didn’t hurt too bad. Of course, I freaked mom out from the fall, but then I pissed her off because I was laughing.
“This isn’t funny,” she said. I couldn’t stop laughing. I said, “It’s funny when you know that I peed my pants on impact with the concrete.” I just had to laugh. I think we should always laugh when we pee our pants, except maybe in public. But even then you get yourself out of public, cleaned up, and then you laugh hysterically.
My View
I love this view of my first pot of flowers at my new home and the whirligig mom bought us as a housewarming gift.
My Plucky Life 