Super Duper Junk Journal...

Last summer, my niece, Madison, made this cute journal for me with all sorts of random papers, sticky notes, ephemera and tags with her own artwork on them.  It's the cutest little thing. 

Since I save everything...clothing tags, address labels, used envelopes, price tags, postcards, soap wrappers (you get the point)...I decided to make this into my "Super Duper Awesome Junk Journal".  I needed to do something with all my hoarded saved junk.  I have so much of it my little plastic bin was overflowing, but I couldn't bring myself to throw anything out.

My niece will be back in Minnesota in a few months and I can't wait to show her all the awesome goodness!

I have about 1 and 1/2 empty pages but I used most of the true "ephemera" I saved...all that's left in my plastic bin are journaling cards and stuff that was just too big for this project.

There's something about the feel of big, bulky, crinkly, scrummy pages that makes me really happy!

I just hope that one day you don't see me on an episode of "Hoarders: Buried Alive"!

Hooray for Friday...

Hello there and Happy Friday! I ran down to the antique shop this morning to take some photos of my furniture...got an exciting venture that I'll talk about more in a few days so I'll be moving all my antique furniture out of the shop. While I was there I grabbed a few small items to list in my Etsy shop.

Isn't this Hen just adorable? Love all the colors on her. She's a little planter but you could also use her to hold pens, pencils or markers. Let's just say that I wouldn't be sad if she never sells!

These are some of my simple handmade journals full of new and vintage papers and ephemera.

And this little fancy salt and pepper shaker set...I think I have an addiction to shakers...any type of shakers as long as they're vintage. I've had some good luck lately selling shakers so we'll see if these babies go quick.
The hubs is out tonight so I think I'll watch a movie and do some stitching after dinner ...not sure what I'm in the mood for but I'm sure it'll end up be something girly! Hope you have a great weekend!