I haven't posted many of my projects lately, I suppose I'm waiting for a fabulous finished product to share.
This month I have been taking the Liberty Jane Design Academy (online class). Above is the one thing I have mostly finished. I am learning a lot though and should have more to share soon. The class is teaching us to look at doll clothes in a whole new way. Make them fashionable, like what a 9-12 year old would want to wear; or copy the fashion of preteen icons, like Katniss, Hannah Montana, Taylor Swift...taking care in choosing fabrics and watching proportions. I am mostly interested in making doll clothes for my granddaughters that have a real "wow" factor. I might think about putting some on Etsy, but "wow" the competition is stiff!
After my latest shabby journal from "dispatch from LA", the 'remains of the day' journal, I decided to hurry up and make a Christmas Journal for myself. I have finished the bare-bones and can tuck it away until December 1st. I sewed jingle bells into the binding.
I used some scrapbook paper, but other stuff too - like calendar pages, music pages, old Christmas cards, doilies, ribbon and postage stamps.
One thing I learned from the previous journal was not to fill it up with so much stuff that there's not much room for journal entries and photographs. Better to leave lots of space and fill it in later if needed.
I think I will make one more Christmas one, for a gift. And then move on to other projects.
We still have a few beautiful things in the yard.
Above are Snowball Bush leaves.
Very pretty in our back yard.
And these Hardy Fuchsias will bloom until a hard frost.
My Hydrangeas are done for, but still pretty in their own way as they fade away.
Olympia seems very beautiful this year, with many beautiful trees gradually showing their fall colors.
