One more day of extreme heat back east and a slow warming trend into the 60's here.  It was so hot yesterday back east that some schools closed early!  Here, I am still wearing a flannel jacket to keep warm!

And I am still waking up between 3:00am and 3:30am!  At least I can listen to 'Way Too Early' and 'Morning Joe'!  But I feel tired all day...

The graduating seniors had 'chalk day' yesterday.  Each had several containers of colored chalk to throw at each other until all the students looked like a multi-colored painting!  Interesting tradition!

So I told you yesterday about making cardboard things to organize my current desk space.  I was able to make upright book holders.  A small one to hold my junk journal papers which I have placed in sheets of white paper folded in half...

I also have a larger one to hold my notebooks and calendar...

I did add some strength in the back with strips of cardboard...

And I couldn't resist covering a box with fabric to hold the fabric I brought with me as well as the fabric fat quarters I purchased...

I love my fabric covered boxes which is a good thing because I certainly have enough of them!

I finished decorating the last pages in my current journal and was able to stitch the signatures into the cover...

I added a paper pocket in both the front and back cover...

So my current journal is finished.  That means I need to begin another project...what to do...that is the problem.  Make another large journal?  Make another small envelope journal?  Create something with fabric?  If you want to know the truth, I'm not sure what I will do!

Do you ever find yourself in a similar situation where you have finished one project and can't decide on the next one?  I have found that when something like that happens, it helps if I take a break.  This applies not only with creative projects but with other activities like cleaning, or reorganizing, or at work.  

The break helps me to acknowledge the end of the current project and lets my mind wander a bit...kind of clearing out the thoughts about the finished project.  And then I do something completely different.  

In my case, maybe read a book or take a walk but it could also mean changing activities.  If you're cleaning, the break may be making dinner.  At work, it may mean doing a small chores like reading messages or making calls.

I've downloaded some books on 'CottageCore' so I think I will take a look at them for my break.  What is 'CottageCore'?  It's a lifestyle that slows down the pace of living where possible.  It celebrates nature and traditions like growing food (even in a window box or on a balcony), making food from scratch like bread, mending rather than discarding.  You know, those old fashioned activities from the past that help you make ends meet in economies like todays.

That's all for today...

Have a fantastic day and do something small out of the ordinary...

Talk with you tomorrow...