I plan on working a bit out in the yard...plants need to be watered including the half price potted flowers I picked up yesterday. I bought four hanging baskets, two with impatiens and two with black eyed susans and all four were full of flowers.
My impatiens surrounding our metal peacock are not doing that well. Most years they are over flowing the pots, this year not so much. But then I think everything this year is late.
I need to water the vegetable garden and the flowers. Before that, though, I picked tomatoes which are now producing a ton of tomatoes. My cucumbers are too large, but they still taste good. I'm going to make a quick vinegar/sugar refrigerator pickles as well as a batch of refrigerator dill pickles. Check today's pickings...
I didn't work in the collage journal yesterday but I did make a cover for a new journal. First I cut a piece of cardboard big enough for both covers and the spine...
On one side (the outside) I glued a layer of low loft batting...
Again using glue...craft strength stick glue...I covered both the front and back sides of the cover with fabric...
To make the front cover a bit more sturdy and to decorate it, I cut a smaller piece of cardboard and covered it with a layer of batting and fabric, again using glue. I added lace and some decorative elements and then attached it to the front cover with brads after making a hole first...
I was watching one of my favorite junk journal blogs (Treasure Books) and she made a 'wish book journal' with some really unique pages. I was so intrigued by the whole journal that I decided that I wanted to make a small journal like hers with my own twist.
The journal is not very large, only about 6 by 6 1/2 inches. I am going to include four signatures each with unique papers. I may add the signatures into the journal before decorating however, I know that some will have stitching and that has to be done before assembling and sewing in the signatures. Wow two journals in two days...
Although, my daughter gave me some fall color yarn and I have already begun making some pumpkins with the yarn. It took me a while and a refresher look at how to make a magic circle before I actually started but I now have several rows crocheted...yes crocheted, I can't knit to save myself!
So have you begun any new projects? Are you looking forward to fall? I know I am...and I always say that once football begins, fall can't be far behind!
Have a great day and do something for yourself...
Talk with you on Friday. We are taking a very long trip tomorrow to see some trolls...yes, I said trolls...