After the downpours of rain yesterday, everything is wet and spongy! It will take a couple days for things to dry out.
Today, the boys checked out the canoe and found it useable. They are taking it down to the lake to see if it has any leaks...and, of course, they have their fishing gear with them so they can enjoy some fishing.
I was watching some junk journal videos yesterday and a technique I have never done was highlighted...so, of course I had to try. It's called a never ending accordion scrap junk journal. And it really uses up all those paper scraps leftover from making other journals. Here's a couple pictures of what I made...
I started out with one piece of paper the same size as the pages and on one side began gluing scraps to it. On the back side, I glued scraps but extended them beyond the side edge. I then turned it over and glued scraps to the extended part and then extended it more. So it was kind of a back and forth exercise...extending one side, turning it over and covering the extension and then extended further.
One concern I kept in mind was to make sure that there were no scrap paper edges on the folds. If needed, I simply recovered any edges on the fold lines. When the journal pages were finished I did sew around the edges to make sure they stuck together and give a bit of sturdiness. I have to tell you that making this was kind of addictive. I wanted to keep going but quite frankly I ran out of paper scraps!
Once the pages are done, then it time to go back and decorate. I did add pockets, tucks and belly bands on one side but haven't decorated it yet. Check out these pictures...
That's all for today. I need to do some cleaning and check out the garden. And I host a zoom chat this afternoon. Have an absolutely wonderful day...
Talk with you tomorrow...