journal entry: How about more? I asked George what he was doing? He asked me why I couldn’t tell. I admitted that I hadn’t been looking closely enough. Then I made amends by saying that “George is a robber ! “ Look very carefully. What do you see? What …
journal entry: Mixed media and collage art have long appealed to me. Most of the examples I see on the Internet and other places are on the artistic side rather than designed to be personal. I have chosen the path of the personal by creating familiar, personal, meaningful and symbolic combinations. I will use …
journal entry: How many memories can you pack in a suitcase? Can memories fit in your pocket? Can they get dusty on a shelf? Can they be pressed between the pages of a book? When you say “oh, I’ll remember” . . . do you? “My memory …
journal entry: Most of us remember childhood fun with our cousins. Some memories are brighter than others and some are better embellished or forgotten. They are generally memories of parties with family, big and small, birthday cakes, games, running, sleeping out and playing in water. Adults rarely joined in but sat in summer …
journal entry: I have long had a favorite poem. It is titled Red Geraniums by Martha Haskell Clark. In its three verses is found a precious reminder. That reminder is to be thankful for everything, learn to enjoy simple things and see the spiritual in whatever comes. Watching my family harvesting potatoes …
journal entry: I could not believe my eyes. This beautiful ARK was tucked into the corner of the bottom shelf in the collectible’s case at Deseret Industries. I tried to discipline myself and not look any closer because I just knew it would be too expensive for my “thrifting” habit and I would feel …
journal entry: We know a family whose Mommy is passing away. She has colon cancer. Three little children are being pulled along in the flow and only they and our Heavenly Father know what is in their little hearts. My daughter asked me if I would make three little …
journal entry: Grandpa likes to leave the pumpkins on their vines until the last possible moment. This year, the weather stayed warm well into November but the pumpkins were ready in late September. The Grandchildren keep track of the pumpkins and pick out their favorites. When it is time, …
(There are seven “thrifted” items in this photograph. Two paintings, a floor lamp ( $5), a table lamp ( $3), a table ($4.99), a hassock ( $5) and distressed silver trays. ($1 each) When I was a child, I loved the old home at the end of the street. The …
journal entry: I have also embellished these world globes with inspirational words and quotes and bright, metallic oceans, jungles and clouds. The globe above is a large globe. This globe’s theme is: LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME I used sponges to create the metallic look of the continents and the …
