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Journal Junkie ~ Nature Journal

I recently mentioned our Queen Anne's Lace Jelly , and thought I'd share my Nature Journal.  

A Cow?

Mee t another journal I have - the dream journal.  I war ned you all.  I'm definitely a j ournal junkie.  It's not the most written in either.  Most of the time I can't remember the dream very long after waking up.  It's looking rather boring too,  don't ya' think?  I really do need to ma ke a cover for it.  I woke up the other day, from another odd dream.  I must be delirious , so I check ed my forehead for any signs of a fever. Nope.  No fever.  Hubby was still home and getting for work. "Uh, I just had a dream we got a co w ," I said clear ing my parched thro at and dealing with congestion. So....that dream w ent right into the jour na l be fore I forgot.  It was so strange too.  A farmer nearby had a cow, but wasn't taking care of it, according to one of my daughter's. "Mom!  W e have to do something !  she screamed at me.  " He can't be feeding it !  Have you he ard it m oo lately?...

From the Handiwork Journal . . .

Front cover (so rry for t he tablecloth behind it, it is too much of a busy background to really see the jo ur nal cover)  Back Cover Remember these fun watercolor journal pages?  From way b ack in July of 2012 ?   ...I decoupaged recycled cardboard, using magazine pictures, and made a front and back cover.  I punch ed holes and tied on aqua organza ribbon.  I just need to fill in the pages. ... knitted a few m or e dishcl oths. ...remember this project?  It is my second knitted shawl.  I can 't even remember when I started it.  It 's finally done, but I am disappointed in the size.  In the book , the s hawl goes way past her wa ist li ne, and well over her shoulders.  She must have been pretty pet ite, because th e fringe on this barely goes to my wa ist line.  This pattern is clear y not for 6 foot am azon women.  Needless to say, it w e nt to one of the girls.  I love...

Another Journal for the Journal Junkie - My Natural Dye Swatch Book

Summer here is very busy with gardening, stocking up, repairing, building, etc. I have little time to work on the "little" things. I finally dug out my swatch book, and put a cover to it.  I could have decoupaged it, painted it, and so many other ways. However, I simply used a piece of stationary and printed it from the computer. Here is a peek inside my journal/book.  I simply bought tab dividers with color tabs already adhered.  I don't have all the colors, but it's pretty easy to use with the ones do have.  I can also add more by using cardstock and adding a tab. For yarns, I simply adhere a piece of the dyed yarn to the page, and write what mordant I used, the material I used, the date and then a year later I update if the color held. For example, I dyed a 100% cotton doily that I crocheted, using red onion skins a year ago.  It has since faded from not using a mordant.  I did not have a yarn swatch, so I printed photos of the before and...