Jane and I had a micro adventure today. There's a store in nearby Westbrook called Past and Future Craft Exchange and I've been curious about it for quite some time. They take donations of usable craft and sewing supplies and resell things at low prices.
I took in a pile of sewing books and a bag of fabric to donate....and came home with some fabulous blue nubbly string. I certainly didn't need it....but it has all the colors in the cyanotypes! I do love blue!I sat at my work table late last night intending to tidy it up.
Then I found a pile of butterflies that needed to be cut out.
Long story short....I still have a messy table...but now I have a sweet little page for one of the journals.
I mostly want these journals to be a blank slate for the recipient to do their own thing...but it's hard not to add a little project of my own.
And....I got some papers in the mail!!! Margaret was one of the ones who through her name in the hat for the blue and white journal.
Everyone was a winner......and she sent me some of her blue and white papers to include in hers. There's some fabulous stuff here....enough to share with others!
My head is already spinning with ideas.




MaryAnn, hard to image how this joy journal project could be any better! And—as I may well have stated on some previous occasion or another, quoting my nephew from a letter he wrote home from camp as a youngster—"that is all I have to say" : )
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh out loud Dotty! I do remember that fabulous quote...and this project couldn't be any better for me!
DeleteThat orange butterfly really pops against the blues in the background!
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DeleteSo many great things about this post, MaryAnn! I just love the blue and white patchwork you created and the orange butterfly really sings against the blue! And that new set of papers you received is lovely! We have a new pop-up store in our town called Creative Chaos, with preowned sewing and craft supplies, much like the craft exchange you went to and it is so much fun! I too have donated a lot of my unused supplies and just love going there!
ReplyDeleteThanks for finding great things here. Yes! The orange butterfly sings!!! What fun that you have a sewing resale shop too. It will come in handy to have one nearby!
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