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If I send you mail that has postage due please let me know! ~~~~ Now it is September!

This month I am working on a non-swap-bot project to Get Out the Vote. It is non-partisan. And I am excited to do it. I participated a few years ago.

Usually I refrain from discussing too much about politics but I am not apathetic I just hold back on political discussions.

Started reading Takashi Hiraide’s The Guest Cat. It’s cute! Ok I finished this book and it turned out super sad!!

Lately I’ve been sneaking little bits of a stack of books on my physical bookshelf including Trust by Hernan Diaz; Artifice by Sharon Cameron; Alan Lgihtman’s The Transcendent Brain; Legends of the American Desert by Alex Shoumatoff; and my favorite so far is Ava Glass’ The Traitor. I love the style of her writing. The rhythm, which is not traditional or it’s in a new tradition and easy for me. It’s a spy thriller but not like ones I’ve read through before.

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Paper: I love paper!! Any kind of paper, stationery, loose pieces of paper, letter sets, postcards, notecards, ephemera.

Arts & crafts I’m into are journals, book pages like old books including illustrated flowers and plants, washi tape, wrapping paper, home made paper, yarn, tissue, packaging, found objects, and more.

Thank you for all the extras and gifts from you all!!!

Eclectic

Vintage or new but in a vintage style

Junk journals and fodder for them

Art all kinds and every style of art and crafts

Die cuts

Doodles

ephemera, any

Lace

Ribbons

Rice paper

Sari ribbon

Stationery anything

Stamped images

Stickers

Washi tape

Found objects

Dyed by ink or store bought or hand dyed fabric or yarn

Recipes

In general I like all colors.

** For Journals **

I’m making art journals, junk journals, scrapbooks and more. I use planners for work and church and include some other financial and other details in these.

For junk journals, any size works for me.

And I like all themes. To give you a few ideas, here are some: sea, nautical, floral, circus, antique or vintage even if it's new but in the vintage style, Asian theme or French style, grunge and random!

I have been collecting things to put into a junk journal but I haven't actually started making the journal itself. I've no doubt it'll happen. I'm having a ton of itself and enjoying the process. I hope you enjoy your process too!

Recent tv series that I am watching is the Ice Murders set in Italy. It’s part of the PBS Masterpiece subscription. And I’ve been working through all these different ones the Paris Murders, murder in Sweden aka Maria Wern, Prime Suspect the old ones back 30 years. Van der Walk which is set in the Netherlands.

Here are a few of the artists and makers I watch at YouTube:

Pen pal with me style videos though they can be a bit in the young side and I’m nearly 60years old…mainly my fav is Hedda aka mochibujo

Caroline on the Hillside

Ana Bondu she works in French mostly and her specialty is Gelli prints

Barbara at 49dragonflies

Claire at art_journal love

Cathy’s Garden

Denise Love aka @2lilowlsstudio and she makes intuitive abstract art very colorful

Dyan Reaveley

Tim Holtz

Dina Wakely

Maremi Small Art

Amity Bloom

Gayle Agostinelli

Helen Colebrook

Jackie Bernardi

Jane Davenport

Louise Heinzl

Mystele

Niamh Baly

Nicole Relax.Cut.Glue

Nik the Booksmith

Pink Odd Bird

Roxy Creations

Shabbydabbydoodah

ShanoukiArt

Shawn Petite

Susanne Rose Art

Teal and Tattered Journal

The Paper Outpost

TiffanySmplySharpe

Willowing

These are my favorites!!!