Effy's Book Of Days: Letters to 2011/2012

In Effy's Book of Days, 

we have a spread that 

incorporates a letter we write
to the year 2011.

I think this is such an amazing idea.

We also incorporate a pocket 

for a letter to 2012.

We don't touch that until, 

um, 2012. 

This spread is the very first

in my upcycled journal.

I begin by using my favorite 

color, Golden's Cobalt Teal.

I think Heaven is an Urban Outfitters 

and the walls are all this color.

oh, and the clothes all fit...

teehee, seriously,

What I really think is that 

Heaven is Now.
OM.
Back to Art.

Now my favorite color combo

on the planet

is teal and red. 

But I wanted to say 

good bye to 2011

and greet 2012 

in a less vibrant fashion.

So, I went with teal and pink. 

A pretty, gentle, and compassionate 

meet and greet. 

teehee.

In the pic below I am playing around with the layouts.I have had that PAPAYA! sticker for years! who knew the importance a lotus flower would come to have for me 

years later.

On the side is some vintage wallpaper I was lucky enough to score in a trade with another Art and Soul 

attendee.Also there are some assorted scrap booking elements left over from those days too. And the pic of the thread spools is from an old Coach catalog, believe it or not. Back in the day I cared about stuff like that. That's ok. I got my first Coach bag when I passed my State Boards, I was 26. Some of Sam's school mates

had them in second grade, but I am coming dangerously close to my what is happening to the world we live in diatribe...back to art!!!

So I'm almost ready for the glue.

For my letters I am repurposing

a thank you note from my sister, Linda.
I'm just going to write my letter
in between her writing. 
very cool. 
Since she wrote
in orange pen, 
I may just write
on top of her letters in black.
So I get to keep a little of her, too.
very, very cool.

I always loved 
the henna tattoo/paisleyish 
pattern on the notecard

and had grandiose dreams of 

tracing it and cutting it

into a rubber stamp. 

HAHAHAHA.

I will scan it though.

Just in case...

I have the years stamped

with one of those 

office date things.

and some stenciling

through some cool

punchinella, 

or sequin waste. 

I also used some 

PAPAYA! tissue

and twinkling H2O's.

Do Not Hate Me

for getting you hooked.

I am an Art Supply Enabler.

Below is a pic of spread 

without the letters in the pockets.

There are some stickers used

and a clear envelope 

from when Sam was a baby

and I was scrap booking every fart.

She's almost 18.

Therefore,

my "use what I have" year.

Long Overdue.

Below more

gratuitous closeups. 

Cuz I'm a closeup whore.

And there you have it,

my first ever

Art Journal spread.

and it was constructed

mostly in bed

with foot elevated.

  

So, my word is

Mindfulness. 

I hope I can live up to it.

Thanks for looking!

xoS
PS I have no idea why
that column of text is way over to 
the side, and I'm way too tired
to fix it. Let's just all pretend
I meant to do it that way.
Thank. You.