Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

My love for Smash Books... This can get pretty spendy.. But I buy mine with my trusty 50% off coupons from Michaels and Joann's. They are around 7$.. Not too shabby.. 

The back cover of the first Mini Smash <3

An altered Mini Smash Book Cover.. Mod Podge and scrapbook paper :)

The first page of one of my many completed journals.. If I don't like the background, I make my own :)

This is the blue smash.. I made it into a day planner.. excuse the language.. I swear like a sailor.. Shhh.. 

Some quotes and a pic of yours truly.. 






Smashbook are a great way to save memories without the stress of making the "perfect lay out"

“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.” 
― Oscar Wilde

Things I've Been Working On...

So I've been working hard on some new journal pages.. Learning some new techniques.. I'm officially brain dead ;)

Here are a few of my new musings..

Another page based on a favorite quote.. I used some scrapbook paper scraps.. some paper punches my daughter saved for me from a project she made... stamps and acrylics for the background.

This is an altered Alice page.. Oh how I love Alice in Wonderland..

A page based on another of my favorite quotes...
"I have a paperback heart, dog eared and creased by the world. The colors are faded, the spine is worn. But I'm glad to see it's finally in good hands.

A favorite song.. and an experiment with acrylic paint.

I've also been working on some other altered projects.. I love making something plain into something beautiful.. 

I bought this bag 10 plus years ago at LL Bean for 5$. I made some shimmer spray inks and sprayed the bag at random. I like how it turned out.. I'm going to add some stamps as soon as I decide what I'd like the theme to be.. 

I leave you with some beautiful words... 

“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.” 
― Anaïs Nin