Grown-Up (?) Vacation Bible School for One

 I loved Vacation Bible School!

Did any of you go?

Did you love it?

Hand me some paper, scissors, glue and let me lose!

I was the happiest kid in the US of A.

And that has not changed.  

Paper!

Scissors!

Glue!

Hooray!

A couple months back I told you about a little project I was starting.

My very own book of collected quotes and passages.

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2023/02/my-latest-little-project.html

So much fun!

This book is always pretty close by, so while I'm reading, playing on Facebook, or searching out a particular word, or quote, poem or song lyric, i can write it in my book. 

 It's a little exercise I'm enjoying lots.

The book itself has evolved into a bit of a "Junque Journal."

I have not been able to resist the call of colored pens and pencils, scraps of paper, stickers, washi tape, etc.

I open my book and randomly start decorating.  There is no theme.  No rhyme nor reason.

Just - - -

Paper!

Scissors!

Glue!

Hooray!

It's all aimless, random, disorganized, undisciplined, lackadaisical, unmethodical fun.

I never know what I might find when I pick up my book to do a little journaling, or to jot down a passage or poem I just remembered or discovered.  

I just write.

And just write around the little collages and obstacles I haphazardly stuck on the pages.

I swear, the littlest things can make a girl happy.  😊

Like I might be 7 years old again with glue and finger paints smeared all over myself wearing a hat made from newspaper.

As you can see, perfection is not part of this game.

Just kid like fun.

Being a grown-up is over rated.

Have I mentioned how much I love being retired?

Y'all, life is good.

What else does one need in a room of one's own?

Well.

A pretty light fixture.


One that we unearthed while sorting boxes out here

and a handsome husband to hang it!

Well, he's handsome when he's in focus . . . 

And a cute little fluffy dog, of course.

And today I start a new project.

I'm excited.

I love doing collage work and I've spent a great deal of time thinking about this one.

Sometimes (make that, often), however, what I see in my mind doesn't necessarily translate into reality as I might hope.


But, oh well.


It's fun to do.  

Fun to try.

And interesting to see the final results.


If I can't go to Paris this year, I'll dream about it and build my own "Fantasy Paris"

We'll keep you posted!

More soon from my-little-upstairs-corner-tucked-away-outside-in-the-storage-building-otherwise-known-as-a-room-of-my-own.    

😊 💙 😊 💚 😊 💜 😊

From Storage Space to Work Space

Remember when I posted pictures of this space and it was full of boxes that had been stored for 20 years?

After spending time emptying those boxes, sorting, and re-boxing stuff to sell at our new booth at the antique mall, giving some things away, and throwing some things away, my thoughts were to set up a space where I could work on my collages.  

What I didn't know was that Donald was out there hanging shelves and lights and turning it into a space that I'm going to love. 

His Christmas gift to me this year.

 A room of my own.

I'll keep you posted as things progress.

In the meantime - I am a happy girl.