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Journal and Tag Along Tote
I am having a love affair with making these totes for my journals. This journal has been a work in progress for awhile and I am just putting the finishing touches on it and hope to have it completed sometime this afternoon. Originally I had been working on a paper mache house for the journal to reside in, however the house broke apart when I was collaging it and had to be scrapped since it was no longer up to my standards of quality. It was beyond repair. I was sad about that because the house was pretty darn cute, however yesterday I created this tote for it's safe keeping which I actually like just as much and I know it won't fall apart. VBG.
Front of tote.
Back of tote.
The inside of the tote is lined with some matching fabric that is also used on the journal. The journal and tote will be available for adoption very soon.
I've been learning new ways to bind journals and even finding time to create a few art journal pages, which is something I always put on the back burner.
I created this page on Monday and was working on it when our tornado sirens went off.
As it turned out, a tornado actually hit just a few blocks away from us, thankfully it was a wee EF0; in weather speak that is the weakest, reaching speeds between 65-85mph. But still, a very close call. It was on the ground for 5.5 miles. The girls and 4 legged family members went down to the basement and me, I just kept working away. From the view out my windows, the weather looked anything but threatening, just rainy and a little bit dark for 4pm in the afternoon. This is the 2nd time this year that a tornado has hit this close to us. I sort of think the next time our sirens go off I should take the warning a little more seriously. Tornadoes don't really care about the lives they leave behind. It's been such a rough summer for so many families here, as well as across the country.
I keep them in my prayers each night.
I had to smile as the girls headed downstairs, taking note as to what they took with them from their rooms. Brittney grabbed her favorite fleece blanket and a stuffed horse she's has had since she was born, along with Summer; her guinea pig. And Meg chose a really sweet, stuffed dog I got her a few weeks back when she was going through a rough time emotionally; (life with teenage daughter's under the roof is not easy these days) and a fleece blanket she was given as a gift many years ago and she also had a book tucked under her arm. I don't know what I would grab if I had to really think about it. My purse and wallet I suppose, but everything else I guess I would have to let go of because there is just so many things I use every day that taking only one or 2 things would be pointless. In the face of danger the only thing that really matters to me are my daughters, DH and our furry family members. As long as they are safe and sound; stuff is just stuff no matter how precious I might *believe* it all is.
xxxxx ooooo xxxxx
