currents - june 17, 2014

goodmorning!  ah, i feel so much better now that i've got the cobwebs dusted off my blog!  i kept putting off doing a design change as i thought it would be complicated and time consuming.  turns out it was easy peasy and done in a few minutes.  i used this template that i purchased on etsy.  if you are reading this in your inbox or on a blog reader i'd love for you to pop on over and let me know your thoughts on the update.

on to my currents...

listening // still to podcasts every day at work.  it's a mix of scrapbooking, marketing, religious and old time horror and mystery shows

reading // here's my goodreads list (hope you can see it...if not scroll to the bottom of my blog)

eating // it goes back and forth between junk food, salads and smoothies

drinking // lots of water and iced tea

wearing // sandals

feeling // amazing... i was sick last week and slept so much last friday that i'm feeling renewed

weather // starting to warm up w/ temps in the 90s this week...which i think is lovely

watching // a bit of youtube and season one of father dowling mysteries... don't judge, lol

waiting // for vacation...don't even have one planned yet!

wanting // to bottle up this energy i currently have

needing // to clean my crafting space

enjoying // marking projects off my to-do list

wondering // if i still have a chance of getting in shape enough to run...okay, jog... a 5k in august

working // on listening for the voice of God

what about you...what are some of your currents???

- jess

watercolor love

when i was in college i took several art classes as part of my degree plan. but there were a lot of things that i wanted to learn and my college simply didn't have the classes.  two classes i did take and absolutely LOVED were oil painting 1 & 2.  the sad part is i haven't touched oil paints since college, but i still think about painting almost daily.

fast forward to last year and i found a couple of online classes for watercolor.  i had bought a book and a magazine to try and teach myself, but i'm the type of person that needs to see the techniques demonstrated.  as i took the class i discovered that it is totally different than oil painting and it is still taking me a bit to get used to. but...i now LOVE watercolor too!

sadly i haven't touched it in months. but i ran across these pics from my class and it's totally making me want to pull my supplies back out!

need to just add the paint to this one!

- jess

project life - june 2013

i've been working on project life again recently. i'm still trying to finish last year's layouts but i still have a few months to go.

today i wanted to share my layouts of last june.

- jess

currents - march 4, 2014

i haven't done one of these in a while so thought it would be nice for today...

• listening--> mainly to podcasts including old time radio shows...oh and treasure island audiobook. trying to get in a few classic books this year so i thought i'd try listening to it, but i have a really, really hard time focusing on audiobooks and this one isn't going too great so far :-(

• reading--> the massive stack of magazines on my nightstand

• eating--> favorite dinner lately is spaghetti squash with a sauce made from coconut milk and meyer lemons topped with parmesan cheese and a piece of salmon that's been cooked with meyer lemons...kind of obsessed actually

• drinking--> lots and lots of water and coffee

• wearing--> my running shoes since i'm training for a 5k in august

• feeling--> tired, i think it's the weather

• weather--> crazy! 70s one week, then sleet and snow and supposed to climb back into the 60s this week

• watching--> very little tv and already missing downton abbey

• waiting--> for spring and warm weather

• wanting--> to switch out my closet and brighten it back up with pastels and neons

• needing--> to scale back on my sugar intake

• enjoying--> catching up on project life

• wondering--> if i can ever catch up on everything

• working--> on using what i have and shopping way less often

what about you...what are some of your currents???

- jess

inspired by quilts

i've been a bit obsessed with paige evans' layouts for a while now. her style of creating layouts that sometimes looks like quilts just always grabbed my attention.  you see i come from a background of women who loved to sew and that included making quilts.  so far every time i've tried to sew i just can't fully get into it. so since i love paper products i figured for now i'd channel that quilt love onto a scrapbook page.  i didn't actually use a quilt pattern, but this layout reminds me of a quilt.

- jess