a bittersweet art project
August is going to be a hard month for me. Not because of the continued heat wave in the South. Not because I will say goodbye to summer without taking a single trip to the beach. But because in August, my sweet friend, Kathianne is moving to Dallas. In fact, she is one of three friends (two of whom are bridesmaids in my wedding) who will move from Atlanta by year’s end. But, that’s really hard for me to think about so I’m just taking each departure as they come.
Kathianne is an incredibly talented artist, an absolute ray of sunshine, and my crafty soul mate. We get together all the time to work on our individual projects and to collaborate on crafty endeavors. We also constantly send each other ideas and snippets of inspiration that we find online, in magazines, etc.
Since many state lines (and a time zone) will soon separate us, we know we will need to make an effort to continue to be each other’s muse. So, we decided upon journals, traveling notebooks if you will, that we can use to share concepts and photos of projects we’re working on as well as our ’to-be-made’ missions.
We decided to purchase rather ordinary-looking journals and decorate them together. This way they will always remind us of the times we have spent together indulging in creativity and up to our elbows in glitter, Mod Podge and glue.
a ribbon explosion
look at that focus!
these books are about to see some serious miles
Kathianne's journal
My journal (after some additional work)
ready to be filled with inspiration!
Watch out y’all, the Lone Star State is about to get a lot more crafty!
July 30th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
We’ll have to have crafting weekends too. The notebooks were such a wonderful idea. And will be such a treasure to look through when they are full. Love you!