Journaling

This is the "Remains of the Day" journal I made for Melanie.   Remains of the Day refers to what the journal is made of.   Scraps of left-over fabric, ribbons and do-dads make up the cover.   This one reflects Melanie's love of the beach.  The fabrics I chose for this cover were remnants that I got at the fabric store for under $1.00 and the ribbons are ones that I already had.

The inside pages can be made up of anything; maps, sheet music, scrapbook wallpaper.   The nice thing about using scrapbook wallpaper is that it has enough weight to hold up when stitching in other pieces.  As you can see from the pages,  I chose to highlight places she has been.  Old postcards are fun to use, as well as stickers, buttons and fabric flowers.

Old photos are also stitched in.  The thing I love about stitching things onto the pages is the added dimension it gives.  There is plenty of space on the pages for her to write her own memories and add more photos.

This journal is 30 pages but they can be done with less pages or more, just depending on what one might want to put in the journal.  The journals are easy to make for anyone with just a little bit of information.

I have made several for different trips I have taken.  I knew there was a reason I saved every piece of paper and every card I received.  Now, they come in handy for these lovely journals. 

Hope you enjoyed seeing this journal. I will highlight some other ones in the future. Thanks for reading my notes today.

Thank you-Our visit was wonderful

Sitting on your back porch, having dinner and chatting, reminded me of how much I miss you and our daily visits to each other's gardens . Five years is too long to go without seeing you. Katy girl has really gotten sweeter with age. She really is a wonderful dog. And I was truly happy to see all the cats surviving and thriving.

Your gardens look fabulous and I was amazed at all the tomatoes you were able to can. I miss those days when you would come to the back door loaded down with tomatoes, green beans and peppers.

I miss our parties with great food, great wine and everyone talking at once about all kinds of things. It just makes me smile when I think back to those days.

Tom and I talked very seriously about our future plans. We have decided we are definitely moving back to Maryland at least 6 months out of the year. We both miss Maryland more than we can say. The other six months we will live in Dallas so we can be near the kids. It's only 3 years till Tom retires and considering how fast the past 5 years have gone by; 3 years will go by in a flash. 

 It was terrific that Diana could join us and her Gorgonzola/Portabello dip was fab. I love meeting people I have come to know on Facebook.  Do you think she would share her recipe? (fingers crossed)

Till the next posting....

Ro