Breathing…

I’m back from Inspired and it was incredible. I have one more event this weekend to get through before I can have a bit of time off. It’s a wedding shoot, so at least there aren’t any big travel plans that go with it!

There is just way too much to post about Reflections and Inspired. Both events were amazing, yet completely different. Reflections was definitely a scrapbooking event, filled with scrumptious class kits and memory keeping. Inspired was definitely an artistic event, filled with new techniques and lots of paint under the finger nails! I adored them both for different reasons and hope that I get to be a part of both events again next year. I had a blast.

Karen blessed me with the week off to recoup from all of the traveling. Thank goodness since I’ve slept for pretty much all of the past 2 days! When I’ve been awake, I’ve been spending time with my art journal, creating some fun, yet very different, pages.

Inspired by Pam Garrison

Inspired by Patty Van Dorin

Created while driving up the east coast

Inspired by Jenni Bowlin

You might be wondering why I say that this last page is inspired by Jenni Bowlin. After all, it is just some typing on an old sheet of paper. Well, about 6 months ago, I got the urge to buy a typewriter. I resisted because, really, what do I need a typewriter for. I have a computer with typewriter fonts on it. But, while I was at Inspired, I got to talking with Jenni Bowlin. She told me that she has a typewriter next to her desk that she uses all the time. She just pops those vintage papers in the typewriter. What a genius! Of course! That’s why I needed the typewriter! I am much too lazy to tape my papers down to computer paper and run it through the printer, yet I love the way the typed words look on the old paper.

So, on my way home from the airport, I made my husband stop and buy me a typewriter for Mother’s Day. Yeah, I know I’m not his mother, but it is his responsibility to get me a gift “from the kids” right? LOL! I’m in love!