 Hey guys, how are you? So I am here to finish up March Because I'm filming this right after the end of the month, so I need to finish up March and Then I need to start on April So we're gonna do that. I love the way. I love the way this looks right here. Just it's just so pretty I love it. All right, so I am going to put some stuff on the back here And then it's going to be time to take these out So I think I'm actually going to do that first since they have to come out anyway Because it's the end of the month and we're going to have to put new ones in here anyways So so we'll set February's side and we're going to set the journal aside And then let's finish up March and then I can show you what I'm going to do for it the start of April And I'll give you a hint. You probably already saw yesterday's video Mono printing with crayons So hint hint. All right I'm going to flip this over to the back side and I am late getting March finished because I had jury duty So I've got my jury summons and we're going to throw the envelope away, but I'm going to tape in the jury summons because why not The question is do I want to just So let's do that tape on there. Try not to flash the summons around too much It's got an address on there. I don't need to be out all over the internet All right, so we're gonna put this right here Jury duty was interesting, but I got dismissed before I had to go into the courtroom. So I Think that was probably a good thing. All right, and then I'm going to take This business card. I went and Visited the spa last week went out to dinner on the last day of the month with my daughter's boyfriend and his family to this really new really great place in Campbell, California, Sorrell Italian Bistro. It's not a super big place But I will tell you if you guys are in the area you should go visit it because they had really Wonderful food. Do I want to cut pieces out of it? Let's see how to decide and I also while I was at the bistro having dinner for Paulie's birthday Met this gal Jennifer Prince. She's developing some new gift giving items wrap gift wrapping items and she just by happenstance walked up to us and Asked us because she saw us giving Paulie his presents Our opinion on her prod new product, which I won't mention because it's you know in development When I told her I used to work for American Greetings She got a really interesting look on her face and gave me her card and said she was gonna call me so That was interesting, so we're gonna keep that because that might be I don't know what that means But I think I have a couple of pockets in here. Don't I have another pocket in here somewhere? Yeah So I'm gonna stick this in this pot or should I just put a pocket back here? Mm-hmm. I think I should just I'm gonna I'm gonna just do that and I'm gonna Grab a paper clip. I've got a giant thing of them. I should use them So let's put this here Just like that Keep the summons closed with another one. Let's cut out of this one scissors So we are going to Cut out the Name and address of the place sometimes that's all one part of the Pamphlet or takeout menu and some other times. It's not in this case. It's not So I'm gonna be sure to cut out the address and the name and Then if I haven't butchered it too much, I will cut out what I had which was the risotto Which was delicious And then we're gonna give these a better trim and it could just be that maybe you went to Panda Express or you know, maybe you When now to Applebee's it doesn't have to be any place fancy and it doesn't have to be for a fancy reason Maybe you just had date night with your husband Grab a takeout menu grab a business card and celebrate that fact that you did that by putting it in your journal and documenting it I like to use tape runner if I can or glue stick because I don't have to wait for stuff to dry I have no patience I'm gonna journal about these things and then get my stuff out to get ready for April and I'll be right back Okay, here is January, February and March of this year in their storage binder It does not in the least bit surprise me that I can't give one more thing in here or that I have to use a Reverand so doesn't surprise me But look at how wonderful so far the first three months of the year look just wonderful and colorful and interesting bits and pieces from friends and life You don't have to you know go anywhere special to find and use and make a Journal about your life that just is interesting to look at February. I didn't go anywhere And look at it. It looks so wonderful So use what you have From everyday life whether it is whether it is you know movie tickets or Maybe a label from a new You know type of tea that you got that you love or it can be simple things. It doesn't have to be complicated You know some of what we used in March in here is just from you know, it's junk mail It's it's nothing fancy and look at it It's just wonderful. Okay, so now we're going to put the binder back on this the Reverand back on this and when I'm done I will put it out on the bookshelf in the front room and Now we are going to set up the journal for April and May I do usually carry two months around in here And so I pulled out of my stash. These are all pre-made somebody asked me recently about these and There is in the getting started video link list is a video of me making these these are made out of file folders They're nothing fancy and then I literally I sewed the signatures together on my sewing machine so I've got April and I Pre-decorated them a little bit and so I'm going to I put the this I put this extra rubber band around where the stitching is So here's April And that one's going to go on the left and then may is going to go on the right And I try you know try to make sure they're both facing the same direction So I'm going to connect the two of them with a rubber band like that And then slip these two now that they're connected to each other underneath this rubber band in the journal And now I have the two signatures in my notebook. All right, so let's take April and Let's start decorating April with a few bits that I have now. We've got some of our crayon monoprints So I'm going to use some of those I was going to cut them out, but actually I think I'm going to just tear them And again as I said in the crayon monoprinting with crayons video these this is just dollar store drawing paper It's nothing expensive. You could use printer paper In fact the thinner the better. I like the idea of the torn edges So we're going to just tear all these and I do have a couple of pieces of like ephemera to add to the journal That from things that we did this weekend now this one here was done directly on the paper and then I ironed over it to Sink the color and wax into the paper and get rid of some of that waxy stuff that's on the surface So that if I wanted to write over it, I could similar to the monoprinting With crayons, I don't know if I want to use that one yet. I know I want to use these I went to the dentist so it's not exciting or necessarily fun But I did and then I also we also since we were up in Millbray, California Love Leonardo's Catering and delicatessen really great food Fabulous food little mom-and-pop place And it's kitty corner for my uncle who happens to be a dentist a very well-known dentist in the area and So if you need a dentist go visit bronzy dental group And if you want a sandwich before or after you visit said dentist Go over to Leonardo's really great place to visit So I grabbed one of their menus on my way out and by the way This menu is on Really thick nice glossy paper so All right, so let's get these in here now because I want these to be in here and flat in here And I want to be able to maybe as the month goes on right over them put pictures over them I'm gonna use matte medium To really stick them down really well Look how well that collage is down. So I'm going to just not think about it too much and Stick my collage elements in here Now as my week and or month goes on I may come back in here probably will come back in here with other crayons paint pens markers and That sort of thing So I'm trying just not to use too much matte medium and to not get it too too too wet So the paper doesn't wrinkle too much, but also so that it dries pretty quickly And then as soon as I get this done We're gonna grab something that we can use to add in our book club List because we're gonna need to add that in for the week which of course I Haven't read my as of the filming of this haven't read my books yet So, you know, I seem to be doing them at the last minute, so that's fine So that's done So we've got our crayon embellishments in So let me go find something to use for the book club, and I'll be right back Okay, we're gonna use the Leonardo's menu for the book club List and I'm gonna tape the menu in Maybe Hopefully this is not gonna be one of those kind of tapes that just does nothing but rip and drive you crazy Just stick it on here. It is some cute old-fashioned cooking utensil tape, but I don't think goes so far if it's gonna rip all the time Run some along the edge Of the menu to get to the edge of the paper. I'm gonna leave about an Eight to an inch or a sixteenth of an inch gap So that it'll fold nice and then put another piece of tape This is nice sticky washi tape So I shouldn't have to put any extra glue like I did last month So that'll go like that Maybe I might need to trim a little bit off of there I'm gonna take this other part of the menu and I'm gonna stick it here So let's take some Tape runner And then this is their phone number So I don't want to lose any part of this Trim a scotch of this off A scotch is a measurement term, right? I think it is Yeah, that's better. All right, so now on the back side of this we're gonna put our book club list Which I printed These are a free download in the files There should be a page in there for free downloads if you're new to my year 2017 we do book reviews every month We decided when we started planning for this whole thing that The majority of us if not all of us, you know, we have this giant stack of books we buy For various reasons they're not even all art books to read someday But we never read them. So someday we're done waiting for someday. We're gonna read them now So I'm gonna tape it to the back of the menu. There we go the card for my dentist What happened this month? So we're gonna stick it in All right, so that's gonna go there This is gonna go right in the front because I did it first thing. That's interesting so far Now April my mom's birthday is April 18th. So Polly, yes, my daughter's boyfriend is April 2nd and in my immediate world of Family people that you know the immediate family. That's all that I'm aware of that's in April Doesn't mean I'm not missing somebody because you know, I frequently miss somebody. All right now talking about crayons markers and pens this month You know, it doesn't have to get complicated. I'm always harping on you all about that I know and I know you're probably all sick of hearing it Just you know get a highlighter crayon. These are the but of course the Bible gel high gliders you know, you all know I like them very much and They are a highlighter. So you can use them to just go in I don't document every little thing in my calendar. I Just document the important things and you can go in then after you Write down what it is like birthdays and high and highlight that square that day in Celebration now these pens do not like to write over this high lighter crayon Just like any other crayon is not, you know, great for writing over but You can of course write on the outside of it and doodle on the outside To further highlight that day, of course, right? So simple easy Not complicated so far embellishments. I haven't done too much I may go into some of my Embellishments here the mono printing with a crayon and you can further highlight the image by Using one of these other You could go in here with a paint pen. You could go in here with a gel pen You could go these are of course the Bible High gliders Because you've melted off the most of the wax and you've just left the pigment behind on those crayons You can do a lot. You could go in here with gelatoes. There's a lot of things you can go in there with It's just another way to you know embellish your journals And you can see I'm not I'm not being precise. I'm not being exacting I'm just having fun and playing. I'm not really thinking about it too much So that's I didn't do too much. You see it doesn't have to be complicated. It can be simple All right, so that is what I've done to close out March and set up for April. I will be back with more stuff more work with pens markers and pencils and crayons and Also the book review and Anything else I can maybe think up. We'll see how was as the week goes along. 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