 Guys, those little bit of few clips you just saw where the sundress bathing suit cover up thing I found at Goodwill yesterday. I of course, took it home and washed it. And as you can see, I turned it into a skirt. And I think for me, it makes a much cuter skirt. I also found two white twin size fitted sheets, brand new still in the package, which I disassembled this morning after washing them yesterday. And they're now back in my fabric stash because I'm low and or out of muslin or good mockup fabric. So I'll use those. I have some fabric bags sheets come in. The blue one's actually for my dad. He just got himself some new sheets. He's like, give this to Gina, he said to my sister. I know she'll use it for something. So anyway, he's not wrong. Anyway, I was pulling out some fabrics for my next round of projects. I'm just having fun with sewing, although I am going to get back to painting tomorrow. And I do have a couple of painting mixed media videos I need to film, but anyway, a while back, my friend Laura in Canada sent me a bunch of these kind of scarves. Now, this might not be enough. And I might need to thrift some more, but when I was looking for a pattern for something else, I forgot I have this one. I've never made it. It's brand new still in the package. Laura, guess what your scarves are gonna turn into? And you know, I think that black skirt would look nice with them. Anyway, I also have this 19, this is from the 70s, doesn't even say. It looks like a 1970s era pattern. It's a wrap dress apron sort of thing. I wouldn't wear it as a dress because I'm gonna be 60 and just trust me when I say I need to wear bra. But it would be a cute apron. I might even modify it so it's not a tie neck, but you'll see when I do it. I have this fabric I thrifted a long time ago. I sold off some of it because it was a gigantic piece, but I saved enough of it to do this pattern. It took me a few minutes to find the pattern because of course I put it away in a safe place. Anyway, so there's my next two sewing projects ready to go. Anyway, other than that, Bob and I have done a whole lot, hot lot of nothing today. It is after lunch. I need to go eat something and take my supplements. My alarm thing has already gone off. So I need to go do that after I do a little cleaning, but that skirt is so cute. Anyway, all right, that's it for the minute. I'll be back. So good morning, only it's 342 p.m. Oops, it's Monday, March 20th, by the way. I spent the morning video editing, doing some writing of my social media posts and getting those all loaded and scheduled. I was finally able to turn the computer off, yay. But of course I've got the phone on, I've got the tablet on. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Anyway, tomorrow is gonna be a filming day. I need to film a couple of different things and I need to, then later on in the week, get those edited. But I'm gonna do that tomorrow. I'm not gonna push myself. I have to go, I have to go downstairs. So gotta make the bed, I know, right? I did laundry and all that stuff. I gotta do chores, gotta get them sometime. I'll be back. Good morning, everybody. Listening to one of my favorite YouTube channels and I am sorting through and refilling my daily drying collage bag because it is way past time and although there's still quite a bit in it, the selection's getting thin and I need to spruce it up a little bit. So I'm going to pick through some collage bits that were in my art journaling cart because I like to start with emptying that cart before I go into a drawer. But I also have like a pile of collage stuff. I haven't opened, I bet you it's been a year. Yeah. So I'm gonna put some of this into the bag. I also see a couple of bits on top that I think I maybe wanna use in one of my art journals. So I'm gonna pull them out and set them aside. So first thing today, we're gonna work on that. I will say it's already almost lunchtime and I've just had a slow start to the day. I'm not mad about it, but you know, all right. Let's see what we can do. I'll be back. Okay guys, I got the next episode of the RT Trio filmed, camera's out. It's gonna stay out for a little bit because I think tomorrow I'm also gonna film the next installment of Fixing the Flow. I of course, as I said earlier, have some sewing projects lined up. I did add a third one, I know. I also took out my husband's soldering iron and some more of my leather scraps and made some more of the water lily or lotus patches, like the one I put on the dress that I made. It's not as easy as you think. Watching Ella Harp do it, it's not that easy. Anyway, Bob is finishing up his work day, I think. Sometime between now and six. And then after that, we're gonna go for a walk. So anyway, I'm trying to control my snacking. That's the thing, drinking lots of bone broth today. And for the next few days, I'm also trying to make another lake pigment with some tea. You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but it was red. Will it turn red? Will it do anything? Will I be able to get paid? I don't know. So we're gonna just leave it sit for a few days. It's got all the things in it. It's doing its thing that it's supposed to do. I've got videos on this if you wanna see and there's lots of information on how to make lake pigments on the internet. Anyway, I think I'm gonna wrap things up up here and go downstairs. I'll be back for a walk. Bob got out of his meeting. It's bright and sunny out. It's in the mid fifties. I don't have a coat on because, you know, it's a little chilly right now, but just give me a couple blocks. I'll be hot. Bob's freezing. Anyway, we're gonna go get some steps in and then have dinner. I'll be back. We are out in the car this morning. It's 10 37 a.m. I just got done at the office supply store. Since when did printer paper go up so much in price? Holy cow. And then I had to make some photocopies because despite the increase in cost on everything, including copying, it's still cheaper to print things at a copy machine than to print it at home when you have a significant amount of things to print, which when you're downloading indie patterns, online patterns, free patterns, Etsy store patterns, like it's still cheaper to like go print them here. Anyway, and unfortunately I had more than one. I got them all printed. Except one, it seems like my flash drive wasn't being read by the printer. So the girl transferred my files to one of their flash drives, but the pattern pieces for that pattern weren't on the flash drive. I don't know. It's just one, so I'll print that one at home. And it's an easy one, so it shouldn't be too many pages. Anyway, I'm gonna stop at TJ Maxx. Then we're gonna go check the peel box and go to Goodwill. So I'm looking for something in particular to upcycle into that clothing. So anyway, let's go get it done. I'll be back. The pattern's done this morning and I stopped by TJ Maxx and Goodwill. I found nothing at TJ Maxx, but I found three pieces of clothing at Goodwill that I can upcycle. One of which is gonna be used for the waistband on this pair of pants with this fabric. I know it's a little crazy, but I mean, anyway, and I got done reorganizing my sewing patterns because now that I'm sewing again, that was past time. And the little ones from next door just came over. Well, one of them. And then she left her water glass here. See little pink right there. She went home to go get her sister, so I don't know. Anyway, I've been running up and down the stairs. Now I'm hot. Okay. Lake Pigman is, I'll leave it sit for another day or two and then we'll find out. I'll be back. It's 2.13 p.m. on Thursday, March 23rd. I am editing, currently editing video for RZTrio 19, and I also have fixing the flow part four that I need to edit. I have a five o'clock appointment with the kids to go out food shopping for adopted daughter Jenny's birthday dinner, which is tomorrow. Why do I have this feeling my desk is like falling apart? Anyway, so I'm gonna go do that. And I sorted out the purge stuff from the fixing the flow part four last night after I finished filming. And I have three purge boxes that I'm gonna be selling. And I will put how many are available in the video description when the video comes out. At the moment I have two. One is spoken for and they're mostly collage material and rubber stamps. So you'll have to wait and see with the video. You'll have to see, because that's all I'm gonna say. Anyway, one is spoken for if you'd like one. Let me know, message me. All right, I'm gonna finish filming. I'm just seeing where my desk chair leg looked like it was loose and I'll be back. Hey everybody, it is a rainy slash snowy day in Oregon. Welcome to the land of much water. Anyway, it's about 20 before 10. I'm headed and that's the windshield wiper. Sorry, it is raining. I'm headed over to the store really quick. We're having a family dinner tonight. It's Friday, March 24th, I think. Adopted Otter Jenny's birthday is tomorrow. So we're doing a bunch of stuff with her today, including dinner. I have to go pick up a couple things at the store. So I'm gonna go do that this morning and get that over with. I got a lot done yesterday, including editing and loading the videos that I filmed earlier in the week and listing a bunch of artwork on Facebook Marketplace. I'm trying to move away from Etsy. At the same time, I need to still sell things and I need to still make some income. So if you go to my Facebook group of Life of Arts self-expression or if you're friends of me on Facebook and my personal page, you can see the listings there to Marketplace. I've shared them in both places. If you want some artwork for your house, take a look, there's a lot up there. I was surprised I actually got that done. I'm not gonna do any more right now unless this goes well and things sell quickly. So we'll see. Yeah, yesterday was a pretty productive day. Today has a lot going on, but mostly we're just gonna be hanging out with Jenny. And by we, I mean me and my daughter, Rebecca. The three girls are gonna go get pedicures and that sort of thing, maybe take her out shopping. And then my dad is gonna come down from Washington State and he's gonna have dinner with us and we're gonna celebrate Jenny's birthday and all that stuff, but I have to get a birthday card. I haven't done that yet. So it's one of the errands I'm gonna do this morning. All right, lots of speed bumps. All right, let's get it done. I'll be back. It is just about 9.30, Saturday, March 25th. Again, sorry about the lighting, but we are in front of the window. It snowed last night. Can you see that white, that's white? Yeah, that's snow. Anyway, spring really. It is adopted daughter Jenny's birthday, so happy birthday, Jenny. We're gonna be running some errands this afternoon, including dropping off a box to USPS. Wendy, your box will be on the way at some point today. We have to do a porch pickup with someone who's gonna give me some photo boards, self-adhesive photo mounting boards, who also happens to be a YouTube fan, so hello, Valerie. What else? We're gonna just run some errands. We're still recovering from, they're really good, but very filling Korean barbecue family dinner last night. Oh my God, I'm still full. I've had coffee, but no breakfast. Just stuffed. Hazel, AKA our robot vacuum is downstairs, doing the floors. I'm up here, of course. I'm gonna be sipping on some water this morning and watching some YouTube and just relaxing. Bob had to go out and do help with one chore over at the Masonic Lodge, so he's doing that. When he comes back, then we'll go run our errands. And yes, a squirrel's got her nails painted last night, so my fingernails and toes are black. All right, that's it for the minute. I'll be back. I framed a few more watercolors that I think I wanna hang on to for the moment, so now I have to find some place to hang them. I also got a new dress form, she came in, and I have found this double XL little sundress while thrifting recently. And it's like four sizes too big for me, but I have adjusted the dress form to my size and I've done some pinning to try to figure out what I'm doing with it. And I do think I'm gonna make it into two pieces, a top and a skirt or a top and a pair of pants. There's plenty of fabric. So anyway, I've been working on that. We're still really full and exhausted from the birthday celebrations last night. Anyway, we got errands done. I picked up some photo, picture boards. They're big, they're huge, 10 by 12 maybe. In the back, and I guess you photographers out there will know sometimes when you're doing photo work for clients, they would print a large copy of a photo. These are self-adhesive, so then you stick the photo to the board and then the board has slots on the back. You can hang it on the wall. I'm actually thinking about covering the front of these with watercolor paper and doing some very large abstracts. What do you all think? Would you buy one if I did that? Question? Still have to do dishes from last night. I haven't, my hair is just a mess. I don't have my coat on anymore, but I did have a cute little outfit on this morning. This is one of my, it's actually a little bit big on me, but it's like a peasant blouse style thing. Anyway, it doesn't matter that it's too big, it's a thin material, it's very drapey. It's cute. Anyway, I also got a giant pair of blue jeans. Ah, they're there. Over here, they're huge. Yesterday, these for $7 in change. And when I was thrifting, and I'm gonna cut them up and we're gonna, I'm gonna make a hip pocket. I have one already in green that I bought. I'm going to see if I can make one like it for the times when I don't have outfits of pockets because I haven't carried a handbag since COVID started. So, yeah. Anyway, it's been a day. I'm gonna finish watching station 19 and then we'll see what we get up to, I don't know. I'll be back. So it is Sunday afternoon. I can't even say it's Sunday morning. I forgot to close the vlog yesterday. Oops. I don't have a good excuse, except it's a nice quiet weekend and Bob and I are kind of enjoying having a quiet weekend before grandson gets here. And yeah, no other good excuse. Well, it's been busy all the last couple of weeks since then. Yeah, the last couple of weekends have been really busy and after the Korean barbecue for Jenny's birthday, Friday night, which was great, by the way, we were so full. We barely ate yesterday. I mean, I'm still kind of full. So anyway, we hope you've all had a great week that you have enjoyed the peaceful times along with the busy, crazy times. And if you have any questions, comments or concerns, leave them down below. If you wanna support the free content, I do have a Patreon. I am going to be slowly shutting down Etsy. It's just not doing much. But I do have some artwork for sale on Facebook Marketplace. If you search Marketplace for my name, you'll find it. And I do have Patreon. They have ready access to me through a Facebook chat and they have their own private YouTube channel. So anyway, links are all down in the video description. I'll see you next week. Don't forget to go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. I need to catch my breath. See you next week.