 It's like five o'clock in the evening or just after five. We were at the mall Walking around for about an hour. So just trying to get some steps in It's like 97 degrees outside. So it's a little warm and toasty We're gonna go now we have a gift certificate to the Olive Garden and Italian restaurant And we're gonna go have dinner early dinner with the old folks so That's all right. I can so tell it's Monday Good morning, everybody. It's Monday July 22nd. I think it's just after nine o'clock At this point. It's probably like 9 20 or 9 30. I don't know. I've tried to film this intro like four times and just yeah It wasn't working so anyway I am out early-ish this morning, although not as early as I wanted to be to grocery shop We're having more people over for dinner tomorrow From California this time Masonic Lodge people so I need to get some groceries because Bob wants to grill chicken and I think we're out. So We're out of a number of things our new house, I love our new house, but There's just something about being up here in Oregon. The sun is just so much brighter Holy cow and Our bedroom faces just the right way that despite window treatments on the windows You know, I get blared in the face with Sun super early in the morning. So I have trouble sleeping most days So I'm gonna get a sleep mask rather than hang blackout curtains, which I really don't want to do So I'm gonna get a sleep mask and I need groceries and Maybe some melatonin because I'm out and that might help me sleep some too Anyway, I also have to edit last week's vlog today and I need to film a video for a YouTube collab I'm doing with some friends So it is a busy busy Monday. I guess I better stop chatting and get to it, huh? All right, I'll be back. Okay. So here's a fun fact about me About I don't know 15 years ago. I had surgery on both my feet. I Think I've mentioned it before probably a million times, but I don't know Anyway, I had bunion surgery Tendon issues cysts got extra bones in both feet. Anyway I'm having some issue with my heel spurs. They're a bit tender and I've been doing a lot of walking so I vaguerated it I don't really want to go in for more cortisone shots. I'm just dealing with it anyway Got my tennis shoes on in the house, which I normally don't do but they have orthotics in them and I am gonna have to go out again in a bit to go get the mail and I just I really don't want to be bothered putting my shoes on again. I know it's a lazy thing, but There you have it. So shoes are staying on and while I'm in the house for a little bit It's just the way it is. All right, I'll be back morning. It's Tuesday morning, July something I Just knew like two minutes ago. Now. I don't know. Let's see What is the iPad say? It doesn't say anything, but there we go July 23rd Anyway, I spent the morning Getting some chores started. I'm working on laundry cleaning the bathrooms and getting social media done not necessarily in that order Got my posts done and everything else checked on the Etsy store checked on patreon I was on the computer pretty late last night getting a scheduled post up on patreon for a long watercolor tutorial it's just over 40 minutes and That took like forever to get set up, but it's done and it's scheduled to go live to patrons only on Saturday So fun fact the 27th Anyway, I got all that done and Now I have to do dishes. I really want more coffee But I'm not going to have any because that much caffeine is not great for my blood pressure So that's a thing Anyway, it is a warm ish, but overcast day today. Of course I do live in Oregon. So, you know We expect it could be 90 degrees out and not be sunny. So it's just the way things are up here And yeah, today is no different Work on some of the glare here It's a glaring There we go. That's a little better So anyway That's all that's going on at the moment We do have company coming over here later tonight for dinner But I think I'm just about ready I need to sit with my coupon book and cut my coupons finally and Go through a couple of other things that are on the table. So I'm gonna sit and do that now I don't know if I'm gonna get any art done before they come. I guess we'll just see how the day plays out I'm not expecting people until around four o'clock ish five o'clock ish But that doesn't mean somebody won't show up early. It doesn't mean I won't get wrapped up another thing. So I don't know. We'll see. All right. I'll be back It is Wednesday morning 8 21 a.m. July 24th. Don't get excited I've been checking a computer anyway, I'm about to Chat with some friends. I've got to finish my morning coffee Yesterday We had friend and we had some old friends over for dinner another sort of business friend dinner thing so I didn't get a ton done, but I did start a color inspiration journal I was Culling some magazines and harvesting some magazines for images and I found this one in Southwest art magazine Which I picked up for I think like 25 cents or something at the library And I really love the composition, but also the colors. So I decided to find images That I'm likewise inspired by and start sort of a color inspiration journal From them and making notations on the image and where it came from Finding paint colors in my stash that's either standing alone or mixed together Are similar to the painting or what I'm inspired by by the painting and then I just added or added a random Stamping mark here at the bottom by my thumb. So I'm gonna keep doing that. In fact, I've got a stack of images I'm gonna add to that if it's something you'd like to see a video on let me know and It will just be sort of an art inspiration and when I need inspiration for Colors and composition for a page or a painting and I'm really just not wondering where to go I can look at that journal and go. Hey, you know what? I remember. I liked that one. Let's do that I also made out of some old readers digest book covers. I made Some paper clip storage books You can't really see the strips too much. There we go There's two of those on the page where you can store some of the decorated paper clips. I've been making I Do think I'm gonna fill these up with paper clips and then sell one or both of them in my Etsy shop If they're not listed at the time of this video airing and you're interested damn me or email me and I Didn't make a paper clip or tag yesterday because of having people over somewhat a bit behind so I got to do two today of each And that's about it. I think for right now I need a really really really need to finish my coffee Yeah, cuz that's a thing. I'll be back for 20 So I spent a good portion of the day talking with my friends but while I was talking to them I was doing art and stuff and I finally said I gotta go. I gotta do the dishes. Anyway Have something that was drying on the sink. So I need to bring it upstairs. I do Repurpose and recycle and reuse whatever I can and try to keep things out of the landfill And at least temporarily and try to reuse it at least once so I do have a stash of these up here They make great paint buckets water buckets pallets That sort of thing anyway, I got Quite a bit done and I've already turned the computer off for the day, which is Which is great. I got Two paper clips and two tags done today Let me show you a paper clip drawer This is one of the two tags. I did tags paper clips. What are these? Hello? This is the other one As I've done so far in this round of doing tags for July I did this one And then that one paper clip tag book and I wanted to show it to you when it was full I was showing my friend Vicki Brown from SC Table Studios and she says You're gonna do a tutorial on that, right? So I guess we're doing a tutorial on this which means I need to go pick up another Readers digest book to get so I can get the cover. So that's what this is from This red thing is a elastic hairband from Dollar Tree. You can usually get them in packs of like I don't know six or ten of them For a dollar. So I usually have these around four books and then I filled it with paper clips From that drawer. I just showed you the collection These are all ones I've made In the last month or so And it's a great way to store them and I do think that I'm going to Offer this one up for sale. So if you're interested, let me know And what else have I done? I think that's all I've done right now and I Need to probably do laundry I Have some new rubber stamp inventory coming in for the Etsy shop and I paid for that today So that's on the way Yeah, answered a bunch of questions Hold on. We're gonna be in the dark. There we go my stash of empty containers So yeah, so it's been a busy day. I got a lot of stuff done I got Etsy orders out early this morning and They were stuff I could get into the mailbox here and didn't have to go down to the PO box. So That's all good. I think I'm gonna do laundry now and then I guess to figure out what we're gonna do for dinner Oh, I guess that's a thing All right, I'll be based somehow. I knew it was too good to be true being able to turn my computer off at four o'clock You know Okay, I think those questions are answered Maybe should we go downstairs? Maybe do another load of laundry Maybe and then I'm gonna finish watching Mike Deacon's vlog because you know Yeah, that's a thing. All right, I'll be back for those wondering My heel feels much better this week. My heel spurs the swelling and inflammation went down so much and it's so much better I get the occasional twinge, but nothing like it was so yay So if the husband's not too exhausted tonight, then and he says you want to go walking. I'm gonna say yes I would like to go walking So anyway, and we don't go walking tonight. I will make sure to Go shopping or something so I can get extra steps in tomorrow So although Lord knows I've been up and down the stairs enough today Although, you know, I could use a few more steps. All right, that's it for now. I'll be back. Good morning, everybody It's Thursday morning, July 25th 826 a.m. Don't get all excited. I checked already I'm trying people. I'm really trying Anyway, we're headed upstairs. Obviously and I'm gonna do the quick social media thing and Then I'm gonna head out. I've got some errands I want to run and I Have a hair appointment at 11 so I've got to get the Whiteness covered up So I'll bring you with me when I can I'll be back Okay, so one thing I haven't done In a while is well six weeks I think it's been five or six weeks since I've been on the side of Portland is check to see if craft warehouse has quilling supplies if you don't know what quilling is it's the art of Bending and curling paper and creating images and objects out of that. So I've been making a few embellishments here and there with it and I have an idea for a fall thing Actually a takeoff on something I did a long time ago that I haven't done in a while and some little Quilling pieces for it would be would be a good idea I also just you know, don't always like ordering everything online Contrary to popular opinion my husband So I was wondering if craft warehouse had quilling supplies I know Hobby Lobby does but it's really far from my house Craft warehouse does they don't have a ton, but they have me enough. So that works. So yay I did get some fabric for some the upcoming fall project and another little thing. I want to try and Yeah, I'm gonna go grab some breakfast now because I haven't eaten yet We were out of breakfast bars and I didn't feel like making toast because hello lazy We didn't have any fruit to put my cereal so I'm gonna go like get some breakfast and then head over to the hair salon I'll be back Hair is done errands are done I found the local Goodwill there was one a half a mile from the beauty salon and while it's not the best Goodwill I've ever been to I did find what I needed for an upcoming YouTube video and Crofters warehouse had more stuff for an upcoming video and I also got a few things at Dick Blick for more Videos and art, you know, it's what I do. I think it's time to go home now and have some lunch It's 1 12 and I am start all the way to get a breakfast bar on the way to the salon I'm hungry. So all right, I'll be back. Good morning. It's Friday July 26th, I think I think 9 50 a.m. I only know that cuz hello. I'm looking at the clock in the car And if that's accurate, it's 9 50 a.m. I'm headed out to the grocery store about an hour later than I intended But I was answering some family tree information questions from my sister and her husband Elizabeth and Philip We're working on something interesting and if it works It'll be pretty exciting. So we'll see what happens and anyway For those that don't know I'm second generation America My grandmother was born in Jello, Italy and Her husband was born here, but his parents were from Pisa and Luca So, yeah, thank you at least on my dad's side and my mom's side We've been here for a long time on the mom on my mom's side. Anyway So we're working on something interesting and I was giving the information. I could and in the meantime, I am going to Go to the grocery store because beck is coming over for dinner and I don't think we have anything to cook So that's a thing. All right, I'll be back plans to do other things today, but we just did another load of kitchen purging. So the back of my car is going to be full again and We purged coffee cups barware Platters and just randomness that we kept finding we haven't yet moved to the China cabinet or What's going to be the bar? We're just gonna go there yet and it's you know Both of us can only take so much purging in one day and the back of my car is only so big so Every weekend until we have enough purge to move furniture around and we are going to just keep doing what we're doing I think that we're just about ready to empty out the furniture and move it around but That's gonna be left for another day, but we got a great deal of purging done We're down on our coffee cups by at least half our barware by at least half some platters some things that we forgot we had to be honest and Very cool. Yay progress Hey guys, it's 427 on Saturday and I've been doing some sewing after we got back from Donation and purging some more unexpectedly today, I don't think that we were gonna do it today, but Things happen Anyway, I decided to work on the charity bear pattern, which I shared that I found the other day and it is a Stuffed bear pattern that is a free pattern online. I'll put the link for where you can find it in the description below and it's Intended for you know making little stuffed animals to donate to children, especially like in children's hospitals and And that sort of thing there's a whole blog post about it. I'll link it below Anyway, I thought I'd give my hand at it I do like to make little things like that to just sort of have around and you know give away or Need I'm kind of toying with the idea of making a bunch of them and taking them to the local children's hospital or something Anyway, we'll see I thought I'd give my hand at it. I tried they recommend polar fleece, so I'm gonna try that next but I tried Some flannel and felt which is what I had and I did find doing the eyes on these ones with embroidery floss was best These this I printed the pattern 65% of the original size because I wanted to make it like a smaller bear. So this is the one and Then this is number two so there's a lot of options for our faces and You can put the heart on his belly or you can put a belly or then there's different size bellies Anyway, he's a pretty cute pattern. So I'll be making more of them Anyway, I think that's it for now. I also added one more page in the color inspiration journal today if you want to see the other pages that I've done follow me on Instagram or Twitter or Over in my Facebook group a life of art and self expression because I do share stuff that I'm doing daily creatively every day over there The link for all the places you can follow me and different places You can support the free content here on YouTube are all in my link tree list of links, which is in the description below I'm gonna add a few more images to my color inspiration book and then I think I'm gonna call it a day So yeah, I Think that's it for this week. I Hope it's been a good one for you. It's been a good one for us and Yeah, go out be inspired do something fun I don't know what we're gonna do next week, but we're gonna see what we can get up to and stay out of trouble That's the trick, right? All right, so that's it for now Don't forget to go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it like share and subscribe And that's it for this week. I will see you next week. Bye guys