 Hi guys, we are here again for my last video this month for my creative year, our topic this month is old and new. This week our prompt is combine. And for me, this means taking all of those bits and pieces from old crafts and art things that I've done and new things that I've done combining them to make something new and unique and different. Yes? So this is something I did last year in my year 2017. I'm going to talk you through it again. It's still a great idea. I still do it. I still use it. I always have a drawer from my bank of drawers that's full of what I call halfway art. What is halfway art? So halfway art usually starts as a plain piece of canvas or muslin and two in a random shape. And to that I use my sewing machine and glue and staples and different things to make an embellishment. It's halfway there to a completed project. I keep a drawer full of them. And then when I'm working on a project like the mini skinny journals, which we talked about in week one, because their base of them is a old maybe ugly painted canvas that I've done that I've ripped apart. And on top of it, I do some sewing and I add some of these pieces. I sew on bits and pieces of trim. And like this one has a tag with a brad in it and a clip on elastic band. These are great. This one here is just different random pieces of fabric, a piece of old book text and a piece of string, nothing else. This one is an old cross stitch, right? And then when I was playing with melting straws, it has some of that on here. It has some old bridal trim that I think is from Josie Gitto here on YouTube. And this has scrap pieces of fabric that were sent to me by a friend and some cheese cloth and again some more of that bridal trim. This has old painted canvas back when I was doing that and making shopping bags and things out of it on to some more cotton scraps and a piece of scrap of paper. I got interrupted by a phone call. Sorry guys. So anyway, so here are some more pieces that I did. I love this one. This is again done on a plain piece of canvas as a backing. The crocheted trim you see here is from my stash from my grandmother's things. And then on top of it, I have an old collection of clothing tags, an old piece of burlap, an old piece of painted canvas and some lace from my fabric stash from when I was still sewing, that sort of thing. You can take your collection of things you used to do, of old things and old crafts, and make them into something new and unique and different. Like I said, these are things I use on things like these journals. And I love to have them around. Every now and then I'll take one and I'll stick it on a journal page and then art around it. I love that. So halfway art. I would love to see that you make some. I'd love to see you reuse all those little bits and pieces of old stuff you've been hoarding, little small embellishments you've made and hung on to and you're like, now what do I do with it? Make some halfway art. I'd love to see what you do. You can share that over in our Facebook group, My Creative Year. If you would like to join, the link is in the description below. But go out and go through your stash, go through that hoard of stuff. I know you have in the garage and all those hidden corners like I do. And make some little halfway art. Use those embellishments in new and different and unique ways and share with us all how you do that. I would love that. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe. Again, the link for the Facebook group is in the description below. So I would love to see what you share there. And the most important thing, go out and have a great day. Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. And I'll see you later. Bye, guys.