 My keyboard is dead. So I need to get the cable out and charge that up because that's a thing Hey, everybody. It is Sunday morning August 29th it's just before 11 a.m. And we're gonna start off the day with a walk we have Things we want to do this afternoon that require us being couch potatoes And So we'd rather not go walking then so we're gonna do it now One of the things we're gonna do is watch the Bob Ross documentary So if you haven't seen that you might want to check it out and whatever your streaming services I think it's a Netflix movie And Bob's got a fantasy football thing that he does every year. So that's gonna happen today, too so we're gonna just start off the day with Nice walk before it gets too hot again. I do think it's gonna be in the mid-80s, but anyway I'm gonna see what I can see and I'll be back in the art room after lunch and walking this morning It's what time is at 1 45 p.m. And I am trying to get hold on. Don't mean to make you dizzy these four bins Down to two that might be a problem Because I want to fit one more big bin at the bottom down here Right down. I want to take that shelf out. It just pops out. I put a big bin there Um, I'm gonna move move down Some of the papercrafting big bins that are usually at the bottom down here because I would like to get a bin down there at the end where all the fabric is of Leather so that I have the leather out and I'm not constantly digging in the closet for it I also have a bin of Like lace and satin and stuff that I got for free whoops where other we are from the bridal shop when my daughter got married They gave me this big bag of fabric for you when they found out I sewed And um, so I'm gonna go through it go through that. I didn't ever go through it I just jumped dumped it in a bin literally, but now I'm gonna go through it. I'm gonna pull up the pieces I want to use Put them in I do have a bin for lace, so I'm gonna put them in the appropriate bin And um, then probably use that bin for the leather that that bin for the leather And anyway, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to make this work, but I'm gonna try all right I'll be back. Good morning everybody. It is Monday morning, August 30th about 9 55 a.m Don't get excited. I looked already I already started checking up on social media. Evidently I have my rewards money from Michaels So I might go out and buy I need some Large stretch canvas. I'm out So I might go out and pick one up. We'll see Uh, anyway, I also did some More paints paint splattering work out in the woods this morning. It's all I'm gonna tell you again It's for an upcoming series here on youtube that actually starts next week next week. Yeah next week um and um The patrons are uh and supporters are already getting a sneak peek. 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Um, so that's now got to dry I got some More of these Bookmarks in I have over the years Managed to Use up enough of my old scrapbooking stationery stash of stuff to actually Not only I should really put these on because you know to not only be able to Have things out in a order that makes sense where I can find stuff, but um I've used up enough of it that I can actually do a little bit of replenishing, which is nice One of the things I love doing is Using these pre-printed pre-cut They're supposed to be bookmarks Hold on this one is feather shaped And it's a Like this you could of course make these with a um Printed Copy of some feather artwork I have some available in my etsy shop, and I'll be probably making something like this with them soon in a video I also have a floral. I'm lazy though. So, you know, there's that I'd be cheaper if I just made it myself but anyways I also got some floral ones These boxes are hard to open or have some scissors These are just from the dollar store Don't spend a ton of money on your scissors for your mixed media Unless they're fussy cutting scissors because you're just gonna if you're like me you're just gonna mess them up So my scissors are from the dollar shop I have a couple of pair of small Fussy cutting scissors when I'm doing that sort of thing Those I spend a little bit of money on but just regular Yeah, they're from the dollar store. These happen to be Betty Crocker kitchen scissors because that's what they have but These ones are flowers. I was nearly out of these so I ordered some more Aren't they cool? They're great to use on your journal pages and stuff. I'm gonna put these away They're sitting on my desk kind of in the way I also got some more squeezy bottles because I used the last two and I want to mix up some custom paint colors like these two that I did So I had to order some more bottles because I was out. I got those in too And uh other tip frugal tip frugal art tip Now you all probably have things like this in your art room You wash they're just garbage because I don't think any well in Oregon. We don't recycle the lid You can recycle the bottom but not the top which is weird. But anyway These would make good palettes paint palettes And I mean if you're going to throw it away anyway use it for a paint palette first a few times and then toss it out Anyway That's that for the moment It's a quiet monday because I got all of my monday work done yesterday Which I can't say I'm mad about So now I can just play and maybe go run some errands. Maybe use those rewards dollars at michael's And all of that. So oh, I do have the coffee dyed fabric to show you hold on dyed fabric And I put it on a cookie sheet here again this is from the dollar store and this is a cookie sheet that I've used to dye and um distress paper and fabric before and I don't really clean the bottoms of them off So that when I do this dyeing sometimes some of the water soluble color from previous Distressing and dyeing jobs will also come up onto the fabric and it definitely did on this Um, but the coffee dyed fabric look at that. Isn't that just how much do you just love that? I mean it still smells like coffee. Here's some lace I even saved the string And we have cotton and we have satin and So I'm going to be um ironing this and shaking it out, but Some of the stuff Um, obviously something on here was pink, but how cool is that and it also transferred to some of the fabric? so I need to shake the coffee grounds out and give everything a good iron And then we are Good to go. Yay. All right. I'll be back errands or anything else I wanted to talk about our holy use it or lose it project that we started last year Where we try to use up the art supplies that we have before we go buy new supplies Or at least take a second look at what we have to make sure that there's nothing else We can use in place of that thing that we want to buy um It's not that I haven't been continuing to do it because I have I've taken a lot of my powdered pigments and Turn them into A sort of an ink. This is just a reused bottle that I had um At the time of filming this there's a video coming soon and if it's out, I will link it down below Anyway, um, so I've used up a number of powdered pigments in here. I've used up some gel medium I've used up some packing tape. I've used up some pens It's not that I'm not doing it I'm just not feeling like the videos are getting a lot of views Um, I will be talking about it in the vlog and talking about using up supplies and trying to continue to give you guys hints and tips Um, I and again, it's not that I'm not doing it because I am looking first at what I have what what I can Mix to use in my art from what I have what paper products that I already have that I can use Um, rather than just automatically go buy something new I hope you're doing the same and I am not going to bother washing these little salt and pepper shakers out because Really? Yeah, it's just not happening I should probably but I'm not going to so I'm going to just toss them And um, I know where you're all probably screaming at me. I've also used up a number of small tubes of paint I bought these to travel with and then discovered that when I travel if I'm taking paint It's watercolor paint. I never take acrylic paint with me So these need to be used up. Anyway, um, so lots of stuff take a second look at what you have You know, it's covet time. So it's not like we can go anywhere anyway. So Let's take a look at what we have in that art room and take a look at the space and Make smart with what we've got Get creative. All right. That's it for the minute I'll be back So I'm over at Michael's and I'm about to go in and I realized something So fun fact, I love books almost as much as I love art and books and reading And I haven't been to the library since before this whole thing with coven started And I'm the library is like right over there So and they're open. So I'm going to put my mask on when I'm done at Michael's Well back on and I'm going to go over to the library Because why not if I get a stack of magazines half of which are for my husband their car and hot rod magazines But I met a very nice lady named Virginia He was part of a local watercolor group And I gave her my business card They aren't doing a whole lot of in-person meetings right now because of covid, but I mean, you know I should make friends that are actually people in the community And not just on youtube. I don't think it's a bad idea. So anyway We'll try it out today. It is Tuesday August 31st last day of august 11 50 a.m I'm headed downstairs to go grab some lunch and kind of hungry Have a little bit of a headache probably because I need to eat Um, anyway, I'm gonna make myself a cup of bone broth and my usual lunch of a wrap And some snap pea chips Yeah Anyway, I was just watching my cousin Jenny's the youtube channel She is a cosmetologist And um She has a channel that's all about that Um, I will link it down below go give it a watch I guess we didn't turn the Fossil off all the way it was dripping. Um, anyway, go give it a watch. Um, she was talking about damaged nails Hello, can I relate? I'm gonna be commenting on her video just now So if you want to know what my comment is go over there and see the video. I'll link it down below Anyway, I'm gonna make some lunch and then I'm gonna get back to what I was doing which was Working on some paper clusters. My paper cluster trays were overflowing a bit. And so it's time to Just get to making. Um, yeah All right, I also think I'm going to starting tomorrow start any another sale in the Etsy shop I really really need to clear out some inventory so I can make way for some new stuff Which I can't do yet can't start yet until we clear out some of the old So it's all going to be going on sale Um, I will put the coupon code and information down below for you all and um I'll be advertising it in my facebook groups and on instagram and probably my mail temp newsletter So if you're not following me on some kind of social media Maybe you should look at the link trade list of links, which is down below. All right. That's it for the minute All right, so I have a nice chat with my friend and supporter Laura Greghain in Canada And While we were chatting I made a bunch more paper clusters. I'll put a picture here I don't think I've done the video on my Take on paper clusters, but if y'all are interested Put something down below in the comments I also made some new daily drawing journals. I was out and I'm getting ready for september, which starts tomorrow um So I made I make my own daily drawing journals Uh for the most part and otherwise I use the most in kye and um I'll put a picture here of the ones that I made if you want a Video on doing those again put a comment down below Yeah, there is mail. Thanks for accepting anything. Okay. Um So anyway, I got that all done. That was really great. I got it done got the mess cleaned up got everything put away So that's all good um Got some chores done, you know, it's been a quiet state home day So did the desk and get stuff done because that's what needed doing It's about that time in the evening Bob's off at work. So we're gonna go for a walk and discuss Dinner probably Politics most likely We're gonna get in heated discussions while we're out walking fun fact You got it Maybe COVID. I don't know his work. We discuss all those things I will So That's Betty and gypsy All right, some very cute little neighborhood guard dogs. I know But I think we walk by here too much because they don't really bark at us anymore and they're wagging the tail Yeah, we're not sure which one is which And occasionally there's another taller dog here. His name is bow. Evidently he doesn't live here Nope You good puppies? You good puppies? Oh, yes, please scratch me scratch my back We're not dog people at all. What gave you that idea? All right, I'll be back what happens when you finally dig out your rescue inhalers to check on all of them And every single one of them is expired So yeah, so I keep one upstairs one downstairs one in my handbag one of my walk workout bag Um one in the car So I have a few of them So that I'm never within short distance of reaching one should I need it but The oldest one is from 2015 and the newest one is from 2020. So that's a problem Yeah I mean, I don't need them often, but it's sort of like an epi pen. You want to make sure you have it when you do need it All right. Now it's time to clean out One of a couple of t-shirt drawers because everything is too big on me I'm going to save my favorite things the things that kind of fit and the rest has got to go Oh my god, the sun is bright. Okay. It's it's Can you all even see it back there? I don't even know if you can It's back there somewhere. It's it's so bright Anyway, we're on the path. We're headed up to see betty and gypsy If you don't know who they are, there's some little neighbor dogs. We see a lot They used to bark at us all the time now. They just wag their tail and wait for pets There they are I can't tell if you can see them or not because the sun's right in my face There they are Cutest little things Good puppies So, yeah We like to stop by and say hi to them on our walk It's a thing I know now I'll be trying not to scare them away But there's a whole bunch of ducks. They just went around the corner They're just walking. They're not flying Which is interesting Yeah, I don't know if it's a mom and a bunch of babies or What do you call a Bunch of ducks flock flock headed to the golf course So cute. We're so happy to see the ducks back Can't even tell you just get some rain and there you go. There you see the bright sign across my face Um, now if we could just get some rain and some colder weather, I'd be so happy I'm hoping one of my friends in canada They've already had snow sightings I'm hoping Really hoping All right, I'll be back So it is 9 36 a.m Pat, I need sunglasses. Hold on Okay Oh, it's bright out here. It's 9 36 a.m Thursday, September 2nd I got a budget etsy orders in last night So I got them packaged up this morning and we're headed out to go drop those off I also spent most of yesterday as you all know if you're watching this clip um cleaning out closets and stuff And I have a bunch of stuff for donation. So the back of my car is pretty full So we're going to go take care of both of those things today Hey guys, it's 1 26 p.m. Obviously I'm home Got all my errands run and donations dropped off and grocery shopping done for my house and one of the kids turns out Jenny Daughter of my heart it very much takes after me and her middle name is not grease or patience as is not mine because yeah She tripped and fell while house hunting with her husband brian And she sprained her ankle and fractured a bone in her foot So, yeah, I don't know if we're going to see them tomorrow or not I did Do the mom thing and tell brian to tell his wife to stay off of her foot as much as possible Um, and I went and bought them some groceries and brought them over so Now I just want to take a nap. I've had my lunch. I've had something to eat and I just want to take a nap I think I'm gonna have a nice coffee instead Um, because I've got stuff to do and then while I'm drinking it I'll watch a little more youtube and I guess I'll do the dishes because this is cool again We're out for a pre-dinner walk and here's a down and she's ready to take off. Yeah She's happy My dad's seeing if he can walk lily Hi, she's a handful on a good day So we'll see how it goes No, no, I don't know Okay, we are up early. I don't know if you all can hear the barracuda in the background Uh, you can see Flash is a crazy pants in the back seat We are it's 8 40 a.m We are headed over to A cars and coffee thing in sure would Um with the barracuda my dad and bob are driving the barracuda. I'm taking crazy pants in the Subaru I think bob's afraid to have her in the barracuda. I don't and I don't think we'll all fit anyways Anyway, we're gonna go do that this morning. Yes. Yes lily. We're going for a ride Um, so we're gonna go do that this morning and that ought to be fun We haven't been to like a car show of any sort since covid started And we love going to car shows I know funny thing that I like doing it, which you wouldn't think but I do So anyway, I've had my two cups of coffee and could probably use a third but anyway We're gonna go do that Whoops, I might need to back up some more because it's a barracuda I know I just drive a Subaru, but I don't want him to hit my Subaru So We're gonna go do that and I'll be back. Okay, we were chilling for a little bit after the cars and coffee thing this morning My dad has left to go home. He'll text me when he gets there safely And in the meantime, we're going to take crazy pants for a little bit of a walk before lunch Yeah Get some steps in try to make up for my only like five or six thousand steps yesterday It was a slow day for me. So anyway, I think we're gonna go on a nice long walk I'll be back 47 p.m. Saturday, September 4th My keyboard is dead. So I need to get the cable out and charge that up because that's a thing Not a horrible week, but a long week I haven't gotten too much art done today because we've just been running errands and getting our step We put our health first. We got our priority was Taking my dad to the cars and coffee show this morning, which he really loved I didn't get any footage because we were just enjoying the time at the show I will get some footage of cars and coffee next time, but I had a hold of the dog. So But it was a lot of fun and then afterwards we went On a long walk and got a bunch of steps in while dad was driving home and Then we went and ran a couple of errands and I forgot a bunch of groceries when I was at the store Because things weren't on the list. So we went and got that up. Hopefully now I don't have to go for a while And yeah It's all done. We got some Chinese food on the way home And yeah, it's all good. So we're done. I'm exhausted. I need to do my daily drawing But of course Lily is still here. She's here for the weekend And she of course wants to sit next to grandma on the couch. So she's taken up that side of my sofa So I've got to figure out A different way to get my drawing done. So I'll manage All right, that's it for today That's it for this week. I hope you've had a good one Please check the video description out for relevant links Check my link tree list of links for ways to support the free content here on facebook and also Here on facebook holy cow here on youtube and in the facebook art groups. Oh my god. Can you tell I'm tired? There's lots of ways to support the free content including joining patreon shopping in my Etsy shop I have a code right now for September Thanks 20 all capitals. I'm sorry. Thanks 30 all capitals It's in down below. Ignore me because I'm incoherent because I'm tired Um, anyway, we're trying to clear out a bunch of inventory still in the Etsy shop So that I can come out with new things that refuse to do that until we cleared out some stuff. So Um, I am working on some new things. But yeah So anyway, um, we have that going you can shop in the Etsy shop. You can join patreon There's some new videos coming out starting on monday the sixth And it will be a little series and the patrons get first look at all the videos loaded to a special location just for them Um, and then you all get them later scheduled out here. I hope you will all enjoy it If there's particular content you would like to see leave something down in the video description We'll see what we can work out. All right. That's it for right now. Have a good week and Be creative be safe be healthy Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'm gonna get some sleep and I'll see you next week. Bye guys