 close to the fire even down in the San Jose area. Quality alerts and air quality warnings and you can smell the fire outside. So I'm making sure I take my medicine. I'm not going out unless I have to. My heart just breaks for all of those people who not only lost everything but the family members who lost loved ones. It's just been horrible. In this case, compared to years past, because let's be real, I live in California. We have fires and earthquakes all the time. Usually wildfires, you know, out in the forested areas, they sometimes get close to or into a town. Always devastating, but in this time it's an urban wild. It's just completely devastated. So many people. But I had to go out and run errands today. So a couple things I had to do. So I'm a medication with me and I've got a mask with me if I need it. Very hazy outside and it smells like burning wood. First of all, we were shooting for dark with silver and we didn't get that, but how pretty is this color that we did get. And really quick, look at this fancy bathroom with proper stalls with big doors on them. It's just shocking to me. It's just so pretty. Anyway, all right, that's it. I'm gonna go try to run a couple more errands and then I'll be done. So we're in Staples looking around. I actually need something specific, but how cool were those things that I just found in the front of the store and on clearance? Don't forget to check the clearance bins and the sale bins. Plain one-subject notebook for an upcoming video project. And the cheapest one possible. I see one right here. $1.49. That works. I probably won't get anything besides the notebook, but you never know what you're gonna see back here. Here's our storage. We've got them on clearance. It's probably a time to get one. Okay, so as you saw, I was in Staples. It is Friday, October 13th. Yes, Friday the 13th. And I'll adjust the volume on some of these clips so that you can hear me because I was kind of whispering in Staples. I'm pretty sure they don't like it when you film in there. But they had some interesting things on clearance. If I needed them, I would have got them. There were some interesting things there. I didn't need them. So I literally only bought the one notebook I went in for. I know, right? Shocking. Next door to Staples, we have a Ross dress for less, which is a discount like department store for those of you who don't know. And I went in there. There were some interesting things. Again, didn't see anything I needed and couldn't live without. So, you know, I was just kind of getting steps in. That's all. So now I'm going to go pick up the mail and then head home for lunch. That's it for right now. I'll be back home. After getting the mail in my notebook, I can have some lunch now and maybe do a little work over there. I actually have an idea for this page. And instead of, I have a particular pair of images I want to use. And instead of redrawing them, because I know I've done it once already and saved it, it was part of Crazy Island University and journaling Crazy Island style. So I think if I can after lunch and find them on the computer, I'll just reprint them and collage them on. It might be easier. All right. And I also, you know, went outside to do all this stuff and we're still having air quality issues because of the fires here in California. And I came home and I'm a little bit raspy and want to cough a lot. So I need to stay in the house for a little bit. Yep. I'll be back. I think it's technically Santa Clara. It might be San Jose. Anyway, we're out to dinner. They're having Oktoberfest. So, yeah. Just, you know, it's a German place. Meat and potatoes. So it's all good. All right. I'll be back. Hey everybody. It is Saturday, October 14th. It's about just about 1230. And I've been up since the crack of dawn this morning because I couldn't sleep. But I got a bunch of business, share things, posts done on social media, my daily thoughts done early if not on time, a bunch of stuff over in my year 2017 done. I got an art journal page done that's drying. I'll share it with y'all in a bit. And I'm here watching an episode of Border Wars. I know. I don't know why I have a fascination with it, but I do. So anyway, I am just relaxing and I've done my Inktober sketch for today. And I will share that with you in a bit too. I thought it's pretty cute. The prompt for today is fierce. So, and I also shared some thoughts on Inktober on my blog on my website and also in my email newsletter this morning. And I'll put links to all this stuff, you know, as usual in the description so you guys can see it. And I hope you join me on my journey because it's gonna be fun. And that's it for right now. I'll be back. Okay guys. Here is the promised Inktober page in my sketchbook that I'm doing for the sketchbook project, which I'll include the link for it and Inktober in the description below along with my blog post about both of these. So anyway, and that there's yesterday's. It's turning out super cute. So I'm going to go into the art room and I will show you the, our journal page I did this morning. Here's the journal page. Didn't it turn out cute? It was super easy. Some paint on the background. These pieces were sent to me in Happy Mail. I had this little card with a quote on it, a little bit of messy journaling with my favorite journaling pen, a plain old big crystal pen. Works great on almost all surfaces. A little bit of stenciling and a magazine picture. And that's all. And I just love the way it turned out. Isn't it cool? And the quote says, you must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be. Isn't that the truth? All right. That's it for right now. I'll be back. Oh, you talk. Come on. You taking my picture? What kind of dessert are you going to get? This desert? Yeah. I don't know yet. You don't know yet. I have to figure that out. Hey guys, it's Sunday afternoon. It's just before three, October 15th. And we're just at home today getting things done, you know, doing minor things around the house. The husband's right now going around the house, removing screens and washing windows. We have one screen that we're going to, I think, take over and drop off to get repaired this afternoon because that's got to be done. And, you know, the normal dishes, laundry. I did go slap some paint on a page. So, and I may continue to work on it as the day goes on. We'll see. I still have to do Inktober for today, which I haven't done yet. And I'm just watching on my iPads either. Border Wars. I'm wearing my new essential oil necklace that I got. It's like a locket. And inside, there's a little piece of felt that you can put a couple drops of oil on. And I got a fabric mask in to wear for days when, you know, I'm in an environment that is aggravating my asthma. Right now, that's like the whole state of California because everything's on fire. But y'all know what I mean. It's not the most attractive thing. I did get a couple of, you know, brightly colored cotton ones because if I've got to wear it then, you know, it might as well be interesting looking. I think that's it for right now. It's kind of a quiet Sunday. We haven't done much this weekend other than go out on Friday night for dinner to Harry's Hofbräu, which if you're watching this clip, you've already seen that footage. Really, there's nothing really much going on. I'm meeting again with one of my former Michael students tomorrow morning at her house to continue to work on and coach her on some art stuff. And after that, I might go run a few errands. But again, nothing super exciting right now. Kind of a quiet week. And that's it for right now, though. I'll be back. October 16th. And I was supposed to be meeting with a student this morning at her house for some art coaching, daily art practice coaching. And I don't call them art lessons because we don't really do a lot of that. It's mostly coaching her through techniques and how she can incorporate a daily practice or frequent practice into her life as part of dealing with her personal issues, which I won't get into. And seeing if that'll help her, which she believes it will. Anyway, so my appointment with her got rescheduled until 4 p.m. this afternoon. So I am headed to Morgan Hill, California. I do have a charcoal particle mask with me in case I need it. We are still suffering from the fires and the aftermath in California. With only what I came in for, not my feathers. Except white feathers. Next time I might just have to order them at Amazon. All right. So I only said I was going in for feathers, right? Yeah. While I didn't fail miserably, I did fail. So I will share with you what I got. Well, we'll just do it right now. I'm not going to hold them up or anything. I'm really kind of anti-hauls. But I did not get any of the things I didn't really need. You'll see in the footage right now that I got a few things. I did find the feathers. I got the last two packs of white feathers, as I said. And I found some Tim Holtz word stickers. Big chat. So it's a bigger word rather than the little tiny ones. I really like his word stickers. FYI. A big fan of them. And so I got that. Those I will definitely use. And there is a particular brand of metallic paints in the model section where they have the model cars and stuff by Vallejo. And I really, they come in little tiny bottles like this. They're about $3 a bottle. Really great, fabulously metallic colors though. So I got a few colors. I don't think I have. Hope I don't have. And they got the last two packs of white feathers. Oh, they also had some Tim Holtz, you know, his die cuts, his cutouts. They had a butterfly and bug pack. So I got that. I don't have that one. Something else I really like using rather than fussy cutting out butterflies all the time, which drives me crazy. I got some clips from their $2 bin. They have, they have $2 bins anyway. They had paper clips with tassels on top and paper clips with pom poms on top. So I got one of each. Those will be really cute in my little junkie mixed media journals that I'm working on. Everything really is for projects that I'm working on. I just kept seeing things that, ooh, that would be good. Ooh, that would be good. So I know you all have been there. I try to really curb that most days. So now we're going to head over to, since we're down here and I want to go to Target rather than driving all the way home, I'm going to go to the target that's down here in Morgan Hill. I need to get a couple things. Then we'll go get a sandwich and go home. My Target parking lot. But here are the clips that I got. These are the ones that I showed you on the clips where I was in the store. These are really cute. And then I got these ones too. My two packs of feathers. These are the Big Chat stickers. So they're much bigger than the regular. So cool. So I got a pad of those. These are the, what is this called layers. But this is his botanical layers. Little, little like die cut set. And these are the metallic paints. They're by model, format model making and they're by Vallejo, but they're an acrylic paint. And I've gotten a few colors of them before and they're really fabulous. So they have flat, regular colors, but I like the metallics. So anyway, I used a coupon. Let's go into Michael's. I'm eating Target now and see what we can find. I do have asthma. Let's strain up the phone before. I do have asthma. So some weeks are better than others. And with all the fires going on in California, even though they're not super close to me, their quality over the whole state is not great. And we do have a new one that I heard about in the Santa Cruz area, which is closer to me than the not too bad. I don't, I don't know. I heard about it late. To go run some errands. I'd really like a couple of days at home where I don't have to do anything but get the mail. So run a few errands I need to today. I need to go to a grocery store across town to get a particular food item that I like that they're always out of at the store by me. I need to go to the office supply store. I have a project in mind and I need to go to the bank to deposit a check. So yeah, all those things. I need to do a journal page today when I get back and I want to experiment with the project that I have in mind. And I have to scan some artwork for the Etsy shop. So I'll, and all of it pretty much except for the journal page has to do with the Etsy shop. So I've got to work on that. And in case you all didn't know, my Etsy shop is the whole, the whole shop is on sale, 25% off everything in the shop. So if you've been waiting for stamps or stencils or artwork or anything else, now is the time. I made a wrong turn. Oops. For those that don't know, I get lost a lot. I wish you all could see how hazy it still is outside and gross. I don't know if that's going to show up on camera or not. Guys, how are you today? So I got up this morning and I've had my workout. What time is it? It's 10, 20. And I am just kind of lazing around and cooling off post-workout. I haven't really done much else to be honest, but I woke up to my Etsy shop kind of going crazy. So I have a number of orders to fill. Wahoo, yay, finally. Let's hope that momentum keeps up. I guess putting it everything on sale was a good idea. And FYI, everything is on sale. You don't need a coupon code and it's on sale until Halloween. So the link for the Etsy store is in the description if you want to go shopping. I have a number of things here on my desk that I need to list, which I haven't done yet. Some of which I just finished last night. So I made these little sketchbooks out of 70 pound drawing paper and then the cover is actually a file folder printed, cut to fit in my printer and then printed with some of my artwork. On some of the signatures, the paper was from a spiral bound notebook. So on some of the signatures I left, you know, I just left that top. I unwound the paper, took the spiral binding off so it's not torn or anything, but the holes are there. I just left them because I don't know about you guys, but the holes don't bother me. So I'll be putting pictures and everything and hopefully getting these listed in the Etsy shop today. They're pretty cute. I'll be filming a tutorial too for those of you who can't afford to buy them or don't want to. And they're super easy. No sewing. I used a stapler. So you could take the staples out and stitch them when you buy, if you buy one and you choose to do that, that's you could do that. But they're just little sketchbooks. So anyway, I also got it. There was some sort of Apple antitrust settlement with Amazon ebook thing. I don't know. I do read a lot. I have a Kindle. I've had one for years. I've been buying ebooks for years and years and years since before there was Kindles. I've been buying PDF ebooks and I woke up to a large credit in my Amazon account. So okay, that's good. I can use it through April 2018. It won't last that long. So yeah, there's a couple things I've been wanting, but I haven't bought for myself yet. So I bought them this morning and the rest of it will just sit there for when I want to book or I need to order coffee or something. So it's been an interesting morning. So I'm going to go grab some product from the stash of inventory in the garage and get the orders wrapped up. And then I guess I should probably take a shower and actually put regular clothes on and not workout clothes. Yeah. And then I have artwork to scan still because I haven't done it yet. And besides putting the little sketchbooks on the Etsy store, I have to scan some artwork and put that in the store too. So I got stuff to do. All right, that's it for right now. I'll be back. Okay, I whittled away a big bunch of this afternoon working on some Etsy listings. And you know, I just had some fumbling, crazy errors with getting the digital scans done and formatted correctly for Etsy. And it wasn't the listings that were the issue. I had a bunch of stuff I had to scan. Then I had to scan it at a high enough resolution to be interesting, but not so high that it's too big for Etsy. And then I had to make a thumbnail and then I had to make sure that when I made the thumbnail, it didn't overwrite the original file like you can see where this is going right. So it's done now. Now I can go get my mail and mail my Etsy shipments out. Yeah. So anyway, I'll be back. Hey guys. So it has been a weird, crazy, long day as you've seen. And an interesting week. I did manage to get an art journal page done today. And I did somewhere reorganizing in here now that I've gotten rid of some things. I'm moving stuff around. So hopefully it's easier to find. I ordered a few of these. Let's see if I can show you quite easily. See this five drawer? Oops, right. That, not the stencils. This five drawer little thing, plastic mini drawer thing here by Sterilite. I'll try to remember to put a link for it in the description below. They're kind of hard to find. But of course, you know, the easy thing is to just go to Amazon. I've said it before in conversations and probably here on the vlog that it's hard for me to go out in some cases because there's something always that my asthma will react to. So it's not that I don't ever go out. I do. But I just limit the times that I do to something that I really want to do that's going to be fun. Shopping around for a particular thing like these drawers and like not finding them. That's not fun. I'd rather just order them. So you can get them on Amazon. You can buy one or like a case of four and they're really nice to be able to organize all your little parts in your art room and have them sort of put away and you'll notice like unclutter your table. Look at my table. But yet they're still right there and you can get them. So that's just fabulous. So I've spent some time today doing that and you know it's a constant thing in your art room and your creative space where you're cleaning and purging and reorganizing and it's a never ending cycle because as soon as you think you have it I said this earlier to somebody as soon as you think you have it down pat then you buy something new or acquire a new supply and then you got to start all over again. I spent some time this afternoon helping out on a live broadcast with Wendy Mason and her friend Roz. That was a lot of fun. I haven't actually been live on camera in a while so that was you know spur of the moment kind of thing so that was fun. But yeah it's been a fun week. It's been a pretty good day. Yeah it's just you know I don't know. I'm glad it's the end of the day. I've done my Inktober drawing. I did the journal page. I have to share on social media yet but I will. I think that's it for right now. I you know it's yeah it's been a weird week. I'm blaming it on the eclipse because since we had the eclipse might just feel off. Does that make sense to everybody or is it just me? I have a friend who had brain surgery this week. She went in for a checkup found out she had a brain tumor. I don't know how that happens but she made it through. She looks like she's going to make it through the surgery and she's already up and walking around. It's only been a couple of days. So you know more power to her. I hope that she makes it through all the treatments going forward. She's going to have to have and yeah so anyway send some good energy out there. I know I'm not going to mention names but just send some good energy out there to people like her who are sick and ailing right now because I think they need it. All right that's it everybody. Have a great week. A great week. A great week. Don't forget to try to get your steps in. Eat right and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Maybe make some art. All right that's it for right now. I'll talk to you later. Bye guys.