New Year, New Journal

 I found some inexpensive but good quality watercolor spiral books on a great sale a few months ago. I bought four for under $10. I pulled them apart, replaced the cover with a sheet of the paper from one of the other pads, added an extra two sheets and now I have a nice watercolor paper journal for this year for about $2.50. Plus I have extra to make some other books for other projects. I love it when I find a bargain!

This is the cover of my new journal for this year. I love the little guy on the cover. He speaks my mood on a whole lot of days. lol

The last of December

I'm finally delving into some watercolor crayons that I've had for some time. I have two different brands of crayons and one set of Inktense pencils by Derwent. I do like the Inktense pencils very much for tight spaces. I got a set of Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons with a 50% off coupon at the craft store and I really like them a lot. They are what I used on the vocabulary page and they are very bold. I might get to like this watercolor stuff for some of my pages. It's quite portable with a water filled brush that I bought. I can take everything with me to my daughter's classes and happily paint without making a mess.

December calender

A few years ago when I was doing digital scrapbook freebies I made a little kit for Christmas that was wild and funky and.... neon bright. It was so cool. I've made so many things using the tree from that kit. I decided to draw that tree and put it as my focal point on my December calender. It's been quite some time since a page has made me giggle while I was working it up.