Grungy Gretchen Flip-Thru

This is a flip-through of a recently completed journal of mine. I call it GG (grungy Gretchen), it is so far from my usual style but I enjoyed it and have 2 or 3 more covers that are similar to create more of these type of journals with.

You can check it out here: 

 I have been busy making new videos for my YouTube channel. Today's video is a #MassMakeMonday post.

It is about using book pages (because anyone who makes Junk journals usually has a TON of those laying around!) into cute envelopes.

You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/whPyLXC8_BE

A Catch-Up Post!

 Hi everyone!

It has been a REALLY long time since I wrote here! Like 8 years! 

So I am doing well as is my family. Hubs has been working from home since the beginning of the pandemic. The kid (who is almost 25! can you imagine?) works in a pub and did bring home Covid right around this past Christmas, but luckily it was the Omicron variant and we didn't get too sick. We just had flu-like symptoms for about a week although my taste and smell was blunted for a few weeks after that.

So while I still have some of my old hobbies, my latest passion over the past several years has been making Junk Journals, only I do not make true "junk" journals, I make more vintage-style journals. And that is what I hope to turn this blog into; a place to show everything having to do with my vintage-style handmade journals.

I have a YouTube channel where I post works in progress, completed journals, Thrift-store finds that relate to journal making and lots of other stuff! You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/c/LilacMemoriesHandcraftedVintageJournals/videos

I will be launching a new journal Shop within the next month (fingers crossed!). You can find it here: https://vintagelilacmemories.company.site/

I also have an Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/vintagelilacmemories/

And a Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/VintageLilacMemories

I would really appreciate it if any of my old followers decide to follow one (or more) of my social media pages!

Here is a cute pic of Bentley & Daisy! (we lost Kodi & Peanut, both to cancer several years ago :( )

And here are some pics of the journals I have made:

More Bentley Pics

Here are some more pics of Bentley interacting with Kodi & Peanut.

Meet Bentley

Last Sunday we picked up Bentley - he was 2 days shy of being 8 weeks old.

Peanut was wary of him at first but now likes him, as long as he isn't biting her - he is biting everything!

Kodi wants to play with him, but forgets how big he is himself and wants to hop like Bentley does.

Bentley checking out Kodi

Playing with Peanut - he gives as good as he gets!

Playing TUG

Peanut TUGGING Bentley across the floor

Trying to bite Kodi's ear

Being checked out by Peanut & Kodi

Trying to bite Kodi's wagging tail

All tuckered out from all that play