Author Archives: Rebecca

Art, This and That of Life

Published as a Trail Blazer

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Me? Published! Wow I was so excited and thrilled to be even considered. My creative pen guru, Angel with PenGems suggested that I be interviewed for the publication out of Dallas, Texas called the Voyage Dallas Trail Blazers. I was sent a questionnaire with questions to answer about myself and my business along with any advice that I would give to anyone coming into business as a creative entrepreneur.

So first up, I had to know the meaning of a Trail Blazer, so this is what googled told me a person “who makes a new track through wild country, a pioneer, an innovator.” Now I know I’m not the first person to go on this journey, but I am the only one that is going on MY journey. I have to say in this stage of my adventure the number one thing I tell myself over and over is to NEVER EVER give-up. I took on this business motto back in 2012 when I decided to start my small business. Throughout my life I had started so many creative outlets, I took floral design, I started a handmade business right after my son was born, and I created different crafts and sold them to friends. All these times I just quit when it became too hard or I didn’t really know the next step. In 2011, I discovered blogs and it opened my eyes widely to so many creative types and finding my tribe. This is when my dreams began to take a direction, I believed that it is possible to do what you are supposed to be doing, in my case it’s being an artist, and make a living. Not as a starving artist but as a creative entrepreneur. Using my creativity to inspire others to create and have a whole lot of fun in the process.

You can find the online version of the article here

I ordered a printed copy of the article to put on my art studio wall to remind myself to keep moving forward, create the life you want!

Happy Trails,

Rebecca

Tutorials

DIY~ Turnng a Passport holder into a Traveler’s Notebook

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Hello! In this video I show you how I turn a Passport Holder into a Pocket Size Traveler’s Notebook. To warn you ahead of time, there is quit a bit of banging with the tools so prepare to turn down the sound! LOL! Hope you are inspired to create one yourself if you come across a Passport holder! I did look online and there are other eyelet punches that can be purchased for the hard to reach spaces like the middle of the notebook, check the sewing area of your craft store too!

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Rebecca

Planner Organization

New Planner Set up and Goal Setting

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Hello! August is just around the corner which means a new planner for me! YAY!  I used a Bando Planner this past year and have loved it, so that is what I will be using in the upcoming year. I also picked up a teacher’s planner from the Target Dollar Spot ad created a Master Notebook to track everything. In this video I show you how I plan to use each of these for organization and set goals for blogging, projects and videos. Always love starting a new planner, it’s like a fresh start!

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Rebecca

Creative Journal, Tutorials

Summer Journaling Week 6~ Let’s Play

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Welcome back to the final video of the Summer Journaling Series! My first thought was to create a video demonstrating how to make journal cards with different themes and then I thought why don’t I just play!? In this video I’m just playing with different ways I love to personalize my journal. I hope you are inspired to create, play and fun in your journal!

Thanks for watching!

Rebecca

Creative Journal, Tutorials

Summer Journaling Week 5~ Prepping Journal Pages

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Hello and welcome to week 5 in my Summer Journaling series! In this video I show you how I prep journal pages for future journaling.  How many of us who paint our journal pages have to wait for the paint to dry? If your like me I am so easily distracted I find it better to add watercolor to pages before I am ready to journal so when I am ready, I have painted pages already. Does that makes sense? In this video I show you what I do. I hope you are inspired to be creative today!!

Thanks for watching,

Rebecca

Creative Journal, Tutorials

Summer Journaling Week 4~ Collecting Ephemera

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Welcome back to the Summer Journaling Week 4. In this video I’m talking ephemera and how I like to document using all types of paper collected on trips and throughout daily life to document. I also show a quick way I documented using packaging from a donut bag to document National Donut Day!

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Rebecca

Creative Journal, Tutorials

Summer Journaling Week 3~ Create A Vision

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Welcome back to my summer journaling series! This week I’m talking about creating a vision by making a bucket list of activities and adding the items to a Bucket O Fun to manifest the things you want to do on your bucket list. This summer my family will be having a staycation which means we will be staying local and finding activities to fill our summer days. I hope you are inspired to make a list and create a bit of fun this summer if your going on a vacation or just staying around the house.

 

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Rebecca

Creative Journal, Tutorials

Summer Junk Journal Set Up in my Traveler’s Notebook

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Hello! Welcome back for some more summer inspiration! In this video I create a two junk journals and set up my Happy Clouds Traveler’s Notebook. Using one notebook for fitness tracking and the other for everyday journaling. I also show how I add pockets using a baseball card sheet protector.

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Rebecca

Tutorials

Summer Journaling Week Two~ Traveling Supplies

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Welcome back to week two of summer journal tips with me! In this video I show you my current set up for bringing supplies with me daily and for a longer extended stay, craft night etc. I always carry a bag of supplies with my daily, you just never know when you will need scissors, washi tape and pretty pens! I hope this video inspires you to create a bag of journal goodies to help you document your summer.
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Rebecca

This and That of Life, Tutorials

Summer Journaling~ Week One Choosing your Journal

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Hello! Hope everyone had a great Sunday and Mother’s Day! Here is central Texas we already have had extremely warm days and they will not stop now through October. Usually by the time mid-July through early September we are indoors in the air conditioning trying not to melt. However, I love welcoming summer through journaling! It’s a time for family, relaxing, taking vacations and really getting memories on paper. This year we are planning more staycations and looking to visit different museums, festivals and events close to home. I’m really looking forward to exploring and having new adventures. Similar to what I created at Christmas, I wanted to create a mini video series about Summer Journaling. So welcome to the first video in the Summer Journaling video series . I thought it would be fun to share some of my techniques and maybe inspire you. This series will include 6 videos to be posted on Sunday evenings, CST. In this video, I talk about past scrapbooks and journals I have used and what I plan to use this year. Let me know if you have any questions or I would love to hear how you are planning and documenting your summer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rebecca