My shining star

My shining star

Saturday 21 March 2015

a touch of journalling, jumble, gardening and friends.

Evening lovelies! How are you? Its been a fine spring day here today and that has made what would have been mine and shauns 10th wedding anniversary pass quite well! I had a great evening with the girls yesterday - and then today we had a jumble sale at school for the PTA. We made around £250 so that was fabulous! Well done all! After a pub lunch me and the girls went home and my friend Julia arrived to help with the garden. I mowed the lawns and did some planters whilst Julia started some much need weeding - it was good working in the sunshine - beautiful. After tea the babysitter arrived and me and Julia went over to my friend sue's village where we watched an am dram performance of educating rita - it was fabulously well done - quite how they remembered all those lines is beyond me -  excellent!

So today is almost over - and before I turn in for the night I have some journalling to share with you -the first page came from the prompt 'collage' - I'm not very fond of it but feel I have to blog it.


There's a lot more writing on it that isn't very visible on the picture - can't say that I enjoyed doing this - and I think it shows - but I adore other peoples results - something to work on.

Secondly I like to share the trees I painted a couple of weeks ago at my art class.



A bit crude but I'm working on them - I might just add some grass and daffs in the foreground - watch this space!

Hope your Saturday has been good to you and that you have a good Sunday too - the girls are both grading tomorrow for jujitsu - must get to sleep now!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

21 comments:

  1. Hi Rachel sounds like you had a busy day and kept occupied which obviously helped with day so pleased you enjoyed it. We did some gardening too and washed our cars it was so nice you just had to do something outside. Your painting is coming on well look forward to seeing your progress. Well done on showing your journal even if you don't like it! Have a lovely day today, hugs Susan x

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  2. I am pleased you had a good day Rachel and found lots of nice things to do to keep you occupied.
    Your journal page looks fabulous and your trees look beautiful too.
    I hope you have a good Sunday.
    big hugs, Sue xx

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  3. So pleased you had a good day. In the day when I could garden, I always found it therapeutic and it sounds like it did you good too. Well done on your journalling too, even though you are not pleased with it, it does tell a story and I think that is all that is important. As a non-journaller myself, I do understand where you are coming from though! Your trees look good to me, l am looking forward to see how you develop with your painting... Hope today is a good one too. Hugs, Anne xx

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  4. Love your Journal pages.xxx

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  5. Glad you had lots of things to keep you occupied Rachel. I love your Journal page and the stamp you've used, and your trees look great too. I look forward to seeing it again when you've added to it.

    Hugs
    Sue xx

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  6. It sounds like you are keeping yourself busy Rachel, it is nice to be able to get out into the garden at last isn't it.
    You have chosen lovely colours for your journal page and I think your trees are fabulous, lots of detail, I look forward to seeing your art progress.
    Have a good day, take care.
    Pauline
    x

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  7. Fabulous creation Rachel keep the journal pages going it helps look to the future, these are always put together beautifully.xxx
    {The Journey is the Start – my personal blog}

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  8. Sure sounds like you are being kept busy and having a good time too. Loving your journal and the trees look wonderful.
    Hugs to you and the girls
    Linda xxx

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  9. Glad you and the girls had a nice day and you enjoyed some Me time with friends. Love your pages Rachel and the trees are gorgeous. Hugs Rita xxx

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  10. Hi Rachel, pleased to hear you had such a lovely day yesterday.
    Your journal page is lovely, fab colours and love the girl image too, I think your trees are super, hugs Kate x

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  11. GORGEOUS PAGES, SO FULL OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS, GOOD TO HEAR YOU HAD YOUR LOVELY FRIENDS AROUND YOU ON A DAY WHEN YOU NEEDED THEM MOST, BIG HUGS XXX

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  12. Glad you had your friend there to share what must have been a very hard day.

    Bet your gardens look great now and the play sounds fun!

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  13. Glad you had your friend there to share what must have been a very hard day.

    Bet your gardens look great now and the play sounds fun!

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  14. Hi Rachel - so pleased you had a good day with lovely people round you! Hope the girls got on OK with their Jujitsu grading today too. I've never tried journalling as I don't think I'd be very good at it, but I love the bright colours of your pages. Am very envious of your painting too ... something else I know I'm not good at!
    Hugs, Helen x

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  15. So pleased that a memorable day for you has passed pleasantly, It's lovely to be able to spend time in the garden and more so with the helping hands of a good friend. Love the tree painting and and the journal page is such a colourful scene.
    Hugs
    Dawn x

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  16. Glad this day passed well for you and you got time outside and more with friends to enjoy. Gotta say, I'm nervous about starting to journal too but apparently there are no rules so it's fine to just do what you feel. I love how you've used Lost in Thought girl here with those bright dramatic rays. And way to go you on the trees - talk about tacking something challenging! They look great. Jenny x

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  17. Sounds like a busy day Rachel, glad you enjoyed it. Your journalling looks fine to me...we all do things we don't end up liking but it's all part of the learning process. Love your trees, you've done a great job with them. Carol x

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  18. Glad you made the best of today! I think your journal pages are top-notch! Great work on the trees!

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  19. glad your day passed well . the journal looks amazing..i am too chicken to start one ! your trees look great ! hugs x

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  20. Glad you had a memorable day and i love your journal and painting I so envy people who can paint
    Carol x

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  21. Sounds like you're a busy, hard working mom! I think what you're doing is so great!!! I believe that families are the fundamental unit of society; I'm a Mormon and really believe that teaching children values is the most rewarding job someone can have!!!
    Where do you find the drove to just 'go' 'go' 'go' and still have some time for yourself, such as painting?

    Hope to hear from you soon!

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