rukristin's Roundup: 02/24/24
So. Ready. For. Spring.
Hey friends!
It’s so cold here today — and it was so warm here just yesterday afternoon. The up and down temperatures make my headaches so much worse, and this lead up to spring is my least favorite time of year. Fortunately, I’ve got lots of fun things going on right now, including the 30 Days of Daily Pages: Women’s History Month class that starts on March 1st (you’ll hear more about it this upcoming week) and planning for Awesome Ladies Live in July.
Last night, I finally got around to making some more gelli prints and replenishing my stash of handmade papers. If you’ve been reading my daily emails, you know that I’ve been using up my gelli print papers and talking about how much I needed a session to stock back up on these prints.
I kept things really simple and only had a few different colors of paint on my desk. I grabbed a handful of printer paper, and just started making prints. I had a bunch of stencils that I made (details below) and I used those to make these interesting patterns on the prints.
If you want to know more about gelli printing — check out YouTube. There are great videos for beginners. I’m definitely still learning how to create the prints I like — but it’s a really fun process to go through, and I love the pages I create more and more each time.
This week’s Daily Pages
Monday
Daily Pages 02/19/24: Currently Watching -- Not Reading
Last week was a bad headache week for me. Bad headache weeks means more TV and less reading. It’s where a big part of my love for TV comes from — having these headaches and not being able to do much of anything other than lay on the couch and watch TV. It was a big mindset shift for me to go from “My body sucks and I can’t be productive or do anything worthwhile” to “I love TV, and this is what my body is capable of right now” and learning how to find joy in those hard moments.
Tuesday
Daily Pages 02/20/24: Sweat, Determination, & Hard Work
I spent some time last night re-organizing my patterned paper, and this morning I grabbed a stack of 6x8 papers to see what I wanted to put into my Daily Pages book. I settled on this green starburst pattern and thought it would pair up well with a quote.
Wednesday
Daily Pages 02/21/24: Planning Out My Weekend with Stickers
I re-organized all my Pipsticks stickers last night and knew I wanted to play with them this afternoon. When I got to my desk, I flipped through my new sticker binder and picked out a few sheets that pair nicely with the things I’m planning to do this weekend.
Thursday
Daily Pages 02/22/24: Thursday3 + Small Format Printer
For those of you who don’t know — Thursday3 is my weekly selfie challenge. This week, I snapped a quick selfie at my desk in the morning, and then used my Liene mini-photo printer to get it into my Daily Pages notebook.
Friday
Daily Pages 02/23/24: Friday Scrap Collage
I’ve been feeling a little tired today (up and down temperatures suck the life out of me); so I thought I’d take it easy to take and make a scrap page. These are one of my favorite pages for a lazy day — all the materials are basically already made, and all you have to do is pick out the ones you like and glue them down.
Tip of the Week
I made a bunch of my own stencils for gelli printing with super cheap patterned paper and a pair of scissors. I folded paper in half and cut out different shapes to make some geometric patterns. Most of these stencils were single use — the cheap paper doesn’t hold up really well after getting paint all over it. But that was totally fine; the cheap paper made it really easy to cut intricate designs and it was a great way to use up a bunch of paper in an older paper pad I’ve been holding on to.
You can easily make stronger stencils with cardboard (I like to use the Ali Edwards story kit envelopes and cereal boxes) or plastic. I’ll share some of the other stencils I’ve made in a future email, but for today — I highly recommend grabbing some cheap paper and cutting out some of your own!
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Interesting Finds this Week
Baseball is back, and this year we’re getting see-through pants (link is safe for work lol) as a mandatory part of new uniforms!
A friend sent over this twitter thread of favorite Broadway related YouTube videos.
There is a German prime-time game show about perfectly cutting things in half. It’s so satisfying to watch.
I started watching Marry My Husband while J was away this week. It’s got everything I love about K-dramas, plus time travel. So here for this.
A Look Ahead
Here are some of the great things coming up in the new year!
New Course! 30 Days of Daily Pages: Women’s History Month Edition*: March 1-30
FSS Organization Intensive Week: April 15-19
New Course! Selfie Mechanics 101*: May 6-24
Awesome Ladies Live**: July 27 + 28th, 2024
All of these courses and events are included with the Feminist Scrapbook School membership.
*These courses will also be available a la carte in the shop when they’re released.
**Awesome Ladies Live tickets not included in FSS membership price.
Places you can find me
Here on Substack, which is now also the home to my podcast: Crafty Ass Female.
In my free Feminist Scrapbooking community & app: The Awesome Ladies Project.
The ALP YouTube Channel.
Teaching at Feminist Scrapbook School, including our Noon ET Daily Pages Livestream every weekday