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
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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