rukristin’s Roundup: November 24th, 2023
Things I’m thankful for…including you!
Hi friends!
Happy Friday. I hope that you’re having a great week, whether you’re celebrating holidays with family and friends, or just hanging out getting ready for the end of the year.
We had a great Thanksgiving here at home, just Jeff and I. We roasted a pork shoulder instead of cooking a turkey this year, and our sides came out just amazingly. I got some good pictures this year (I chronically forget to photograph holidays) and I’m excited to scrapbook our best Thanksgiving in years.
I’m also excited to be writing my newsletters over here on Substack. It’s been a really easy transition. It’s great to have all of my old blog content, some of my more recent writing, and the podcast under the the same roof.
I love the idea of a Friday roundup. It’s an easy way for us to keep in touch each week and for me to let you know what’s going on around here, and a few of the different things that I find out there for you.
Over the next few months, I’ll probably test out a few different things in this Friday roundup — hit up the reply button and let me know if there’s anything that you’re loving and definitely want me to keep around.
I hope that the rest of your weekend is amazing <3
This week’s Daily Pages
Monday
11/20/23 Daily Pages: Currently Stamped Hexagons
Daily Pages is the best place to play around with new supplies. So, when I got a new stamp set over the weekend, I knew I wanted to use it in today's page. Mondays are for Currently List, the journal challenge I've done each week for the last ten or so years. Usually I've got a journaling card to make it easy to start the week, but today I used some stamps to list out my Currently.
Tuesday
Daily Pages 11/21/23: The Joy of Cutting Paper
I really wanted to create something that was minimally taxing on my brain. I flipped through the products from my latest Ali Edwards’ Story Kit that arrived over the weekend and found this great 4x6 quote card that I thought would look great cut up all ransom-note style.
Wednesday
Daily Pages 11/22/23:
Behind the Page For today’s page, I wanted to do two things: paint with some watercolors, and journal about what I was thankful for this year. The perfect pre-Thanksgiving Day page. Technique of the Day I started out with some watercolor paper and these great
Thursday & Friday
I took off for the holiday! Here are a few pictures from my food adventures.
Tip of the Week
Doing your Currently List journaling for the week doesn’t always have to be on a Currently List journaling card; you can pull out your favorite inks and stamps and create your own prompts. Currently List stamps available here.
A Look Ahead
Storyteller’s Almanac: Starts Monday for FSS students (available to everyone mid-December)
Mim’s Free Sticker Society Summit: December 6+7th
Updates on my December Daily Pages project
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.
Thanks so much for joining me here in this community. This post may contain affiliate links. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or questions — please feel free to hit the reply button, or come leave a comment on the Substack post. <3
Loving this roundup format so much!
I wish I could nudge our family dinner toward a pork roast - sounds yummy. And I cannot wait for the Almanac class to begin!