DIY mixedmedia art journal reuse scraps ♻️

[@mariakirchner6437]

Lovely Janet, thank-you🙏. So effective when you scraped the white paint which was picked up by the torn paper pieces, so nice with the gold also. Always enjoy seeing the many ways you incorporate paper and fabric , gorgeous heart. Thank-you also for sharing the crochet pattern for the triangle shawl, will give it a go. Love to all💖💖💖

[@janetnash]

Thank you so much Maria, it’s for me like ‘ make a mental note ‘ mix paper and fabric ! it feels so good to play with all those bits and pieces. The scarf is a Joy, it definitely won’t be my last one 🧶 Go gently Maria 🕯️🩵🫖🍪🐨✨📓

[@CatHand]

Hi Janet, I’m lovin’ your DIY journal, all the textures and fun! And yes, so relaxing! I also love the numbers found on the selvage edge of fabric! The new jigsaw puzzle is awesome! 🧩 Freddie may be fast asleep, but he always seems to know when snack time is approaching! 🤭 Such a sweet boy! Take care, stay warm, and have a fab weekend! 😊❤️🐾

[@janetnash]

Cat thank you so much. I love a book shop, especially one that serves coffee ! ☕️ 📚 I remember Borders on 5th Ave and Ben came to the table carrying a slice of New York cheese cake factory cheese cake. Mmm happy days. I walked out of the shop and said to a passer by, can you tell me where the Empire States building is ? He pointed and I looked up, can you believe I hadn’t seen it ! bit embarrassing 😊 Have a lovely weekend Cat, full of coffee and creativity

[@CatHand]

@@janetnash Aww, I’m sure he understood. There are lots of tourists in New York City, that aren’t sure where things are. 😉 Yes, bookstores are so cool! Sweet of Ben to bring you the cheesecake! 😋🩵☕️

[@janetnash]

@ oh yes cities are used to tourists 📸

[@redparrot9489]

Love a Friday tea time with you 💕💕💕. You have an outstanding cosy scarf selection. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. And look at Colin! Such a happy birb! Love from me and Gracie to you, Freddy and your entire crew. 💕

[@janetnash]

Thank you for sharing this time with us 🫖🍪 literally can you see the struggle I have to get a word in edge ways ! 🕰️ Have a creative and gentle weekend Maryellen and Gracie 🐈

[@aarntz61]

Thanks dear! Lovely journal ❤ Bye bye, Sophia 🧚‍♀️ & Anjo 🫂🕯👋👋

[@janetnash]

Thank you Anjo and little Sophia 🧚🏼 have a gentle weekend 🩵

[@lisajayne3859]

Hi Janet Freddie & Crew xx what a beautiful journal to add to xx love the colours and stitching xx What a beautiful scarf Janet xx❤❤❤❤ Lots of Love to everyone Janet xxx❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lisajayne3859]

Love the jigsaw Janet xxx ❤❤❤

[@janetnash]

Lisa thank you so much. Do hope you and the family are staying warm and safe ❄️ that was one of the first scarfs I crocheted 🧶 it’s so short and wonky ! very cosy though.

[@catherineminor5323]

I love your neck scarf, so colorful!! The journal looks awesome!! Thanks for sharing!! Have a happy weekend! 😍😍♥♥💕💕

[@janetnash]

Thank you so much Catherine, I do love autumnal colours. Do hope you have a lovely weekend too, with a bit of time for yourself 🩵

[@harmonyscreations3289]

I had to pause the video and study that book puzzle! How cool. Wuzzy Wig! It's a whimiscal wonderland on your desk! Primrose 🤣Love it. Yes, I think they could be called comfort journals with all the soft textures. 😊❤

[@janetnash]

Harmony thank you so much from us all 🦉 we just love this jigsaw, so cosy and so much to look at. Have a lovely gentle and arty weekend, love to little MooMoo 🐈

[@tammyfrazer9868]

I love your hearts and your dyed material.

[@janetnash]

Oh thank you so much Tammy, I just always seem to feel like making hearts ! ♥️

[@JeanneBaney]

I love the fabric heart on the cover. Nice to hear Collin! Hugs!

[@janetnash]

Thank you Jeanne and Bitsie from Freddie, Flo, Colin, myself and the crew. Keep warm and cosy ❄️🐾

[@terichiarelli6210]

Oh I love the cover Janet! Also the crochet scarf you are wearing😍 Thanks for the inspiration👍🏻

[@janetnash]

Teri thank you so much for your lovely kind and encouraging words 🧡

[@GwenTheTrashWitch]

Hi Janet!! Always so inspired to see all your creative ideas! I love that cover and all you shared here today. ❤❤

[@janetnash]

Gwen thank you so much for your lovely kind words 🩵

[@joparker9052]

I'm looking forward to trying some of this with my daughter this weekend. ❤

[@janetnash]

Jo, I do hope you have a wonderful time creating and sharing time together 🩵

[@kristinasshack]

Lovely gentle art session Janet 💜 What a beautiful matchbox 💛 Hi Freddie 🖤 & sewing machines 🖤

[@janetnash]

Thank you so much Kristina, isn’t the matchbox beautiful, it was a gift, you know it’s going to become a journal or a handy place to put things in don’t you ! 😊✨🫖🧚🏼

[@myhillsidegarden3998]

Love your scarf. Beautiful colors. The windows are beautiful. Loved seeing what you were working on. Have a wonderful weekend. Catherine

[@janetnash]

Catherine thank you so much, the windows are coming on so nicely, that one is Freddie’s window seat, he loves to keep an eye on the road ! Take good care 🩵

[@SylviaD]

what a beautiful colorful journal Janet 😍😍 I love your page with this heart 😍😍 thank you so much for the inspiration my friend ❤ waves of love for you, freddie and your magical tribe 💖💖💖💖

[@janetnash]

Sylvia thank you so much, your art / play has been such an inspiration, gluing, tearing, dripping. Sending love to you across the sea 🌊 🧚🏼🌳

[@Helen_kittycat_crafts]

Happy friday janet xx gorgeous jigsaw i love little bookshops like that.oh you are so like me with little jars,cups and bowls with little pretty scraps inside,buttons beads bits of ribbon,bits from books. Your journal is really coming together beautifully ❤ big snuggles for freddie ❤

[@janetnash]

Helen thank you, yes bookshops can be so cosy and inviting. Hope you are keeping cosy and warm. ❄️🩵

[@heathertroynak9041]

The cover is glorious! Every choice you made I was smiling at and shaking my head yes! It’s so precious! I love the sewn edge. Also, you have such a cute and elegant way of catching your yarn to pull through when you crochet. I could watch it all day ❤

[@janetnash]

Heather oh thank you so much. I do find it relaxing to have a pile of scraps and just see what happens. 🧶 I’m doing the bobble border on the link scarf right now ! Take good care

[@heathertroynak9041]

@@janetnashooooh, I bet your borer turned out so sweet!!

[@janetnash]

@heathertroynak9041 oh thank you it’s lovely , curling up a bit so I am literally just blocking it . Any crochet projects for you this weekend ?

[@lalagamma4452]

This little Journal will be a treasure for its new owner, filled with positive energy, joy and creative play. John F. Kennedy so eloquently said, 'If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.' Warm regards and peace from Lillian, Buddy, Rose, Lulu Ladybug, and The Pineapple County Gang. Namaste 🐞🧚🐾

[@janetnash]

Thank you so much dear Lala, thank you so much for choosing this quote for us 🩵 sending love to you, Barney and the family 🐞

[@janetnash]

Flo sends her love to Lillian too 🧚🏼🐞

[@lalagamma4452]

Buddy and the family send you and your family the same. 🐞

[@janetnash]

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[@lianejones598]

Hi Janat…. Love your projects… happy journaling ❤

[@janetnash]

Liane thank you so much for your lovely encouragement. Do hope you have an arty weekend 🩵

[@rhiannon5627]

I love how the journal turned out. I need to try some stitching. I have the same bookshop puzzle and it's my favorite! Hope you enjoy it!

[@janetnash]

Rhiannon thank you so much. I really did enjoy ripping up paper and sticking it together again ! We have done this jigsaw a few times, I was trying to think where I got it from, Waterstones bookshop ? Take good care of yourself 🩵

[@barbibarnum]

Oh I so wish I could crochet on days like today. You’re doing a beautiful job. My great Auntie tried to teach me but I just found it frustrating. I’m stitching while watching you. It was a very relaxing visit.

[@janetnash]

Thank you so much for visiting and gently stitching along. There are times and seasons for everything. I started crochet watching KZbin tutorials ( Bella coco ) is great, started with wonky scarves loads of undoing 🧶 then started on the granny squares. Maybe when the time is right you may have a go ? Was talking to the cashier at Hobbycraft and he said crochet not for him he finds it so frustrating, it’s understandable. As I say ‘ create what makes your heart happy 💕

[@inkiwell]

So relaxing 🥰 (hi Freddie)

[@janetnash]

Dede thank you so much from Freddie and me 🩵🐾

[@daffodilangel8724]

Joy 😊❤️🐨🇦🇺👍

[@janetnash]

J can you believe in all the frost I saw daffodil leaves coming up ? just a peep but always a sign of hope 🌼

[@daffodilangel8724]

@ how delightful to see the start of the daffs. We have been watching Taylors Aboard YT showing breach at Bridgewater Canal near Manchester and it had been minus 10 overnight so i’m guessing it is cold where you too. Hugs to you all and keep warm, J 🐨🇦🇺👍🌼🥵xxxx ps here it is hot

[@janetnash]

Oh J I do hope you can manage to keep cool enough to rest and sleep. Our weather here in the South is usually milder, but it was -5 in the park today and the frost was so pretty ❄️☀️🌼

[@lisagigliotti7210]

Very nice

[@janetnash]

Lisa thank you so much. Have a lovely day 🩵

[@susanhill5958]

So pretty and so relaxing to watch! 🩵🩵

[@janetnash]

Susan thank you so much, I really did find it relaxing to create. Sending you love 🩵

[@paulasaraivajournal]

😍🥰

[@janetnash]

Paula lovely to see you 🩵

[@orbs66]

Good evening Janet, Freddie, Flo, Jennifer, and Colin. What a lovely art journal you are making!. I just love your style, so grungy and eclectic mix!!. Also, I loved your crochet scarf. Did you make it?. Will def stitch on my art journal. I never thought of that!!... Have a relaxing weekend. Hopefully time for crafting too!!. Hope Ben is enjoying his time in 🇺🇬 Uganda.?. Hugs, love, and blessings achta ya'll Karen xxxx

[@janetnash]

Karen good afternoon 🫖🍪 time for a cuppa. Thank you so much, it really was therapeutic to make. I did make my scarf, in the early days of my crochet journey back in 2021, it’s lovely and wonky. Thank you I will sit and do a bit of slow stitching I think, how about you ? Sending love 🕯️

[@orbs66]

@janetnash Bless your beautiful heart and soul. Hugs to ya'll xxx

[@janetnash]

@orbs66 have a restful evening Karen 🩵

[@orbs66]

@janetnash Definitely, doing whimsical birds for a junk journal!. What are you doing? Crochet or slow stitch? Xxx

[@janetnash]

@@orbs66 oh how wonderful you love creating birds 🧵 I have been doing a project with buttons and the bobble border on my pink scarf 🧣

[@lindaaga368]

❤ America

[@janetnash]

Linda yes love to America and the 🌏 and especially to our lovely creative worldwide community.

[@rhondamitchell5892]

Well hello to you and Freddie hope you are haveing a wonderful weekend your knitting and so am i omg your blanket over your lap is beautiful did you make it ??😊😊😊😊❤❤❤love from Tennessee

[@janetnash]

Rhonda hi from Freddie and me to you in sunny Tennessee ☀️ I did make the granny square blanket back when I started crochet in 2021, I so enjoyed making all the squares and piling them up. Have a lovely creative weekend 🧶

[@jackieo8693]

I tried a little "paint scraping" today!

[@janetnash]

Oh fantastic, did you enjoy it ?

[@jackieo8693]

@janetnash yes I had never tried it before! Love trying new art techniques

[@tammyfrazer9868]

Did you make Primrose Hibiscus? She’s so so cute.

[@janetnash]

Isn’t she a cutie and always has a positive word for us. Linda sent her to me all the way from America 🧡