Studio Vlog #36 - Powell's Books, Stationery Shops, & Cozy Painting ✨🎨

Happy Friday & Happy June🌼 I've got quite the fun filled and chatty vlog for you today! Including a fun trip downtown visiting Powell's and cozy shops with ‪@MorganLong‬ and some very cozy painting in the studio. Definitely get cozy and settle in or put it on in the background while you work on something! Thank you so much for being here and for watching! Enjoy 💛
If you want to check out Morgan's cozy vlog which includes some fun from our day downtown, you can watch it here: • A rainy weekend in the...
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[@andreibontas8736]

I came here from Morgan Long's channel, and I just want to express how grateful I feel for such people like you two existing. Your videos - no, your entire lives - are so inspiring that they make me want to leave all that makes me unhappy and hide in a cottage in the woods, to heal my soul and feed my creativity.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Andrei! Thank you so so much for your kind and encouraging words. They mean so much to me and I am so honored and overjoyed to have you here apart of this cozy community too! 💛 I hope you have an amazing week ahead! And maybe even some time to relax and feed your creativity too! ✨

[@shaikhalifa3133]

Me too

[@OnelineadaywithLaura]

Hihi me too! Ești român? 🤗 Și mie îmi plac foarte mult canalele de genul. Dacă mai știi vreunul te rog să îmi recomanzi 😄

[@jedpido737]

Randi, I saw you with Morgan on her vlog and learned that you're her best friend so I checked your videos and they're all amazing! Love the peace, serenity, and creativity you put in it. Waving from the Philippines! :)

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hello!!! How wonderful to have you here. Thank you so so much for your kind words and I feel so honored. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!✨

[@evangelinepoe8952]

Randi - the flowers and bees and nature shots are gorgeous. You got skills! 🥰🌻🌿 Love the fox in a bookstore painting too. You’re creating the dream you hold in your heart 💚 and it’s so well deserved. Hope you have a beautiful day. 🦊🪲🐝

[@RandiLynnReed]

Ah! Thank you so so much, Evangeline! You are too kind! I am so happy you enjoyed and your support and encouragement mean so so much! 💛

[@EmmaParnell]

Oh, how amazing to find another kindred spirit youtuber! Thank you for lighting up this little corner of the internet with your videos and creating a safe space for all of us to come to. I can't wait to watch many many more!!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so much Emma! So so kind of you and I am honored to have you here! 💛

[@booksjournalsandletters]

Yesssssssssss

[@MorganLong]

I loved this video! It was extra special getting to see our day through your perspective : ) thank you so much for everything you said about me, really truly it means so much 💛 Your videos always feel like a hug!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you sweetest friend! And most definitely right back at you💛

[@idabustamante7081]

forever grateful and blessed to have met you through Morgan's channel . . you 2 amazing ladies have wonderful talents and gifts to share w/the world . . I was so happy to watch (binge) through all of your videos . . stay amazing my friend ❤️ 🙋‍♀️🦋🌈🌻🌺🌸🌷💐🌹🥰

[@hellofromthecocoon]

So incredibly happy to wind and weave our way here. Morgan has been so inspiring with her videos, journey, and whimsy....so the two of you hanging out together and just existing as magical people in the world makes everything that much better. Your videos are so so sweet and inspiring to us creative souls. Can't wait to watch so many more! ❤️ much much love to you and hope it warms up soon in Portland!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so so much! This made me smile SO big and I am just so grateful and honored by your kind and encouraging words. I am so glad you are enjoying and I am overjoyed to have you here!!! 💛 ✨

[@hellofromthecocoon]

@@RandiLynnReed ah! Just the best feeling so having gladness bouncing back and forth hehe ☺️💚🌱🌷🐻🦊

[@mehdikarimivagargahi5178]

Wonderful!

[@lizziemg3486]

I too came because of seeing you on Morgan's channel and I see why you are best friends! Your fox painting is absolutely so sweet; I love it!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so much, Lizzie! I am so happy to have you here! She is quite literally the best and I am so honored so many of you have hopped on over to my channel as well! I am so glad you loved the fox painting too 🦊 💛

[@IfWeWerePoets]

What a cozy and wholesome video, Randy 🌼 I love watching yours and Morgan's videos! Wishing you a wonderful day 🌻

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so so much! I am SO happy you enjoyed! 💛 You will definitely enjoy Morgan's when she posts her's today! :) Have a beautiful weekend!!!

[@elizabethcruzmartinez868]

Randi, thank you so much! I feel now more in peace, this is amazing! 🤍

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you!!! I am so glad you enjoyed :)

[@taylorbuckley9441]

Randi - I ran across your artwork a long time ago on Instagram and loved it so of course I follow you, but I only just realized you have this channel! It’s people like you with the sweet life you live and letting us take a peak that help my heart feel happy from the middle of a rat race community. Thanks so much for the loveliness and please do carry on a with this dream!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw Taylor, thank you so much for your incredibly kind comment! I am so honored and overjoyed to have you here and I am so happy to hear you find comfort from these videos! I hope you have a wonderful week ahead! 💛

[@OnelineadaywithLaura]

The mug is very very beautiful! 🧡

[@kimcartwright8111]

I loved this video! Glad to see you and Morgan had a great time together. The fox in the library painting is wonderful. I've said it before and I will say it again, you are so talented!!! Take care.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so much, Kim!!! 💛

[@rachu816]

Just had to pause and say that bee footage is just MAGICAL. Wow! 🐝

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so much, Rachel!!! They were SO hard to catch on my camera since they move so fast, but was happy to have caught a few good clips! ✨

[@rachu816]

@@RandiLynnReed I bet! But you totally got beauty shots ♥️

[@danielschear556]

Ditto. Amazing bee footage! Bees...So beautiful...Love the honey, Hate the sting!🐝🤣

[@HerCupOfCOZY]

Randi, how I wish I had those gorgeous flowers to enjoy my coffee by!!😍 I loved your fun day!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aren't they so vibrant?! Ah, I love them too. And thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed 🌸 ✨

[@BuddhiniKanchanaEkanayake]

Beautiful work.

[@Lillyjoy]

What a relaxing intro and your painting is so lovely! I'm glad your video was in my recommended!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh I am so happy you enjoyed!! Thank you so much💛

[@huggyhuggsbears1265]

Hi Randi, I'm new to your channel, but I'm so glad I stumbled upon your vlogs. First of all I have to congratulate you on how beautifully the intro was filmed, it looked so professional, for a moment I thought I was watching a nature programme, and what a beautiful garden you have, your own personal refuge. The pace of modern day life, the noise and dealing with whatever life throws at us, your vlogs are so calming and relaxing, they are like an antidote for the madness going on around us. A HUGE THANKYOU for your fantastic vlogs and your amazing artwork, any praise you get is so well deserved. I draw as a hobby and I am completely self taught, I think I may send you a drawing as a Thankyou. My area of interest is fantasy, from dragons (I'm addicted to them), to angels, gods, demons through to dancing fauns... I shall have to think carefully what I'm going to send you. Once again Thankyou for being YOU, you're an inspiration to many, many viewers out there, and long may your channel run and continue to grow. You've just got yourself a new subby, Lots of Love & Best Wishes to you from all the way from the UK, England...God Bless you Randi xx

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you SO much for taking the time to write such a beautifully encouraging, kind, & thoughtful comment! It truly means the world to me read comments like these & I just feel so grateful & honored!!! I wish you all the best & I am overjoyed to have you here! 💛 ✨

[@nono-ms8mx]

Your welcome! I'll support your channel!

[@RandiLynnK]

The Girl Who Drank the Moon is one of my favorite middle grade books and maybe even books in general! I also recommend the audiobook. The voices really make it come alive. I love reading along while listening to audiobooks ☺️

[@RandiLynnReed]

Ah! I am getting so many good reviews like this and it is getting me SO excited to dive in. And I have heard good things about the audio book, I may just have to get that too! 🌙 💛

[@hello_from_nic2998]

Oh Randi, I have read both books you got at Powells and I can tell you that you have wonderful reading moments ahead of you 🤗 Thank you for this wonderful vlog. It's always a favourite of mine when you take us to the bookstore 🥰

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh how wonderful to hear! I am so looking forward to both reads and love that you loved them too! 💛 🦊 🌙 And thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed!

[@MILKandHONEY13]

Just found this video! You remind me so much of Morgan Long! Visually stunning and so atmospheric. Keep up the wonderful work!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so so much! And well, we are best friends after all!✨

[@HopeontheCoast]

I absolutely loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon. I read it last year and It's one of my all-time favorite middle-grade books now!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh this makes me SO excited to read it!!! 🌙✨

[@julenkah]

How I wish to be that fox, cozy dungarees and a huge library? Definitely life goals🤓

[@RandiLynnReed]

I know right?! Me too! 🦊 💛

[@dayemoreno267]

Randi, I think an author you (and Morgan) might like (and perhaps have read before) is Gladys Taber. She was a Creative Writing Professor and lived in NYC until she and her best friend bought a house in the country in Connecticut (called Stillmeadow) where she proceeded to write about their life with dogs and gardening and all things really. They are older books and my grandmother introduced me to them years ago (she and Gladys wrote back and forth to each other). My favorite is called The Stillmeadow Road. 💕

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so much for this recommendation, Daye! Now reading the name, I think someone else mentioned her in a comment on one of my videos a while back! I definitely need to check her out and I will look into the one you mentioned as your favorite! ✨

[@dayemoreno267]

@@RandiLynnReed it may well have been me who recommended it before 😂 After I posted that comment I thought, “wait, did I already tell her this”?!?! I’d so I apologize but I do really think you would enjoy her books. Enjoy your week!

[@suzanneparvey4346]

Loved this video Randi as it is another wet day in PDX and I needed this to lift me up to greet the day. I really enjoyed watching the bee gather pollen and of course watching you create your art. I am partial to your woodland animals so the fox reading with the book shelf is just delightful. I love it! I think I would enjoy the book "Fox and I" as well. I am behind in my reading and goodness I can relate to your need for the sunshine. It definitely lifts my spirits and gives me more energy. You also went to some of my favorite spots in PDX. Love that stationary shop and I have eaten at Harlow on Hawthorne after visiting Powells. Just so much fun to do. Try to enjoy this wet Friday and weekend. The sunshine returns next week! It gives us more time to sit down this weekend with a good book and cup of comforting tea. :) Cheers friend!

[@RandiLynnReed]

It’s so fun to hear that our little excursion hit some of your favorite spots!!! And that we always have so much in common! Yes, holding tight to the sunshine we’ve had and will carry it through the wet weekend! But yes, I love your idea to get cozy and read with a good cup of tea💛 I am definitely going to try to do that! Thank you so much as always, Suzanne!🌼 have a wonderful weekend!

[@francinetjones1814]

I loved Oblation Papers & Press so much I placed an order. They had the perfect baby card for a cousin and watercolor paper packs ON SALE!

[@beatrizbentes3271]

I love your videos, Randi. You are so talented and have a lovely soul.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh thank you so so much! I am honored and feel so encouraged by your words!💛 I am so happy you enjoy them!

[@michellemooney4225]

I luv your artwork! It’s amazing! Your videos make me feel very happy!

[@juliekdavis73]

Hi Randi. I came here from Morgan’s channel. Your videos are lovely. So happy to be here.🌼🌼

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw, hello Julie! I am overjoyed to have you here. Thank you so so much for joining me and it makes my heart SO happy to hear you are enjoying my videos too! 💛

[@natalietowner6780]

Wow I love your woodland critters 💜

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you✨

[@KPLifewithTravel]

Something different nice again 👍

[@JessicaAnderson-yd8xv]

I absolutely love your illustrations. Love your channel and all your content.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh thank you so so much! I am honored 💛

[@MipTorreDeLibros]

Hi Randi! Beautiful video 🤗 I love The illustration for Patreon ♥️ so cozy and it's funny to see Morgan in your videos, i'm glad you have great time together 🌻

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so so much! I am so glad you enjoyed!💛 and yes, we have so much fun together!✨

[@praveenpanakkaparambil136]

Marvelous

[@wangxiao2019]

This is so beautiful and you are such a beautiful person too!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw I am so honored, thank you so much! ✨

[@KristenMelissa]

Hi Randi 💕 I lived in Portland the last 9 years and just unexpectedly had to move away last month. I miss it soo much. 💛 Seeing the city and Powells and the Beautiful Spring flowers in your and Mo's videos has been a comfort to my heart. 🥺📚☕️🌷 I had the joy of getting to know Morgan over the last year and I wish I had had the chance to meet you too! I share your deep love of nature and you seem like such a kindred spirit. 💖 This video was absolutely beautiful and you have inspired me to pick up my camera again! ✨️ I look forward to following along with your videos! Also, your artwork is magnificent!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Kristen!! It is so nice to finally connect! Morgan has talked about you and I so wish we could have connected in person too as I hadn't realized you had moved! Kindred spirits indeed! I am so so glad you have found comfort from the glimpses of Portland and I am honored you have felt inspired to pick up filming again!!! I am so overjoyed to have you here!!! Thank you! 💛 ✨

[@KristenMelissa]

Yay! I'm so happy to be here! ✨️Yes, it has been an abrupt and unexpected move.. but, I truly believe I will return to Oregon to live someday (and visit of course!). The abundant nature there is where my heart belongs.😌 You capture it so beautifully in your films! 💕

[@danielschear556]

Randi Lynn: Greetings from "The Mile High Desert" of far west Texas! Just saw you for the first time in the latest Memorial Day Weekend video from Morgan Long. I enjoyed your presence & relate to your creative, down-to-earth positive persona and therefore am glad to be a new subscriber to your channel. At 73 years-of-age, I've earned the right to be an official "grumpy old man"👺so DON'T DISAPPOINT ME! LOL!🤣🤣🤣 BTW, love your fantastic art work & happy third wedding anniversary!🥂

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw Daniel! Thank you so so much! I am honored and overjoyed to have you join my little community too and hope you continue to enjoy my videos!💛✨ have a wonderful weekend!!

[@heatherkane5913]

I'm coming from Morgan's channel also! I love your style and energy!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so much, Heather! ✨

[@c8Lorraine1]

I come here to relax and your KZbin channel is the best, thank you. I’m also a new subscriber.

[@cossetpineda464]

Hermoso!

[@tanyajohnston8262]

just found your video through Morgan Long. Loving them so far :) Your art work is beautiful ! Ever give little drawing lessons ?

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so much!!! I am SO happy to have you here💛🌼

[@Amarantis]

What a cozy vlog and your paintings are lovely! have to check your other videos now :)

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed ✨

[@juliafonseca2131]

Randi, the patreon painting is perfect! This was such a fun video ^^

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw, I am so glad you love it!!! Thank you 💛

[@14judita]

Hi there i just subscribed to your channel from watchn Morgan’s which i got introduced from Christy Anne Jones channel…what a treat to find in one sitting 2 more outstanding channels from these collaborations…feeling giddy and very excited…i love that you all compliment each other and are like an extension of each other…btw u had me at hello but u grabbed me when i saw ur illustration of fox 🦊 and i also have a copy of fox and I and went thru a fox phase wanting everything fox…lookn forward to enjoying your channel and talents…thank you so much and wishing you all the best

[@RandiLynnReed]

Oh hello! I am so honored to have you here & thank you so much for your incredibly kind and encouraging words! I am so happy to know you enjoyed this video and are enjoying all of our channels! They both are so inspiring and such wonderful creators! I hope you continue to enjoy and I hope you have a wonderful week ahead! ✨

[@lisahessberg8422]

Found you through Morgan's video and am so glad! Your artwork is beautiful, and I look forward to watching future videos. I'm also a big Rifle Paper Co fan 😊

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so much, Lisa! 💛

[@georginagarforth8367]

Lovely to see you and Morgan together. Will you be doing a calendar for 2023?

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you!! ✨ and yes, most definitely will be doing a 2023 calendar!!!

[@StephanieVFineArt]

Randi, this all so lovely 🥰 I started following you since I joined Morgan's Patreon and I think this is so far my favourite video of yours! I love the illustration you made, it's so warm and cozy (I admit I'm a bit biased because I love everything fox and book related). And the scenes with the bee at the beginning of the video are so mesmerising 🥰 Keep creating ❤️

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so so much Stephanie! I am SO honored you have been around for so long and I am overjoyed to hear you've been enjoying my videos! Its also so encouraging to hear 💛

[@StephanieVFineArt]

@@RandiLynnReed Definitely keep going 😊

[@MatildaRabbit]

22:19 That box is so cute!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Isn’t it?! And it even has extra magic on the inside! It’s an actual little fox den with three tinnnnny hand made foxes! I’ll have to share the inside soon! 🦊✨

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great vlog

[@c8Lorraine1]

Hello from AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺

[@griveauisabelle494]

Your videos are so relaxing and your art is wonderful. Love your woodland animals 🦊 🦌 🧡

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so so much!💛💛

[@aprilh5186]

I would love to see inside your travelers notebooks (if they aren't personal). Do you keep a planner or lists or small sketches/paintings?

[@RandiLynnReed]

I usually have notebooks for each thing! So I have one where I keep all my lists and to dos and one for sketches or paintings while traveling!

[@maryberube8739]

Randi, I found you through Morgan and just enjoyed your video very much. You are a very talented artist! I plan to watch all your videos. I saw in the background you have a book "Fox Family". Would you mind sharing who the author is? Thank you!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hello! I am so happy to have you here!! Thank you so much and I am so glad you enjoyed :) I can totally share! The book is called "Fox Family - Four Seasons of Animal Life' and it is by Minoru Taketazu 🦊

[@briegowin306]

Both videos from this day you and Morgan had are soooo beautifully done, I love your friendship! This is so heartwarming and I love your perspective of the simple joys. By the way I can’t get over how much I love the brown dress you’re wearing, may I ask where it’s from? Thank you for such peaceful content!!

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you SO much, Brie! I happened upon the dress at a consignment shop her in Portland! The tag reads "Calista" so maybe they are still for sale somewhere online! ✨

[@melandrialessandra25]

❤❤❤

[@AndreeaEremiaArt]

So beautiful art video. I love your all videos. Good job dear friend ❤❤

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you so so much!!! I always appreciate your comments💛✨

[@alexiswilliamson5560]

Thought of a great picture that could be sweet

[@praveenpanakkaparambil136]

Marble beauty

[@kaylag9579]

You are so sweet and genuine. Will your fix in the bookstore or by the bookshelf be available for purchase?

[@RandiLynnReed]

The fox in the bookstore illustration is exclusive to my Patreon page, and it this month's Patreon mini print reward! I will also have it in my 2023 calendar which will be available in October!

[@amywoolsey6591]

Inspired! Along with your artwork, I especially loved your video clips with the bees. Those little buggers are more difficult to capture than people may think and you did a marvelous job. I've been working on bee drawings so I've got some experience trying to take pictures of them. Your images are so close to them! They do love to fly out of the viewfinder ;) I actually love that about them, that is the way they go about their business not caring that there is a human just inches away trying to take their picture :) Have a wonderful day. I wish you, and @UC0Kj9m2VNjf8oPVcdZEuTVg, the best.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Thank you, Amy! Yes, bees and butterflies are some of THE hardest things to capture on camera! I was portably out there for 45 minutes trying to get just a few good clips, haha! I am happy you enjoyed and appreciated them. 🐝 ✨ Have a wonderful week!!!

[@conifercrow]

Oblation! Between Blick, Powell's, and Oblation, I swear, my credit cards just scream in fear when I'm headed downtown. I, uh, may have just bought a manual typewriter over there. It writes in italics. How could I say no to that? (I'm just north of you, btw, in SE WA.)

[@RandiLynnReed]

hahaha isn't that the truth! And ahh! I was sooo tempted to buy a typewriter too! There was a beautiful dusty pink one I had my eye on! ✨

[@greendaybeanfiend]

Where is that rabbit painting from (left of you, on your desk)? I love it!! 😍

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hi!! It’s by an artist, Lily Seika Jones. she goes by @rivuletpaper on instagram!

[@WendyDewarHughes]

BTW, stationary means not moving; stationery is paper goods, which are sold by stationers.

[@RandiLynnReed]

Ah! Thank you for reminding me. I ALWAYS get them mixed up haha!

[@WendyDewarHughes]

@@RandiLynnReed You're not alone. It's a common mistake.

[@cgtool2127]

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[@elizabethstahl9588]

Hi! I was just curious what kind of water colors and tools do you like to use?

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hi! I love Windsor and Newton watercolors! I have to confess, I haven't tried very many brands, but that one has been consistent for me for years! I also love palettes and brushes from Sugarhouse Ceramic Co!

[@homebody3132]

Perhaps I missed it in a previous video. Will the patreon drawings also be available to purchase through your official store?

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hi!! As of right now, they will be exclusive to patreon! However, I will be adding them to my 2023 calendar when that goes up for sale during the holidays!✨

[@maryirvine8153]

Hi Randi Lynn or do you just go by Randi? I am a new subscriber to your channel and enjoy watching your videos, you have immense talent, i wish i could draw like you, who knows, with some practice, i may be able to. I am a subscriber of Morgan long also so will have your videos and hers to enjoy since, although i am older, i do have the same interests as you both such as reading, drawing or in my case, doodling, drinking tea among other interests so know in advance that i will enjoy watching your videos.👍🙂

[@maryirvine8153]

👍

[@RandiLynnReed]

Hello Mary! Thank you for asking, I just go by Randi (Lynn is actually my middle name!). I totally believe you could get there with practice! Absolutely believe it! It's so fun to hear your other interests/hobbies too! I am so honored to have you here and watching my videos! Thank you so so much for all your encouraging words! I hope you continue to enjoy :)

[@maryirvine8153]

@@RandiLynnReed You are more than welcome!😊

[@maryirvine8153]

and Thank you, i can address you by Randi from now on.

[@scrapin4mhe]

I came here from Morgan’s channel also! You are an incredible artist! I’m so thrilled to have another channel to watch! How fun!!! PS. Do you have a Patreon I can follow also?

[@RandiLynnReed]

Aw thank you so so much! I am so happy to have you here! And, I will very very soon! I am planning on launching my Patreon July 1st!!! I will definitely be posting about the launch here and on my Instagram when it goes live so you'll be sure to know when it goes up for you to check out :) 💛 ✨