busy busy saturday

i managed to haul my butt out of bed on a sunny saturday morning and hightail it on over to the ferry building to have a etsy meetup & coffee with beth (etsy admin) and a group of local etsians.


after the meetup, me and nadine (theseawithin) headed over to the east bay and went to explore ikea and the east bay reuse depot!



i found a mail box which i immediately had to have. here in sf, we dont really use mail boxes, our door has a mail slot and thats it. so ive always wanted a classic mailbox. i was happy with my finds, and it was a little bit of a drag though, once i realized i would have to carry it on bart and muni, but i managed with my handy etsy tote.

then it was onto the screening of the 1000 journals documentary. i had heard about the film a year or two ago, and was excited to be able to finally see it. it was a very moving and many interesting and funny stories emerged in the film. what was even cooler was that after the show - someguy - who created the project brought out some of the journals from the project and we got to page through them and add in our own words and art.


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note: pages of art done by various participants in the 1000 journals project. the journals that someguy had were not completely filled up yet.

art journaling

ive been art journaling like crazy lately. ive recently started writing and scribbling on my pages and it is so fun.

the backgrounds are acrylic paints (the cheap craft kind by plaid) that have been diluted with water to give a sheer watercolor look to them...

sf bay area etsy meetup

i had a fun time last saturday meeting a group of etsy sellers for coffee in berkeley. around 10 people showed up, which was great! we chattered and talked all about etsy and selling for about 2 hours in an otherwise quiet coffee shop (except for our group) and it was fun, i think it would be great to meet up once a month.




the attendees were: shopwhimsy, theseawithin, beetlelady, ohmay, audelaine, shellmitchell,chunkyandfunky