Louise playing in Pam's Teesha journal.

I was thrilled when mum sent me her journal from round 4

 as I love theme and I wanted a good sticky beak 

at all the lovely pages done by everyone. 

We are very close and love to live near each other

 but I live in hot humid Grafton 

and they cant cope with the weather 

so they live hundreds of km away in the central west.

But mum loves Grafton and the jacarandas 

and the Jacaranda Festival 

so I wanted to do a page about Grafton and of course 

it had to be purple. 

Working in Teesha style to me means bright and busy

 with lots to look at,

 colourful borders, interesting words 

and unexpected quirky characters. 

So my jacaranda queens

 are not quite like any I have seen at festival time

 but they sure were fun to create. 

The next page I created was inspired by bugs- 

its summer time here and they are loving

 all the heat and rain we have had lately. 

Mum had 4 pages left and generously said I could play in all of them :) 

So I unearthed so much 'stuff'

you know all of that stuff we hoard for art?

This style of journalling is really good for using it all up. 

My girlfriend Kathy visited Paris a couple of years ago

 and shared some of the incredible exhibitions

 she saw with me through photos and bought back flyers and catalogs. 

So these pages are about Picasso and Paris as an armchair traveler.

As I was making my way through the piles of above mentioned stuff

 I came across some fashion mags. 

They have fabulous fonts and great imagery

 but I was a bit upset at the extravagance

 of it all and this page became a bit of a rant. 

I saw all of these shoes and shoes and shoes

 and knew I had a fabulous big die cut 

somewhere so they formed the basis of my last pages. 

However I was shocked at the ridiculousness of it all

the prices!

and where could you even wear them?

So many ways in my opinion that could better use those dollars. 

I should also say I own very few shoes 

and the most expensive are my well worn,

 paint splattered  redback work boots.