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If I send you mail that has postage due please let me know! ~~~~ Hello November

Welcome pumpkins, autumn colors, cool nights.

Today I discovered this junk journal artist and I’ve fallen in love with his style though I do love many styles like last week I binged on another artist. Today I found Jack Ravi from Scotland his website is JackRavi.com and last week it was Wendy Robinson and her username isThe Unexpected Gypsy she has an Instagram and Tik Tok and YouTube and Etsy with that name.

Reading new books this month: Malcom Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point

Canoes by Maylis de Kerangal

The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

Listening to the new Neal Stephenson audiobook Polostan. I’m loving it goes back in the beginning to the building of our local Golden Gate Bridge here in San Francisco, California.

I’ve got next on deck to read, Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy and Michiko Aoyama’s book: What you are looking for is in the library.

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Paper: I love paper!! Any kind of paper, stationery, loose pieces of paper, letter sets, postcards, notecards, ephemera.

Arts & crafts I’m into are journals, book pages like old books including illustrated flowers and plants, washi tape, wrapping paper, home made paper, yarn, tissue, packaging, found objects, and more.

Thank you for all the extras and gifts from you all!!!

Anything paper related, stationery, die cuts,

Eclectic

Vintage or new but in a vintage style

Junk journals and fodder for them

Art all kinds and every style of art and crafts

Doodles

ephemera, any

Lace

Ribbons

Rice paper

Sari ribbon

Stamped images

Stickers

Washi tape

Found objects

Dyed by ink or store bought or hand dyed fabric or yarn

Recipes

Junk journals and scrapbooks

I like all colors.

I don’t have any dislikes. Well I avoid the occult. I dabbled in it and I do it recommend messing around with it or my experience was frightening to me. Of course, results may differ for each person but magic, the occult, tarot and all of that stuff in staying away from now.

That said I do accept my own shadow and dark sides.

Recent tv series that I am watching is the Ice Murders set in Italy. It’s part of the PBS Masterpiece subscription. And I’ve been working through all these different ones the Paris Murders, murder in Sweden aka Maria Wern, Prime Suspect the old ones back 30 years. Van der Valk which is set in the Netherlands. Ice Cold Murders is a show from Italy from the Italian Alps and I’m watching that show too.

Here are a few of the artists and makers I watch at YouTube:

Pen pal with me style videos though they can be a bit in the young side and I’m nearly 60years old…mainly my fav is Hedda aka mochibujo

Caroline on the Hillside

Ana Bondu she works in French mostly and her specialty is Gelli prints

Barbara at 49dragonflies

Claire at art_journal love

Cathy’s Garden

Denise Love aka @2lilowlsstudio and she makes intuitive abstract art very colorful

Dyan Reaveley

Tim Holtz

Dina Wakely

Maremi Small Art

Amity Bloom

Gayle Agostinelli

Helen Colebrook

Jackie Bernardi

Jane Davenport

Louise Heinzl

Mystele

Niamh Baly

Nicole Relax.Cut.Glue

Nik the Booksmith

Pink Odd Bird

Roxy Creations

Shabbydabbydoodah

ShanoukiArt

Shawn Petite

Susanne Rose Art

Teal and Tattered Journal

The Paper Outpost

TiffanySmplySharpe

Willowing

These are my favorites!!!