Look Behind You

While in NYC for a week, I worked in my ever-present travel journal. I used a journal made by Pamela Huntington  that I had purchased a couple of years ago at Artfest. It was small, so I was able to fill the pages easily and quickly. I knew that with my busy schedule upon returning from New York, I wouldn't get a chance to work on it again, so I worked madcap in the morning before we left for the day and in the evening before turning into bed. On our nine-hour flight home on Sunday, I added some final text and smudging.

Here is what the dining table at the apartment looked like upon arrival:

 

And then during the week we transformed it to look like this:

 

 

 

 

A few pages from my completed journal:

 

 

 

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My friend Vicki created her journal using pieces of cardboard from cereal boxes, making a sturdy and loose substrate. Here is her lovely journal at the time we left on Sunday afternoon:

 

 

Thrifting and Junking in NYC: Retail Activist

 Toward the end of our week, I was able to get my thrifting and junking fix through second hand stores, thrift shops, and on Saturday, two wonderful flea markets in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen. Words aren't too necessary, so here's the opportunities in photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Drum roll for all my assemblage and Curious Elements supplies.