Friday 24 July 2015

Circle Journal - Shelby


Shelby's journal arrived with me last week. Her theme is 'I like this quote because…' The journal is smaller than I usually work with - a challenge!

I picked a couple of quotes and did two spreads. This first one was by Rodin - 'Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.' I like this quote because it challenges us to use everything, to learn from everything, whether good or bad. I try not to get impatient waiting in queues, but instead use the time for observation, prayer, reflection.


The second quote I picked is from Einstein. It is a favourite in our household where we are all storytellers and voracious readers. 'If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.' I only used the first half because of space, but it continues, 'If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.' 

And here are a couple of close-ups:



Plus I thought you might like to see what I spend a lot of the winter doing:


This is a detail from the jumper I just finished for myself. I can only knit during the winter months as it is just too hot in the summer and the yarn gets ruined. 

Are your creative projects seasonal?

5 comments:

  1. This is just wonderful! And your knitting is out of this world!!!

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  2. Tracy - fabulous pages, and I love the quotes you chose! I can't say that my creative projects are seasonal, but I can see why you'd be knitting only in the winter - if I learned how to knit, that's what I'd have to do, too. The 33+ C heat here would do any jumper in! :D

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  3. The little girl stamp is so sweet-have never seen one quite like it!

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  4. Lovely spreads and great quotes.

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  5. Love seeing your journal pages. Nice work!

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