I can not express how much I loved this month’s Jenni Bowlin Mercantile kit! It’s like it was made for me. Check out what the other girls did here. We were all quite busy with the holidays, so there will be more to come!

I adored the Basic Grey patterned papers and lace papers included in the kit. They were so feminine and fun at the same time. Also, I am seriously obsessed with Studio Calico’s new paper line. I might be hoarding some of it for “later…”

Included in the add on kit is this fabulous vintage Macalls paper.  I was terrified to cut into it, but I managed to do so in a manner to reuse the scraps in other layouts.

So, as you well know, I’ve been doing a bit of collaging recently, which has led me to more of a practical combination of collaging and scrapbooking. Art journaling. I’ve made mini little art journals before, but this one’s big.  The largest page so far is 12×12. I’ve the pages individually from each other, and then I put them together to sit in piles until I have enough for a book. Then, I guess I’ll decide how to put it all together. Not the most practical order of events… oh well.