It’s funny being in my first week of the new digs and writing “week 6.” If you’re new to my work, I lead a book blogging group called The Next Chapter and this summer we’re adventuring through Wreck This Journal
The page above is my crumpled page.
I just loved the patterns created by the crumples, so I started playing with them with a pencil, making deeper hills and higher valleys.
I really enjoyed finding different ways to add numbers to the pages. This could keep me busy for a long time!
And speaking of keeping busy, I have spent hours and hours having a great deal of fun with “Sew This Page.” Stitching is something I used to really enjoy when I was much younger. I find the repetition brings a sense of calm to my busy brain. And, of course, it’s always delicious to be looking at colour!
Looking at the book, week by week, it’s amazing to see how it holds reminders of my life this summer. Each tear, hole, colour, wave, wrinkle is a memory. Hmm… that makes me think of how our lives write a story on our bodies too. I’m leaving my mark on this book, but there’s no doubt it’s also leaving it’s mark on me.
Come visit the wrecking crew and see what creative destruction people are up to. It’s never to late to join in the fun!
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Oh that embroidery is amazing! And love the crumple design. Such fun.
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Your website is absolutely gorgeous! It feels so clean and inviting – just love love it!!! And I have journal wrecking envy! Your wrecking is absolutely gorgeous!! Off to wreck now
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Your sewing page is so beautiful! WTJ inspired me to try embroidery again and I’m currently attempting it on my page – I even had to go out and buy some special needles! It’s not ready for ‘viewing’ yet – maybe next week! I love the way our covers change week by week as things get added (and others fall off!). It really is a great wrecking summer!!
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great wrecking! your sewing page is gorgeous!
your new website is so nice too! how nice to have everything in one place! congratulations!
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oh Jamie I LOVE all you have done this past week in your journal! The colors are brilliant and amazing…I love the numbered page and the sewing page…wow! I even like the crumpled page and the way you highlighted the crumpled spots!
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What an original way to do the crumple page and gosh your needlework is just awesome! Great wreck work!
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Your book is stunning. The stitching is fabulous. I hadn’t considered making anything more than stitches. But I can make it anything I want!
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Wow! I love this post and this site! I came across it via @joyrebel on Twitter and I’m so glad I did. It’s beautiful!
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Oh it is so original and colorful and creative and all your own!
Hope you are enjoying your new home too…
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Your sewing page is Fantastic! and i love what you did with the crumpled page too. wunnerful!
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Very cool wreckage this week Jamie….
all that and this beautiful new blog home.
Love it!!!!
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Absolutely love the sewing page. Great wrecking this week. BTW, I am sure you have heard this a lot the past couple of days, but I love your new site. Congrats again.
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You are so creative. I love the needle work. I do not have that kind of patients. So wish I did.
Have a great week and thanks for all you are doing for me & others. .
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OH my god(dess), what a sewing page! You have been busy doing that!!! Amazing! (I wish we were swap partners and this was your favorite page
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I never usually read comment before I post mine, because that gives me comment anxiety LOL! But for some reason my eye fell on the comment before. Seriously? Viagra?
Okay. Well here’s to the growth and virility of all your endeavors! May they give you great satisfaction!
The sewing page is magnificent! How intricate! I was going to do that kind of stitching but mine went a different direction
I love the cover too! SHAKE!
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Loved the embroidery page – such colour and texture.
Loved the way you took the crumpled page and say possibilities.
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Your sewing page is so beautiful – detailed and I love the color!! Wow! I like the crumpled page, too. I saw that & thought “Ooo, I want to play that game, too!”
The new site is elegant & welcoming!
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You said in the video that you’d spent a lot of time on the sewing page – boy you weren’t kidding! It’s really nice.
Love your new site!
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wonderfully creative pages.. your SEW page is exciting!! I tried to sew with it still in the hook.. thats really a drag!!
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Damn. That stitchin’ is bitchin’!
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I’m so in awe of the beauty that’s being created through the wreckage…your journal is gorgeous!
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Your cover looks so nice! You did a heck of a job with the sewing page. The pencil on the crumple page is a great idea too. Happy wrecking!
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Beautiful wreckage Jamie! I love the sewing page – that looks awesome!
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I cannot believe this is true!
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Wow! This is great to see *your* wreckage! I am a wrecker, too, but did not realize you were posting here about your own wrecking activities. I esp. love the sewing page – so beautiful. And the feathers! Mah-va-lous!
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