Gone With the Wind

Do you ever have those days that you wish you could just be "gone with the wind."  I've been having a lot of those days recently.  It's building character and in the long run I know it will be good for me, but sometimes it would be nice if I could just run away.

Katie from Lemon Jitters gave us Denver/Boulder bloggers some lovely paper packs this weekend and there were these amazing little pinwheels in them, which was perfect for my mood.  So made my bad mood better by making a Smash book page out of it!

I LOVE the pinwheels.  They worked so perfectly and I love how they added a little bit of 3D to my page.  Katie also gave us these adorable little wooden pieces, so I made my little car look like it was driving off into the sunset!

I scattered some confetti on the second page and cut out my own pinwheel to really drive home the idea of "wind."  I really love how it looks!  I pretty much just poured it onto the glue so it's very random which is PERFECT!

This was a nice little bit of escapism, which I think we all need sometimes.  It took me out of my grumpy state of mind and into a wonderful world of creating and being able to go with the wind.  It was freeing and just what I needed!  I highly encourage art journaling if you've never done it, so fun!

Love, 

Keely

Smashed on Sunday

Happy Sunday lovelies!

Welcome to first inaugural post of the Smashed on Sunday link up!  Zie, of Zie Darling, and I are teaming up to starting the Smashbooking revolution!

Zie is the reason that I got into Smashing in the first place, so this is super fun for me!  At the bottom you'll find the link up "rules" as well as a place to submit your link!  Get friendly people!

So my Smashbook page this week is rather simple.  The background on the page was so interesting on it's own!

I had this great little letter card from Zie's It's Paper Dear box.  I thought it fit perfect in the blank space on the page.  See how interesting this page is?  I didn't want to mess with it to much.

Enter the old book pages.  I decided to read through a few pages and write a "story."  More on that later.

Here's my little story.  "Look, about a quarter of a mile.  We will go on, off the track, and some had many good times.  This is an adventure, running into the lake."

I don't really know what it means, but I thought it had a nice little thought to it.  I especially love the line "This is an adventure."  My goal is to live my life with just that attitude.

And the finished page!  I know it's nothing spectacular but I really enjoy the simplicity.  You don't need to do a lot of editing just to create something special!

Now for the link up!

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