Last Friday I was heading in to class, walking the long way around to avoid some stairs (giving my knees a rest) and I looked up at exactly the right time. I usually take the stairs, so I get a different, less photogenic view. When I looked up and saw the school from this angle, with the tree and the glow of the inside lights - I knew I had to back up a foot or two and get a quick Instagram.
Sometimes it seems to take forever for Instagram to boot up. Especially if one is running a little late or if it's chilly (definitely the later for me, I'm usually pretty good about being punctual). So while I waited I was thinking about I only had 4 more classes in the semester. That day and one more week. This is the last math class that I'm taking. Next semester I'll have one more class, but I'll only have 2 or 3 actual classes - after that we'll be set lose for student teaching. It'll be a TON of work for certain, but a different kind of work. More meaningful, more immediate, more urgent, with bigger stakes and more direct feedback. I'm a little scared and VERY excited. And yes, all these thoughts ran through my head waiting for Instagram to fire up.
And I wanted to take some time to document this - the excitement, anticipation, nervousness and immediacy - before it was in the past.
I have a pile of glassine envelopes - I think I picked them up at this weird bulk paper goods place not too far from here. I've had them forever, and used some and there, oh, and here, too! (Isn't it great when you have evidence that actually used stuff you bought??) I also bought a huge box of library cards from a teacher supply store. I think there were 500 cards in the box and it cost about $11. I've used a ton of them, too, but barely made a dent in the box. They've been great for journaling, die cutting and even just making lists or quick notes. Today I used them for hand journaling. *Gasp*! I rarely hand journal, for a whole bunch of reasons, but the library cards are liberating, especially in the glassine envelopes - it's easy to start over, the handwriting doesn't have to be perfect since it's pretty well concealed, and I don't have to worry about keeping it short, since I can easily stack lots of the library cards in the pocket. That's a win/win to me.
Some detail shots. I don't necessarily think you want or need them, but I'm getting into the habit anyway.
Some favorites right now:
- Have I mentioned lately how much I ♥♥♥ aflairforbuttons at Etsy? Oh, I have, haven't I?? Naughty blogger!
- I just found the font Grand Hotel at fontsquirrel.com. Wait. Wasn't I just talking about them recently, too? Hmmm. I'm turning into my grandmother maybe.
- The "Math Notebook Washi" blends in too well, which is a crying shame. It's beautiful. Freckled Fawn is genius for making it. For me. Let's go with that. I like to feel special, and it's working.
And there's no link for it, but I do like the swoopy way I did the stitching. I don't know why I did it, or why I like it so much, but I do.
And I wonder if I'm the only person who's guilty of using leftover tidbits from recent layouts, even it it might not actually work. The little star (next to the heart)? It's a leftover from a recent football layout. The scalloped circle under the owl is a leftover scrap of paper from that same layout. The scallop shape is one I just used in a Christmas project I'll share next week. But when I knew I wanted a scalloped circle to ground the flair, I know exactly which one I wanted to use. And why. (It's the 5 scalloped circles from the Silhouette store.) The little white tag and the red heart were also in my little bowl of leftover die cuts. And the aqua blue thread was the thread on sewing machine. It only just barely works, but it doesn't NOT work, so I wasn't going to go to the effort of changing it out. I don't know if that's laziness or a sign that I've gone zen in my old age.
I hope that you had a fantastic Thanksgiving and are making it through Black Friday untrampled.
Plan on stopping by Monday afternoon. We did a fun project for the Silhouette blog and I'm really excited to see what the other girls came up with and I'll have some extra details and thoughts on here.
See you then!
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