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Last month I had grand plans to join in on this month's Inktober. Failed at it last year and I wanted to give it another go. Well, life had other ideas, as my first week of October was a very rough one. So much for plans.

Lately, I really haven't had the time or energy to do anything artistic. It's been making me feel a little antsy and tonight I decided enough was enough and I was going to do something no matter what or how simple.

So I grabbed some Mermaid Markers by Jane Davenport and drew simple squiggles and loops in one of my art journals. I really like the results. It's not overly complicated, it doesn't have any meaning, it's just colorful lines on paper and it only took me a few minutes to do. So maybe I haven't been able to participate in Inktober. Doing these pages made me feel better - just like that. :)

This won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I recently bought this Undated Mini Happy Planner at Hobby Lobby (with their 40% off coupon 'cause ouch! that price!) and I thought I'd film a little flip through video before I began using it.

So if you're into Planners or even own a Happy Planner by MeAndMyBigIdeas, then you'll probably enjoy seeing this one. I already have and use a regular size Happy Planner to sort of document the days, but this Mini one is going to be for my To-Do list each day and week. And since it's undated, I'm trying out using only pencil or erasable pens in it so I can hopefully erase it all and re-use the pages.

Got another little art journal flip-thru for you today. Thanks for all the lovely comments to my first one. :)

Again, this is just backgrounds. Nothing is finished here, but just about every page is painted on, except the back inside cover. I've got about 2 more art journals that are filled with backgrounds (and a few finished pages), so I'll probably be filming flip-thrus of them next.

I've got multiple art journals going right now and smaller ones are my new passion. This one is almost done as far as the backgrounds go, so there will no doubt be another video once I finally finish with the journal. But my problem is I love just making backgrounds, so don't hold your breath. lol

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this video. :)

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♦♦♦ I'm a hot mess. There's no denying it. Staying up too late, not getting enough sleep, not eating all that healthy, procrastinating left & right (hello...Storify - see below). I really only have myself to blame. I'm a lazy oaf. But maybe...hopefully, now that I've admitted the problem I can fix it. Or at least truly try.

♦♦♦ Anyone else doing those Adult Coloring Books that are all the rage right now?
I've got 6 books so far and have only barely made a start in a couple of them. Not sure how "relaxing" & "therapeutic" they are for me when I have trouble trying to figure out what I want to color something. :P

♦♦♦ In "It's A Wonderful Life" why does Clarence say AS2 stands for "Angel 2nd Class"? Isn't the "S" (for second) & the "2" (for 2nd) a little redundant?

♦♦♦ I told you all that since my internet time has been toned down, that I've had more time to prepare new projects. Thought you might like to know what some of them are...

* Arrow caps
* Some icons (I'm actually quite nervous about posting these, since it's been so long since I made any icons.)
* SPN Goes B&W (I've got 28 pieces ready to post)
* More SPN Road So Far Caps
* SPN S11 1080p Hi-Res Caps for: 11x02, 11x03, 11x04.
* VanCon 2015 Filming Location Photos

♦♦♦ I don't know how I'm ever going to get caught up on Storify again. Because Storify will only show Favorites from Twitter going back to 300 I'm having to use the Storify browser add-on to add Tweets individually by hand. Got up to VanCon weekend at the end of August but...it's soooo slow. *sigh* However, I need to keep at it because I use the Tweets I save on Storify to help put my SPN Filming Locations list together.

♦♦♦ You know what's frustrating for a location hunter?
Seeing a location on Arrow that you've also seen on SPN...and you STILL can't figure out where the hell it is!!!! Grrrrrr!

I haz a Boogie Board! It looks like a tablet (yeah, I wish!) but it's really just an LCD screen that you can write or draw on with a stylus or your fingernail. You can't save what you put on it, outside of taking a photo of it and the only other feature is an erase button.

Naturally, I had to try drawing Dean & Sam (similar to those mini-SPN figures everyone has).

In an effort to do more art work as well as keeping myself awake after supper, I'm trying to work on my art journals/ICADs/Smashbooks/etc. for a couple of hours each evening starting at around 10 p.m.

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Remember in my post the other day where I said I'd lost my watercolor & acrylic paints?

I found them!!!! \0/
Oh! It feels so good to be able to paint again, get gesso on my fingers, to let the creative juices flow! I know it doesn't look like much, but I gessoed and then painted 2 index cards using an old credit card.

This Tweeted pic doesn't show the colors too well. The one on the left is actually more of a rose/pink color.
Btw, ICAD is for Index Card A Day, which I've been trying to do this month, but I've fallen behind. Bah. Been trying to catch up though and having all my supplies available again will definitely help. ;)

Getting late so I need to quit already but I got these 2 cards painted! #ICADcandidates #CreatedWithCameraMX pic.twitter.com/7YSZZXup21

— Valerie (@Valerie613) September 25, 2013