new items are in shop:)

they can be found here. happy shopping! items will ship monday evening/tuesday.

next shop update is

Saturday, Jan 28th by 2pm PST - please join me! here are a few of the items that'll be available. enjoy!

the it's a date II kit - similar to the original with some familiar items but also lots of new ones

file no. stickers (also got a valentine's/love version of this set - you'll have to wait until Saturday:))

a new set of buttons:)

another art journal for those who need another;). this one also has a few similar pages to its sister (the memories art journal) but is packed full of ledger/grid/neutral pages for you to journal away on.

just had to share

i love this printer to pieces and had to let you know that it's on sale at jr.com for $79. (only until Jan 14) what an awesome deal for a cool little printer that is of pretty great quality. shipping is free in the US when you sign up with them. i also ordered a Vupoint photo cube (iPhone printer) through them and waiting for it to arrive any minute! will have to let you know how that works out :)

happy weekend!

i need to finish a few more entries in my xmas aj (heehee) then should post the rest of it. this year, i kinda lost interest shortly after christmas. maybe bc we were all sick and i was just done documenting about us being sick. lol. just working on a custom order this weekend then will be focusing on my shop udpate stuff over the new 2 weeks. happy to be doing shop stuff again! i especially need it after a stressful work incident last weekend.

shop's open again

hope you all had a good holiday and that santa treated you well. thank you so much for the well wishes - we're feeling better. myelle came down with the cold while i had something else (felt like the flu) then she caught what i had with fever and all. then she finished it with a sinus infection. needless to say, it wasn't a great christmas. but it's over and we're all somewhat feeling good.

just want to let you know that the shop is open again and i've put some goods on sale here. limited stock left - so hurry and grab some if you've been eyeing these items.

please stay tuned for a little mini shop update near end of month :)

as you all have probably noticed, blog's been fairly quiet ever since i headed back to work this past june. it probably will stay about the same from here so that i can spend time with family instead of work all the time. at first when i opened shop, it was to supplement my income from my nursing job so that i didn't have to work full time. but nursing job + shop eventually became much more than one full time job. now with a little one around - it's just not fair to her. i'd still like to have a shop but have decided to be less ambitious with it. i often say to eddie that if only we can win the lottery, then i'd focus on my shop completely. so one day... but until then, i'll just be making handmade pretties in smaller quantities. thank you to all of you for your continued support and for your understanding.

merry christmas to you & yours

love, the johnsons :)

dec journal entries - part 2

dec 7 & 8

dec 7: a closer look. was too lazy to actually sew the carnival ticket onto the side so i glued it on the page and drew a line through it and added little dots to make it look like i sewed it on. another one of my faux instax photos:)

dec 8: a closer look

dec 8: the back & dec 9

dec 8 back: a closer look. took a photo of the screen of my iphone to show the text that i got from eddie. got eddie a phone through my work plan and it comes with unlimited text so i wanted to record the first of the many texts that i'll be getting from him.

dec 9: a closer look. added a sticker from the EP 1/2 sticker sheet included with kit. and drew a stem and leaves. more faux stitching on the JOY stickers.

dec 10. my work christmas party.


got a little carried away with the spritzing but so much fun! added an edge tag (merry memories) that wasn't in kit - from Ormolu on the side.

dec 11 & 12

dec 12: a closer look. did my entry first then realized that it was just too plain of a white background so cut up some paper to block my journaling/stickers so as to not get any mist on it then sprayed away. little girl got sick on this day.

dec 12: a closer look. another year of our light tour. poor myelle was so tired/exhausted that she was already asleep before we hit the first house.

dec 13: a day at home and then my friend came over to make button magnet cards to give to coworkers/her mom. i made them to give to my coworkers.

dec journal entries - part 1

the journal cover. finally got around to completing it.

right behind the front clear overlay cover is a photo of myelle that i created on an iphone app called red stamp.

dec 1: you already saw this entry.

the intro blurb.

dec 1 back & dec 2

dec 2: a closer look. finally added the photo of our place with the lights up. not a whole lot of lights but it brightens up our little corner of the complex at least.

dec 3 & 4

dec 3: a closer look. i worked so just journaled a little about what went on during the day.

dec 3: under the flap. a new baby in the family - my nephew Jacen.

dec 4: a closer look. our first craft fairs this year. put the little girl in a new baby carrier bc the first fair we went to can get pretty crowded and a stroller is not ideal. i love this premade page. so fun to journal on with the pretty tree silhouette spritzed on cardstock. there's nothing inside the pocket yet but will add some extra photos in there.

dec 5 & 6

dec 5: a closer look. decorated the tree on this day.

dec 6: a closer look.
added the felt tab to the top of the page to write the date on. love it! added another side tab with the carnival ticket. can never have enough tabs on a page:)

more pages tomorrow:)