Welcome to my April newsletter! It's been a crazy month for me as my hubby and I are currently apartment hunting. My dream is to have my own craft room! :) But even though I hope to eventually have more space, I am planning to keep downsizing my craft supplies. I still feel overwhelmed with the amount I have and also feel more creative coming up with ideas using less fancy supplies. If you have any suggestions or ideas you want to see here, please just drop me an email at 49dragonflies@gmail.com. If you just recently subscribed, you can also find previous issues you've missed by clicking the button: |
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I'm continuing my decluttering series on April 5th. In this upcoming episode I'm addressing suggestions you have made after watching episode 1. You can find the full playlist below. |
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Need some inspiration to use your washi tape? I have a video coming up on March 29th showing you how I use washi on journaling cards in an international collaboration organized by Anne at MeadowBookJournaling. Anne has a couple videos up for this challenge, as well as a playlist for her March prompts, and you can participate as well! So, let's show some support and check out her videos for more info about this challenge! :) |
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I enjoy my me time with my new planner! This is a double spread I had left empty to play on in my March signature. I started by adding some textures on opposite corners of the spread, covered them with gesso, added some distress oxides and crackling paste. I wasn't sure where to go from there, but a few days later the other colorful March pages inspired me, to add a few more boho-themed elements like leaves, feathers and a boho-poem to match the rest of my March Boho-Birds theme. You can see the final result in my upcoming Plan with me May video. |
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If you missed this freebie I created for my 40K YouTube subscriber milestone, please feel free to download it here. And maybe you have not entered the give-away yet? You can still join the drawing for it until Tuesday, March 29th! Don't miss the chance to win one of the AMAZING sponsored prizes by writing a comment under this video. |
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Did you know I have a visual podcast series? In my latest episode I'm so happy to have Meg from megjournals and Sharon from Mad Paper Crush on my podcast! As always, we discuss your most requested junk journal related questions. |
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FEATURING Venessa from South Africa |
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In this section I like to present projects created by my viewers. Here is some info Venessa sent me: "My full name is Venessa le Roux (nee) Terblanche. I am from South Africa, living in the Eastern Cape in a town called Uitenhage (Pronounced in Dutch). I am 56 years old and a crafter my whole life. I’ve been junk journaling for almost a year now and I went onto YT and searched “Diaries/Journal DIY” and as I am a Dragon Fly fanatic (besides Peacocks LOL) your YT name popped up first and I immediately started watching your videos and the rest is history…. I’m addicted and it was also through you that I started watching videos of Luise Heinzl and thank you for that too." Venessa was inspired by my mixed media experiments: CLICK HERE FOR THE TUTORIAL |
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LOOKING FOR MORE INSPIRATION? |
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Are you looking for a little more inspiration using my digitals? Check out the latest videos created by my fabulous design team members! (Just click the image) |
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Thank you so much to all of you who have treated me to some coffee in the past month! Your generosity helps me continue to improve my videos and digitals I create for you. You are the best! |
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