If you are visiting me for the first time or you have been here before…WELCOME! I appreciate you for taking the time to be here for a few minutes. My name is Jen and I stay pretty busy with life. My day job is being a technology and security risk manager. Outside of ‘traditional’ work hours I love to make things. I used to say I was a quilter, or an art journaler, or…or…or… But I have come to realize…
Last Saturday I went ephemera hunting at an antique mall. Not something I do regularly. Or even occasionally. Actually it was the first time I did it. The antique mall I went to was pretty decent and had a good bit of vendor stands. And one of them was dedicated to ephemera for art journaling. Total score!!!! I probably spent 30 minutes just looking through all the pictures and post cards and stuff looking for those few bits that inspired…
I got on a eye making kick recently after watching Yvonne Williams youtube tutorial on the Dragon Eye of Sauron. These are my first couple of sets and I need more practice but they will most certainly not be the last. In the past I purchased ‘dragon eyes’ from Michaels with glass gems and pictures attached to the back. While they are very cool they do not make me happy enough to attach them to dolls or whatever other project…
It’s been a while since I have been able to sit and put thought to paper. There are a lot of things in my life that make it very busy times. Work has been super crazy busy and taking my creative energy and the list of things to do never seems to get shorter. I could (maybe should) be working this weekend. Currently building a new database and process enhancement. Right on schedule and so needed but so many details…
I have launched and relaunched this site over many years. Each iteration better than the last but never filled with content because I could never quite get the site right. My last attempt was the beginning of January and I was able to get a fairly decent site built. But it was too slow to browse and very frustrating to add content to. So here I am again at relaunch stage. We decided to change domain providers to one that accommodates…