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Leather Journal Entry #51

Date: ????/??/??

Materials:

bouquet paper

washi tape

die cut paper bugs

nature themed washi stickers

parrot feather

paint card

Reflection

When I first got the parrot feather as a gift in a Christmas card from my coworker (she had sourced it from her parrot, who had preened it from himself), I was very confused about what I could possibly do with it. Nonetheless, I tucked it away. It was over a year before I finally accumulated enough materials of a similar colour scheme to utilise the parrot feather. What triggered the realisation that I had enough matching materials was when I discovered that the beetle I placed in the top right had the same colours as the parrot feather. After that, it was only a matter of picking complimentary greens, browns, and yellows.

Leather Diary - Entry #49

Date: ????/??/??

Materials:

Calico Critters Spooky Surprise House box

floral origami paper

purple galaxy circle sticker from sticker page

glue stick

Reflection

I bought this set for myself as my first ever Calico Critter. I first saw it in a London Drugs by chance, and I was enthralled with it, but didn't buy it right away, because I thought it was a frivolous thing to spend money on. But the black cat figurine stayed on my mind for three weeks, and I kept talking about this set to people in my vicinity. Once my partner pointed that out to me, I settled on buying it for myself so that my fixation could be soothed.

While I was unpacking it from the box, I was very careful to keep the imagery from it intact, because the design was so cute. That box became this spread. I didn't tear the back off of the cardboard to make it thinner, so these pages are very stiff, but regardless, I'm happy with how it turned out. I may or may not go back to thin out the cardboard, but it's unlikely.