For Artful Digi Scrapping | Homework and Creative Challenge One. Made with a variety of Captivated Visions kits.

Journaling:

When I first became ill, I was determined to salvage, at least, pieces of my old life: work, friends, activities. Something.

They say that friends of chronically ill persons tend to disappear, and I’ve found this to be true. Most friendships are based on shared activities, and I could no longer engage in those activities. No more Friday night art walks, no more galleries, antique stores, auctions, evening classes. No more work.

Finally I learned that, rather than salvaging the old and damaged, I must start over. Begin again. Build something new. A new life, home-centered, quiet, internal – even self-centered. I still have my house, my garden, my critter-companions. I can still write (at least sometimes.)

Each day: Begin Again.

FONT: Susie's Hand

Credits:

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Captivated Visions

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Doodle Designs @ Digiridoo

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Nicole Young Designs

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Tangie Baxter @ Scrapbookgraphics

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Source unknown

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Studio Girls Collective @ Scrapbookgraphics

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Ztampf! @ Scrapbookgraphics

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For Art Journal Caravan w/Tangie Baxter: Itinerary #08 {Poetic Inspiration}. Elements from Captivated Visions, Tangie Baxter, and Anna Aspnes.

This page was featured on Finger Pointing March 30 | Gallery Standouts.

All images courtesy Collage Play with Crowabout.

"Paris": takeabreak

2 Women (theatre gowns): zeldacheri

Background: Jack and Cat Curio

Madamoiselle de Beaujolais: Mrs Inman

People Border : takeabreak

Corset: Jack and Cat Curio

Newspaper Template: Tangie Baxter @ Scrapbookgraphics

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Newspaper paper: Captivated Visions

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Arty scrapbook page created with the lovely kit Papillon Place by Captivated Visions.

Photos my own taken in the garden and processed with snapseed to give a vintage look.

Arty scrapbook page created with the lovely kit Captivating 2012/December by Captivated Visions.

Photo my own captured on my iPhone and processed with Snapseed and Mystic apps.