Disney Cruise Junk Journal!

 We just returned from a lovely 4 night Disney cruise aboard the Fantasy. Luckily we had outstanding weather with only the last night being frigid from the strong cold front. We had never been to Lookout Cay at Lighthouse point. The facilities on the island are easy to navigate and a huge step up from Castaway Cay. The picnic tables are even easy entry, which I truly appreciate. They really thought of everything. We lounged on the beach, fruity drink in hand and hiked the nature trail to the rustic Lighthouse.

I brought both my sketchbook and junk journal. If you decide to do a Disney cruise and you love junk journaling, there are so many opportunities like the memory keeping activity. You can also grab napkins and small bits of ephemera as well as stickers. They even had a passport activity where you could glue down printables that the ship provided. So above is just my junk journal. I cut out some pages that were provided and kinda did my own thing. I will post again with my sketches. 

here are a couple photos from Lookout Cay!

When you disembark the ship, you are met with a 1/2 mile pier. It’s not as bad as it looks, I promise. Plus I needed to stretch my legs a bit and move around. Lots of sitting and lounging….so I was ready. The pier is designed this way to protect the coral and marine life that surrounds the island. This island seemed more exotic and more flora and fauna than Castaway Cay.

Tim’s Mickey Mouse in the Learn to Draw activity is just the cutest mouse I’ve ever seen. He’s so good following directions but also the style is all his own.

one of my favorite pages from my junk journal. I glued down the Tangled game background and cutout Rapunzel. And then drew my own lanterns inspired by the game page. so fun!

NEW updates to Patreon for 2026!

 Hey dear friends! I have officially updated the tiers over on my Patreon to reflect the new direction for 2026. I thought it was time for a mixup, a shakeup, and a reboot. I love creating content but over the last few years I’ve felt a bit uninspired and things have gone a bit stale. New inspiration for 2026 includes collage fodder, junk journaling and exploring new materials and elements that have brought me joy over the last few months. It didn’t really fit into the old tiers that I created way back when. So I hope you’ll hop on over and check it out.

Below is a screenshot of the new tiers and what is included. AND BIG NEWS! I’m giving away a FREE trial for 7 days for new members!! If you want to wait until the new Junk Journal lessons launch, then hold off signing up until Feb 2nd when everything launches. Or if you want to jump in now, you’ll receive 7 days free with access to all the videos I’ve created over the past 6 years with the latest videos being Valentine themed.

The three tiers are:

Neat Goodies - formally supply seeker: This tier is similar to supply seeker. We'll explore new goodies like stickers, washi tape, papers, ephemera that are inspiring me and create a short video with me incorporating it into my junk journal.

Printables and Paint - formally Watercolor Wallflower: In this tier, we'll have fun creating collage fodder using mixed media like tempera sticks, acrylic paint, and neocolor ii's. I'll also give you digital downloads of 3-4 backgrounds or found ephemera scans and elements I've created for you to use for your personal use.

Junk Journal Play - formally Messy Inner Child: In this tier, we'll put together a couple journal spreads incorporating some of the collage elements, ephemera and other yummy goodies I've curated to create an inspired layout in our junk journals.

Here is an example of the work we'll be doing over on Patreon - Junk Journal tier!

Sign up for a 7 day free trial NOW!

My own Wolverine Medicine

Slowness is needed. A stillness. Intention. Only then can I muster the strength to get through that vagueness. 

Where do I begin? Each new year is finding myself again. through all the noise and distraction. Making art to heal. Over and over again. My own wolverine medicine.

2 years ago, I began the year broken from the loss of our standard poodle, Merlin. Navigating that grief, I’ve learned about myself. It’s been ugly. It’s been beautiful. It’s been learning to take care of my body. Focusing on my breath when it got really hard. I’ll admit, I failed. And failed again. And then I didn’t. I said yes to friends. I walked in nature. I got another poodle. Even though one day I know he’ll break my heart. 

But I’m choosing love. Today and this new year. 

How did your new year start? slow? with grief? with abundance? with happiness? With stillness and presence. With opaqueness ? A mix of all?

Sending you love, dear readers.

I leave you with a picture of Merlin as a puppy. we were at the trainer this day. one of my favorite pics of him: 

Merlin Ray Lacefield aka “Biggs”

11/3/2012 - 12/31/23

Junk jOurnal workshop!

 Hi friends and happy Monday! I want to invite you to my first official junk journaling workshop using my Unicorn junk journal kits!

If you don't already have the kit, you can get the bundle here (limited kits available!)

I've listed the cost of the 3 part workshop at $10!! You'll get 4 downloadable printables to create your own layout and there are 3 videos with this spread broken down into steps. We'll be adding our own drawings to really personalize the spread to incorporate your own voice.

If you didn't get the kit, you are welcome to use your own papers and stickers and embellishments.

I'm thinking of adding more Junk Journal lessons to Patreon as well. Let me know in the comments if that is something you'd like more of!

thank you so much for your amazing support!

Give Thanks and Big Sale!!

 

Hi friends! I can't believe the holidays are already upon us and here we are nearing the end of November. I wanted to give you all a link to my BIG etsy sale! 30% off sitewide so if you've had your eye on an original painting or want to stock up on stocking stuffers like washi tape and stickers, now is the time to grab them. The sale will go public sometime tomorrow so you have time to snag those original paintings or limited stock on stickers/washi...etc.

No code is needed and the sale goes through December 1st. The sooner you shop, the more likely you are to grab those one of a kind pieces like the one listed above.

I've also got some cute original ornaments that were just listed a few days ago:

Have you joined Cozy Christmas yet?  There is still time to join us! 

Thank you again for your ongoing LOVE and support!

Happy Thanksgiving week, friends!

love,

Mindy

New original ornaments and wall hangings

 Lots of new original ornaments and wall hangings are here, friends! I love to make stuff for the holidays. I can't believe next week is Thanksgiving! This month has flown

 

unicorns are sold out

Cozy Christmas online course!

 

Cozy Christmas online course begins this Friday! Tangie Baxter and I will also be doing a live Christmas party via zoom as well as 5 recorded main lessons. 3.5 hours of real time video!

Register here and don't forget to look for your discount code if you are a Messy Inner Child member on patreon.