I can tell you all the things I don’t like about these journal pages.  I can bemoan my choice of marker color, my handwriting that makes me cringe, or my unedited writing on the pages.  OR I can tell that damn inner critic to jump in a lake, take a long walk off a short pier, well, you get the idea.  I’m telling that critic to shut up , sit down, and behave!  I can celebrate what I learned while doing these (color prompts rock!), that I tried different ideas, and so on.  I choose to celebrate.   These are two of the journal pages I did for the building a rainbow challenge over at Daisy Yellow.

It’s been a slave shop here getting ready for Christmas.  I had this crazy idea to paint the gift boxes (okay, amazon boxes, old book boxes, any fun box I’ve found).  Why bother with so much wrapping paper when I could paint them.  Out came my stencils, stamps, and paint.    I had boxes everywhere and I was so careful not to get paint on my shirt.  I wore my apron (which I often forget).  No paint, or so I thought.  I ended up with paint on the side of my pants near my ankle.  REALLY?  Arghhh.  I feel destined to have paint on every piece of clothing I own!!!