Showing posts with label #JunkJournals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #JunkJournals. Show all posts

OCT 15: Etsy - Mini Junk Journals

Finally listing some of my mini junk journals in my Etsy store.  Six are for Halloween and 1 is for Breast Cancer Awareness. Be sure to also check out the dragons, et al.

Enjoy!





Again, thank you.

Vikki

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Weslee needs more brain surgeries for his seizures.  To help, please like, follow and share... PLUS .. please go to his Medical GoFundMe or to our Paypal ... AND please visit my etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/VikkiLawrenceShop .. 

For Weslee's regular and daily needs, please visit: Weslee Lawrence's Needs (WalMart) List.  Thank you.







Apr 25: Little Junk Journals

My son Weslee is 28 going on 12.  He is autistic, with OCD, ADHD, intractable epilepsy, and side effects from brain surgeries, like partial blindness and a stroke/coma in 2019.

He takes four seizure meds, plus two rescue meds for when seizures get real bad.  He has a VNS that doesnt help him at all.

This sweet gentle young man morphs into a despondent person about once a week. In the hopes for some answers, we traveled from KY to the Cleveland Clinic Aug/Sept 2024, and was observed by a new team of doctors. They recommend another SEEG. At least one surgery but possibly 3 to 4.

As a stress reliever, I craft.  Making things with cement, Plaster of Paris, resin, paper and more, painting too, PLUS I really need to get back to writing. My epilepsy series calls out to me daily, to finish it.

Ok! Ok!  I hear you!!

I am working on making things to sell, to raise money to get us there and back, three round trips per one surgery.  Please visit my etsy shop and/or check out my gofundme fundraiser.

Thank you so much. Vikki



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Please help with Weslee's medical and related expenses, then share the link(s) everywhere. Check out the GoFundMe ... https://www.gofundme.com/f/r8wuy7-help-weslee-and-family-with-medical-expenses

Here is the GoFundMe tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/bdccbkpj

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If donatìng through PayPal is easier... Click here.  

Thank you.

Almost Gone

It's been a madhouse, trying to get ready for Weslee's admission into the Cleveland Clinic. Not only making sure my mini van will get us there and back, but also that we have a decent hotel room for that first night, doing all of the pre-admission paperwork, med list and instructions before we even see anybody on his admission day. 

Then of course, there's the packing. The decisions on what work I want to take (ok, taking all of my books in the hopes to finish at least one!). And the meals. It's just so much. 

But I did just find out yesterday, that despite being told we will have a microwave and refrigerator in the room, we won't. If I want to use a microwave or fridge, there's one in a special room by the nurses desk, I think. 

So I had to figure out alternatives because I need to be with Weslee so that I can push the button every time he has a seizure. Can't be running down to that room for another bottle of cold water, or a soda for W. So, of course, that meant changing what I had planned to eat that week.  (I now understand now that Cleveland Clinic is a low sugar low fat facility, so Weslee will not be able to get any snacks.)


Today we went and got all of our hair chopped off. Weslee is completely bald, again, because it makes it easier for the electrodes to be glued to his head. And I cut my waist length hair to almost a pixie cut. It's been many many many years since I have had short hair, but I'm tired of fussing with it. And I'm getting so very old, that long hair just doesn't suit me anymore. (This short cut revealed so much gray... geez, I am old.)

Anyway, a couple more days and we will be gone.

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Note: I did this painting the other day for my blue ephemera book. W said he likes it. Ok. Unusual.

Back To BookMaking: JUNK JOURNALS

So much is going on with my son's seizures that I had almost forgotten that I enjoy creating journals! 

A few months ago, I started exploring the realm of junk journals, ephemera, and using these as a creative outlet. Is it any surprise that I worked up four Junk Journals to be available for sale on Amazon?!? Yes, I have plans to do more. PLUS I am making by hand several sizes of junk journals, and kits to help decorate them.

I am also working on a book of ephemera backgrounds that I have enjoyed painting. The first, focusing on the color BLUE, should be available by August 2024.

Sample 'background' below.

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Here are the four junk journals i have created thus far:

PINK: Junk Journal .. https://a.co/d/hmpoFXE

BLUE: Junk Journal .. https://a.co/d/dXmKYSu

VINTAGE: Junk Journal .. https://a.co/d/j4ortlt

WEDDING: Junk Journal .. https://a.co/d/hCSkJgM

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This is my junk journal unboxing video.

https://youtu.be/1JeT4m0SfyM?si=lW0ZpCDwYOjR-wWk


#JunkJournals

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Please see my AUTHOR PAGE on Amazon to purchase a few books. Topics range from non-fiction about epilepsy and what to do if you are bored ... to journals and planners ... to short fictions about mermaids, grim reapers, vampires, wiccan suspense and more. Thank you!

https://www.amazon.com/author/vikkilawrence

I am listing these not just for the satisfaction of seeing a project completed, but to keep raising money for my son's medical consultation for his uncontrolled seizures in August.  ( #ClevelandClinic )  

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My First Junk Journal

A Junk Journal is not exactly what the name implies. It has nothing to do with junk. It has everything to do with being able to express yourself, whether it's writing, decorating the pages, experimenting with different types of art, or just assembling things to make it look good and make you feel good.

So these are among my firsts, and includes shakers. Ignore the binder clips... I want them to dry closed.

So much fun, and a way to pass the time in the middle of the night when I stay awake to make sure I can hear seizures from my son!