Dear Liza,
I am getting so excited about my SOAK adventure! Camping out was one of the great joys of my childhood, but I haven’t done it for about 30 years. The list of what I need to take keeps getting longer… snack bars, bug spray, batteries for flashlights, and, as a big change from my other camping experiences, the all-important jellyfish hat.
And, since there will be no internet and only limited electricity, I will need a Journal to record everything so I can tell you about it when I get back.
I want the Journal to reflect the colors of the SOAK “Electric Ocean” theme poster, so I dug into my collage boxes and found some good candidates.
I always start off with more bits than I need, winnowing it down as I get fussier about what goes with what.
I like the bird head at the top, but is that chunk of gold too much? Is it too jumbled? Do I need a jellyfish?
It got better as I went, and when it was just right, I glued it down. I even found the jellyfish, right there in front of me!
I thought it needed some gold dots on the top, to tie in with the bottom, so I borrowed Auntie Bridgett’s gold Posca marker.
I also have some leftover colored papers to take along with me, to add into the Journal as I go along. I will ‘show’ you all about my SOAK experience when I come to visit!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 