June 18

This was the day for picking up trash, and the first place we stopped netted me the business card. I also saved the receipt for tea at Hugos.
This was a filler page because I goofed on the layout placement of the edge of next spread (see below). To compensate, I used a heart cut from a napkin and a flower petal I colored using a Sharpie.
I made this page to accept the holes on the left, but realized my mistake when I started to assemble it to the "Hugos" spread. I cut a wavy line on paper, then penciled in lines both above and below for the journaling. I tried to erase the lines, but some of them still show. I also used dictionary words to break up my handwriting.
This is another filler page, since I needed something to go on the back of the one above. I used an image from the Getty brochure I got while I was there.
More Getty brochure images were used on this page.
The background for this page was cut from the sack I got at the gift shop. Since I really couldn't write on the slick sack, I printed the journal entry and outlined it, as well as the entire page, with gold leafing.
I used thick dimesional tape to lift Joseph's image away from the page.

The rest of the gift shop sack, as well as some white flowers I spritzed using Color Wash.
Everything on this page was cut from a Getty brochure.

I had all this blue paper left over from printing, so used it for the background. I cut the background away from Joseph, and like how it looks.
My latest gold leafing pen (I've gone through two since I left for CA), is a mess. First, the tip messed up when I was printing the title, then it globbed all over the bottom, so I had to try to disguise the drips.
All images are from various brochures at the Getty. I have to admit, of all the museums we went to, this one was the most generous with its many brochures.

For this spread, I used more Getty images and a travel brochure image. I was glad I scanned it before I added the shell.
The shell is visible, but the rest of the paint chip is distorted in this scan.
I love Topanga Canyon, probably even more than the ocean. I had to include this memory, using only a map.
I glued the Whole Foods napkin to the front and the back of this spread, then ran it through my printer. Although it didn't print exactly straight, I was pleased with the way it turned out.
When we stopped at Whole Foods, we sampled some gelato before Joseph made our purchase. I saved my spoon, a napkin or two, and was able to make this spread.