New Journals, Classes and Dog Shelter

I started classes today. It's exciting to be in a new semester. The two classes I had today are continuations from last semester - art history and figure skating. It's nice that I get to take figure skating more and it's fun that I get to take it at the same time as the winter olympics. I'm excited for the Olympics. Any ideas for Olympic themed items I can make? I got these new journals listed:

Mini Math Journal



When I was making another journal, I had extra strips of folded paper that were this long shape. Instead of throwing them out, I decided to make a journal with that shape. I used math paper for the cover so it'd be good for doing math equations or for people who love math.

Upcycled Swan Flyaway Journal



I made this journal out of an old children's book about a year ago. I had a problem with the inside, but I was able to fix it up. I remember reading it growing up and it was one of my favorites.

I still have a lot of new items I have to list including some Valentine's Day journals and cards (I'm going to try to get those up by next week). I'm almost at 150 items in my shop.

I got 3 craft show applications for this summer in the mail today. The craft shows are all juried and they cost money, but I'm going to try to do at least 1. I've never done a juried show so it should be an interesting experience. I was looking at another site about craft shows in Pennsylvania and noticed it cost over $700 to be in one show. I can't believe a craft show could cost that much! I don't even know if I'd make that much money if I sold all my items.

This isn't related to crafting, but I went to the dog shelter a few days ago before I came back to school and I thought I'd share some photos that are on my Flickr. There was this dog named Monday I really liked (the puppies were named after days of the week):







My family might get a puppy. I had a couple dogs growing up, but I haven't had one for a while. Feel free to leave any recommendation for good dog breeds. :)