Author Archives: Gina Lento

Some down time….( just a side now….I am handwriting these and what pops in my head…..if I were actually typing these, there would be adjustments to grammar).   Some of my ideas and sketches here are coming right out of my real sketchbooks. April 9,  I had a softball game this morning.  We won 5-2.Continue reading “IFJM DAY 9”

So for those of you who didn’t read the first posts….I am participating in International Fake Journal Month where you write a journal in the first person as someone else….if you missed the first 7 days, go back to April 1st and catch up with the story. Here is day 8… April 8,  My artistContinue reading “IFJM DAY 8”

Sarah is coping with her ancestry and being an athlete….. April 7,  Another Day at school.  I had softball practice after school.  I really just play softball to have fun.  Soccer is my real sport.  I have a few college teams that offered me spots on their team.  My grandmother never really liked me toContinue reading “IFJM DAY 7”

One forgets that in the modern times, teenagers don’t always want to do what is traditional,  especially when it has to do with wearing something OLD.   The glass “slippers” from Sarah’s family were a style that was in high fashion in the late 17th century in France, not something that a modern day teenContinue reading “IFJM Day 6”

So The dress and jewelry has been picked out but what color for nails?  And today we find out who Sarah’s date is for the Prom and the Prom theme…. April 5,  Today was a tough day at school.  I had two exams and a quiz. I think I did well on all of themContinue reading “IFJM DAY 5”

Here is Day 4…..got the dress, got the jewelry…. April 4,  Dad found this necklace and earring set in my mom’s things.   This looks like the set my mom wore at her wedding with my real Dad, the war hero.  I never knew him.  I was too little to remember and he died  inContinue reading “IFJM DAY 4”

Here is day 3.  Sarah has found her Prom dress! April 3,  I found my pink pen in Steph’s room, grr….Anyway, Dad and I went out shopping again yesterday afternoon and I found a totally awesome dress at Macy’s.  Who would have thought to look there!  Dad picked the color, he actually spotted it onContinue reading “IFJM DAY 3”

Here is Day 2….I did it earlier today but there was no way I was transcribing this on my tiny IPhone keyboard while we we bouncing up 95….I wrote this in the car this afternoon I think while we were driving thru South Carolina…. April 2,   I couldn’t find  my pink pen.  So I amContinue reading “IFJM DAY 2”

What is International Fake Journal Month?  IFJM was started by Roz Stendahl and it is a inspirational month for creatives to take a time out to create and be an alter ego.  However, you must do it in a journal of your own choosing.  I am not a writer, but occasionally I have a story thatContinue reading “Today is the First Day of International Fake Journal Month aka IFJM”

Ok folks, a Zine Freebie. A friend posted his diet woes a few weeks back and he was delighted when I asked if I could “retell his story.” Here is my version of his dieting story….this is a printable, make it slightly smaller than your 8 1/2 x 11 page and fold per the attachedContinue reading “Free Zine”