• Blog

    T Tuesday: quick edition

    November 1, 2016 - By 

    I’ll have to be quick this morning…I’m heading out to get my mom for a shopping expedition. My list is made…hopefully hers is too.

    list and coffee

    Hope everyone had a nice Halloween. We almost ran out of candy even after going back and buying a second bag last minute. The number of kids at the door doubled from last year. I guess the neighborhood is changing….lots of new families with younger kids.

    Several of you commented on my photo from yesterday with all the pumpkins. Mr. G was able to bring them home from the auto shop next door to his for free. They’d had an event and ended up with about 50 leftovers that they were begging to get rid of. Score!! Now is the chore of digging all the seeds out to roast…love them but hate the stringy, smelly insides.

    What are you doing today?

  • Art - Blog - Creativity

    Autumn’s amazing beauty

    October 31, 2016 - By 

    Our beautiful maple tree that is valiantly attempting to hang onto its leaves long after most are bare…

    maple

    inspired me to create another art journal page yesterday.

    amazing beauty art journal page

    I was also inspired to try some new things after watching several Journal on Monday videos by France Papillon. In some of her videos she uses a page from outside her journal just as I am…then attaches it later. This leaves you open to much wider possibilities.

    amazing beauty art journal page

    Of course not being able to choose just one new technique to try…I did several.  I love the added texture and dimension. The more I work on loose pages for my scrapbook journal, the more I like it. I’m not saying it will be my only way of journalling but it does provide me more freedom.

    I’m linking up for the last time this month with Art Journal Journey.

    Art Journal Journey
  • Blog - Crafts - Creativity

    Cards and more cards

    October 30, 2016 - By 

    It seems I’ve fallen into my card making phase again. Every fall I tend to start making cards. I’m not sure what exactly triggers this but I do have fun with it. I don’t do a dozen of the same design…heck I hardly even do two of the same. I know it would make it much easier on myself to make them in volume but wheres the challenge in that.

    group of cards

    I like using scrappy bits from other projects and my sewing machine. Stitching just gives such great texture to the cards.  I’ve got a half dozen more waiting for words. Those are actually more of a series. I’ll share as soon as I finish them. Hopefully I won’t get too distracted between now and then.