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    T Tuesday: somewhere in paradise edition

    We are temporary empty-nesters as my neighbor so perfectly phrased. The boy is off at college and the girl is traveling around Costa Rica. Crazy!

    I’ve been keeping up with her through a few random texts and Snapchats…otherwise I’m using social media to see photos from their adventures.

    Mini-me sent me this photo she took at the Irazú Volcano.

    And this one of the La Fortuna waterfall. They rode horses to get to there then swam at the base. WOW!

    Meanwhile in MN…we are watching the snow melt. 🙂

    I am so excited that she has this opportunity..once in a lifetime.

    AS far as myself…I’ve been knocking things off a todo list. Feels good. There just haven’t been enough hours in the day or week lately. I’ve been creating and experimenting with my supplies. I think these may become tags….or at least tag backgrounds…or starting pointsAnother thing on my list for this week is to clean up this chaos. I want to streamline and phase out some things that I really never use, are too old and junked to use or lets face it…never liked in the first place but hung on to it anyway.

    It’s a big job but I think I’m up for the challenge.

    Mini-me comes home on Thursday. Friday we leave for the state archery tournament. Well, at least she gets to sleep one night in her bed.

    What are you doing today?
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    Nostalgic about rick-rack

    I’m not exactly sure what it is but rick-rack gives me a comforting, nostalgic sort of feel. Almost like an embrace from the past.

    After white washing the pages I added a lovely napkin over top then enhanced some of the color with a bit of gelato.

    I love how the thin napkin lets the words peek through. Just a hint….not all. I added a Tim Holtz phrase sticker because I can’t seem to make a page without words. At least not very often. 

    I thought I might be done with the page when I noticed a scrap of paint chip…perfect for a bit of journal writing. I had to document my feeling of nostalgia from the rick-rack. 

    I am in love with this page. I don’t often say that about my work but this one really makes me happy!!!

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey for Hello Springtime once again.

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    Sunshine and flowers

    Dare I say that spring has sprung. At least that’s what I’m hoping.  

    The warming temps, melting snow and spring break have me thinking Spring.

    I partially covered my book pages with scraps of paper then used gelatos blended with baby wipes to give some soft pink color to the background. It was a little too pink so I used a palette knife to drag thick white paint over the top. 

    I knew I wanted some flowers so I drew them lightly with a pencil then filled in around with gesso. After it had dried I came back in with a black colored pencil. I cannot find my charcoal pencil anywhere!! The black outline made my flowers pop. 

    Now that I had flowers and PINK it was time for just the right words.

    Happy Spring!

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey for Hello Springtime.

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