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    T Tuesday: winter chill edition

    I did it! I finally got creative in the form of an art journal page.

    through flowering gardens art journal page

    It took me a few days to get it done but I did it. Ah makes me feel so much better knowing that given enough time, my muse is still there. Maybe she was just frozen.through flowering gardens art journal page

    I honestly just kept grabbing things from my scrap bin and gluing them down onto some cardstock to get the ball rolling. Over the top I spread a bit of white paint to mute the wild background. Then I went back with teal and lime green. This combination of colors made me smile and almost forget how dang cold the basement was.through flowering gardens art journal page

    This flower was created with layers of die-cut  book pages secured together with a large brad. I used various sprays until reaching the desired color. After it was completely dry I shaped the petals.

    through flowering gardens art journal page

    I used a little piece of my new Tim Holtz tissue up one side of the page. The butterfly and flower had me thinking spring along with the cheerful background color.

    I’m hopeful that I can continue a bit of crafting here and there as the temperature seems to finally be getting warmer. Maybe then the basement won’t be so frigid.

    cold early morning coffee x2

    This was my Wednesday morning on the way to work. It was so cold. It’s also my early day. I had finished my cup of coffee I brought from home well before arriving at school. I had to stop in an grab a cup to go as well.  A two coffee morning for sure!

    What are you doing today?
    Also linking up with Try it on Tuesday for Go Green
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    Tuesday: books edition

    Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday. The only post I seem to do lately.

    new H mug

    One of the teachers I work with surprised me with this H mug last week, It’s so pretty and holds a copious amount of hot beverage.

    new H mug

    I was admiring the new to me ledger. It will provide me with lots of great background papers and junk journal pages. So cool!

    new supplies

    Speaking of supplies. I picked up some goodies at Michael’s on clearance. Super excited about my new supplies.

    book stack

    I have made one crafty item lately…this book stack home decor item. Makes me laugh every time I look at it!

    What are you doing today?
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    T Tuesday: changes edition

    This week is one of change. J heads back to college for the Spring semester. Our school is having its final week of the semester. Next week brings new classes for me and Mini-me, just to name a few.  With J heading back to college I’ll once again be expanding my crafty space to include the desk in his room. Perhaps then I’ll catch up with a couple of projects that have hit the back burner over the last month.

    New projects

    I’m creating an embellishment storage booklet. I was inspired by Gayle Agostinelli. So far I only have one page of the booklet completed. It’s not pretty but that wasn’t my purpose. I’m using up papers and extras that I’ll never use. It’s strictly utilitarian. Waste not, want not.embellishment booklet

    I slipped a few random paper pieces in the pockets so they’d actually show up…

    embellishment booklet

    It will make better sense when it’s all put together but basically I want to have a book or booklet with all my small or fussy cut embellishments at the ready instead of searching through half a dozen places for just the right piece I know I own.

    Another new project is actually an old one that I never started. The sketchbook project that I purchased over the summer. Of course, at the time the due date seemed so far away…now its only weeks away.sketchbook project page

    sketchbook project page

    I’m sure you’ll be seeing a lot more of these pages in the weeks to come. My only disappointment is that the pages are so thin…any wet media really soaks through very quickly. I definitely have to keep this in mind instead of just intuitively creating as I prefer.

    Last weekend we finally put away all the Christmas decor. I snapped this late even photo the night before for my obligatory T Tuesday beverage reference. T Tuesday obligatory photo

    Something fun that just came in the mail that I had to share was our “free” Marvin puzzle.

    Marvin puzzle

    I say “free” because for the puzzle itself we had a coupon code making it $0 but then the shipping seemed a bit overpriced so they definitely were making their money somehow.

    I snapped this pretty sky photo when I got to work this morning. The sun was behind a veil of thin clouds…it was a perfect orange disk. The view almost made up for the slick driving conditions from the overnight snow. Almost.snowy morning sky

    Such a bummer…we’re getting snow again right now…in fact, we are getting snow basically every day this week during one or both commutes. Not fun.

    T stands for Tuesday

    What are you doing today?