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    T Tuesday: laughter, tears and knitting edition

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    It’s been an eventful week around here. so I think I’ll recap a few of the highlights.

    I’ve gotten back in the groove of being creative on a semi-regular basis. First of which is some more work on the stocking hat I’m knitting.

    Trust me…one day it will be a hat.

    I also made a patchwork infinity scarf.

    My original intention was to make something red, white and blue for our Veteran’s Day program at school but these colors spoke to me instead.

    Speaking of the Veteran’s Day program. It was amazing! I cried all of my eye makeup off. It was very moving. I hadn’t been witness to a 21 gun salute or the playing of taps since my dad’s internment. Needless to say, I was a mess. I seriously am a fairly stoic person but that got me…as well as the Lee Greenwood song, God Bless the USA….gets me every time…especially when all those vets stood up as the line says “And I gladly stand up
    Next to you and defend her still today”.     The tears were rolling.

    I started a journal page…well at least I threw some color at the tissue paper I glued into my journal. It’s a start right!?!

    Here’s the next collection of November photo a day pictures.

    7. on the floor….me, Marvin and the toy…a little view from his side of things.

    8. a place…DQ of course. love that place and its a braizer so it doesn’t close for winter….yes many Dairy Queen stores close over winter around here.

    9. Heck yes! …….saw this sign at school  “Make your life story so amazing that unicorns have trouble believing it is true.”

    10. I do this every day….make and drink coffee.  Bam! got my tea Tuesday reference in as well. 🙂

    11. A set…my fiestaware of course.

    12. normal….my knitting looks normal at least so far.

    T stands for Tuesday

    In other exciting news… J got an acceptance letter from UMD today!! So exciting!!!

    What are you doing today??

     

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    T Tuesday: ending October, begining November edition

    November 6, 2017 - By 

    Last week I wrapped up my first ever daily photo challenge. I stayed on track and was only more than 24 hrs late with a prompt once. That one I missed for days before realizing my mistake. Here are the last four prompts of the month.

    28. Pimp it up…not sure what that meant so I shared my freshly decorated coffee table.

    29. Costume…I was a cowgirl for work….yes, we were asked to dress up for school.

    30. Treats….our bowl of goodies ready for the kiddos.

    31. Halloween…our neighbor out having fun along with the kids

    This is the challenge I’m doing this month. It appears that FatMumSlim does her challenges in a Facebook group now but I’m still going to do them on Instagram daily and share them in groups here. In fact here are the first 6.

    1. Something blue….handmade bowl J made in school.

    2. I saw this!….brand new choir sweatshirt lost or abandoned one day after receiving them.

    3. Weather….snow before we got the outdoor stuff put away for winter.

    4. Can’t live without….my morning coffee. (got my T Tuesday beverage in)

    5. 8 o’clock…that was 8AM for Marvin

    6. Made me smile today…wearing my late mom’s necklace to work

    Over the weekend I was inspired to pick up my knitting needles again. I’ve been helping the past two weeks in a FACS (Family and Consumer Science) class in a couple of intro to knitting sessions. The kids are using pencils as knitting needles. It’s been really fun watching them struggle through and have it click all of a sudden. We’ve had several boys in the class as well. Nice to see them trying something new. 

    I’m trying to follow a pattern for a stocking hat.  The pattern is in a very old knitting magazine I found in my mom’s craft bin. She never, ever knit so I’m not sure were it came from but what the heck…I’ll give it a shot. I’m using a self striping yarn…or at least that’s what I believe it to be. Like I said…giving it a shot. I do think I need to be using longer needles. I can’t remember where I put the rest of mine though…hmmm.

    T stands for Tuesday
    The days this week are all pretty much the same but I’m looking forward to Friday this when our school spends the morning honoring Veterans Day. I have heard so many wonderful things about it that I can’t wait to experience it myself.
    What are you doing today?
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    Scrapbook journal finished!!!

    November 5, 2017 - By 

    I am very happy to say I’ve completed another art journal. This was a loose leaf type journal. Technically it was a Creative Memories album but I knew in my heart I’d never actually scrapbook this album…or any other for that matter if I’m being completely honest with myself.

    album turned journal

    On Friday night I completed my last entry. It was a very simple page that started with a piece of artists paper from one of the Stampington family of magazines. I used distress paints to alter the color.

    Next I used gelatos to created the base of a flower using my finger to spread the color. On top I drew the loose details of a flower with India ink.

    I wrote with a white gel pen some thoughts I had at the moment. I purposely wrote very messy so I’d be the only one who knew what it said while creating some visual interest to the page.  This was one of the quickest pages I’ve ever completed and a perfect way to end my journal.

    Although I really love working in loose leaf I do struggle with a completely blank page. Many of the papers I used as backgrounds were surface protection pages already smeared with ink, paint and glue.  I think I will always tend to stay with vintage books as the base for my journals. The background text and texture of the pages inspire me.