• Art - Blog - Creativity

    Coffee altered book — Complete

    January 18, 2016 - By 

    I can hardly believe it but I’m finished!! I started this altered book the summer of 2008. Yeah…talk about a long term project. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that it would take over 7 years to complete this “easy theme” of coffee.

    Coffee altered book | Halle's Hobbies

    A couple weeks ago I completed this last page in the altered book.  All that was needed was something done with the cover.

    Coffee altered book | Halle's Hobbies

    I saved some cheap newsprint type paper that had been wrapped around candle a while back. It was a good size piece…perfect for distressing and covering the book. I decided that a found text story might be fun if I could somehow tie it into the theme.  And bonus…I got to use a new stamp.

    Tomorrow for T stands for Tuesday I’ll share the whole book.

  • Blog - Outdoors

    T Tuesday: Winter garden edition

    January 11, 2016 - By 

    Welcome to a chilly edition of T stands for Tuesday!

    T stands for Tuesday

    All summer I had been giving you garden updates so today I thought I’d show you my winter garden. Maybe I should rephrase that….my garden in winter.

    Last week before the temps dropped into the negative°F, we had a little snow that gave everything a lovely coat of white. Since I had to go out to shovel anyway, I grabbed the camera for a little photo tour.

    winter garden

    You can see my rosemary, sage and horseradish covered in snow. I have no idea of the herbs will make it but I’m not terribly concerned. I harvested a bunch for smudge sticks late in the season.
    winter garden

    I love how the snow rests on the fencing and flags.

    winter garden

    I decided to leave the flags up this year as they are quite faded and worn. I want to replace them next summer.

    winter garden

    winter garden
    How do you think the worms are doing in their tower? I hope they dug deep enough to survive the winter. Only time will tell.

    winter garden tea

    As for me…I’m drinking lots of hot tea trying to keep warm. The cocoa is for Mr. G…he’s taking a vacation day. Good day to do it too when it’s so dang cold! Especially since he works both inside and out.

    What are you doing today?

  • Art - Blog

    Order in Chaos

    January 11, 2016 - By 

    I’m giving a new challenge a whirl today. Perhaps I’ll make a habit of it.

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    Try it on Tuesday has the theme of Letters and Numbers for the first challenge of 2016.

    Order in chaos | Halle's Hobbies

    I will admit this is not my favorite page but it does reflect the chaos in my quote. I believe that I got carried away with the sprays. I should have stopped several squirts earlier.

    Order in chaos | Halle's Hobbies

    I was able to use up a bunch of number stickers that I thought would never get used.

    I have another idea in mind…if it ever warms up enough to hang out in my basement art space.