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    Too hot for Tea

    July 19, 2011 - By 

    Much to my surprise this morning this is what I saw when I pulled open the shades.

    Can we say humid!?!  That condensation is on the OUTSIDE of our windows. It’s not even like we run our A/C very cool…it’s just that thick out there.

    (“mini-me” says I look like a deer in this photo…I don’t see it.)

    Through the patio door we can usually see the kids playset…now just the yellow blob of the slide.

    Keeping my fingers crossed that lacrosse will be cancelled again tonight. To dangerous to practice in this heat for anyone…much less kids.

    Stop by Kimmies if you’d like to visit more bloggers hosting tea today.

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    Rust and white pages

    July 18, 2011 - By 

    Elizabeth has gotten her pages and says she loves them…

    Hooray!
    Don’t know why but these “colors swap” pages are giving me fits. Couldn’t tell you why if I tried.
    Maybe I just do better with a theme instead of a list of colors to use.

    Page 1 front:
    Butterfly fly

    Page 1 back:
    untitled abstract

    Page 2 front:
    Starlight, Starbright

    Page 2 back:
    Rusty flowers

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    Travels postcard book

    July 13, 2011 - By 

    This spring I got back into swapping postcards on Swapbot.  Of course, they have other things to swap but I’ve had the most fun with postcards.

    Who doesn’t love getting mail, right?!

    So what do you do with a big stack of postcards to make them a little more fun…

    You make a book!

    This one was a great size and had the perfect title.

    I made 3 tiny signatures and attached them to the cover with a pamphlet stitch. I used a dry adhesive tape runner on the front side of each of the postcards to “tip” them into the book.

    These postcards came from all over the globe…

    Such as South Africa

    New Zealand

    Slovakia

    And as close as the next state.

    Years ago, before starting this blog, I made my first book to hold my postcards.

    Kind of a cheesy title….

    But I was happy with the the way a bound the signatures as well as attached envelopes to hold some extras.  Good thing too…the pockets are filled to the brim now.