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    Gifts

    May 5, 2019 - By 

    Today is my birthday. We don’t get too carried away with birthdays around here. The birthday girl or boy gets to choose their meal of choice whether that is out or “mom-made”. I decided on sushi, of course. I love sushi!!! We actually had it yesterday since our favorite sushi restaurant doesn’t open until 4:30pm on Sunday’s. I just didn’t want to wait that long.

    A couple other gifts came my way for my birthday, the first was a handmade gift from my dear friend Elizabeth. 

    We really are terrible at getting gifts to each other…it’s become a big joke between us about how bad we are at it.

    But just look at the lovely handmade book she created. I love the real bird feathers. The texture of the fabric paper is awesome.

    Thank you Elizabeth!!

    I gifted myself with something I stumbled upon as well.

    This lovely ring made from reclaimed glass. So cool. When I read the story behind it I knew I had to have a piece of her jewelry.

    It’s so pretty! It is made from a pink depression glass plate rescued from a glass dump site. I love it!!

    Speaking of not getting too carried away with celebrations…a couple weeks ago we quietly celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We went out to eat and reminisced about our elopement to Las Vegas. Towards the end of our meal we noticed carrot cake on the dessert menu. We knew we had to buy a piece to have later that even just like we did on our wedding night. The fancy restaurant we ate at that night gave us a complementary piece of carrot cake as our wedding cake.  Sweet memories.

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    Brave wings

    May 2, 2019 - By 

    This journal page started as something so completely different…even the color scheme took a sharp left from pinks and greens to blue, brown and yellow. So strange when that happens. I try not to over think it…just let it happen. Besides…my indecision created some very wonderful background texture and interest. So yeah…I totally meant to do that! 

    Freehand cut both the tree and bird from book page. The tree worked out ok but the bird needed a little something more. I glued my little bird to a scrap of handmade paper Elizabeth gifted me. Now she looked a bit more substantial but was still missing that pop I was looking for.

    So I decided to cut a tiny wing for my tiny bird. Now she really is ready to fly!!

    Linking up with Art Journal Journey today for In the Air.

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    All I really need to know

    April 28, 2019 - By 

    Easter Sunday I was up bright and early like usual. The strange part was I had absolutely nothing to prepare or even get ready to bring along for our family meal. My mother-in-law told me to take a break and that she had it all handled. (which she did)

    For once I had both the drive to be creative and the time to do it.  Thank goodness I had gotten my hair done and makeup on early because I got totally lost in art journaling right up until having to change my clothes to leave home. 

    This was the first piece I created. Warm colors celebrating the warmth outside.

    I really love all the texture in this journal page.

    Next I completely changed my color palette for more seasonal pastel Easter egg colors.

    Layering bits of this and that has definitely been my style of choice lately.  Also creating loose leaf style pages that will be adhered to my Creative Memories scrapbook pages…cause you know I’m not going to actually use those for the intended purpose.

    I had to add stitching to this piece. I love how simply I can create texture and movement through textiles and trim.

    I even zig-zag stitched over baker’s twine as a quasi frame for the quote I chose. I tried a tiny key to the corner for a final touch.

    I wonder how many more pages I might have created had it not been Easter Sunday. Although other Sundays I’d have been worried about cooking for our family.

    Linking up today with Art Journal Journey for Having Fun.

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