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    T Tuesday: follow your dreams edition

    June 15, 2020 - By 

    Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday.

    I decided to make this a twofer post after realizing that I had added some coffee themed tissue paper to my A Stitch in Time themed page for Art Journal Journey.

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    This page started out to be something completely different but as I continued adding paint and paper elements to the page it somehow evolved. I really need to take a cue from Eileen at The Artful Crafter and take photos along the way.

    The substrate was a page from a book…lots of interesting imagery that I thought was driving my direction. I guess I took a sharp right, maybe a left…who knows.

    I just kept playing until my page spoke to me…and it said “follow your dreams”

    I, of course, added fun and purposefully wonky stitching. I was turning the dial that controls the width of the zig-zag while sewing. It gave the stitching a really unique look.

    Won’t you join me for A Stitch in Time?!?

     This week is looking to be a hot one around here. I’m setting myself up with some indoor projects to work on.

    These books are for a big project I’ve had in mind for years. I’m finally going to tackle it. There I said it…now I have to do it.

    I also arranged and cleaned out my closet. I had several t-shirts that just had to go.

    I decided to tear them into t-shirt yarn. I’m thinking these will become a rag rug.

    So many possibilities…

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
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    For a minute

    June 11, 2020 - By 

    I wanted to share my latest art journal page for A Stitch in Time on Art Journal Journey.

    I decided to go with an asymmetrical page again…I like how the edges add interest to the page. The patterned paper with the clock face is from a 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper from my stash. I have no recollection of when or where I got it. I have picked up box lots of craft supplies/scrapbook supplies etc. Unless I purchased something myself, I really stink at remembering a source…and even then its a little iffy.

    The tag is an offcut of a masterboard I created. I love how much interest is created in a simple tag creating them in this fashion.  The stitching is both decorative and utilitarian. it holds down any bits that were not properly glued.

    I added a beautiful dyed skeleton leaf as a dramatic backdrop for my found text.

    Won’t you join in the fun for A Stitch in Time?

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    It was time

    June 7, 2020 - By 

    I decided to be muted and listening after posting my #blackouttuesday statement. This was not good timing since I’m am lucky enough to be hosting this month on Art Journal Journey. Never-the-less I thought it was important to do.

    This piece incorporates  both stitching and a time reference to the A Stitch in Time theme I have chosen because I’m an over-achiever. 🙂

    All the blues are definitely out of my usual palette but I was feeling the love for them this particular day. I used both vintage ephemera and new scrapbook paper to give an eclectic mix that works very well together at times.

    The stitched element is an off-cut of a collaged masterboard I created. I cut the masterboard into postcards with a few leftover chunks. I had thought this piece would become a bookmark perhaps but it felt right for this page.

    I’ve had the label and game card in my stash for a long while so the words I picked seemed to reflect that notion.

    Won’t you join me for A Stitch in Time on Art Journal Journey?

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