Celebrate...

Another spread from my journal, the last I'll bore you with for a while. This is one of my favorites. The journal  is still a work in progress, I've been adding to it daily. A few more layouts done in my mixed media scrapbook and I hope to get a few scanned soon.

Hope you are ready for the holiday. Just a bit of cooking left to do and then as much art time as I can fit in.

Enjoy!

See the possibilities and more...

See the possibilities

Take time to heal

Enjoy Life

Just a few more pages from my journal.

I've also been working on a mixed media scrapbook...it's a first and I'm quite loving it.

Enjoy!

Joy...

Another spread from my journal.

Can you tell I'm having fun?

Enjoy!

A few more pages...

More journal pages.

Enjoy!

I've been busy...

A couple of journal pages to share.

Busy getting ready for the holiday, one more Saturday at the Market, family gathering Saturday night and then all the kids and grandkids for dinner on Sunday. Lots of cooking to do and then there's shopping and wrapping that needs to get done.  We are way behind schedule, hubby has been sick for over a week but the good news is that his CT scan this morning shows all is normal. He's now on medication with codine and seems to be getting better. It's all good, we'll get it done. We work best under pressure. Hope all is well with your holiday plans.

Enjoy!

A couple more...

More backgrounds to share, lots of color.
Enjoy!

Journal pages...

A couple of journal pages...just the backgrounds for now.
Enjoy!

The journey back...

The front and back covers of my journal, The Journey Back. It's going to be a documentation of my health scare and the recovery that followed. I started with a book about 1/2 inch thick, removed every other page and then glue 3 pages together. I now have a journal with 60 pages that are very sturdy.. I've ompleted all the backgrounds and will share a few during the next week. I'll be working on this quite a bit from now until the new year.
I just finished two more canvas pieces and now have a pretty decent inventory of art. Going to take the holiday season to work on several projects including my journal. I'll share when I can however posts might be less often until the first of the year.
Have a wonderful day, the paints are calling.
Enjoy!

A journal and a story...

I recently took the online journal workshop, Remains of the Day, which was a total blast. I loved everything about it. The best part is using up piles of stash I've collected. Details of the workshop are on the right sidebar.
I'm using my journal for our beach trip in July...

I enjoyed the random sewing throughout the process

A transparency stitched to create a pocket for a photo

ZigZag stitches

A doily and page from a magazine

A few tickets

A diecut and random stitching

Illustration is from a travel book on Spain that I found at a thrift store, I think it's a hoot, more stitching and a scrap of fabric

Pages all stacked up

Finished signatures

I loved making the cover...that's when I decided it was going to the beach with me.
My Beach Journal, all ready to go and so am I.

Now, for the story...A few months ago, I broke my sewing machine. It was totally my fault and I tried to fix it myself but no luck. I finally took it in to be repaired and as it turned out, not a big fix, the gentleman took about 10 minutes and charged my $5. So excited that I didn't have to leave it because I was itching to get started on this workshop. While he was working, we chatted about sewing and at some point he asked me what I sewed. I told him I used to sew clothes and costumes however for the past couple of years I've only used it to sew paper and for mending. His reaction was priceless, you sew what? I repeated myself and then began to try and explain...after a moment or so I gave up and I think he was relieved...it's one of those things, if I have to explain, you wouldn't understand. Too funny!
Enjoy your day!

A quick note and a journal...

It's been a week since I last posted, no excuses, same old thing, busy, busy, busy.
Here are a few of the things on my plate right now...2 scrapbooks to complete for a customer...2 1/2 years worth of photos, 33 layouts done so far, 1 cd label to design for a local musician,
working on 2 new items for the gallery for Valentine's Day and preparing for a Craft Show the first weekend in February. All this and more along with caring for 2 little girls keeps me off of the computer most days.
All of my personal projects have been put on hold but thought I would share a few pages from one of the journals I had been working on...

Here's is the book I used, I picked up several of these a few years ago at Big Lots for less than $1 each. I just knew I could use them someday...

Cover

A few of my favorite pages so far. My plan is for each page to feature something about me, my favorite quotes, things that have impacted my life, memories of childhood and so on. I want to create a keepsake for my grandchildren because I wish I knew more about my grandparents, more than what I can remember and what I was told.

Hopefully it won't be another full week before I post again but you know how it is, life gets hectic.

Have a wonderful day.

Be back soon.