the mary engelbreit room

        my sister has a friend with a mary engelbreit room and more. it was amazing!

          she had lots of teapots and teacups too.

            then there was her downstairs craft room...

           it was beautiful and so worth going to see.

my sister's blue house

I visited my sister in Iowa last week and fell in love with all the blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had forgotten how much I love it.

 

 

a string of cool days

 

 



 and I enjoy my coffee outside.

a trip to the Sale Barn for the weekly farmers market.



 oh my....chickens and bunnies...eeeeeeeeee!

so I bring home fresh blue eggs, a watermelon, squash and onions.
the watermelon was over ripe but the squash was soooo good.

also watched our hometown parade.

lovely flowers where we ate lunch. I hope these cool days last a bit longer.

 



summer days

 

    I finally did it...I retired.

                                           

my whispers journal

     I haven't posted here in a while but that doesn't mean I haven't been working. I found 

   Kelly Rae Roberts book ,Taking Flight, years ago. It's a wonderful book full of inspiration

   and new techniques. I picked it up again to read and decided I would try every project.

   This is the first one... creating a whispers art journal using hardback book covers as a

   canvas.

 

        This is the front cover...

       Inside pages...

                                                                                                 and the back cover...

        

         The next part is a technique from artist DJ Pettit for painting on fabric. I decided to make

       a banner to hang on my window. 

 

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       So that's what I'm working on now...oh plus my winter ripple blanket that is. I also need to

      put holes in my journal and tie it together with the black velvet ribbon I bought, but I'm

      having a hard time finding the cutting tool I need.  I'll keep trying and post a picture of it

      when it's all done.

my word for the year...

 

       Maybe I've found the source of my procrastination. I've always thought it

     was laziness, but when I paid attention I realized it was usually fear of some

     sort. You can't do it...you will mess it up...you're doin it wrong, etc.  So this

     year I will tell myself to be brave whenever those thoughts pop up and I will

     do it anyway. So far it has really helped...yay!