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!

december...

     Whoa! December is already gone. I'm afraid I spent most of it sick with cold after cold, 

     In between coughing,sneezing and sleeping I did get a bit done. 

    First I finished my crochetmoodblanket2014! 

    Cleaned up and reorganized my art room.

    Got my tree decorated.

    Then made some new ornaments.

    A cute Mr. Darcy.

     And some crocheted mandalas.

    I also painted this.

   So I've been more creative than I thought and that's a 

   good thing. Plans for next year are constantly running

   through my brain...

a saturday at home

   

    Pretty morning light...sweet tea...felt flowers...crochet...Netflix...

    creamy shells...homemade chicken&dumplings...instagram...

    pinterest...pajamas all day...ah saturday