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Postcard Challenge week 5
 
For this week our challenge, hostess Darcy, picked France as our country of origin for the postcard.  
I couldn’t lay my hand on the leftovers from the altered book I created for my BIL after one of his trips to  Europe. I know I had some good pieces. 
UGH! I need to get organized.  
I ended up going with a map of Paris hand marked by Maggie with her favorite places.

 
Maggie mentions how worried she was about Thadeus and goes on to say she has the papers he sent separately  in a safe place. 
Those must be some valuable papers…
or dangerous ones.

Since I got my sewing machine back, I’ve started working on the pages to hold all the postcards. This is my title page. I’ve blurred the title since it would give away too much about the direction I’m going.
This is the first pocket page that holds Maggie’s card from Austria.
These two pages will be sewn back to back with a piece of muslin that will connect to a second set of pages that will eventually become a fold in a signature.

I need to get to work on the next several pages to get caught up. Then I plan to make each page as I do the postcard so I don’t fall behind.
But that will have to wait until next week. It’s birthday weekend for my oldest, so it’s busy, busy, busy!!

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Creative ADD
I’ve been all over the place lately when it comes to creativity.
I think I may have Art ADD (attention deficit disorder).
Ok…some might argue that I have ADD in other areas of my life as well but the Art ADD is self-diagnosed.
I blame the other on Motherhood. Children steal you’re ability to keep a clear running thought in your head. :) But I wouldn’t change a thing.
Anyway…these are the things I’ve done in the past week.
I papered our recycling cabinet to match the fridge.
Knitted another dishcloth on the loom…

Knitted a cowl on the loom…

Miniature terrain on a recycled CD…
Another terrain piece…
And last night I started another twirly crochet scarf because my elbow was hurting from the repetitive motion of the knitting.
Crochet seems to work my wrist more and doesn’t bother me.

In addition I’ve been washing and ironing my way through a large box of old linens. Deciding what is decent enough to save and use and what I can use in my artwork. Vintage linens and fabric are part of my idea for the Postcard Challenge book.

So, yeah…definitely Art ADD.

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Tea break

No, I’m not stopping having tea…I’m stopping my busy day to HAVE tea. 
As I’ve said on numerous occasions, Tuesday is a very busy day for me yet I refuse to give up have a virtual cup of tea with my online friends completely. 
Yes, there is a day or two I miss here and there but who doesn’t cancel a date from time to time.
Tomorrow I’ll have to show you a couple of other projects I’ve finished over the last week.
Until then…please stop by Kimmie’s and see what my friends are doing today.

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Postcard Challenge week 4

In this weeks edition, Thadeus sends Maggie a greeting from China on a postcard with a beautiful old drawing of ancient farmers sowing seeds.
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I had started trying to draw a dragon head but it was going quite poorly. It didn’t look anything like a Chinese dragon. More Nordic, so I went with a page from a children’s book about grains of the world.
I also happened to have a very old postage stamp from China to use. Again, I continued the postmark to give it a bit of authenticity.  I must admit that sometimes get caught up in the minutia of things…
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Thadeus explains that he found something in an old book and is searching for answers. He hints at the chance of something wonderful. His hand seems rushed or nervous as he writes. I wonder what is sending him off balance?
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Please stop by Darcy’s blog  for the list of 
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Virtual tea

My friend Sandy called and said she wanted to have tea with me today…problem is that she lives about 1200 miles from me. So we decided on having virtual tea.

My tea…

Her tea…

Thanks for having tea with us!

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Free motion practice
I got my sewing machine back and my free motion foot. 
As promised, the gal at the sewing place showed me how to use it. She even gave me this practice piece of “quilt sandwich” to take home. 
It is so fun! 
Of course, I’m breaking the “rules” right away by stitching over my previous stitch line but I’ve never been much for sticking to the rules anyway.

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Fridge facelift

So we have this old fridge that just keeps humming along mechanically but cosmetically it was getting really nasty looking. 
I used to keep papers, magnets and comics on it to cover as much as possible.
It was rusting from underneath the finish on the doors. I’m guessing that it was a manufacturing issue since the rest of it isn’t rusting at all. 
I sanded all the rust and painted over it with Rustoleum paint.
I decided on dictionary pages to cover the fridge. My thought was…it’s got to be better than the way it looked before. 
 

And in my opinion, it totally is!!  I still need to put a couple coats of sealer on top so I can wipe it down as needed. I picked up the Golden polymer medium I used as glue in the recycle center reuse room for FREE!!  Just two cheap foam brushes were purchased for this facelift. 
Yes, I know we’ll eventually have to replace this beast but until then it’s definitely a conversation piece in my kitchen!!

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