Sweet Season

20130406_1706After our snow yesterday…yes you read that correctly…snow on April 5th, I guess I wanted to remind myself that a new season is actually upon us.

It is Spring according to the calendar and before we know it, the weather will be hot and humid.

When I started this journal page I had no idea where it was going. 20130406_1705

I spread my super thin, lame gesso over the pages in my Watkins cookbook journal then kept adding layers of paint and stamping.

Next I wanted to try out some molding paste applied through a stencil…a technique I’ve seen several times on YouTube videos. I love the texture it adds. I’ll definitely be trying that one again!20130406_1708

I used water and walnut ink to age this library card which is placed on top of a bit of a forest scene magazine page. Love it when things like that work out.

Still looking for more texture I glued down a bit of flower trim.

I am incredibly happy with 20130406_1704the way this one turned out.

And look..the sun is even shiny bright today promising that the Season is actually changing.

 

 

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Scarf completed

scarf

 

just in time for the weather to warm up.

Of course.

I’ve knit well over 50 of the ruffle scarves but this is my first standard knitting project that I have completed!!

I stitched the ends together to make an infinity scarf. It wraps really well around my neck for that super warm and cozy feeling that we need for our Minnesota winters.

I started a new scarf yesterday but am thinking I’m going to rip it apart and start again. I’m not liking the 2 yarn combo I’m using.

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Tea for woo…

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Ok, that was a bad pun.  But I just had to be done.

I hadn’t noticed my little owl doing a photo bomb until I pulled the photo off the camera.

It made me smile.

Hope he made you smile as well.

Happy Tuesday!

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Seeds are started…must be Spring

seed cupsI got these started last week and now have a few bits of green coming up.  My biggest concern now is how am I going to keep the cat from grazing on my little sprouts!

I’m thinking of wrapping the plant cart in some netting we have…if I can remember where I stashed it.

Anyone have any tips for me on keeping the cat from grazing on my tender new veggie plants??

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Card crazy….

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Just trying to get some new cards made in categories that I didn’t think of before.

I’ve also got some ideas in mind for Mother’s and Father’s days.

I should likely think about wedding, baby and graduation while I’m at it.

But as I have learned…you can’t push it…just have to let it happen.

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Mixed-media “Courtship”

courtship

 

I’ve been staring at this piece for a good week now trying to figure out if it’s done.

I kept thinking that it needed some words.

Now I’m thinking that words are not needed. Just like it works with love in the real world.

Words aren’t necessary, you just know.

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Paint experiments

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I was feeling the need to just paint. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to DO so I grabbed some paper and just DID.

It was really fun and free. As in free like a bird, of course.

So I ended up with a 9×12 sheet of watercolor paper covered with random painting..mostly geometric in style.

I decided to cut it up a bit for card backgrounds.

Sort of like serendipity pages.

20130321_1666I made these three cards and have some painted page left over for who knows what.

I did a few more background sheets that haven’t fired up my inspiration yet. I figure the more I push it…the less inspired I get.

In the mean time I’m getting more cards made. I found out today that I’ll be able to do another craft show in April. Nothing like a deadline to get me working!!

 

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