I finally had a bit of inspiration for my coffee theme AB (altered book).
The circles up the side are free hand cuts from security envelopes. The coffee image drove the repetition of the circles.
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Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday hosted by Elizabeth and Bleubeard. It’s time to share a beverage and talk about what ever the heck is on your mind!
Holy cow!! We’ve definitely had a week to remember…or at minimum…an early morning to remember. We found out that our volunteer fire dept has a really good response at 6:20 in the morning. And we didn’t even have a fire…just needed EMT’s. They just kept walking through my front door. I won’t go into the details but no transport was needed and all is fine now.
After commenting to friend about all the men in my livingroom that morning I saw this on Pinterest and it made me laugh!!
And back to normalcy. I created a cover page or perhaps it would be the title page for my latest journal. I decided to leave the name of the original owner of the book. It gives the book more history in my mind.
My seedlings are doing really well. I picked up an herb pot at Trader Joe’s and have placed it inside the protective plastic bin as well to keep it safe from you know who. Naughty Miss Gracie.
I also got the pink streak put in my hair again. 
The kids are on Spring Break this week. We are enjoying a mellow week at home. Little J and I saw Cinderella yesterday. It was pretty good. More sad than the animated version but not as dark as the original fairy tale.
I’m not sure what the rest of today has in store yet. That’s the beauty of vacation right?!?
What are you doing today?
I finally found my heART journal!! So of course I had to play…
materials used: gesso, gelatos, acrylic paint, washi tape, diamond netting as stencil, magazine image, clothing tag, butterfly(Michael’s), pre-printed quote, gold pigment ink pad and perfect pearls.
My back is finally feeling up to sitting at the computer for a bit so I can show you a journal page I made several days ago. It was created from bits of this and that laying around.
A couple clothing tags…tissue paper…sheet music and an image I stamped on an old book page. I used watercolor pencils to give her some color. I didn’t even remember that I had this stamp. She’s just so darned cute.
Alright…that’s it…I’m cashed out. Something about having my arms out in front of me just kills my back. I’m going to have to try a laptop on my lap sometime and see if that is any better.
Yesterday afternoon while searching for my heart shaped journal….which I still haven’t found…I came across 2 art journals I had started years ago. One is almost full and the second only has a handful of pages complete.
The large butterfly image fell into my lap as I was digging around through my stash. I decided it was high time that I used it.
I began with gesso and paint for the background in greens and yellow. Sort of thinking rainforest backdrop. After it dried I was convinced that it needed more color and texture. Out came the gelatos! I’m loving them…my new favorite supply! 
I went over top with a little more paint sponged through a bit of punchenella. I searched my bin of found text until some words spoke to me.
More Gypsy journal play yesterday. I started with acrylic paints and ended with gelatos.
I used masking tape down the center of the pages to help protect from moisture bleeding through to the rest of the book. I ripped off way to long of piece so I ripped it up and stuck it randomly on the pages. I added the mesh tape as more texture before giving a light coat of gesso to the entire page.
I started with pinks and purples…then added the circles in yellow. After it was dry I went back and started layering on some blue hues. All of this with my fingers. I have so much more control with my fingers and the paint flows and melds so nicely together.
After drying again I decided it was too blue so I came back in with some gelatos to highlight some of the pink and purple peeking through the blue. I also enhanced the circles with a couple shades of yellow.
This journal has me writing and thinking deeply. Perhaps it’s a stage in my life…getting older…seeing my kids getting closer to leaving the house than the cradle.
Or perhaps it’s writing with a nib pen and ink that inspires me. My grandpa used to write his sermons with a nib pen. I have a couple pages of sermon notes in my treasures. My handwriting is very similar to his. Genetics are amazing!
Me and grandpa…circa 1974
Hey, it’s Tuesday…you know what that means… I am so excited about the new supplies I ordered. I’ve had them on my wish list for quite some time. 
I’m already having fun playing with them. Yesterday, I used my gelatos to create this background. So much fun!!
I’ve also used the bubbles stencil with some molding paste and sprays on the cover of my Watkins journal. Amazing what turns up when you start organizing.
Look at the fun texture!! 
I used a vintage map of Hawaii as the first layer to cover the bright orange covers of the original cook book. Why Hawaii? you ask… Why not?!?! I love the colors on the back…kind of wish it were the front. 
Here’s a little recap of the pages inside. It certainly was a quick little journal to fill.
While admiring my new supplies…I had a friend join me for tea….
Oh so helpful cat when trying to work and get organized. “Here let me sit on your lap so you may have the privilege of petting me.”
She’s not so happy to get her photo taken. Just look at that crabby face. Likely because I stopped petting to take the photo.
I’ve got grocery shopping on list today…
What are you doing today?