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This page was created on the back of a Ritz cracker box bound into my door journal. I very rarely use this journal…in fact I had put it away in the cupboard and forgotten about it until yesterday.
I seem to do my pages about a year part…so at that rate I’ll be done with this one in about 8 years. HA!
So my neighbor came to me with her daughters favorite coat. She had caught the toggle button on something and ripped it horribly down the front.
(of course this would be where the before photo would go) no such luck here…
Since the mornings have been a bit chilly lately I decided I needed to tackle this conundrum. 
I went with my original thought of creating some vines or stems to cover the ripped fabric.
Mini-me delivered it to her just a bit ago and she said “Thank your Mom 1000x”. I think it was a success.
Since we are coming up on Homecoming for my kids school I decided to dig up a post I created paying homage to my high school flag twirling days. Our big event was Homecoming. We marched and twirled with the band in the parade and during halftime of the football game. It was really quite fun!
Take a look…
Last month some of my visitors from the Dress-up Project thought the idea of recreating my flag twirler uniform was a good idea. Funny because it was just something I thought on a whim …not a really great plan in my head. So, I dug out the picture and gave it a whirl…or maybe that should be a twirl.
Most high school mascots are named for birds or tough, scary animals. Or maybe warriors.
Not us…
We were the Skippers. Yeah…I know…
Oh, watch out!! Here come those big, bad Skippers! It was a nautical thing that was much more relevant about 50 or so years prior. Although I’m sure it was chosen as an elitist thing. Bunch of snobs….but I digress.
Anyway…we had a sailor theme for our uniforms. I did manage the sailor collar but didn’t even attempt to make a sailor hat or the white gloves.
I’m pretty happy with the result.
What do you think compared to the real deal…?
Homecoming 1988
Never mind the “woodsy-the-owl glasses”. Good grief…keep in mind it was the 80’s after all.
Make sure to visit the Alice and Camilla blog to see the rest of the September dresses.
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Here is the entire year of dresses:
This journal page has been in various states of creation for, at the very least, a week. I just haven’t “felt it” every time I went to create. In addition, I was sick for a couple of days.
I find it amazing how quickly we can get out of a good habit, especially since picking up a new “bad” or unhealthy one is so easy.
Today I set my mind free of an end product and just created without constraint.
I was impulsive and carefree…
It was glorious!
I’m linking up today with Art Journal Journey. This month’s theme is Through My Window.
I wasn’t sure I was going to play along with the theme this month. It didn’t really speak to me. But as I was searching through my bin of found text, this sentence appeared at my finger tips.
Generally I don’t work backward like this. Usually I create the spread then finish with words.
I began with a crazy paint splattered background that was super ugly. To many colors that didn’t quite mesh. But this often lends itself to depth in a page when adding layers.
I had intended on only using paint for the page but It became clear to me that having more texture would be the way to go.
Since I was going all in with texture I decided to keep my color palette small.
I’m glad I decided to play along. Challenges have a wonderful way of drawing me out of my comfort zone. It’s strange really that sometimes those are the pieces I’m most proud of at the end of the day.
Ah here we are…the end of summer. Gardening is all but done. Leaves are turning and falling at a rapid pace around here. The birds and critters are frantically storing food for the long winter. 
I ripped out the plants from the home gardens yesterday. I still have plants in my in-laws garden that will come out next weekend.
I’ve been canning like crazy. More spicy beans and salsa. I’m really looking forward to breaking into those jars come the dead of winter!!
I also have to share my colorful carrots.
Aren’t they pretty!! I sampled a couple and they are quite tasty. These are going in my next beef roast dinner. YUM!
My important phone call I mentioned last week came but not with the results I had hoped for. Such a bummer!!! I really thought I had that job! I even had gotten a tour of “my work space” at the end of the interview.
BAH!! Anyway…moving on…
Since I don’t have a regular gig to go to, I’ll continue to do my on-call subbing. At least that leaves time for art!
I’ve actually done a bit of creating! Will wonders never cease! 
I completed one art journal page and just need to put the final touches on a second. Waiting for paint and glue to dry. The above page isn’t my favorite but I was just happy that I still had the drive to create.
I’ll be meeting with some friends for breakfast today…real casual. Likely head there after working out…seriously casual. :) Not exactly sure what the rest of the day holds for me…other than a shower. HA!
What are you doing today?
For this Labor Day, we hosted a gathering to celebrate my father-in-law’s birthday. Of course there was more than plenty of food, wine and dessert. I have a hard time scaling back the menu.
I didn’t remember to nab a photo of the before…only this small after shot of empty wine glasses so I could keep up appearance here with T stands for Tuesday. I won’t scare you with the rest of the dirty dishes. I love hosting…I just wish there were fairies or elves that would clean up while I slept.
Anyway, back to the celebration. My FIL and I have a long standing joke that gets played out each year on his birthday. He made fun of me taking photos of “weeds” during some downtime at one of Big J’s lacrosse games several years ago. I said they were wildflowers but he saw weeds. So in response to his teasing, each year I give him a handmade card with a photo of a weed on it for his birthday.
Mr. G helped me with the words this year.
OH how we love puns.
I’ll be mowing today…hopefully pop by knitting and *fingers crossed* receive a very important phone call. More on that one next week.
What are you doing today?
PS….mom’s cataract surgery went well! She got a bit mixed up with the drops the first day but I made her a new chart which made things much easier for her. She’s had two follow-up appts and she can now see 20/40 with no glasses and passed her drivers license eye test with flying colors.
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