{Art Journal part 3}...

Art Journal #3

This journal is sold but I wanted to show a different

type of cover.  Rather than being an original painting it is a

fabric printed copy of the original.

It comes out very nice.

And allows me to offer  two price ranges.

One for the original paintings and another for the copies.

I plan is to offer only a limited number of any print.

Say 5 to 10 and number them.

So this one would be 1/10

 I usually use light or bright colors.  Never really working with black or

navy blues.

Which is what I like best about this art journal.

 And the inside front and back covers.

These journals are all pictured without the inside blank pages.

Of course the finished journal includes paper pages

for your delight

Well lots to do before next Saturday.  And not all of it is art.

So off I go

{Art Journals part 2}...

Art Journal #2

The front cover has the original painting.

Colors include pales yellows, grays and teals.

 The back cover includes

a nice little "ruffle" at the bottom edge.

I love it's messy crunch.

It's taken me quite awhile to get comfortable

with doing messy stitching.  Having spent 40 years trying to sew

perfectly.  It's nice to know I can when I need to.

But I think this type of sewing is what makes these art journals so beautiful.

 And the inside front and back covers.

Including it's pocket

Also for sale at Saturday's Les Femmes show

{Art Journals}...

Journal #1

The front cover.

Has the original painting

I am really attracted to more subtle colors lately

and I don't think that's going to change any time soon.

So that's reflected in my current pieces.

The back cover

and the

 inside front cover

 And of course the inside back cover.

I like to include a pocket in each of my journals

making it easy to include special treasures.

This journal will be for sale at next Saturday's Les Femmes show

{ECHO} Week 24-Liquid...

{ECHO} Week 24 Liquid

What a great shot Marty got of these refreshing liquids

You can check out more about my partner, Marty's

photo on her blog here. 

 I choose water as my Liquid.  I LOVE WATER

I just love it.

. 
I Love it in all forms.

I love it's feel

 as it's moves across my hand or down my body in the shower each morning, 

 how it feels as I fly across it on water skies,  and even better when I let go and fall into it.

I love it's smell 

whether from the ocean air or from the incoming rain storm.

I love it's sounds

the crashing waves or the rain on my roof as it lulls me to sleep

or fall down the side of a mountain

I love how it looks

with the twinkling light from the bright sun on it's shimmer surface

or as it ripples from a stone tossed into it and

the single beam of moon light laid out across it's entire length.

And I love playing in it.

Running in it, splashing it with my boot, dodging the rain drops trying not to get wet

and MOST of all I love swimming in it.

I love it as ice

 as it cools my drink in summer,

 I love skating on the frozen lake in winter,

 (that was, of course, when I lived in Michigan)  I even like scrapping it from my

windshield on cold winter mornings

and it's healing comfort of a swollen bruise.

I love it as vapor

in the clouds moving across the blue sky above me,

as mist across the mountains in the morning light



I love it as

snowflakes,

icicles, and snowballs

in puddles and fountains

in hot tubs,

and as it's waves met the shore. 

And I love just sitting beside it

{Knitted Wrap and Nuno Felted Scarfs}...

Only 2 weekends left before Les Femmes des Montage

Art Show.  Our 6th annual!!!

Last weekend's projects included the completion for this lacy, wooly

wrap/scarf with a delicate crochet edge.

And 2 nuno felted scarfs. The first is this delicate

teal and black scarf.

This was the first time I made 2 nuno felted items in one day.

While it was great for inventory my body did feel

it a bit later.

But there came out soooooo beautiful.

I wonder if I will have time to make any more before the show?

But not this weekend.  This weekend

is devoted to art journals.

{Hats, Hats, and More Hats}...

Finally time to post something new.

Between house guests, birthday's and spending time with friends

I haven't had much extra time.

Oh yea! and the fall Les Femmes show is in 3 weeks.

SO I'm busy creating items for the show.

These hats are my all time favorite to make

 There are endless combinations of yarns you can use.

This one is 3 strands of commercial yarns for the cap

and some handspun with a bit of are commercial novelty yarn for the earn flaps

 This cap is made from  handspun yarn from Erin48 over at Esty
 http://www.etsy.com/shop/Erin48 and some bulky wool

and ribbon yarns for the ear flaps

 Again this one has two strands of handspun which I got from Inspiration Fibers on Esty.  (You can see her yarns here http://www.etsy.com/shop/inspirationfibers ) with 3 strands of

commercial yarn  novelty yarn for texture on
the ear flaps.

I've also been doing some nuno felting and art journaling which I hope to post soon.

At least this isn't an Echo post

(Echo) Week 23-Minimalist

Despite what the last 3 post's show (uugh) this is not an Echo only blog.

I just can't seem to find any time to post other things.

One reason  is that I am spending time in my garden.

Below is my entry for (Echo) Week 23-Minimalist

My front yard is graced each year with a lot of wild sunflowers that

the birds and I enjoy for many weeks.

But, alas the sunflowers are nearing their end with only

a few, or should I say Minimalist number of flowers

left on these huge plants. 

I tried to take a photo of them but the sun was shining so brightly

(I'm not complaining, I love the sun)

 it was tough to take a good photo of the whole plant with just it's one last flower

blooming among the dozens and

dozens of it's dried flower heads so

when I spotted this last bloom with only one petal left on it.

Perfect!!!!

Above is my partner Marty's entry.  You can check out her

post here.

{Echo} Week 22 Sweet...

Sorry about 2 Echo post in a row but

I've been out of town for awhile on another road trip with my sister
and am just now getting my life back to normal.  What ever "normal" is.

My "Sweet" photo is on the right,

 a Cream Puff Hot Fudge Sundae,

and my partner's Marty is on the left.

I was born in Michigan and we had an old fashion ice cream

store called Sanders.  Michiganders will know how great there were.  I say were because

I don't think they have stores anymore.  But you can still get their hot fudge and even

their cream puffs through the mail. 

 But when I first moved to Arizona 26 years ago you couldn't.  So I had

to learn how to make my own cream puffs.

At first they were not as "good" as Sanders but over the years

I have grown to love them just as much.

I've changed the flavor of the ice cream from the original vanilla

to coffee.  And I really like that :-)

Back to regular posts soon.