{Erosion Bundle part III ~ I think}...

I've decided what I will do with my Erosion Bundle.

I'm make an Art Journal with it. 

Not a big surprise I know.

But it's something I can get excited about. 

I plan on it being a journal based on the flowers from my garden this year.

Along with some poetry and meaningful words for the year.

Here are the newly washed colors.

Also no surprise, their lighter.

But I like them.  Their a really nice shade of blue gray and

a purple piece.  The pieces that were treated for printing are the lighter blue gray while the untreated piece remained a fairly dark purple.

{what ifing and my erosion bundle}...

I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to do something with my erosion bundle.

Nothing seems to get me excited about using it.

So back in the pot it went.  This time with some of the blueberries

left over from my smoothie.

First I boiled the blueberries

then left the fabric to soak in the pot for a few hours.

This time I'm letting it hang and dry for a few days before rinsing it.

As I've been having trouble keeping much color in the cloth.

I really love the color.  But I haven't rinsed it yet.

SO we'll see how much color stays in.

I like these top two best. I had already treated the fabric for printing before

deciding to do the blueberry soak.  So what if ,   what if I left the treated fabric alone.

I did and so far I'm glad I did.

{Bright Star}...

"When I don't hear from him, it's as if i died."

When I watched this video my heart wept knowing that within me, I too, have felt this way.

Beautiful.

 

I will now have to find out more about this movie?

{How to use PSE Photos}...

OK, so what can you do with all those photos you alter in PSE?

Yes, I love to put them in art journals. And I could frame them and hang them on my walls. 

But I do have a few art quilts already on the walls so that doesn't leave

a lot of wall space for other art.

So I made a pillow.

I enlarged and printed the photo of the hydrangea from the last post onto fabric.

Leaving the edges loose I messy stitched around the photos to secure

it to the pillowcase and tacked the corners with knotted pieces of scrap fabric.

Now I can see my art and remember the poem.

{enjoy me}...

a poem and a flower

Laughter Came From Every Brick

Just these two words He spoke

changed my life,

"Enjoy Me."

What a burden I thought I was to carry ~

a crucifix, as did He.

Love once said to me, "I know a song,

would you like to hear it?"

And laughter came from every brick in the street

and from every pore in the sky,

After a night of prayer, He changed my life when

                                  He sang,

"Enjoy Me"

                                              ~ Teresa of Avila

{one thousand gifts}...

I just finished reading one thousand gifts by

Ann Voskamp.

And it sounds so cliche ~ but this book can change your life.

It is one of the most heartfelt, soulful books

 I have, or perhaps, ever will read.

I read a fair amount and I will count this book as a keeper.

I have empty my large book shelve 3 times, keeping only the best

though each recycle.  This book will remain always.

I have a long way to go.  But I am thankful for each one.

{are you having a hard time posting comments?}...

I have been having a hard to impossible time leaving comments on blogger

and I know some of you have too.  So I looked it up.

And yep, there is a "known" problem.  Here's a work around  fix.   

When you are directed to your account's Google page connection, do NOT check the box "stay connected"
I tried it
and it worked for me!
Thanks for trying. I really do enjoy getting and reading your comments.

{ok, so I was just wanting to relax}...

and feeling like trying something new in PSE.  So a bit of

layering on the painting from the previous post.

It's not exactly what I set out to try. But I just went with it.  (I'm a bit sleepy too}.

 And while I was playing around I started doing a little what ifing and thought I might try using

just the eyes, nose or mouth on some project.  So these might be showing

up on some art doll or maybe even on a small quilt.