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T is for Twists and Turns!
Last Thursday Wayne and I took the oldest grandson and our oldest daughter (his mom) to the local county fair--which is really more of a carnival at this point than what one would normally consider to be a traditional fair with farm animals, farmers and all the things...
Autumn Colors
Yay! I finished the spread from the background that I posted this week for My Journal Monday. I wanted to stay with an autumn colors theme as was the prompt this month for Art Journal Journey and also the current theme for Moo Mania. I am linking this post to both...
My Journal Monday–Week 5
It was a BUSY weekend! I worked really hard on the journal page that I posted on this week's Sunday Words spot. Because of that I don't have very much exciting on my desk to show for my efforts. This is what is on my desk this morning in my journal: I know. Really...
Sunday Words
Psalm 23:4 This post is also being linked to the following blogs for their challenges: Journal52 for their "Hauntingly Beautiful" prompt this week Sunday Sketches Art Every Day Month where Leah Piken Kolidas hosts the challenge to do something creative every day...
29 Faces — Blog Challenge — No. 22 & Art It Friday – Show Your Face!
Alaya Art sponsored 29 Faces in September 2015. I didn't get all of my 29 faces completed during the challenge period but I am going to continue with them until I get them all done. It has helped develop my skills so much that I want to make sure I make it through...
Focus on the Beautiful Things
I finally feel like I may be officially back in the land of the living! Yay!! I have been working slowly on a journal page since the weekend and I finally finished it this morning. I posted an "in progress" glimpse of it in this week's My Journal Monday. I colored...
T is for Tons of Oysters!
Last week one of the things that added to my already daunting week was entertaining the rather large group of visitors that were spending time with our department. Granted I had volunteered to do so but it was still quite a huge task to heap on myself during such an...
My Journal Monday–Week 4
Well, here it is Monday again already. This is what is on my desk this week in my journal: Obviously a work in progress but I'm pretty pleased with it already. This past week I have been "out of pocket" due to a very intense week at work but all that is over--and I...
T is for Trying
Over on the Alteredbooklover blog, Elizabeth does a weekly link-up called T is for Tuesday. It involves "drink" posts of any kind--drawn, painted, photographed, tagged, etc. I felt like sketching tonight so I gave it a shot. my perspective is off quite a bit but...
My Journal Monday–Week 3
I have participated in several blog challenges or participation posts on several other blogs. I thought it might be fun to try one myself. In some of my research in finding a good "linky" tool, I discovered that the WordPress.com platform does not support linky...
29 Faces — Blog Challenge — No. 21 & Art It Friday – Show Your Face!
Alaya Art sponsored 29 Faces in September 2015. I didn't get all of my 29 faces completed during the challenge period but I am going to continue with them until I get them all done. It has helped develop my skills so much that I want to make sure I make it through...
Moo-Mania & More!
A fine group of ladies have a running challenge that they post one every two weeks, usually starting on Wednesday. They call themselves Moo-Mania & More and the current challenge, which will be up until around 10/21 is "SHOW PATTERNS." You can submit just about...
My Journal Monday–Week 2
I have participated in several blog challenges or participation posts on several other blogs. I thought it might be fun to try one myself. In some of my research in finding a good "linky" tool, I discovered that the WordPress.com platform does not support linky...
Sunday Words
Psalm 8:3-4
29 Faces — Blog Challenge — No. 20 & Art It Friday – Show Your Face!
Alaya Art sponsored 29 Faces in September 2015. I didn't get all of my 29 faces completed during the challenge period but I am going to continue with them until I get them all done. It has helped develop my skills so much that I want to make sure I make it through...