An Altered Book

Lots of stitching and layers on this one for Debbi, as part of an altered book round robin.

Have a wonderful week!

A touch of green

Winter has arrived here in the South West of Australia, gale force winds and bucketing rain have alternated with just enough fine weather to get washing dry and little dogs exercised. There's a little whimsy in both of these journal covers and the green was a bit of a change for me.

Amid the storms and unpredictable weather one spider was very busy, and I am glad. What a joy it was to see the rain drops on this web by my mail box.

Treadmills and Trivia

A sneak peak at three cards I made last night and one already given this week. I apply all my left over paint to a sketch pad - be it stamped, brushed, swooshed or splattered. I had four sheets in similar colours, a few stamps and some black ink and they were ready to play with.

Some bookmarks I made this week too. I have had quite a few requests/commissions for these and they are such fun to make, fairly quick and all different.

The treadmills? Real and metaphorical. I have felt for the past month that I was on a run-away treadmill, and yet somehow last week I took control, nothing has changed, I just feel like I am walking in time with my life again. And the real? My Dad is coming to drop one off this morning. Dear Archer is not as dependent on his walks and his portability means I often pick him up and take him to the beach, or to the park with a friend and her children. I am finding I do not walk as much as I like to, I tend now to amble, to take photo's and to chat to others. My parents had a good treadmill they were not using so I have asked to loan it. Perhaps a commitment to SBS news on the treadmill? I will have to see how it goes...

Serene

Friends look away ... you may receive one of these, one day, but I could not resist show and tell. I almost got to the point of buying a card last week. There were none in the stash and no time to create. Yesterday I spent a 4 blissful hours playing with paper - lovely silk, handmade, textured and printed papers;the result this card and tag series. It was a serene pause in the whirlwind of my mind - all was quiet and the focus was on the paper - no deep thoughts, no other plans, no wishing for other resources... just cutting and arranging beautiful paper.

Back to reality and I have my desk to tidy, at least a little, before I can create anything else on it. I would like to spend another afternoon doing a second series in another colour way, perhaps one which is a little more unisex.