ohhh myyyy....who knew

Wow!......I touched paint for the first time since primary grades.........It was SOOOO much fun. I didn't know it could be....really...I didn't! I even had someone say to me "what???...you don't own any paint?" and I responded "what for?"....lol............and......the reason I never did was...
          my oldest sister did beautiful water colors........
              my brother drew....
                  my younger sister drew charcol drawings....that were fantastic...
                      and there was me.........hummmmm...
so I took the route of quilting....and loved working with fabric...(all the colors.. since I was 5)...but I wasn't creative....in fact I found it very constricting to try and make things perfect....(I'm just kind of a hit and miss person...even play the paino that way...)
                        ...then I went into the paper mode.....love, love, love paper...making little books, tearing it, staining it...wadding it up....etc...so creative....so now..........
     with all the art journaling........it's on to new territory........after reading all the art journal blogs, buying supplies....it was time to start...........and these two pictures just came of out me.....who knew????

I actually got scared...........it's soooo hard for me to "take the plunge" on something new. I had to stop and put everything away cause I wasn't sure what to do next...AND I didn't have anyother colors...........the second page started as dripping paint...thanks to Journal Artista for that...I love her stuff.........so..........shopping this weekend for more paint....and on to the "great adventure"!

A Bit of Oregon in California

Well........it finally happened............rain....glorious rain........in June...the end of June no less...in Northern California. Thank you God for giving me a taste of Oregon.....I can't move there, darn it, but oh... to hear the rain today and not be melting in 90 degree plus heat.........I LOVED it!!! I just had to shout it out somewhere.........!!!!

It's Pink this Week!!

Good Morning World........

Last week was a great week for me. My grand-daughter and her son were in town and I had a chance to visit with her and play with my great-grandson....whew...who knew...great grandkids would be added to the family mix so soon......but I love it. He is such a cutey-putey!!!...and my grand-daughter is too!!

This week for the "Summer of Color" challenge.........it's PINK!!....I now see why people participate in the challenges....it sure keeps you focused and touching your art all the time....and the prompt sends you in directions you might not have gone...soooo....this is where it led me. I've titled it Vintage Pink as the quilt and photo are truely vintage!The picture is of my Grandmother (who I never knew) and a quilt that she made sometime during the 30's or 40's. She made many quilts in her lifetime, always using scraps of clothing and flour sacks. She didn't have much in the way of extra's in her life but she found a way to create beauty with her quilts. I treasure this quilt and I hope this layout gives her the honor that she deserves.

It's a Green Challenge....

Hello World....

Another week and it's time for the next challenge in the "Color of Summer" challenge over at Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star blog. This time it's green.........soooo not my favorite color to work with. I tried to get some creative juices going....but...you know how that can go.....brain clog.... :) but here is the result.

And....again, thanks to Elizabeth at "the Last Door Down the Hall" for freebies that I used in this layout. Her blog rocks!!

....M

WOW...

Hello World.......

......... and what a kind world it is out in bloggerland. I am so amazed that I actually got some feedback on my "Love is Blue" entry for The Summer of Color challenge...and positive at that.

and.............then I asked the lovely Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle Little Star who is hosting the challenge if she could help me get her challenge icon on to my blog...and she emailed right back with such a good explanation that I did it first try........yippee!!!

so thanks people for sharing the excitment of creating art.........I'm loving it!!

(hummmmm........now on to green for next week)  :))

Finally....I did it...

Hello World....

I finally decided to do a challenge. The everso Crafty Dawn over at Journal Journeys
http://journaljourneys-dawn.blogspot.com  is participating in "The Summer of Color" challenge over at http://www.twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/. So I thought I would tag along and do my first challenge.( oh I am soooo scared to show my work.) Since I am glued to the desk all day in the office I deceided to do my entry digitally and even though I am not proffiecent at PSE.....what better way to learn. The challenge for this week is blue, and here is my first project to go out in cyberspace!! What do you think?

 It looks washed out......hummmmm....but I wanted it that way but.....hummmm, maybe someone will give me some tips on what I did wrong. Anyway....I did it....stuck to it allllll week...didn't give up....

Also, I would like to give credit to Elizabeth at "the last door down the hall" for all the elements that I used except the sheet music. She generously allows everyone to use various elements that she post.

Dear Jane

Hello World!!

Over the three day weekend I was able to have some creative play time...yippee!!....I worked on my "Dear Jane" book.......dedicating it to "all Jane Austen" stuff. It was soooo much fun creating pages that will soon have text and images on it. Do you want to see a few pages????....ok...

I created the book....it has two signatures of 7 sheets of paper...creating 14 pages....per signature. (maybe that was too many pages...hummm).The book is a compulation of Donna Downey, Mary Ann Moss's " Remains of the Day" class, and Bluebird Paperie blog techniques. I am learning what I like and to just let it flow....it is was it is....and I am VERY happy with the outcome.  Now on to the next phase....yummmmmmmmmmm