Itty Bitty Book Swap - Spring and Art Journal

I finished my Itty Bitty Book Swap spring pages.... here's a peek...

the forget me nots are on the back. I also decided I needed a new art journal that I could insert pages into. I was finding that I had a lot of loose pages with no where for them to end up. So here it is. My son recently destroyed his hardback dinosaur book by ripping off the covers, so I used those. Gesso and then decoupage.

Can you see the madonna and baby? I am always fascinated bymadonna and baby images...not sure why...

Inside front cover....and page of me and hubby I threw together because I had that photo laying around in a drawer. My 7 year old took it... I love it.

Another page....

And back cover.... you have seen these ledger pages before.... love the script.... and a lovely wallpaper rose.....

I also started my fabric journal! I have been wanting to make one since admiring one that Pam Garrison made..... but that is for another post! Have a great Tuesday!

Crazy Thaw

We seriously had about 6 feet of snow and in three days it was gone. Felt like spring out there....I think it was a bit of a tease really.... I am sure there will be more winter still. But my mind is definately turned to spring... oh, sweet spring....

Tagged

Sweet Maureen has tagged me.... I must tell you 7 things about myself that might interest you..... hmmmm.....what to tell....

1. I live in beautiful Canada, in the middle of no where, with my husband, three kids, two dogs, and two cats - I used to be a city girl, but now I will never go back;

2. Someday I want to have my own stable and horses;

3. I rarely watch TV (if it weren't for my kids I don't think I ever would) (maybe just the Oscars);

4. I used to do a lot of scrapbooking until I discovered collage and my entire style (read world) changed;

5. I adore gardening - peonies are my absolute favorite flower - I have more varieties than I can count;

6. I love love love coffee and will drink it just about anytime, anywhere;

7. I am constantly fighting my natural instinct to keep everything - I love my "stuff".

Won't you tell me something about you?

Mellow Yellow....

Yesterday, I was feeling pink.... well - today I am feeling yellow....

I'm Dreaming....

I'm dreaming of big pink peonies (buried under feet of snow) blooming in my "dear to my heart" garden.....


Sweet, sentimental, May weddings....



Pastel colored decorations....

and sweet little boxes of treasures.....

What are you dreaming of?

Vintage quilted Hearts

I have been working on embellishing these old quilted hearts.... thought I would share them with you. I love that they are old and worn in places...... enjoying the simple act of stitching...getting lost in the moment.

I had a very old worn quilt which I ended up giving away because it was too worn to use... now I am wishing I had kept it because all these neat projects are now coming to mind. Hate that!