Different Possibilities

"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and

communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,

interpretation and execution." --Ansel Adams

What I love about photo editing is that one picture varies

in potential.  The above photo is one possibility.

Original photo taken in New Orleans earlier this year.

Journal Giving

I am not good at keeping a journal, but I do LOVE making them. 

This first journal is titled 'Renewal.'  A new year is always a good

time for renewal.

This journal is all handmade and titled 'With Careful Hands.' 

These two journals feature a unique closure using

jute rope.  Both journals are now listed in my etsy shop.

See more pictures and details here.

Etsy Shop Reopening

For several months my etsy shop has

been empty or closed.  I am reopening my shop

to offer these handcrafted notepads.  The pages

are actually left overs from another project.   I used old book

pages, fabric, gesso, wire, and other embellishments

to give these notepads some personality.   

The first notepad is called "Quest to Know" because we live

our life trying to find answers and solutions.  Now listed in my shop.

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Pages of white cardstock and recycled papers ready for

someone's hands to write, sketch....

The second notepad is called "Becoming Who We Are" because

the journey of becoming who we are is precious.

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Fulfilled Journal: On a Journey

Here is my handmade 'Fulfilled' journal I first showed here.  It is taking

 a journey at the moment. 

A unique binding technique and closure for the journal emerged three

books/journals ago.  See the other three books in the bundle here.  So

this is actually the 4th with this technique using jute rope.

The pages are watercolor paper and painted manila folders

decorated with paper strips and circles.

Jute rope holds the pages together.  The pages are attached

to the book with the jute as well.   Hope you have a fulfilling creative time.

Christmas Goodness

The movie that is a must for me during the Christmas holiday is "The Christmas Carol" with George C. Scott (The Sound of Music is another).  Although I enjoy the movies and festivities of this season, it all comes down to the true meaning. When I saw these stamps by Inkadinkado, I had to buy them. So here is how I used them. First of all, try dying some tags with coffee and vanilla, if you haven't already. They smell so gooooood. I just place one in my purse to enjoy the smell all the time. Okay, back to Christmas Goodness.

I began with creating some ornaments. Stamped the coffee-vanilla dyed tags front(image) and back(scripture) using Stampology's topaz ink.

  Cut some scraps of fabric and glued them to the bottom of the tags.  Just so you know now. Jute rope is all over my creative space right now.  It is being used and will continue to be used especially for my journals.  So I pulled some jute rope through the hole and added some turqoise beads attached on a jewerly hook. 

Then, I decided the tag ornaments needed a little pouch.  I had found some Christmas napkins several weeks ago and decided to hand-stich the pouch ( I don't have my sewing machine quite yet).

Hand-stitched four pouches. 

They are ready to be packaged and mailed to my lovely family.  I didn't stop there with the stamps, oh no.

I created " That Night" on an 11 in x 14 in canvas panel.  What did I tell you?  Jute rope.

It looks like I skipped Thanksgiving doesn't it?  My Thanksgiving will be small, yummy, and relaxing.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  And thank you to all my wonderful creative friends and family for your encouragement as you visit the place for my creative discoveries. 

love nature

It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination. -Henry David Thoreau.

-in the picture: brother and sister-in-law

Two Words: Chasing Stitching

It appears that my creativity has been chasing stitching.  My almost finished project you see here is a mixed media journal.  While I was working on this project, it felt like I was fullfilling an artistic need; like I am beginning to find my creative voice.  Thus the title of this journal is "fulfilled."  I promise to show the entire journal in the future.