Playful Fun

Hi everyone.  Happy weekend. It certainly feels like late summer today in my part of the world. It's perfect weather for a morning walk. Not sure what else is on my agenda for the weekend. I do have a few things I should do, but hopefully these 2 days will be more than just chores. Although I must admit finishing off part of the basement cleaning would make me feel both accomplished and happy. Plus I could check it off the list which seems to have gotten quite long since I've been home. 

I guess the day will tell what happens.

Back in August I was playing with some Janet Klein stamps in an A6 journal. I  never posted all my pages, but I did show you one or two. Anyhow, I figured I should post these before they moved so far down the queue in my Google photos I forgot they were there.

You can see  the little tags as I was going to post them to Halle's Pockets and Tags challenge, but that didn't happen.  However they do have some texture so I am going to post them in Jo's texture challenge at Art Journal Journey

I made the backgrounds all at once for this journal. The colors are Dina Wakely's spray glass paints. I also stamped a few pink circles, and die cut several flowers in various colors. I included the Janet Klein figures, as well as the tags. I also created the sun and the jump rope in the second page.

And there's a few other details you can pick out.

I must have had  bit of glue on my fingers when I attached the boy and girl, because when I went to color them I got some weird marks on their faces. It just more texture though!

I did actually put up some fall decorations this past week. I never had time to do that with work. I don't have a whole lot, but just enough to give the house a little autumn splendor.

I love the big center chimney in my house. It does take up a bit of room, but on my living room side I have this fireplace and on the opposite side in the kitchen, dining room, I have a wood stove hookup.

The stones are all from the property. And in the center above the mantel is an old grinding stone complete with a handle to turn it.

And if you're wondering why there are 2 clocks it is because the one in middle doesn't work. It was my husband's grandfathers. The small one works, and I am excited to have a working clock on my mantel. That was retirement gift from the school board and district.

And I switched some of the plates on my dining room hutch with these cute dog ones I have.

OK, enough for me today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Hope yours is not all chores either.