Mostly Green

Hi everyone. I've been busy finishing up some summer projects. Now that I'm back to school and the weather is changing its got me thinking about different things to try and to work on.

Guess my brain is no longer in summer mode. :) 

But first, let me show one of those finished projects.

Do remember that I was making a collaged board book with travel brochures from my extended weekend to The NY Finger Lakes?  If not, no matter, but here's the links to what I've shown you already. (Saturday Play and Scissors and Glue Equal Collage).

I had 2 pages left to wrap up and here they are.

Although I used other colors besides green; there is a lot of green, so I am going to link up to Yvonne's colorful challenge over at Art Journal Journey. My color today is green!

And being back at work means that Friday's are now more exciting than when I was home in the summer. And its just about the weekend. :) No plans right now but I am hoping to get back to my attic cleaning and organizing project. Now that would be a good project to finish for sure. :)

Hope you enjoy your weekend.

And sending good thoughts and a wish for staying safe and dry for anyone in the path of hurricane Irma.

Saturday Play

Hi everyone. It was a gorgeous Saturday here in New Hampshire. Blue skies, around 70 degrees (22 degrees C), and tonight is again crisp and almost fall like.  Good for sleeping for sure.

So I had a great day with LOTS of art time and even a little nap. It was my kind of Saturday.

Here's some more collage pages I finished up in my "travel journal" from my extended weekend in New York's Finger Lake region. I am making this in a blank  board book and cutting up lots of travel brochures you can pick up for free. I've also added some ephemera and a little paper tape too.

 The left hand page has 3 cards that flip up.

 In this view you can see them flipped up.

I've got lots of quotes, so thanks to Jo's suggestion, I will link up to Art Journal Journey and her great theme of Poetry in Motion.
And how about a few other random photos from the journey too.

 A mural on the side of a building in Watkins Glen. They have a major race track in the town.

 Some fun painted moose when we passed through Bennington, Vermont. (We had to travel through Vermont to reach New York).

 And we stopped at this wild gift store.  All the statues outside attracted our attention, which is the plan I am sure the store owners had when they put them there.

 I kind of liked this giant hotdog.

 They even had statues on the roof.

And at a brewery we visited, they had the really interesting bathroom sign.

And this is the view from one end of Seneca Lake at sunset one evening. We had dinner on the deck of a restaurant with this beautiful view.

And finally, some parting words of wisdom.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Scissors and Glue Equal Collage

Hi everyone! I am waiting for the less humid air to move in, which they say it will be doing anytime now. The breeze has just picked up as I write and I've already opened the windows so maybe it will feel a little less damp and more comfortable in the house.
Yesterday I went to visit my mom in the morning and then on my way home stopped and did a little back to school clothes shopping for myself. Got a couple of things which is always fun. Those first few weeks of school usually require summer clothes, and my work collection is getting pretty shabby,  (seeing for some reason summer fabrics never seem to stay nice as long as the heavier winter fabrics), and right now if you can find anything there are pretty good deals. :)

One thing I haven't done in forever is to cover a blank board book with paper. It's fun to cut and paste and see what happens when you combine all the scraps. 

I usually come home for a journey (big or small) with lots of free tourist brochures and other paper pieces I collect along the way. So this time I decided instead of making a travel journal I would cut and paste and college. I would see what the process gave me.

This is the first half of the book. I  like the fact that it isn't a huge book to complete.

And how about some more photos from the trip to the Finger Lakes. I can't believe we left 2 weeks ago. 

These thistles were in a field next to the hotel, and when we left one morning , the sun was trying to burn through some fog which made it rather intriguing. 

So tomorrow it's back to work for me. I am 50% excited to go back and 50% ready to retire. I guess the fact that I am 50% ready to go back means I am not ready to retire yet. :) It amazes me I am starting year 34 of teaching. Holy cow. Where did time go?
And on that comment, I will wish you all a great day.