Busy Week

Hi everyone. It is Wednesday and this week is flying. I know for me it is because it is a busy week. School vacation is next week and I am trying to wrap up my classes so we can start fresh when we get back in March. I have been giving tests and writing tests and grading tests. Never mind I have also been catching up on my other grading, and getting ready for when we come back after vacation so I won't be in a panic then. I am getting there with all that! Hopefully by Friday I can just cruise through the day.

And tonight we are suppose to get some more snow. I don't know how much because I have seen 2 contradictory forecasts. I hope not much because it means another chore,shoveling, and I don't want a snow day. We have not had any so far and the later we get into winter that means the less chance we will have any. It would be great to get out in the middle of June instead the end of June, but winter isn't over yet. So we shall see.

I am exhausted just from reading what I just wrote-ha-ha!

Today I have a very simple page in my Wild West Journal.  It's made on burlap. The shrine in the background is a die cut I recently picked up on sale. I used very pink paper to cut it (it was a practice run), but I liked it so I used some silver and brown paint and ink to make it a little less pink. I added a stamped image with a heart and flowers, and then this cool  fake bone plastic hand.

One fun thing I did do this week was finish listening to my latest audio book.

I LOVED this book and I highly recommend it.  Here's how Amazon describes it.

For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens.

Wishing you all a great day, and thanks so much for visiting.

2 Weeks to Go

Hi there. Thursday has arrived and this week is just buzzing right by. I am officially starting to get excited as in 2 weeks I leave for Japan. But first, mid-term exams are coming up at school and I have about a million other things I need to do.
So today I have a couple of pieces of art for you.
First of all I have started a new themed journal,it's got a western theme. One of my pages is perfect for the Masculine theme over at Moo Mania.

I made this page by first taking some brownish tissue paper that something that came in the mail was wrapped in.  The rodeo rider was a photo in a catalogue that came in the mail also. I added a die cut cactus. This was something I used last summer when I did some solar printing, but since the printing process didn't harm the die cut, I saved it until now. Finally I added a bit of paper tape and a little horseshoe charm, and voila, you can see my final page.
And since I used some recycle pieces, I am linking up to Try It On Tuesday and their new challenge of Recycle Something. And since it is kind of a collage and is made of some recycled materials, I am also linking up to Art Journal Journey and Alison's theme of Recycle and Collage.

And I also have a tag for the latest theme at Tag Tuesday which is Diamonds are Forever. I've finally started cleaning my studio space. Boy do I have way too much to do, but in the process I found this owl stamp I had bought and put away in the wrong place, so I decided to use it for this challenge.

Seeing we had such a grey and wet day, I had to take the photo without any good light, so most of my sparkles aren't really sparkling.

That's it for me today.

Hope everyone is having a great week!