Garden Love

Hi everyone. Happy Saturday.  We've had  a day of some heavy rain and a little more coming our way this morning.  Then a  very short break before the next round of wet weather arrives. There's a saying we have that goes, "April showers bring May flowers", and that's what I hope is going to happen. Once we see a few sunny warm days everything is going to explode into green. Which will be great in my book!

But at least rain is not snow, and it is good for doing inside things like art and reading and taking naps. Smile.

As well as trying to finish up my book cleaning project as my daughter informed me she will be home Monday night. That means she needs her bed. Oh the pressure, Smile. Dark weather sure doesn't lead you to a lot of ambition.

So today I have another journal page for Wendy's HAVE FUN challenge at Art Journal Journey. This is a page for my garden cloth journal.

It might be just a little early for sunflowers to bloom in New Hampshire, but it is never too early for sunflowers, especially on a cloudy wet day.

Hope you have a good weekend!

An thanks for visiting.

Spring Might Have Actually Arrived

Hi everyone. 

Keeping this short but I wanted to add one more post for Jo's Hello Spring Challenge over at Art Journal Journey. Here's another one of my found fabric book pages full of spring flowers, and from all the spray, I bet a little spring rain too.

Some flowers are painted on this page and some are die cut. There's a little addition of sparkles, and some stamped words. The bottom one which is hard to read says bloom. The cloth is ironed onto some stiff backing and then stitched along the edges.

And thanks Elizabeth for mentioning these fit AJJ rules. I wasn't sure since they are a cloth journal.

And big thanks Jo for such a fun challenge this month, especially since spring here in New Hampshire hasn't been very quick to arrive this year.

We have clouds in my world today but it is day 3 of real spring weather, so the snow is melting away at a good rate. Hurrah! 

Happy Saturday everyone.

Color and Cloth

 Summer playing has begun. I love when I can move my work outside and do those things its hard to do inside all winter.

I've started painting some canvas.

I still have a ways to go as I keep adding bits and bobs of color on the canvas. I'm in no rush to finish right now though. I just like having fun with color.

And I tried my hand at dyeing some cotton yarn too.

I think I'll knit it on some supersized needles to make a net like scarf for wearing in warm weather . Knitting with cotton yarn is kind of weird-it doesn't feel quite right when you are used to wool- but its still fun to do, especially with yarn you dyed yourself.

 I am linking up to Paint Party Friday. Thanks Kristen and Eva for being such gracious hostesses every week. Stop by and check out all the great painting going on by some fantastic artists.

I also have a piece for Try It On Tuesday today. The theme is I Believe I can Fly. So I made a journal page.

The words say "Pete loves chasing bugs and he has a big tongue."

Pete is one of our dogs, and I can't say it really looks like him, but I still like how he came out. Its cartoon Pete.

Check out all the great mixed media pieces pieces at TIOT.

The long 4th of July holiday weekend begins  here in the US. Its our Independence Day celebrations. The hubby has today off, as well as Monday, the actual holiday, and I think today we are going to be squeezing in a little morning boat trip on the lake before he has to go to dialysis later in the afternoon.  I am hoping we motor over to Meredith (which is the town across the lake) for lunch at this restaurant I have never eaten at but want to try.

Other than a little rain tonight it is suppose to be a gorgeous weekend  (if you can believe the weather people- it is always suppose to be gorgeous in their forecasts for holiday weekends). I think we have a couple of days of boating planned, both today on the nearby lake  and tomorrow on the ocean. I think my daughter's boyfriend is coming along tomorrow, and we've only met him once, so I am excited to spend some time with him to get to know him a little better.

And on Monday we have our annual July 4th cookout out at my mother-in-laws. All of my husband's immediate family will be there, sisters with their husbands, nieces with their boyfriends. 

I think by next Tuesday I will need a vacation from my vacation.

Ha-ha!

Happy weekend everyone!