More from the Wright Museum

Hi everyone. It is Thursday here and I am surprised this week is going so fast. I thought this was going to be a long week at school,  but no, my work days are flying right by. Right now 2 of my classes are in  my least favorite unit of the school year, which usually slows time way down, but luckily things are moving right along.
How about another photo trip back to Wright Museum? If you remember the Wright Museum is the museum about life during 1939-1945 in the US. I visited back on Smithsonian Free Museum Day in September.
How about some classics first?

New Hampshire and Vermont next door have some great ski mountains.

Wow, ski equipment has changed. These bindings almost looks unsafe.

And how about a little tribute to all of us who were/are educators, both  active and retired.

The little sign says The safeguard of democracy is education.

I should included this poster in my last museum post where I showed the other Victory gardens.

And for those of you interested in fashion. The gardening woman on the left looks so classy compared to what I wear in my garden.

And you might be familiar with this popular image. But I found it interesting to read that this image didn't become such a symbol until the 1970's, even though the image was created during the WWII years.

You can read about it here. (Sorry about the angle of the photo)

I still have more photos for another day.

Thanks for visiting!

A Second Look and More

Hi everyone.
It is October second and that means it is

time today for a second look at a previous post over Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog. It is Second on the Second.

Here's my second view from a post originally published on October 16, 2015.

This is a slightly spooky architectural October page.

Now that it is October, I think a little spooky is ok.

And keeping with the autumn theme, I have a collaged journal spread for Eileen's Dream challenge at  Art Journal Journey

I've been doing some paper collaging for the last few weeks in a blank board book. My theme is (obviously) autumn. It is very relaxing and it's fun to pick the right bit to add. Plus it is a good way to clean off my work table too.

Besides collaging, I used a bit of modeling paste and a stencil. Once dried, I used a bit of paint and ink to color them.

And it was easy enough to add some letter stickers to create the quote that finished off my page. And made it perfect for the AJJ challenge too.

And by the way, you might recognize the tag on the bottom left from a post last week.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Have a happy mid-week!

And thanks for visiting.

October Has Arrived!

Happy October  everyone. It's a new month (already October-wow) and time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday.

But first I want send out a big thanks to everyone who participated in our Hot, Hot Hot challenge.  And also thanks Tracey for being such a great guest designer too.

For the next 2 weeks we're asking for some Animal Magic.

 I don't make cards very often but one day recently I just had the urge to make a stack. 

I can't say I  know too many card making tricks, as the process does have some differences from art journaling. My cards are pretty basic, but these new cow stamps  really make me  happy.

I mean, who doesn't love a cow?

I hope to see your animal art over at Try It On Tuesday  

T Stands for Summer Winds Down

Hi everyone. Today (Tuesday) isn't suppose to be too bad but chilly temperatures have arrived here in New Hampshire. But now that it is October, I guess we can expect that. I think I'll be putting my sandals away pretty soon. 😒 Temperatures at night are suddenly  down close to  freezing.

This past weekend a friend from North Carolina up visiting, and Saturday it was a gorgeous day, so we took our friend out for a boat ride. (It is my guess is that it might have been our last boating day for the season. It is no fun boating when it is cold.).

The celebrate the warm day, we stopped for a summery lunch before we headed out on the water.

 Yup, probably my last lobster roll until next year since they just aren't as appealing once the weather gets cold.

And for my T day drink  I had a diet Pepsi with my sandwich.

And later on when we were boating, we docked the boat and stopped at a waterside restaurant for a little refresher. I had a glass of red wine sangria.

Stop by    Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to join us for T this week. 

And I haven't shown you any boating photos since June, so here's a few. Today I have photos of those hard working men and women who get those lobsters for all those sandwiches, as well as  lobster boats and related photos.

Lobstering is a vibrant local industry here in New Hampshire as you can see.
Have a fabulous Tuesday everyone.

And thanks so much for visiting.

Weekend Wrap Up

Hi everyone! The month of September is  just about over. But there is just enough time for me to link up one more journal page for Art Journal Journey and my September challenge of  Polka-dots, Stripes, Plaids and Patterns.

My page today is made with an 8x11 brown printed paper that I then attached to some brown inked watercolor paper. I went on to create some stripes with some printed washi tape. 

The tag is another oldie from my stash that I made with some stamped and a cut out image at some point back  in the past. But this tag worked well  on the page, so now it is there. Then I created some details with some painted plastic gears and some white paper flowers. I also added some cloth stickers which I embellished with some little metal screw heads.

And before I forget

I want to send big thanks to all of your who joined in the fun at Art Journal Journey this month. You guys created some amazing art and really Rock! I  appreciate all your support.

In the last week some autumn color started to appear, and I bet this week there will be even more, since our temperatures are suppose to be feeling more like fall.

Here's some photos from my Saturday morning walk.

 And in my garden there's still a bit of blooming going on.

 And any time now my perennial chrysanthemums should be blooming. These plants  bloom in October, and it is always nice to have some late season flowers. 

Even better these plants originated in my grandmother's garden, and then some were moved to my mother's garden and now I have some. I'm hoping for a lot of flowers since the plants seemed to thrive on this years conditions.

I hope everyone has a great new week and I will see you soon for T Day.

The Month is Widing Down

Hi everyone. The month is winding down very quickly, but before it does I still have a couple of pages for Art Journal Journey to share with you. This month my challenge has been polka-dots, stripes, plaids and patterns.

And if you want to join in, there is still a few days of September left to join us! 

So I painted some messy stripes. Those stripes really make me happy, even if they are wiggly and look rather uneven in color tone. Then I added this tag which I found already made in my stash.  I added the metal flower and leaves to the bottom of the tag to tie it into the page a bit. It's nice to have found a way to recycle the tag also.

I made the tag so long ago that I can't remember exactly how I made it, but I do see some washi  tape stripes on an alcohol ink background.  I see some die cuts but I honestly don't know where the winged woman image came from as I don't have that stamp. 

Have a super end of your week and start of your weekend.  

And thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

And Art Journal Journey too.

More from the Wright Museum and a Tag

Happy Thursday everyone. I'll start my post today with a tag for Tag Tuesday and the latest Trees challenge.

My tag is made with lots of ink and a few stamps. I also added this wooden leaf I had in my stash. 

And I also have a few more photos from my visit to the Wright Museum of World War II.

I wish shoes were still this inexpensive.  But I also might be in trouble because it is always fun to go shoe shopping.

I actually want to try this cake recipe.  It might be one way I can actually go back in time other than viewing all the displays in the museum.

I never heard of Victory Gardens (other than I think there used to be a PBS TV called that here in the US). One thing I learned in the museum is how much of American life became centered on the war.  Including keeping a garden.

My mother used to talk about the black out paper and shades that they used to have to put up on their windows.  I found that really a fascinating idea when I was a kid. I can't image people doing that now. But I guess if we had to, we would.

Hope you enjoyed the photos.

And thanks so much for stopping by to visit my blog.

Trying Something Different

Hello! So this week is speeding right by isn't it? Here it is middle of the week already. I've had a couple of long days with work and appointments but not today, so maybe I will actually get an hour or two of art time after work. And that would be a good thing!

So may page today is a different style for me. I started with a piece of watercolor paper and this striped paper that was the background for a set of alphabet stickers in their store package. I then added the rows of postage stamps that came off a shipping envelope. I stamped the ladies and the quote, and then needed to figure out what to do with the right side of the page. First I tried cutting up some red doily hearts, which were too red, so then I painted that side pink. That worked, but the page was still unfinished, so I found these yellow flowers in my stash and added them. At that point I decided the page was done.

So I have stripes and a postage stamp pattern which means this page is another one I am linking up to Art Journal Journey. There's still a few days to play along if you are so inclined before the month wraps up.

Hope to see you at  Art Journal Journey and hope you are having a good week also.