Summer Time ... is Cookout Time!

 

Yummm !

Ink & Wash Watercolor

 Looking forward to immersing myself in some ink & wash watercolor!

'Inchie' Mixed Media Journal

This was a quick little spontaneous book I created using leftover scraps that were sitting on my table from a few previous projects. I started playing around, cutting, folding, tearing, distressing, inking, stamping, taping and gluing. I was surprised that I rather liked the interesting result!
 

Guess it's more of a 'twinchie' rather than an 'inchie' :)

Dust If You Must

Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better                                      

To paint a picture, or write a letter,

Bake a cake or plant a seed;
Ponder the difference between want and need?
 
Dust if you must, but there’s not much time,
With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;
Music to hear, and books to read;

Friends to cherish, and life to lead.
 
Dust if you must, but the world’s out there 

With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair;

A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,
This day will not come around again.
 
Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go (and go you must)
You, yourself, will make more dust.
 
            ~  by Rose Milligan

Dazzleberry Sedum is Blooming

Brilliant Raspberry colored flower clusters.

Plants in the genus Sedum are commonly called stonecrops because they are typically found in the wild growing on rocky or stony areas...but you'll find this one growing in our birdbath which has been converted into a planter :)

The Trees Were Green ...

 The trees were green

     The sun was hot

Sometimes I worked

     And sometimes not

             ~ unknown

Roll Up Tote Market Bag

I pulled out some batik fabrics I had stored away in my stash to sew this very versatile Market Bag. 

 

Roomy for standard size magazines, books and a few other miscellaneous items! Great tote to take to the flea market for those extra special finds! It rolls up and fits in your bag! Has a tie closure to keep things snug as well as handy when you roll it up when not in use. And it's reversible!