Autumn´s Glory

Autumn´s Glory

Watercolor 30 x 30 cm

Watercolor with border and frame.

A little further away....as it would be viewed in real life...standing back from the piece.

This is one of the many pumpkin watercolors I have been working on for the last two weeks.

Wishing all those who celebrate Halloween,,,,have a happy one and don´t eat too much candy.

Busy, Busy

I have been busy.

This is a sample of why I have been so busy.

All of the books above start out looking like this.

It entails a lot of measuring and cutting of the book boards.

The cover papers have been painted and as seen here,,,glued onto the book boards.

Here I have used book cloth at the hinge and hammered some eyelet holes.

The last step is to cut the paper used to fill the books.

Two covers are then sewn together with decorative cord and accent beads.

A view of the cords and beads.

Each cover paper is different. This is an example of some of my hand painted paper.

Each book has coordinating book cloth on the hinge.

This paper has a gesso resist and is painted and stamped with acrylics.

This paper is a handmade dyed cotton with added blue coloring. It feels fuzzy to the touch

and reminds me of fluffy clouds in a sky of blue.

Once the books are all finished...they are then packed into hand sewn, felt pouches.

Hope you enjoyed the show. These "little beauties" make great stocking stuffers.

Black and Orange

I have been painting lots of pumpkins lately with lots of leftover orange paint.

What`s a girl to do?

Sooooo, just for fun I painted orange strips of paint onto watercolor paper and made a few

tags/bookmarks.

All the leftover orange paint got used up and I

will attach these tags as little gifts onto my pumpkin watercolor pieces.

Considering that everyone is in the Halloween spirit lately,,,I thought I would add

these tags to the Black and Orange
themes over at Tag Tuesday and Something Completely Different.

By the Sea

By the sea...by the beautiful sea........

Many of us take our vacations by the sea. The sea air does everyone good.
The atmosphere by the sea is always relaxed and carefree.
I have so many sun-filled memories of living by the sea...be it the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific
Ocean or the North Sea.
These tags/bookmarks were done with watercolor crayons and water in sea-like shades
of pinks and corals.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Theme Thursday has chosen
Pink as their theme and I thought I would join in for the cause.

Plain and Simple

" It´s never DANGEROUS being who you are."

I also like the saying ....be yourself,everyone else is taken.

A plain and simple one layer card in beige and grey with a string of yarn.

The theme at Lots to Do this week is Plain and Simple,,,go have a look.