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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A slight shift ~

As the sun was setting Tuesday evening, there was something

just a little bit different about the sky.

It's the difference that happens each and every year that I so love ~

A cool front had moved into Georgia
so the sky was that beautiful, crisp blue...
do you know the color I'm talking about?

There seemed to be more shadows from the magnolia trees
as I looked out the window

and for one brief second,

I felt as though I'd just had a glimpse of fall!!!

My little nature journal is getting quite FAT!

I've cut away pages to allow for the bulk of what I'm adding

but will still need to do away with more as I go ~

I have to tell you, this project has been quite therapeutic!

It's so relaxing adding the elements to each page.

As you can see, my layout is very simple

and that's how I want it to be.

I've crushed speckled egg shells ~

Added a blue jay feather I found outside ~

It's nothing fancy, just simple pages with spaces to write thoughts or nature poems you love ~

I'm also adding more of my pressed flowers here and there ~

My desk is a complete mess but who cares?

And can you see below how thick the little book is??

I'll be pruning more pages as I go to allow for the thickness of what I'm adding.

I'd even thought of cutting away a space in the remaining pages and

placing a nest inside...but haven't quite decided about that yet.

I wanted to show you how big my Liquitex matte gel medium jug is.

See the black Solo cup next to it?

I buy this 32 oz cont. at Dick Blick.com and with shipping it's about 23 bucks

and lasts me a really LONG TIME!

A teeny tiny container of it at Michael's is 12.99 the last time I checked.

And yes, I've used coupons but it's still about 8.00 for approx. a fourth of this jug!

And it lasts too, no drying up at all.

Here's the link...it's 32 oz. Matte Gel Medium for 13.59

I have GOT share something wonderful with you!!

Now that I'm getting my dental issue solved (today I get my temp. bridge,YAAAY!)

I've decided to go to the Country Living Fair this October!!!!

I just bought my ticket....

My sweet friend Karin of One Perfect Little Miracle and I are going to attend

the fair together on Saturday, Oct. 22 to see all that we can see!

What's so neat is that one of my dealers from when I owned the little antiques store

The Plum Tree, The Tattered Cat, will be selling there too ~ I can't wait to see Deborah....

her blog is Confessions of a Junkyard Cat, and this girl has AMAZING taste!

I hope you're doing so good and having a great week ~

Please know how I love that you stop by to see what I'm up to!!

Have a great Wednesday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I ran a few errands today and of course had to stop by Books-A-Million to see what they had that I couldn't live without!

Altered books have been on my mind lately and I've admired so many other artist's work and I've really been wanting to try to make one. I found a book that shares a lot of really neat ideas so maybe it will spur me on to give it a go!

Another neat thing is that they had all of their calendars on sale for just $3.00! I've always loved this Country Living calendar so I bought it as well ~ the images inside make me smile :)

And the new Victoria was out so I had to get it too!! Look at the calling cards page....look really close and look who you see....Deena's card!!!! Yaaaaay Deena, I'm so happy for you being in this magazine!! It even speaks of her Primitive Gathering website....