trick or treat

This evil pumpkin has been shining all week in my front window.

...a page from the new junque journal.
I made the skull stamp from an eraser.



...a cute ATC from Brenda Wright.

...and what is Halloween without a couple of black cats!

Harley (above)

...and a young Miz P.

I thought that the girl on this journal had a ghostly look about her.

She is stamped on a piece of copper that was once a roof on a bird feeder.

The wood from the feeder had rotted away and I carefully removed the copper pieces that formed the roof for future art projects....only to find that DH had thrown them in the trash!!!

Luckily for me (and for him!) that I found them in time. They were perfectly aged...what was he thinking? Oh well that's another story.

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN!!

art bits

Been working on this girl.

I gave her some tiny ear lobes...

...and some gem earrings.

...her extra long neck sports an elegant floral tattoo.

I need to work on her hat and make a few changes to the background.

Then she should be all set.

...another junque journal page.

...do something pink today!

ATC's

I am sooo running late this week. It's one of those dreaded weeks you have, filled with doctor appointments, dental stuff and taking in the car for a check up. One more day and the rest of the week is all mine! Then I have to finish up orders...but next week is mine?

These are the trades I received in the Artist Trading Cards swap at the Paper Crown.
It amazes me how everyone is so creative but in a different way.

I love them all but this one is a favorite, created by Nancy Knox.

...I think you know why.

I also like the saying.

Next we are making ATC's for Christmas.

Have a great Wednesday!

friday junque

Yesterday had me busy working on a new junque journal class sample. Here are a few of my favorite pages.

I used altered clothing tags to spell out the word junque.

...one of my favorite sayings...

...here I altered one of my new Stampotique rubber stamps.

...do something creative everyday...

...it's true...

...the end..

back cover

Have a wonderful weekend!

rainy and cold

It's day two of rain and now it's gotten colder. It's downright dreary today and I have tons of stuff to do and can't get motivated.

So I dug out this picture with some sunlight shining through it. That is a British robin. They are smaller and rounder than our robins here in the states, and so cute!

I forgot to post this photo with the others from Central market.

I thought it was funny.

This is how they sell their coconuts....

...ready to drink.

I purchased this sewing cabinet at the thrift store for about $15.

I had some purple paint and thought why not?

I changed the knobs on the front and added a cat and now it's good to go.

Sending good Thursday thoughts!

28

We celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary on Saturday.

We traveled down to Dallas to eat at a favorite restaurant.

Of course we had to visit Central Market.

I'm like a kid in a candy store in that place!

The fruits and veggies are my fav's with all the color and textures.

I have never heard of dragon fruit but it was a beautiful pink shade complimented with lime green leaves.

...pretty bumpy beauties...

The picture doesn't show but these grapes were about and inch and a half in diameter.

We ate some on the way home.

And the happy couple having dinner.
Yep, we are getting old....eating dinner while it is still light out.

Sending terrific Tuesday wishes!

friday musings

Well, the clouds have lifted a bit and we saw a little sun yesterday. I'm not so sure what today is going to be like....but I don't care...it's FRIDAY!!

So when the rain finally stopped I went out and picked this pretty bouquet of Cosmos and Zinnia's.

I've been playing with my crayons. Caran D'Ache crayons....they are heaven and that is the only thing on my Christmas list. I want the box with all 84 colors! It is $165. but I found them for $135. I told DH I only wanted a box of crayons and he said great! Then I gave him the facts and he scratched his head and told me he can get a box of Crayola's.....

....anyway, I used the crayons to create these hearts on fabric, then stitched them free motion style.

Whilst cleaning out the garage I found an old paper mache' pumpkin, so I painted it. I used some industrial strength paper towels to give it a bumpy texture in spots. Then I gave it a rusted star necklace to top it off.

Happy weekend to all!