Remember the “to do list” at the end of my former post?
I didn’t do ONE thing from that…
Instead, I decided to focus on the ATC-bags and get them all done before
the weekend so that the sewing machine could be stored upstairs again.
For those
of you
who haven’t
seen the first
“ATC-pouch”
here it is…
I made this
little bag
last week to
store my
“to trade”
ATC cards.
I needed four of these in total, and here are the other ones…
This pouch holds ATC’s I make with music themes (I like making those little
pieces of art inspired by a song title or lyrics!)
The next one holds “miscellaneous” cards
And in this happy bag I store the ATC’s I get in return after trading.
I had not worked with fabric and thread in years and it was kinda fun to spend
time embroidering!!! But now it’s done for a while, I’m more of a paper girl
and after making four of these I like to go back to paper and glue!
(BTW, I like the “Music” pouch the best. What about you?)
I also finished the last pages in my zentangling album (there’s only one back
side left) and I haven’t decide yet if I will cut more pages to add to this album
or leave it the way it is and zentangle elsewhere, integrate it in my art journals
or on scrap layouts for example…
Anyway, this last double pages are “freakin’ zentangling”!!!
And from now on, I have to work on my new workshop “A Creative Art
Journal” This workshop is different from the “Let it Loose” class (not so
much about techniques) and I already have fun re-reading all my art history
books and decide which periods I will focus on.
Going through my books I came across such marvelous art styles and so
many amazing artists to get inspiration from… it’s going to be a fun workshop!
I promise I will publish sneak peeks soon!
I’m still puzzling over the “A Year in the Life of an Art Journal” prompt.
Because English isn’t my mother language I have a hard time finding a
word with “UN” that I like and can use on my page… I hope it will come to
me this weekend (maybe in a song I hear on the radio or in a movie – some
actor may just say the right word!)
Yesterday, the weather in the Netherlands changed into what you might call
“Spring weather”. The sun was shining and my winter coat was too warm to
wear! I had to search for my summer coat – YAY!
Today is also a nice, sunny day but the forecast says that temperatures are
going to drop in the next days and rain is on it’s way… but at least we got
a promising glimpse of what can be expected in the near future….
The blackbirds began to renovate their nest already.
We have those birds nesting in our back garden every year (I like to think
it’s the same couple) and when they come back to the nest in early Spring,
they remodel it before the wife lays her eggs. And then she sits on the eggs
for a few weeks – right next to our back window – while I keep an eye on the
neighbour’s cat. When the little birdies are out of the eggs and ready to fly,
they get flying lessons from pa and ma right in front of our noses.
They sit on our pergola and take off!
I do hope the blackbird couple manages to hatch out their eggs and raise
their kiddos in our back garden again this year… I’ll keep you informed.
It’s late in the afternoon – I was late writing this Friday post – and I’m off
to pour me a glass of white wine and start my weekend.
Hope you all have a nice weekend too!
Je t’embrasse!