Inspiration-February

I had my eye on these polka dot gift bags at Target when they first put them out.  And when they clearanced them…well that was perfect.

I had a package of Martha Stewart Pouncers that I was waiting to use (on the left) and was thinking about using one of my hand-carved circle stamps. 

First I painted a heart.  Then I followed the polka dot pattern from the gift bag to create the rest of the page. 

I ended up using just the pouncer. 

The colors matched almost perfectly. 

Then I added some polaroid POGO photos.  And lots of journaling in the heart.

I also found some heart rub-ons lying around in the Studio that I added along the side of the heart. 

I later added a hand-stitched tag to the upper left hand corner.  The tag was inspired by the ones that were on sale from Amy Tangerine on Two Peas on Saturday morning.  I didn’t want to wait, so I made my own in a smaller size.

A closer look at the photo.  I took Bill’s photo outside the door at JCPenneys on Friday night because I LOVED that it said “Lots of Feb to Love.”

A closer look at the journaling on the heart.

I love how it turned out!  So again, an inexpensive item at Target led to some amazing art journal inspiration.  Love it!

Happy Valentine’s Day again!

Band Concert 2012

Since Bryan plays the Trumpet, even though he is first chair, he disappears behind the clarinets and I don’t ever get very good photos of him actually playing.  So he posed in the little auditorium for me.

And again in the living room after the performance.

He wasn’t supposed to wear jeans.  But I could NOT talk him out of that. 

This happened Thursday night . 

More posts coming!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I am sooo far behind on my blogging.  Due to technical difficulties I wasn’t able to post Sunday or Monday, so here it is Wednesday already! 

Anyway-on to Valentine’s Day. 

On the front sidewalk when I got home from work on Tuesday, there were Hershey’s Kisses declaring, “I Love You.”

On the table waiting for me. Love .

Kiss and Hug Coupons .  Love that Bill spent like 2 hours unwrapping kisses and hugs to pull out the little papers…

Love the flowers!

And…

On Saturday, I gave him…

Green Lantern.

Hal Jordan.

And a notebook.

Don’t worry.  He also got a $35 bottle of whiskey.  So the cost was about even . 

Hoping everyone had a fantastic (belated) Valentine’s Day!!

Carnations and Color Palettes

I love carnations! 

I actually went into Hy-Vee looking for Tulips, but all they had were carnations. 

So I gathered up my favorite colors!

And Saturday morning I took a photo of the carnations with the sunrise streaming in the window.

I also bought a new purse. 

And together…they make up my favorite color palette!  Pink, Bright pink, and Light blue. 

Love!

Happy Monday! 

Art Journal page

I have been trying to art journal more this year.

And trying to focus on things that I love in my pages. 

Hand carved stamps, for one. 

and specific color combinations (like cobalt blue, green gold, pink, and quinacridone magenta-which I am almost out of!)

love the way that these turned out.

And the way the page turned out.

I especially love the way that the big heart stamp ended up. 

Happy Friday!!

SuperBowl Sunday 2012

Making Breakfast

Bloody Marys

Meatballs.

Cheese Dip.

Lime for the guacamole.  I stopped to sketch them too.  Love the shapes

Guacamole for Daddy.

The Cocoa Krispie footballs weren’t behaving so I flattened them.  They were still good.

Chips.  Celery.  I got chastized for not putting the dip in the helmet. 

Yum.  Celery.  Chips.  Dill Dip.  Cheese Sauce.  Yum.

Ralph running up to the tv during Puppy Bowl.  It just never gets old.

Boys.  (William was boycotting). 

The young couple.

My poochie.

Super Borg Weekend.  I spent Saturday night watching Borg Episodes from Star Trek TNG. 

Despite the ending, we enjoyed watching the game. 

Happy Wednesday!