tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23641029354148278552024-03-05T16:30:39.471-08:00Weird Bird Studiokarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12646954588267990712noreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364102935414827855.post-79254604773125893842021-10-10T04:20:00.003-07:002021-10-10T04:20:54.089-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile.....</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started a new series called "Tethered" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SE39CqX8Hs2YW6i54u00KsHaDFI8uAU1SsXHYtcWy9rCcR8oQrfkf0iM_dvGFODRt896VPbTkuI1AzUOVFencOw2UUXi8ZVr8pNOyskd_0d0vHpDC5gSCMBihdrktjb9go65INQhlcE/s2048/IMG_9099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SE39CqX8Hs2YW6i54u00KsHaDFI8uAU1SsXHYtcWy9rCcR8oQrfkf0iM_dvGFODRt896VPbTkuI1AzUOVFencOw2UUXi8ZVr8pNOyskd_0d0vHpDC5gSCMBihdrktjb9go65INQhlcE/w480-h640/IMG_9099.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-LdNwZvNu4emsWAhaeh6hpfox54GEDjUXLRn8q6zmOdgksu9QyT6WkpCsXjUtiizcl2CjdeBqjesKyBySx1u-CaVbQAgaECMe5rX4IYnzkxpXCYCGutyaqoO31MVpTj-yrDALk7I80s/s2048/IMG_9096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-LdNwZvNu4emsWAhaeh6hpfox54GEDjUXLRn8q6zmOdgksu9QyT6WkpCsXjUtiizcl2CjdeBqjesKyBySx1u-CaVbQAgaECMe5rX4IYnzkxpXCYCGutyaqoO31MVpTj-yrDALk7I80s/w480-h640/IMG_9096.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm loving this new series of chained animals. It means something different to everyone. One friend said it's "Covid" and the time we were tethered to our homes. Another thought it was how we are tethered to our beliefs, or routines that keep us tied to a way of life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Which restricts our freedoms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What does it mean to you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">xo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">k</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S. I'm now on <b>Instagram</b>. I don't know how to tie it into Blogger and Pinterest but it's:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">karenashfullerton</span></div><p></p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12646954588267990712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364102935414827855.post-38928029729753119172021-04-30T15:31:00.007-07:002021-05-02T02:56:00.865-07:00<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Art studio "Redo"</span></b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are some pictures taken in my art studio. These are just fun little areas </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that make me happy. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG2NvP-WVtg_QpKbGHMmw9yPeXtwupyY7hFa_3s9s8ZW5c5CjzikJ2LurHgpdWnfogAfplztyOnUY3p85yA0SQIPmQIEPBslUszQgWCtUcZFSPBQyWqlQMYzg6ZF_c_lmGHlfRPhPc3s/s2048/IMG_7788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG2NvP-WVtg_QpKbGHMmw9yPeXtwupyY7hFa_3s9s8ZW5c5CjzikJ2LurHgpdWnfogAfplztyOnUY3p85yA0SQIPmQIEPBslUszQgWCtUcZFSPBQyWqlQMYzg6ZF_c_lmGHlfRPhPc3s/w300-h400/IMG_7788.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this saying. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe it was from a "Where Women Create" magazine... It has gone with me to every space.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaqJaeECnQ-FqD96P_MGhtRAEj0a2mtWTTPLdqnbmk-_ocQ0x94DGav3IdnRWQ14TciSOUD1JCqAqMHaVyDzV1AXpIlasiuwGyyTYHWHQs8qE9Ns8xopNIGP8tdJQQKSL-qsZU0nUwfE/s2048/IMG_7740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaqJaeECnQ-FqD96P_MGhtRAEj0a2mtWTTPLdqnbmk-_ocQ0x94DGav3IdnRWQ14TciSOUD1JCqAqMHaVyDzV1AXpIlasiuwGyyTYHWHQs8qE9Ns8xopNIGP8tdJQQKSL-qsZU0nUwfE/w480-h640/IMG_7740.JPG" width="480" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stamp storage. So cool right? It holds Washi tapes </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">and other weird collectables like feathers, small eggs, etc... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQiQ0LLgBPeoeVC2gTgzQA4xT9RavkkIPzq_Bxe_NIN7HVLgwvH2jXzpu70PJUiSIkl9rarxNmsVjrObhnNgxfg7dOiGc0vLpLY4wUwPdcHH6ypSWoSW7_dtVM7RQlNTsneBtcI-Fcxk/s2048/IMG_7558+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQiQ0LLgBPeoeVC2gTgzQA4xT9RavkkIPzq_Bxe_NIN7HVLgwvH2jXzpu70PJUiSIkl9rarxNmsVjrObhnNgxfg7dOiGc0vLpLY4wUwPdcHH6ypSWoSW7_dtVM7RQlNTsneBtcI-Fcxk/w480-h640/IMG_7558+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big fan of dragons, angels, crystals, vintage books, and soft sculptures.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XVxOSUg5l7LGgd8ky0i0BeSVbKvo1au19MMHb4fREIfpF7TvZ_Ydf3UdQqrg66bg8TfygJ-uBH7XzIdPG4zvV4wnwiHGJ-km-B9gcf4fDAHDxOHd2jh69BK0nfj4S2usUXDis47aXlU/s2048/IMG_7575+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1988" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XVxOSUg5l7LGgd8ky0i0BeSVbKvo1au19MMHb4fREIfpF7TvZ_Ydf3UdQqrg66bg8TfygJ-uBH7XzIdPG4zvV4wnwiHGJ-km-B9gcf4fDAHDxOHd2jh69BK0nfj4S2usUXDis47aXlU/w389-h400/IMG_7575+2.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could find a pattern for this small witch. She has a dried bean for her nose.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeiKFxZZ0h-1BE4PB3EVV5dMENM1bPi9UXumFyX-syVBf3kf-SZ3gvo0-rTrnwna6GV36GKiDQWuTkWEIxVdDPsdHv9nj6ebVQ-kMHIQ_OI9qCJPM5NxYnQf_N1tj5MOOAXpyVFiFg-g/s2048/IMG_7579+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeiKFxZZ0h-1BE4PB3EVV5dMENM1bPi9UXumFyX-syVBf3kf-SZ3gvo0-rTrnwna6GV36GKiDQWuTkWEIxVdDPsdHv9nj6ebVQ-kMHIQ_OI9qCJPM5NxYnQf_N1tj5MOOAXpyVFiFg-g/w480-h640/IMG_7579+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of my husband's sweet bird houses. </div><div style="text-align: center;">All made from reclaimed wood and vintage hardware.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G9YZnfokTW8Gq1G2fvwAaAbuLO-kqVQ85xLkl7kcBV_zelP8j0TMgdN-5jl-SEih_ka5y1_H3dPfCtgkCPU4mEAmBIeWyv6CPt9WKSIa35Dy_qV5FnWNDlWmCEyUfmZbq9KG7ZQjEXo/s2048/IMG_7787.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G9YZnfokTW8Gq1G2fvwAaAbuLO-kqVQ85xLkl7kcBV_zelP8j0TMgdN-5jl-SEih_ka5y1_H3dPfCtgkCPU4mEAmBIeWyv6CPt9WKSIa35Dy_qV5FnWNDlWmCEyUfmZbq9KG7ZQjEXo/w480-h640/IMG_7787.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Small birds nest with eggs and crystals. Too many of these in this space!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ-L2A1Je8DFKX3fbLJ6Msi7ySPX140sTfhQCa_ZSbzZz0Bdhnw46IN-je6aq7o-XuL9O00AsnrTM-d7bDfzzXtGgtrqus3KcgnSR1WUNK1_bWZXdjeB6sKyk6oqk7TUecYwZSuxCeOw/s2048/IMG_7566+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ-L2A1Je8DFKX3fbLJ6Msi7ySPX140sTfhQCa_ZSbzZz0Bdhnw46IN-je6aq7o-XuL9O00AsnrTM-d7bDfzzXtGgtrqus3KcgnSR1WUNK1_bWZXdjeB6sKyk6oqk7TUecYwZSuxCeOw/w480-h640/IMG_7566+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ha! 3 of my studio companions! I made the guys out of felt. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">They sit atop my stereo for music or podcasts. I you to think I'm cool and listen to wonderful music all day, but most the time I have the TV on with "Real Housewives of...". </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not cool at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJ1RpcP16fR387d0IgXZwqE4CKnt38aMoqLpPC0pRdeKqVi4S-hGPOXGo66AHtSlCZDbQ9EPIY5UoVQug5ONcFTFbpt1Q50idAbdQfJVnLc-7sDbHwmFu5covjeYG9H3JpWiF0mzPt_o/s2048/IMG_7562+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJ1RpcP16fR387d0IgXZwqE4CKnt38aMoqLpPC0pRdeKqVi4S-hGPOXGo66AHtSlCZDbQ9EPIY5UoVQug5ONcFTFbpt1Q50idAbdQfJVnLc-7sDbHwmFu5covjeYG9H3JpWiF0mzPt_o/w480-h640/IMG_7562+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This saying is "kill your demons". </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a quote to remind me to not let my insecurities eat me up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The jar holds "creative juice".</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be posting more...</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">k</div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12646954588267990712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364102935414827855.post-68915851662336820342021-04-30T15:31:00.004-07:002021-05-02T02:51:48.672-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Art studio "Redo"</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>My art studio is now in my bedroom. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>It was actually my husband's man cave and half our bedroom, but when I told him I needed more space and I threatened to take the garage he was most gracious to give me his seldom used space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>I still want the garage, or better still, one of those "she sheds", however this seemed to be the most cost effective of our options.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really like this space, however Chuck (my husband) loves to take naps and everyday I am compelled to leave my studio so he can go to sleep for an hour or two. Perhaps this space won't workout after all...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here is a tour of my newest location.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I long for a space that is totally private and doesn't share a bed, and someone in it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but believe me, I know how lucky I am to have this space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5fj2O5gxsfFC3757dyLbUZ5hJVHxIN9T2op-z02HpN4SVmKRBVkSVHuzEIZ1DBuUH0g4jlCZxGx0ix8xNQcZ53qCoEtDL6IPiBMUUPYBqgqU-Y2JF1MqYJc72sWNkAJIft7KcDsssGE/s2048/IMG_7735.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5fj2O5gxsfFC3757dyLbUZ5hJVHxIN9T2op-z02HpN4SVmKRBVkSVHuzEIZ1DBuUH0g4jlCZxGx0ix8xNQcZ53qCoEtDL6IPiBMUUPYBqgqU-Y2JF1MqYJc72sWNkAJIft7KcDsssGE/w480-h640/IMG_7735.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> The main accomplishment I made in this space was <b>condensing my supplies</b>. As they say "You can't put 10 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound bucket." I still have supplies in one other area of the house, but 90% is now in this space. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like all of us, I'm a collector of books. They needed a home. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, I love to be surrounded by things that make me happy (stuff I've collected at art shows, bird nests, crystals, my art, other peoples art...) and this also takes up a <b>lot of valuable space.</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ugh! Sacrifices! I hated that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1A0sX3aK9lxtx_R5oCgDWYmENXi-mK025zRrz4y2H7WnxPTP5oyFI5LpwvOiYfDoNwnwlpuog_DEdLMIY57Uflw8yYbkKSNwG6ypmXoQnmCFN8DapT2Oys6IHsN7N50M1gcSml_jgaQ/s2048/IMG_7623+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1A0sX3aK9lxtx_R5oCgDWYmENXi-mK025zRrz4y2H7WnxPTP5oyFI5LpwvOiYfDoNwnwlpuog_DEdLMIY57Uflw8yYbkKSNwG6ypmXoQnmCFN8DapT2Oys6IHsN7N50M1gcSml_jgaQ/w502-h640/IMG_7623+2.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are looking into the new studio. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Our bed is to the right of the divider, obviously out of the picture.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo77tnbN7n7MRIVDzahX9PF_QvosPL7lXJKDOIvLwOqpIGZ_s1ukdZpfs7edoj8SW1hw8SG4lp2IxyYEO_NE9ObZjZzQX5TXF48wm6ewcFOoxCD651LsitywMOpUF0b117auZPrG7kKLI/s2048/IMG_7746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo77tnbN7n7MRIVDzahX9PF_QvosPL7lXJKDOIvLwOqpIGZ_s1ukdZpfs7edoj8SW1hw8SG4lp2IxyYEO_NE9ObZjZzQX5TXF48wm6ewcFOoxCD651LsitywMOpUF0b117auZPrG7kKLI/w480-h640/IMG_7746.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chuck made me two amazing tables, on wheels, so they can be moved if need be.</div><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of the tables me built me. It holds my old drafting table. It's supposed to be on the floor, but I needed a standing easel and this one is very sturdy and effective. It still needs the water catch attached to the bottom of the easel to catch messes, but that's another project. I think it will work well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrGTphLm_NAa_7HH0Bc80GxDAV4Ey0uCDTlhwDFOejZXTcl7G5QA7OK7RzBpeARk1LQpnE54nKZENDAcLOJhH_99WtGxxDLZfB8csHJivW8DGMjVj35gihI2_u28b1R3bSFALcXIqRa0/s2048/IMG_7749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrGTphLm_NAa_7HH0Bc80GxDAV4Ey0uCDTlhwDFOejZXTcl7G5QA7OK7RzBpeARk1LQpnE54nKZENDAcLOJhH_99WtGxxDLZfB8csHJivW8DGMjVj35gihI2_u28b1R3bSFALcXIqRa0/w480-h640/IMG_7749.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksK4IpSk70C-fYR02PS7gbqz15_IJFn7OaBp_SmGfdL44xX3tc10A-E1JVTncjINnWEEzikH9ZMDDZnJzZcneSC3lFEAEKx0yDsQ8felcKgP8EhyphenhyphengeScY_vBkvA-FKoLANVUbWzYxS5M/s2048/IMG_7733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksK4IpSk70C-fYR02PS7gbqz15_IJFn7OaBp_SmGfdL44xX3tc10A-E1JVTncjINnWEEzikH9ZMDDZnJzZcneSC3lFEAEKx0yDsQ8felcKgP8EhyphenhyphengeScY_vBkvA-FKoLANVUbWzYxS5M/w480-h640/IMG_7733.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my new art table.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My son found the large piece of granite on Facebook for $50.00. (What??? Yeah!!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's huge and perfect. (Although weighs a ton)</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, the wheels are quite large, which is necessary because the granite is so heavy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is plenty of storage for most often used supplies, underneath. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's also very tall. As am I.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I need to be able to stand while I work to give my back a break.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the 5th time I've moved my studio, in this house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've used the couch, two of the spare bedrooms and the dining room table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Each time we find "<b>better use</b>" for the space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Seems I am always searching for a more conducive space for making art, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hopefully, this is the last time I move.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Never say never...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">grateful to have an art space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">xo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">k</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12646954588267990712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364102935414827855.post-5702530132158631702020-08-20T16:04:00.000-07:002020-08-20T16:04:49.912-07:00Pen and Ink Journal #29<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><u><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Pen and Ink Journal Entry # 29 </span></u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Grimoire, my pen and ink or my witches journal...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This entry is for all of the superstitious people who are critical of people who collect crystals for personal reasons. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Supposedly it's "Anti-God".? 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Moon magic? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Witches and potions? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I don't believe for a minute that God thinks this is bad or wrong. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's fascinating stuff. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For everyone out there that is "anti crystal", </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">did you or do you have a birthstone? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have you done any the research? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlFVDv8ikUzJA5pQlp3R81BC3SQJX_xw29N76_tBatpXDD3JwTEHeK0Zbpg8FhXcLYKE6JJLgmbgdCb4tKsLsWS_4vTH30XB50sWRO756C2CjcDvNVMMltsuvjvhz8IHiMH9653qafDk/s2048/IMG_2530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlFVDv8ikUzJA5pQlp3R81BC3SQJX_xw29N76_tBatpXDD3JwTEHeK0Zbpg8FhXcLYKE6JJLgmbgdCb4tKsLsWS_4vTH30XB50sWRO756C2CjcDvNVMMltsuvjvhz8IHiMH9653qafDk/s640/IMG_2530.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Enjoy your life and whatever comes into it. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Learn about some new practices that other people invest time into.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's wonderful to learn something new!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> xo</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">k</span></p>karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12646954588267990712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364102935414827855.post-87090046448766593342020-07-26T05:46:00.000-07:002020-07-26T05:59:23.826-07:00Pen and Ink Journal entry #28<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Stone Magic" has been around for over 10,000 years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beliefs in stones for luck and healing is something everyone is familiar with. Did you have a "birth stone" when you were a kid"? Mine is Emerald and I loved reading what it meant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next chapter is...<u><b> Magic, Beliefs and Wonder.</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This chapter delves into the questions that we (ok... me, I...) have. I always wonder about things like "Lucid Dreaming", The Power of Crystals", "Indian Fetishes" or "Spirit Animals" What's it all about? What does it all mean? So I started doing some research. I found it fascinating and inspiring for my art work. My house (coincidentally) has many of these "questionable" items. Shown below is some of my Indian fetishes. I have collected these tiny carvings for over 4 decades! I love them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have kept dream journals, dreamed in color and had "lucid dreaming" events. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say, my fascination with the "other worldly" life styles is always there. This latest chapter, the end chapter, will explore all those different beliefs that people hold close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a close up of the "Spirit Animals" page.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I loved painting this page. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My family thinks my spirit animal is Godzilla.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above page (199) I believe are my words, but I am sure they are the words of many...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"If you can lie down at night, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These are sayings that I love, that have real importance to me and words that have true meanings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a group of women, my Yaya's that are my support, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">my therapists, my friends. I love all of them dearly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Very recently we lost one of our dear friends, Connie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A true fighter until the end, and a warrior for God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She will be so missed, forever in our group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This begins the sixth chapter in my book I called</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> "Wonder, Dreams and Curiosities"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This chapter is "Words to Remember".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It</span><span style="font-size: large;"> is a small collection of words that have </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Today I whispered in the Devil's ear</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I often find that some art supply I was JUST using have disappeared. She is a trickster!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK, I know this chapter is about creatures that are seldom seen. However we have a feral cat that is exactly that... seldom seen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Wingless House Fairy does not NEED wings. She can leap much higher than a grass hopper. You can see in the painting that her backside is very well endowed.. She has enormous strength in her legs and buttocks. They also are like chameleons, able to change their colors to match their surroundings. She is shown here, hanging on the edge of a very old shelf. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These clever fairies find the bodies of dead roaches and use the wings and top cover and form them into disguises. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The birdhouse above was the model for the one in the painting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish he still did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Protective Gear" is the painting of clever little elves that make costumes that imitate different animals.</span></div>
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Below is the Medium Size House Fairy. She was sitting on a stack of books.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So sad you can't see the "Bug Fairy" below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are naked, with very nice shoes to help them with their 'landings' because they leap very high and far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Tree Gnomes" are the little people that live in the holes in the trees around our yard. They are quite the architects. Their construction is very advanced. It's hard to see them during the day, but at night, on the opposite side of the tree, you can find them because they have very well lit houses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "Home Gnomes" are so adept at hiding, that you never see them. They dress in clothing that completely camouflages them. We have about a dozen in our home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"House Fairies" are different than "House Gnomes". House Gnomes are bulkier or heavier. Fairies are very, very light. They can be blown around the room by the ceiling fans if they aren't secured. The stamps below were used a lot in this journal. I do much of my own writing, but I used "script stamps" too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This tiny "House Fairy" was leaning up against the closhe, (not sure how to spell that word...) </span><span style="font-size: large;">when I saw her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has vintage books tied with a linen bow. I also use melted marbles through out my house. I think they have a very magical feeling. I often put them in my bird nests, instead of~ or next to, the eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must say here, that I am loving the backgrounds </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(candles, nests, feathers...) that I created, to fit with </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"the journal" </span><span style="font-size: large;">in the pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is pretty much the "decor" in our home. Some people are "contemporary" or "modern" or "Early American" etc...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our house is "Random Nature". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pine cones, bird nests, vintage books, candles and wood, this is our "style" and it makes me happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Grimoire or "Spiderwick Chronicles"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have this theory. When we die, we go to heaven. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When our pets die, they don't want to leave us,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> so they stay until it is 'our time' and then they go with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever noticed your "ne</span><span style="font-size: large;">w" dog starring at nothing? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's because dogs can see spirits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They see the 'ghosts' of the other dogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This illustration shows our Doberman "Panzer" our mutt mix "Cooler", "Stella" our mini Schnauzer and our latest big ole boy to pass away "Grizzly".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I work the early shift at Starbucks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I leave for work at 4:40 AM every Monday through Thursday. When I drive out, my lights pass over and through the palm trees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's very dark and I can see the lights reflected </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the eyes of many night creatures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you're out walking, if you see those white glowing eyes, turn around and walk quietly away. Leave them to their lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, if the glowing white eyes, turns to red ~ get out of there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <u>"Night Creepers"</u> can become quite aggressive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They camouflage themselves by the bushy dried clumps of grass that is really their hair, growing out of their backs, necks and heads. During the day they burrow themselves down into the soil and their backs have a turtle shell hardness to it, so if you walk on it, you just think it's hard dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was drawing a moonlit night scene with a large moon in the background. Again, part of the assignment for this page, so I had to figure out how to draw it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our mini dragon is the size of a mouse. He has been with us since we built the house in 1979. He actually moved over from our old house, but he was quite young then. More comfortable living outside, they are quite small, much smaller than my drawings. They are most often mistaken as bats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are active mostly at night, keeping their long Iguana tails curled up against their bodies when they fly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tree in our front yard has a large knot hole in it. I often imagine the tiny creature that lives in there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is her, watching me come home from work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you ever wake up in the morning and find your pictures hanging on the wall, are no longer straight and are now tilted? That's because the fairies sit on the frames and when they kick off to fly, it pushes the picture down on one side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This happens a lot in our home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dragons, Fairies, Elves Oh My!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, under the mushroom, there is a tiny little woodland creature </span><span style="font-size: large;">peeking out from underneath. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scary Faeries hide in our "Garden of Weedon" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made this necklace a few years ago. It feels magical 😉</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Everything else seems to last a few weeks, then gives up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One last posting coming up on the "A Beautiful Life" chapter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it's onto "Unseen Things" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yay!! I really like what's coming up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My journal, my witches or wizard book, my Grimoire, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The start of a new chapter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Making a Beautiful Life is about just that. Making your life more beautiful. I tip my hat to the author Alexander Stoddard who wrote the book <u>"Making A Beautiful Life".</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She talks about bringing fresh flowers into your home, potpourri, painting your walls beautiful shades of blue... You get the idea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it would be fun, but it would also (perhaps) save me some money. I still haven't gotten around to making them,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> however I kept these pages pretty 'stain free' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so I can read my writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I DO plan on making this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I own smudge sticks, but I don't burn them and wave them around the house. I think they are interesting because of their </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a really, really difficult time drawing the bowl, pictured below. Even now it's not straight. I ended up cheating, using tracing paper, to try and get it right. Why in the world was this so difficult?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ouch! Talk about difficult, drawing stacked books was a serious lesson in perspective! I liked them though and am very happy with how this picture turned out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two pages cover the meanings of candle colors, candles for magic and candles for protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It looks better in the journal than it does here... Perhaps because it's too opaque in the picture and not see through enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Again, the book pushes my abilities...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My (kind of) Grimoire, Ashmole 782, Home Journal in ink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is a brief study of moths and butterflies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The drawing below is an example of what I didn't want to draw, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I <b><u>HAD</u></b> to ~ because I had assigned "Draw the front porch"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> to pages 100 and 101. This book was a book to challenge me, to MAKE me draw things that I normally would not do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did I mention I dislike drawing architecture? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is concrete yard art, a small angel, holding grapes </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The below picture cracks me up. I don't have a this kind of patio furniture. My husband found 2 wood, beaten up Adirondack chairs on the side of the road on trash pick up day. He brought them home and fixed them up. These are my patio furniture pieces... not the below set, with an UMBRELLA! I also don't have 3 cats in my yard. I took liberties to make the picture more appealing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below ~ our garage door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, we don't have this beautiful bougainvillea vine, trained to grow over the top of the door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a good thing I didn't post the photograph of the door, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">you would see how I 'faked it' to make it look prettier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My journal~ recording of life around the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Grimoire, a wizards journal, my version of Ashmole 782</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above picture "Nest" uses walnut ink and watered down acrylic paint. There is an egg stamp and an ink blot stamp used on the left page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The below picture "Cardinal" is all walnut ink except for the black around their beaks and that is acrylic. The ink blot and the coffee cup stains are also stamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "Blue Jay" pages below are probably some of my favorites in the entire book. I love the way he turned out and the blue jay sculls were a nice addition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not a big fan of the "Storms" pages shown below. Well, I'm a huge fan of storms... I prefer rain over sunshine, but trying to paint a storm was really difficult. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once again, I had no choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I had assigned the page "storms" ahead of time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so when I got to it in the journal, I had to paint it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Dragonfly" is a combination of stamps and a hand drawn dragonfly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The large dragonfly on the right page is the one I drew, the rest are all stamps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Angels in the Architecture" is from a wall in the back yard with a concrete angel hanging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The trellis was covered with flower blooming vines and was quite pretty until it took over the house and began growing over the roof. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We couldn't get it under control! It was so heavy, it crushed the trellis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The yard really needs some attention,.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "Bees" page is too busy. This page got wayyyyy out of hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is why this journal is so great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has too much going on, yet it still kinda fits the rest of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the two tiny bees on the bottom right page best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Homestead. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Pages 70-111. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I looked around our house and found items or places </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that I needed to paint. It was not easy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't like painting architecture or lizards but this </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This particular painting is of one of my husband's birdhouses he built me a few years back. I love them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I learned how to make a "washed out" background. I mean you can kinda (KINDA) see the trees, but no real definition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister has many talents. She is an artist to her core and in one period of her life she worked in concrete. The snails must weigh 75 pounds a piece. She formed them, created a mold and poured the concrete. They are my favorite things in my yard. They look like they belong in "Alice and Wonderland".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love snails... This grouping of snails were taken from photos on Pinterest, not from my yard. I believe that one is a sea snail... I was just trying to find "fodder" to paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">South Florida has been inundated with Iguana's. They are not indigenous to Florida, most were pets that were released into the wild after they became too big as pets. Well, they love it here and have made quite the presence. I have to say they are beautiful. Scary looking too...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have 3 in our yard that have made our space, theirs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ashmole 782, my journal, a Grimoire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>"Wonder, Dreams and Curiosities".</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This next chapter would fall under the 'wonder' category. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always been curious about herbs, the possibilities of healing or seasoning food or the magical/fairytale side of of these plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To study the purpose and uses was amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must thank the many people on the internet </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that have done such extensive research. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was an education that I will not soon forget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above picture, I used a very watery green acrylic for the potion bottle. I can back in after it dried and added the white highlights. I brought the green down "under" the bottle as well, to give the illusion that the light was going through the bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The art I assigned to myself (by pre~labeling each page) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">proved to be quite the challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In the below drawing I used only walnut ink. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The attempts at drawing glass containers with water in them was an absolute failure at first. I practiced on other paper, until I felt I could at least fake it. With more practice I think I could make them quite passable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below, "Magickal Ingredients" was an amazing study. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I covered parts of the page with herbs because it was copied pretty directly from someone else. I don't know what the rules are on this, because I wasn't planning on publishing this book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~ so then it does. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the future I would like to "Infuse Cooking Oil". It seems easy enough, it's just the matter of finding the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a lovely gift to give someone though! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The healing herbs are a fantasy world for me where I have my own big, beautiful garden </span><span style="font-size: large;">growing flowers, herbs and vegetables. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> like Stockard Channing in "Practical Magic".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for those who really know how to grow things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bird stencil above was made by using a photograph, then tracing (with tracing paper) around the raven, then transferring it to mylar and cutting it out using an exacto knife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Email me if you would like more information on this technique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What better animal to try and draw than the happy otter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below, the page on the left has water rings on it. This shows how easy it is to actually wipe off the walnut ink if it hasn't dried yet. I think it's like this, because of the PAPER. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These pages were pen and walnut ink and more acrylic paint. I used "Mississippi Mud" for the tree, because it has the right amount of gray and almost pale pink. Mamma bear seems to be wondering "What are those rascals up to now?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you can, enlarge the bob cat's eyes on the left. You can see where I used a pale green and a little gold for his eyes. The white on the bottom right page is white acrylic with a stencil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As it turns out, there are a lot of bats in South Florida! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wild hog pages were done with the same acrylic paint colors as the bats. I also used a pale gray green on the plant and a tiny amount of terra cotta on his snout. The writing was blurred by dropping water on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had almost as much fun doing the photos of the journal as I did painting it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm giving my mom credit here, the leaf she made. It's one from her autumn collection from when she used to make leaves. Love you mom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">karen</span></div>
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