Blog Party

 

Hello

If you haven't been here before, welcome to my blog!

 

(if you are looking for the drawing challenge please see previous post) 

 

I live in a remote part of Northern Canada, where the mountains are high and the winters are long. 

 

 

 

Because of this remoteness,  I am happy to join in this blog party, hosted by Vicki at 2 Bags Full

 

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I have always enjoyed being creative, but I always thought I couldn't draw.

So a few years back - although I was already in my 40's I decided it was time to learn how to draw, and I have been working at learning ever since.

 

Besides drawing, my favourite thing to create with lately is tea bags. 

 

   

 

  I have used them in making luminaries. 

 

accordian books, that also have some of my bird drawings in,



 

 

as well as on the front of my journal I made.

 

 

I am also trying my hand at painting

 

at collage making

 

 

and at all kinds of putterings.   

 

 

Including making jewelry.

 

 

 

Creating is a big part of me, and I always have something in the works.  

 





 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. 

 

This original tea bag collage is ready to find a new home. 

 If  you would like a chance at winning it, please leave me a comment and I will randomly choose a winner on Feb. 1. 

 

UPDATE - February 1

Thanks for all the comments!  I loved hearing from so many of you, and loved visiting new blogs.

The winner of my small gift is

Terri from Artful Affirmations



A Year of Blogging

It was a year ago yesterday, that I began blogging. In my first post, I wrote a bit about why I wanted to create a blog. - I wanted to keep a record of what I created, and to perhaps inspire others. Since I received a lovely comment a week or so ago, saying I provide that reader inspiration, I was thrilled - YEAH. I am so often inspired by so many wonderful blogs, and to know I inspire someone out there in blog land, makes me happy. BUT, my blog has done more than those two things for me, as I try to post twice a week, it provides me the prod to create - so I have new things to show as often as I can. AND perhaps most importantly it helps me believe in myself, and in what I create.

For the past while I have been thinking about how I would like to trade creations with other people who create, and so today, I have decided to put this offer out in the blog world, and see what happens. (even if you don't create, I am open to trades - keep reading)


The first thing I have for trading is a package of 5 cards (pics above and below). They are whimsical faces I drew, photocopied, and then painted each one.

The second item I have available for trade is a resin filled bezel necklace. The bezel is a bit rustic, but actually I like it that way.

The third item is a small ( approximately 3 X4.5 inch) address book

If you are not a person that creates things, or don't feel you want to trade what you create, I am open to trading these items for services in the community you live in. I would trade an item for the individual donating some food to a local food bank, or running an errand for someone that is housebound, or helping at an animal shelter, or helping a child learn to read, or.... a variety of other things. Leave me a comment on what you want to trade for either here or at my e-mail address - be it something you have created, or something that you will do for others, I am open for trades. Leave me your e-mail address, and I will get back to you.

And the last item I have available for trade is a grungy little (approximately4 X 3.5 inches) softcover book - with bits and pieces of images and material decorating the cover, and a material tie closure.

The inside pages are grungy, and a bit warped in a lovely sort of way (or so I think anyway).

Whether you want to trade or not, I do want to say thank you for stopping by this little blog of mine. I love to hear from you, so please feel free to leave a comment at any time, and if you know of other people interested in trading their creations, please pass this offer along to them.

Here's too another enjoyable year of blogging!