Driftwood

I have been playing with my driftwood this week.  I added some dried botanical bits and paper to another piece of driftwood, and then took some other bits and pieces  to create the following photographs.

 

I enjoyed participating in the "Driftwood Challenge" this week.  If you want to see other creations with driftwood, check out Mano's blog!

Three Trees

I have been having fun playing with tea bags and these three trees.

Putterings

Puttering....

Lately I have been busy puttering as I try to clean up my creative space.

I puttered with my hand carved stamps and stamped them onto some paper I dyed

 to make some wee cards.

I puttered with a piece of drift wood,  a pressed leaf and some bits of coloured paper.

 All then wrapped in a thin coating of smooth paste wax.

And I puttered with some art tags that I drew and collaged onto. 

I love to do some art puttering 

 

when really I am supposed to be cleaning the studio. 

 

AND I finally added some creations to my Etsy Shop!

Snow Day

 

We received our first snow fall this week.  We can't really complain as we had a beautiful fall.

The snow arrived on a day that my husband had to travel about an hour from here to Kluane Lake to do some work, and I had decided to go with him.  The mountains we usually see when driving had disappeared behind the clouds. 

But it was still so beautiful, and I took a lot of pictures.   Here are just a few of them.

The snow had stopped, the clouds had lifted and it had melted off the road for our trip home.

 

It was a beautiful first snow day of the season.

exploring possibilities

I continue my love in making accordian books.

I made this one a few weeks ago for my daughter.  I used some paper that received some colour from steaming it with plants. (you can read more about that here)

I added some plants and tea bag paper and a few doodles with pen and ink.

And I sent it to my daughter.

My daughter is presently attending her first year of university about 4000 miles away from home. 

She is exploring possibilities, as was I in the creation of this little book.

Warm September Day

 After an inital cold snap in early September, we have had unseasonably warm temperatures.

So warm that I could sit outside for the whole afternoon and draw.  It was a beautiful day!

I drew some butterflies in pencil, and then got brave and drew some in pen.  Just after that I visited Stephanie's blog, and saw her lovely little book (with no pages) and felt the urge to make one.

And this is what came about.  - Inside view

And outside view.

 

And the next day, I had the urge to make another.  This one decorated with a little original collage.

 

With leaves and bits of paper on the outiside.

 

 

Here they are wrapped up with a piece of fabric that is attached to the covers.

 

 

As I was out for a walk on that beautiful September day, I stopped and collected a few leaves that had blackened sections from the earlier frosty nights.  I added some to the cover of the butterfly book, and the words say.... seasons change

beautifully