Creating During the Busy Christmas Season

It seems like I have had very little time to create lately. 

 I don't know why this Christmas season seemed busier then others.... it just did. 

I did manage to find a few minutes to create 

on some of the busy days leading up to Christmas.

And when a spare 15 minutes came my way, 

I would grab bits of my hand decorated paper, 

and collage some little critters. 

I love how layered pieces of translucent papers

 overlap to add depth to these critters.

Perhaps when I get some time 

a few of these will be glued onto the front of cards..... or books. 

New Softies

I have made a few new soft covered books.

Some how these softies have become my favourites

I love the supple feel of their waxed covers....

but unfortunately that is hard to share here.

And when I thought I was done

One more appeared .........

decorated with my hand carved bird stamp and a bit of drawing. 

It has been hard to find some creative time lately,

but so important to my happiness. 

I hope you too are finding some time  to create during this busy season. 

2 New Pages - For the Love of Play

My 'For the Love of Play' journal 

has not been getting the attention it deserves. 

But I finally have a couple more pages finished 

that I can share.  

 After gluing a few bits and pieces to the page,

I drew these animals, and added a bit of watercolour paint to them.

You may be able to see my note 

saying this species went extinct around 1799.

 

 The next page contains a fictional fish.... 

or I guess parts of two fictional fish. 

Same process.... bits of paper glued down,

a drawing and then a bit of watercolour added.  

I really don't know why I don't play in this book more often.