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

From This to That

It always amazes me where inspiration comes from.  This photograph is a picture of

this accordian book I made, and then changed on my computer.

 

This photograph happened the same way from the same little book.

These images then showed up on my journal pages....

as well as on the front

and the back cover of this book I just finished binding.

When you open the book it has a flower image transfered to a tea bag wrapped around the blank pages. 

I had no plan on making a book, and then this one happened.

Creative Struggle

Sometimes being creative is a struggle, and right now I am in the resistance stage of a piece I am working on....

But instead of showing you the piece that is in the works, I thought I would show you the struggle I had with a piece that I finished some time ago.  It is a collage made with a number of tea bags that I had dyed and some botanical bits.   I then struggled with the focal bit.   Should it be a copy of a picture I took of a tree.....

Or perhaps just some more of some leaves I bleached,

Or a drawing of a bird I did.  

I wasn't happy with any of these things, and I um'd and ah'd for quite some time.  And then I turned the whole piece around.....

and went with the bird. 

Some pieces are such a struggle, while others come together so easily.