tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281817742024-03-13T02:31:05.883-05:00SerenitySecretDi ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-47301267935728497752012-01-25T20:43:00.000-06:002012-01-25T20:43:04.045-06:00Through the Year - 2011 - Altered Book style :)After a year-long Altered Book Holiday Round Robin, my book came home busting with magical art! :-) I still had to do the month of December, and because this was one project that I wanted to see to completion (unlike most...LOL!) I also "filled in the blanks." I didn't want any blank pages between the spreads so I filled them in with holidays not already used.<br />
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But it is complete now! And it's wonderfully fat and full of art! (We'll see how many images this blog actually lets me load! LOL!)<br />
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This is the cover as I sent it out last January. I had thoughts of adding more 3-demensional embellishments to it, but honestly? It's grown on me, so I think I'm leaving it as is....;)<br />
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This is the sign-in page where the participating artists signed the library card as they "checked it out".... <br />
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And the participants themselves, in the order they worked in the book (blurred out for privacy issues, obviously), with their addresses for easy access to the next artist who needed to mail the book. <br />
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A calendar of possible holidays...I was going for a quilted look that a friend of mine had achieved so successfully once-upon-a-time. Not sure mine quite measures up to hers! LOL! <br />
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This was kind of a "bonus" page, for me anyway! LOL! I realized I hadn't included a letter of "hello" and instructions, and didn't want to just stuff it into the book, so, having just learned how to work with layered backgrounds a little more effectively, I pulled my paints out and went to work! Loved the way the background came out! :-) The paper pocket is homemade paper. :) <br />
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"Focus" was my Word of the Year, and thought it appropriate to include it in my book for the year. The serendipity squares were made especially for this spread. They were the most fun! :-) <br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was a blank set of pages originally. One of my "fill-ins" as I worked through the book after it came home. After I did it, I halfway panicked! "Did I put the right half of the groundhog on the right half of the page???" LOL! A quick Google search and yup...I didn't get it mixed up. Even if I had, it was going to have to do! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacs4OtlVVqW7njYXOnjeFdV8ULSlNqDFl5h9m6eXr_XIYHV7QaGlxMoifyQfW_dVybYOgt3SrN8EPiYA284xD_e2TJFCbzDKuJ68hJr1hz08uCIHVMuHA_HVRvRNMzpx_ag86/s1600/DSCN5699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacs4OtlVVqW7njYXOnjeFdV8ULSlNqDFl5h9m6eXr_XIYHV7QaGlxMoifyQfW_dVybYOgt3SrN8EPiYA284xD_e2TJFCbzDKuJ68hJr1hz08uCIHVMuHA_HVRvRNMzpx_ag86/s320/DSCN5699.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>The February spread was the first done "on the road," by Terry R. It's in two pics to show both sides of the insert. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dr. Seuss's Birthday is another fill-in-the-blank spread that I did after the book came home. I'd been looking for an excuse to use this brightly bold paper I'd been hoarding! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz9g2Ht0CyL16loyf68AN0FmSxWuB_n9swDKjNxd6LIc3SMvOz2Sp2TeTosLeQp5daX3PuO-OpqrlGHJfxWt0y7LLbFrC124vv40Oh_DvqquaZhekUiDy216tQgwV8hwbjyjE/s320/DSCN5702.JPG" width="320" /></div><br />
For March, Karen C. painted this whimsical frog just hangin' out by a bold pink flower for St. Paddy's Day! <br />
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JoAnn G. crafted this fun little page for Easter in April. I love the puffy "Happy Easter" in robin's egg blue! :-) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jackie S. made a perfect choice for May with Cinco de Mayo, as that was our theme for our neighborhood progressive dinner that month! The little donkey pinata is too cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQayUpoSSlHyjTLHamh4AMkUPNu4vsw06gEh3XFfCrWiaiJaBPg5CA5CzeCdb52JE2_eaL6EmeNNn7fJcLMomtc1kJxrRTH6uK-5ermyKDd9zMFRHZ0nYgM0xVi_4NKDWpgft/s1600/DSCN5738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQayUpoSSlHyjTLHamh4AMkUPNu4vsw06gEh3XFfCrWiaiJaBPg5CA5CzeCdb52JE2_eaL6EmeNNn7fJcLMomtc1kJxrRTH6uK-5ermyKDd9zMFRHZ0nYgM0xVi_4NKDWpgft/s320/DSCN5738.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I got to craft my own Memorial Day spread, which made me happy. The picture was taken when my kids were little. They are standing next to the flag which was draped on my father's casket, oh-so-many-years-ago, and now waves proudly on all National holidays. :-) <br />
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Lisa is the artist behind this lovely soft page for June, and the one immediately following it for Flag Day. <br />
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The 4th of July is always cause for celebration, and thanks to Pam, I have this great celebratory page in my book! :-) <br />
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For my friends (and some family), Friendship Day was a fun filler for me. Half the fun was finding the right pics to use! My face kind of got flashed out in that bottom picture, but everyone knows what I look like anyway....LOL! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Birthdays" was a perfect choice for August, from Darya. Ava and I both have August birthdays. Love the birds and the little vintage girl with the happy little hat! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHcz7B9W9Sy2MjTBIw7OBLTTfmgQqaXPbp6SQ_ZhWnIEnoKcngpi2V1wy8nFk3wW8nXlL1NaMskc8lz6u_M4c7pnRK4fsg22eyTDi1Z2MQ22Jg1mPs_BSi_gpMN5-2J9e-kGe/s320/DSCN5712.JPG" width="320" /></div><br />
The left side of this page was blank, so I filled it in with complimentary paper to go with the start of September's spread by Kathy Mc. <br />
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I don't think I need to say how MUCH I love this particular spread! :-) Okay, I'll say it anyway...LOVE IT! :-) <br />
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</div>Love the simplicity of this very elegant September page. Makes me want to sing....:-) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sweetest Day, this past October, was October 15th, but in 1975 (and now I am about to "date" myself...LOL), it was on October 18th, my wedding day, so yeah, I was happy to have a set of blank pages to include this sappy happy little holiday! LOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s0H-A1IfmKBhOaCumj8jr3ZLPqsS9nZAhsdmCRiBJ5UDkGMBf-NoVGuvZ9mDKu3TnkPvKEiDXCNiwUHQCJCIjn7uikZgWQTieboYQJd5yReIfU54w2W2fdb5yP_UKEbtXoVI/s1600/DSCN5715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s0H-A1IfmKBhOaCumj8jr3ZLPqsS9nZAhsdmCRiBJ5UDkGMBf-NoVGuvZ9mDKu3TnkPvKEiDXCNiwUHQCJCIjn7uikZgWQTieboYQJd5yReIfU54w2W2fdb5yP_UKEbtXoVI/s320/DSCN5715.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Terrie L. went happy-happy with a new toy she'd purchased, and I got several spreads for Halloween! It's a win-win situation as far as I could tell! :-) <br />
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Once again, I added some paper to a blank page, to (hopefully) compliment the start of Angela's November pages. <br />
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Thomas and Thomasina look their very best! Not sure that's a wise move at this time of year for a turkey....:) <br />
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I thought I was done with the empty spaces in my book, and as I started gluing together the remaining blank pages, I realized I didn't have a Veterans Day in my book! And with a date like 11-11-11, well, I had to do it! Used a picture of Daddy in his uniform from WWII. :-) <br />
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And December was all mine. I had planned on doing only one spread for Christmas, but I had too many ideas. For this first one, I used several pieces I'd received in our Christmas Matchbox Swap, along with some tissue paper from our Christmas. <br />
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Being that my family is so photogenic, I used some leftover Christmas card pictures for this spread, along with some Christmas paper I'd bought originally for my Matchbox swap and then ended up not using anyway.<br />
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And this was a no-brainer. Had to have a Grammie and Ava Christmas page! What the heck, it's my book and I can do what I want! LOL! I really loved the silver foil and blue snowmen on a Christmas envelope we'd gotten this Christmas but really wanted to use the "I heart Santa" paper, which had no blue, so I took a chance and used both anyway! I think I got it pulled together, and if not? Eh, as I said, it's <i>my </i>book...:-) <br />
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The last pages of the book I left unembellished, for the most part. The "thumbnails" are images from spreads I'd done in everyone else's book throughout the year. <br />
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And this page, I just left as is...it was just too funny, and too fitting! LOL! It's the original end page in my book. <br />
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The inside cover, which, yeah, I know, looks incomplete as it is. Just didn't know what else to do with it, so it stays. Can't have perfection on EVERY page! :-) <br />
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And this is my book as you look at it from the top. WONDERFULLY full and FAT! It won't begin to close! Isn't that great?!? LOL! <br />
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And there you have it. Right now the book is sitting on my dining room table, because it makes me smile every time I walk by it, and that can be nothing but a good thing!<br />
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One final note: a HUGE thank you to all you gals for all the hard work you did in my book! I had a great time working in yours! And Kathy, you may be getting tired of all these "Thank You's" but thank you, seriously, for hosting this RR, and for coming up with the idea in the first place. Altered books was the vehicle that brought me back to art, so I feel like I've come full circle. Not that I'm done...oh no, I'll just keep going around the circle now that I've found my way back! :-)<br />
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This is my last Inchie for <a href="http://everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Every Inchie Monday</a> for 2011. I can't believe we're on the last itty bitty piece of art already! When the year started I said to myself, "Self, this is a big undertaking." Well, big undertaking for small art. Big, in that it's a 52-week commitment. Self-imposed, mind you, but a commitment all the same. And I'm pleased with myself that I actually stayed with it. Me, Queen of Procrastination and Duchess of Unfinished Projects! <br />
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So here is my Yellow Inchie for December 26, 2011 - a day late, but it's the right year at least! I'm not a yellow person, so I had to dig!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Every Inchie Monday for December 12th was "Blue."<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">I couldn't decide on whether to go with light on dark, or dark on light, so I did it both ways! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And December 19th's was "Green."<br />
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This past Monday's Inchie prompt was "red." (I think 'someone' ran out of words...LOL!) So RED it is! :-)<br />
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Oh, and I mistakenly thought the word was "amuse" when it was really "amusement" but it's close enough!<br />
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So, the word for the day for <a href="http://everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/">Every Inchie Monday</a> for November 21st was: "Pretend" :-)<br />
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What's more fun than little girls playing house, in their own little chef's hat and apron! And no, she's not the stereotypical "housewife," our girl is a Master Chef at the finest restaurant around! (Or so we can "pretend"....)<br />
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Karen's book was notebook style so I was able to remove the ages and work on them individually, which is nice. No worry about messing up someone else's pages, or working in a really FULL book (though really FULL books are fun to caress...LOL!) At least this way you can lay the page flat and work on it with ease. :-)<br />
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I painted the background, then filled the page with papers, sparkly stars (though the sparkly really does not like to photograph well), and stamping. I had to take the pic at an angle because of glare from the flash and lights, but you get the idea!<br />
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He flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the "daring" young man on the flying trapeze! ('nough said;)<br />
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So my Life Inchie represents a certain blue-eyed someone (Read: Ava!) who, by simply coming <i>into </i>this Life, completely changed mine...<br />
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This one's for you, Baby Girl :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">brick wall + paint = grafitti :)</div>Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-58266347860665571682011-10-25T23:32:00.001-05:002011-10-25T23:36:54.030-05:00Boo! It's a Spooky spread!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhehynCjsi7JCPksvKH-M7HK4rPkY0X2i0p-rpL-jh7aFFfEaEe9XHd4cwoqgBYEvjwJV4uyPA40mXzX_ouHtgJrjdGcJjmNia6ug8Z4lHwO0ZRxHYhpswCC6L_p-Ia2TD6Wo/s1600/DSCN4586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhehynCjsi7JCPksvKH-M7HK4rPkY0X2i0p-rpL-jh7aFFfEaEe9XHd4cwoqgBYEvjwJV4uyPA40mXzX_ouHtgJrjdGcJjmNia6ug8Z4lHwO0ZRxHYhpswCC6L_p-Ia2TD6Wo/s400/DSCN4586.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is my October page in JoAnn's altered book for the Altered Art Divas Holiday Round Robin. I love Halloween and the purples and oranges, and cats and bats, and witches and ghosts, and I just love Halloween! LOL!</div>Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-56658045695693703502011-10-25T21:23:00.000-05:002011-10-25T21:23:54.225-05:00Encouragement on a Monday :)My nephew participates in Special Olympics, which to me epitomizes the very meaning of "encouragement," not to mention the local support he has received over the years from friends and family. So this is for all the Special Olympians and the encouragement they receive on a daily basis. You're an inspiration, Wyatt! :-)<br />
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If the background to this one looks semi-familiar, it's because it was actually the first reject to "Imagine." I came across it and was going to toss it; instead I stuck it in my Inchie envie (where I store unfinished Inchies and/or ideas for the next one), and when I went to create "Dreams," I came across this <i>reject </i>and ended up using it! The teeny runners came from a health newsletter I get in my paycheck envelope every month! But they were the perfect size so I put the little guys to good use! :-)Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-11174567800378643642011-10-10T18:42:00.001-05:002011-10-11T21:54:27.896-05:00Curiosity on a MondayI almost changed my mind on using this Inchie for Curiosity and saved it for Daring, but since I made it with Curiosity in mind, decided to stick with it!<br />
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If you've ever had a cat and a door (and if you have a cat you most certainly have a door!), you know how much they love sticking their paws up underneath the door to "see" what's on the other side. Sometimes, they may not want to know!!<br />
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the route from Grammie's house to Ava's House! :-)</div>Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-72649013914942214322011-09-26T22:09:00.001-05:002011-09-27T22:44:07.253-05:00Wisdom on a Monday :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Edited to add: my wise ol' owl made the <a href="http://everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/2011/09/wisdom-inchies.html">Every Inchie Monday</a> page! :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Anyway, being woefully behind, I played catch-up this week. Yay for me!<br />
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August 15th - Strength - With September 11th less than a month away (at the time...) and after reading several scattered updates from surviving family members of victims of 9/11, my "Strength" Inchie represents the many, many layers of support and faith and strength and hope for the future of those families and for our country.<br />
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August 22nd - Imagine - I had originally intended to leave all color out of this Inchie, leaving it to the beholder's eye to "imagine" their own color and design, but, in the end, I am a <i>color person</i>, and my poor little bland Inchie was screaming "COLOR ME!", so I gave in and gave it a rainbow which by its very presence inspires imagination.<br />
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August 29th - Change - The end of August brings with it the coming of autumn and a change of seasons, as my little inchie tree depicts the seasons' "change."<br />
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September 5th - Cozy - There's just something about a nice warm mug of Chai Tea that makes me feel all warm and cozy inside no matter where I am. Both Inchies (clearly I was having an indecision kind of day) were stained with, what else, Chai Tea. :-) <br />
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September 12th - Kiss - A kiss, a kiss is on their lips...my little kids show up again, sneaking a "kiss."<br />
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September 19th - Sparkle - I love the sparkle of the twinkling stars in the late-night skies.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaL3nvukR6upHUr2suY2CkB1SJYP4RF1GoyQfO94lQsy6136q-xPmaKKyjg7Il5FJH3VL7KUHYnIVORLTjibOSsH_wDaHg8BHEtSBATqNWXmyUdA9YQ6KYybMAE0a2u5SGt46a/s1600/divadi_inchie_38_sparkle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaL3nvukR6upHUr2suY2CkB1SJYP4RF1GoyQfO94lQsy6136q-xPmaKKyjg7Il5FJH3VL7KUHYnIVORLTjibOSsH_wDaHg8BHEtSBATqNWXmyUdA9YQ6KYybMAE0a2u5SGt46a/s320/divadi_inchie_38_sparkle.JPG" width="312" /></a></div>Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-34786890638582366202011-08-10T15:47:00.000-05:002011-08-10T15:47:00.756-05:00Rust(y) Inchie :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vn3NN52DgWgQIW_Jh5WhjdBk2vqerQnNOXp9o8akML1uhMXvWCDW2kgoyEm80pI6nZjV-cISmyxKt5MXmFGviJJk9jtX_fOyOxZBYwRMiX-rw_VU5p3wfaEaxNuQl3A4Y5xv/s1600/divadi_inchie_32_rust.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vn3NN52DgWgQIW_Jh5WhjdBk2vqerQnNOXp9o8akML1uhMXvWCDW2kgoyEm80pI6nZjV-cISmyxKt5MXmFGviJJk9jtX_fOyOxZBYwRMiX-rw_VU5p3wfaEaxNuQl3A4Y5xv/s320/divadi_inchie_32_rust.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It takes more art supplies than you might expect to rust a key small enough to fit in an Inchie! Especially when you're not sure what the heck you're doing and have to re-do your efforts! But I like the way the rust effect came out for my <a href="http://everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/">Every Inchie Monday</a> representing "Rust."Di ;)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854340936376825218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181774.post-12817434148654894162011-08-01T17:39:00.000-05:002011-08-01T17:39:51.771-05:00Go 4th and Celebrate! - July Holiday Round Robin Altered BookThis is August, yes, I know, but my month for Pam's book for the Diva's Holiday Round Robin Altered Book was July. I was originally leaning toward the whole flag theme, but the month before mine was June and the holiday was Flag Day so I didn't want to duplicate it too much.<br />
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So then I started re-thinking the 4th of July and what came to mind were all the 4th of July picnics and get-togethers we've have in the past. Swimming, picnics, and fireworks afterward, so....:-)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzU_Se93_u2M5IBH_ErPKLMMMrfQOaa5j2ifpr3_1n79PP2OrfrDLYs6j9mGq5lHtbr2nMOpNMl_YZm494LaOKcJ3ZyjoCF809yA_rEbFWM6FSDEhg7MxtB_53zvmO4ygHtJwh/s1600/divadi_inchie_31_sunset.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Microbeads....gotta love 'em.<br />
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They may be <i>micro</i>scopic to work with, but well worth chasing them around the desk as they try to escape the confines of your workspace! :-)<br />
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I had wanted something 'unique' for my interpretation of nest but the muse wouldn't have it, so 'we' went with a traditional, sort of, nest. The three little blue eggs represent my three kids, and the white specks are bits of crushed egg shell. :-)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then one day, a purple chair took a seat next to two of the blue chairs. The two blue chairs were happy to have a new friend in their seating arrangement and took it in with open arm rests. However, the third blue chair was not amused and refused to join in, keeping its distance from the seemingly oblivious trio. The third blue chair did not trust this new “friend” with the square back and curious shade of purple. It only knew that its two blue buddies had taken in this…this…purple stranger. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So the three chairs – the two blue and one purple – sat side-by-side in the cool of the large shade tree. And the stubborn third blue chair sat alone in the hot-hot sun where it grew very-very lonely. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moral of the Story</i> is…<i><u>no one wants to sit in the hot seat so you better play nice.</u></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Anyway, on the window is a quilted hanging I had made for a curtain quite some years ago; with a mama bunny, papa bunny, two brother bunnies, and one little sister bunny. How fortunate it is that they match my family! LOL! So a couple of visits ago, Ava noticed the bunnies on the quilt and wanted to know their names.<br />
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So I pointed out (revising for her sake) Grampa Bunny, Grammie Bunny, Uncle Ryan Bunny, Auntie Lindsey Bunny, and Daddy Bunny. She thinks about it a minute, and then asks:<br />
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"Where's me???"<br />
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So Grammie Bunny got busy and by the time Ava came for Ava Week, Ava Bunny joined the ranks of the Bunny Family! I haven't "quilted" her yet, but she's painted on!<br />
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And <i>my </i>Little Miss Ava Bunny was pleased....:-)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"All by herself" she punched out paper hearts, and one flower, out of some old book pages that I'd colored a while back to use for quickie projects, such as this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq-Ebra4X4g04UxVKjGKNyvEjFwQ4DqvH08578vW9uCINJzb3S1_p3b7gv3n_PytbrPthLBxPcED2EI8NEKmIb7U27fs_U-0q1WLNuzFTkqjOje5eIpt9fnj3ycUe93iPwWDf/s1600/DSCN2113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq-Ebra4X4g04UxVKjGKNyvEjFwQ4DqvH08578vW9uCINJzb3S1_p3b7gv3n_PytbrPthLBxPcED2EI8NEKmIb7U27fs_U-0q1WLNuzFTkqjOje5eIpt9fnj3ycUe93iPwWDf/s320/DSCN2113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Then I dabbed a dot of glue on an old phone book page (they make great disposable workspaces) and she used a little paint brush to "paint" the glue onto the backs of the heart, and one flower. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LoBOmHHUOFLcpm_o6uG0VLvqwV_e05O4YeSJLHcuQYDj8dsg4jnDhB3GTkW4v0tuM78SRlMqgoTaPL4ia-FjB-xBVPmUGv8jiFXSb6iLzmAlUtlR6qkxaaKN2M-pPsnACzCs/s1600/DSCN2128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LoBOmHHUOFLcpm_o6uG0VLvqwV_e05O4YeSJLHcuQYDj8dsg4jnDhB3GTkW4v0tuM78SRlMqgoTaPL4ia-FjB-xBVPmUGv8jiFXSb6iLzmAlUtlR6qkxaaKN2M-pPsnACzCs/s320/DSCN2128.JPG" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then she glued them on two Inchies - one for her, and one for me. The idea being, "We <3 Books!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYPGHsdi1P0XGyuisi9OcHvXA6j_KeYnsOrQCqaN1warf-_GgvjU94TT7lUH5fMVnYR-_DGiQNbggEjOZmO23SOn4PpauaQ9rdIgmKLfABJLaLfZyf4Dt08cfoeoFFP3a6snY/s1600/DSCN2118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYPGHsdi1P0XGyuisi9OcHvXA6j_KeYnsOrQCqaN1warf-_GgvjU94TT7lUH5fMVnYR-_DGiQNbggEjOZmO23SOn4PpauaQ9rdIgmKLfABJLaLfZyf4Dt08cfoeoFFP3a6snY/s320/DSCN2118.JPG" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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