tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16565733135682679752011-12-06T05:29:39.454-08:00* Redirecting thought, time & energy *Tammy Freiborghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283154194382804424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656573313568267975.post-86203922277826169642011-09-23T18:15:00.000-07:002011-09-23T18:18:26.024-07:00

I want to send a Huge Thank You to all my followers, everyone who has visited, everyone who has commented ... I've decided to end my Bonsai Habits blogging and move to a new corner of Blogland - Earth Cuddles. Please come visit me to see more pictures of stacks and find out about Seth Apter's Stack Attack. Plus I'm having a surprise giveaway!

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Quinn McDonald, author of Raw Art Journaling, is facilitating a workshop over at Artists of the Roundtable. Above is my "Light Up A Single Word" for lesson 4.

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A recent topic of discussion in the Blissfully Art Journaling group was flower pounding. So today, I pounded lilies and delphiniums. The lilies were too fresh and made a watery mess. I like the result created by the older, dryer delphinium blossoms.

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Our first Lily blooms of the season (of course, our daylilies have been blooming for quite awhile).Growing on a fallen log.Love the low branches which quickly turn 90 degrees and reach ever so high.

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More blooms from my garden: Sedum, Blanket Flower, Yarrow, PotentillaVisit mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com to see more yellow.

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Foxglove above. Delphinium below.While I plant and maintain the flowers, my darling hubby grows the vegetables. He has peas, onions, radishes, two kinds of lettuce, spinach, beans, tomatos, peppers (sweet banana, jalapeno, red bell, sweet chocolate bell), kale, potatos, cucumbers, cantaloupe, and japanese walking onions (my addition for this year). We've been enjoying the most delicous salads.

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Above, a magical, photographic accident! The camera must have been swaying to the music.We enjoyed listening to the Sawyer Brown Band in Goodhue, MN during the Volksfest.Fireworks colored the sky as the Sawyer Brown Band began to play.We took a long walk through the woods to see the Stone House.Dexter, Amanda, and Ken travel back down the trail:Back at the campsite:

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Today, I am hosting Tuesday Technique for Blissfully Art Journaling yahoo group. Last week, Carolyn offered the first technique - Checkerboard. Here is the link. Let's begin ... First, paint, collage, and/or stamp your journal page and another sheet of paper larger than your journal page. Leaf stamps and ink pads were used on this journal page. Brown packaging paper was crumpled, smoothed out

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Earlier today, my daughter had collected the money for five neon green poster boards from an elderly Asian man with only two teeth. She gave him the receipt. He continued to stand in front of her. She noticed he was digging into a coin purse that was different from the one he had taken his money from. He held out his fist face down. Into her hand, he dumped the above marbles and pointed

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The Guest HouseThis being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably.He may be cleaning you out For some new delight.The dark thought, the shame,

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A friend and I went walking down by the MN river today. I spotted an alligotor up in the trees and ghost face in the roots. We stopped at three garage sales and -jumping for joy - I found this metal tree with five ornament frames for $5. YES, all for only five bucks. I am so thrilled!And I found this mosaic "Study in Blue" for only $2. What a treasure! When I got home, I googled the artist Sheryl

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Listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go.—ee cummings

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Daughter & Dad paddle the MN Floodwaters. Father & Son take a cruise (note the snow). FYI: If you noticed the 2010 license on the kayak, the story goes ... my husband asked to borrow by dad's kayaks and was assured that they had new tabs. No one noticed when the kayaks were loaded into the van and brought back to the cities. As they were unloaded and carried down to the water it was discovered

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Oh Joy!!! My blog is working; I can post pictures; I'm back!! I guess the problem might have been the new Internet Explorer 9. I'm now using Firefox. Update: I've learned that with Internet Explorer 8 & 9 - just use the compatibility button on right side of the address bar and you should be fine updating your blog!! This past Saturday, three of us made three stops: 1. Macy's Flower

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"There must be something in the rainWell, what else could cause this pain"~Tish HinojosaWhat else, indeed ...?!

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Kim, our great moderator over at the Blissfully Art Journaling yahoo group has provided prompts to journal backwards through the alphabet. I'm having a lot of fun!Last year, several members of BAJ participated in traveling art journals. Two of them are complete and up for auction on ebay with the proceeds going to charity. Please take a look and consider bidding on one or both journals to benefit

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St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. ~Adrienne CookHappy St. Patrick's Day!

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(My son's toes pretend to paint his assignment.) "What a wonderful beautiful thing,to wiggle your toes."~ Dalton Trumbo

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Mini BookBlue Winter FlowersMarch kale from underneath Minnesota snow.Yummmmy. Potato Soup, anyone?Freebird requested our recipe, so here it is...We make a LARGE batch so we have leftovers.2 lbs Jimmy Dean's Hot Sausage6 large potatos diced Large onion1/3 stick butter2 inch thick slab of Velveeta Cheese1 pint Half-n-halfAlmost 2 quarts 1% milkFresh ground pepper to taste1/2 tsp. of sea

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Following the success of his film Home, Yann Arthus-Bertrand created a 7-minute short film on forests filled with aerial images from 'Home' and the 'Earth from Above' television series. The film, 'Of Forests and Men,' is the official film for the launch of the International Year of Forests 2011.Visit www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/videos.shtml to see a public service announcement created by the UN

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8:06 pm CST: Oh my, there has to be a better way. The comments aren 't numbered and everytime I counted down, I came up with a different name. I think this is correct:164: Di, cards & heart71: Barb, cards & heart11: Saskia, cards & heart176: Wendy, cards & heart147: Anna, cards & fibers6:44 pm CST: 164, 71, 11, 176, 147 - now I have to go count comments to fing the winners.6:41 pm CST: I am

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Blessed in Aging by Esther Mary WalkerBlessed are they who understandMy faltering step and shaking hand.Blessed, who know my ears todayMust strain to hear the things they say.Blessed are those who seem to knowMy eyes are dim and my mind is slow.Blessed are those who looked awayWhen I spilled tea that weary day.Blessed are they who, with cheery smileStopped to chat for a little while.Blessed are

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The back and front covers. On the left page, a library card pocket will be added."Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral." Frank Lloyd WrightA point On a journey Creates a path A line Intersects with another A grid begins Creating structure Power grids, communications grids Transportation grids Location In relation to what Latitude and longitude Dreaming

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Last year, my Word of Intent was Dance.For 2011, I Surrender. Here I am."If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.” ~ Toni Morrison"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.” ~ Julia Cameron

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A day of awesome wonder. We all took turns holding the new baby in the family. My niece Adyssey, born the day after Thanksgiving, wasn't supposed to arrive until after Christmas. She is beautiful and has a "heart of gold". (I saw a plaque recently which said "Babies are born with a heart of gold.")I'd like to share from my Christmas present "The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder" by Jill

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Last summer, I wandered the streets of an American town. All of the above churches stand within a two block area. Four of these churches occupy the four corners at the intersection of "Central" and "Division". And there are more churches in this small town.A recent news segment shared how some churches are staying afloat with rent money from cell phone tower "connection". For one struggling

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My first Empathy Monster creation, another project from the free online Art, Heart, and Healing Workshop by willowing. Our Empathy Monsters are supposed to be a reminder to open our ears and hearts to our own and others stories, feelings, thoughts. The creatures are often given zippers for mouths as a reminder to us to curb our first desire to speak, to curb our inner judge, and instead remind

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Not the typical Christmas Tree! Just a mile from my home, this lovely Tree of Lights is viewed by carloadsof those seeking toexperience themagic,wonder,and joyof the season.What is God's favorite color?"ALL of THEM, plus many, many more that we are not yet aware of."What is God's favorite religion?"The Divine has made Itself manifest through many Deities in different places and at different times

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Part 1 of Lesson 2: Create using two pictures of you before the age of three and a list of things you would wish for that little child.

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Happy Halloween from the 70s! Thirty plus years ago, my sister carved the gal with sunglasses and I carved the lady in the straw hat.

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Tam of willowing.org is offering a free online Art, Heart, and Healing Workshop. You are still able to sign up; just click on the icon over on the right.The first lesson covered basics on front facing portrait and shading, several mixed media background techniques, and transforming our inner critic's thoughts.I used too much water causing layers of paper to rub off and crack so I quit layering,

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We celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary at Chanhassen Dinner Theater.The musical "All Shook Up" is about falling in love and following your dream and was inspired by and features songs of Elvis Presley."At the heart of this cheerful, giddy, eye-winking jukebox musical there is a message, and it is this: Each day is a new day, and a new opportunity to make a difference." The director Micheal

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I've signed up for my first online art class. Please join me! Generous Tam of Willowing, a ning art network, is offering this free four week online class. "The course focus will be on art healing and each art lesson will be infused with a healing theme. We will be creating several different types of art, from art journaling to altering a children's book, an art tag, an empathy monster, whimsy

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Memories of campfires ... moments of silence, storytelling, singing, roasting marshmallows, twinkling stars, crackling/sizzling wood, dancing flames ... family camping, Bible camp, Girl Scout camp ... Fully in the moment!I've experienced a bit of this sensation while spending time with my Alzheimer clients. No past, no future, just NOW!"Alzheimer's also acts as a magnifying mirror for all our

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LoveDeep Roots of Nourishment and SafetyWings of Courage and TransformationReceived and BestowedTo Be OnselfTransparentLove Embraces All HumanitySeeks to Understand and ConnectAcceptance and ForgivenessAll Are One(The border is cut from cloth depicting children's self-portraits. Sewn string connects their hearts.)About me and why I art journal.This moleskin journal has been traveling around the

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Someone provided me with my own private restroom sign. *giggles*To see our smiling State Fair faces, visit http://arboricalden.blogspot.com/2010/09/state-fair-fun.html

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To celebrate my 44th Birthday, I went garage sale treasure hunting . And what did I find?! A like-new copy of "crossing over: where art and science meet" by Stephen Jay Gould, a Piccadilly Journal with my favorite Gustav Klimt painting (only one page was written on), two handmade journals by Brett Badenoch (covers showcase butterfly leaves and the paper was made using lily pad stems, banana

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"I wish you Enough !Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.'They kissed and the

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What an exciting discovery as we drove north from the state park to visit Taylor Falls! To learn more about these sculptures and artists, visit www.franconia.org

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To see our camping photos, please visit my other blog http://arboricalden.blogspot.com/2010/08/william-obrien-state-park.html

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"Linnaeus Arboretum, on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College, provides an environment to educate the mind, revive the spirit, exercise the heart, and delight in Minnesota's natural history.The arboretum is named for Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), a Swedish botanist who devised the binomial nomenclature system (Latin genus and species) we use today. The arboretum was established in 1973 with the

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The weekend weather was HOT & Humid! So I spent most of time arting indoors with my Daughter Amanda & Niece Kate. We harvested collage material from magazines and created a few art journal pages. Above are the fruits of my scavenging, arranging, gluing, creating.My Dad Allen, Husband Ken, and Son Dexter spent time in the garage and outdoors, fishing (no fish), kayaking, and tinkering. My mom

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My daughter, Amanda, took this picture last evening while watching Bloomington's fireworks display. Happy Day and Smiles coming your way ....Addendum: This was the second smile fireworks in the display. We - Ken, myself, Amanda, & Dexter - also saw stars and 3-D cubes in the sky. Truly amazing! Have you ever seen how they pack and time the fireworks to create these amazing bursts, sparkling

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As children, we should receive nourishment, safety, and love within our home and family. My family was broken during this time and my home - the trailer - was moved from Benson to Willmar when I was four.My family rejoined when I was nine and moved into this house half a block from my elementary school.Can you believe I was in ninth grade when this picture of my room was taken? If you look

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Okay, I feel like I'm being a bit indulgent with this project - my "All About Me" book. Remember making them back in school. Maybe I'll have grandchildren someday who will enjoy this little book.During my grade school years, I loved to cut and paste, play school with my dolls and stuffed animals, read, read, and read. For two years, I delivered one hundred newspapers door-to-door six days a week

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Grandpa & Grandma Hanson, Alvin & Hulda, were Norwegian. He was a self-employed carpenter. Hulda had several miscarriages before adopting my six month old mother. They were 48/47 years old. When I was born, they were 65/64 years old and finally grandparents. Grandpa liked to fish and we would fish off the Montivideo bridge. He had a stuffed monkey and loved to tell stories. I remembering dunking

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My parents, Allen and Kathy, were 20/18 years old when they married. I was born 9.5 months later. Four days after my birth, my mom turned 19. (She was 17 when she graduated, as was I.)They both worked at FingerHut in Benson where they owned a trailer house. An elderly woman took care of me. When my sister, Shannon, was born 18 months later. My mom quit working to care for us. My dad was a foreman

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Kathy created styrofoam stamps and made two pages for each participant (fronts above and backs below).Below: Sue's handstitched, embelished rays and face with Ann's beribboned sun face.Below: Helen's layered textures and beaded fringe with Carrie's abstract sun face.Below: Helen's handcarved stamp with Sue's collage. (Backs)Below: Bette's "She's went behind the clouds". I've lifted the lace to

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Front (above)Back (below)

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Front (above)Back (below)

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Front and Back of ... ... a Sun Face Chunky Page for a Swap.

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Trimming a small bush,Tiny eggs discovered. Sun-loving moss roses with a shade-loving pansyawait their appropriate new homes."Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more." ~Vincent Van Gogh"At the end of the day,Mother Nature has only one question for us:What life did you nurture today?"~Robert Brault"A woman is the full circle.Within her is the power to

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If you'd like to see Lucky in context, the uncropped picture is here.

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Sookie, future egg layer, wishes you Happy Earth Day! Please reduce, reuse, & recycle! Please visit my other blog for more Earth Day news and vacation pictures.www.ArboricalDen.blogspot.com"Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate)" LyricsCelebrate morning—The cry of a loon on a lake in the night,The dreams that are born in the dawn's early light . . .Celebrate morning.Celebrate living—The laughter that

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My returns from the Hundertwasser House ATC swap at ATCsForAll.com.House Boat by CatPrattOpen Mouth House by BeachglassPainted Hills by JoyFlower

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To learn more about Fritz Hundertwasser (Austrian Painter, 1928-2000), explore the following links:Hundertwasser on Hundertwasser Hundertwasser Posters

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Treasures from my walk down by the river today ... And two views of a cocoon my husband found while raking. He taped it to a tree just in case life might still be waiting to fly out.Lucky, companion and safe haven for the past twelve years.

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Chunky Pages for a Hearts, Bones, & Crowns Mail Art Swap.Today, I walked down by the Minnesota River. Shown below is a flooded parking lot for boaters and hikers. As I walked back up the street, I took a few pictures of the garbage/litter, streams of water, and a duck. And at the end, my yellow pompoms.

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A dear gentle soul, Janet, has given me this lovely award. Be sure to visit her blog here to see her fabulous creations including her Alice in Wonderland postcards.Now as part of the award I have to do seven things:(1)Post the image of the award(2)Thank the person who gave it to me(3)Link to the person who gave it to me(4)Tell you seven things about myself that you wouldn't know(5)Choose seven

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Today was dark and dreary. And these silly, confused daffodils appear a bit weak and discolored at the ends. Receiving early thawing and warmth from our heated slab house, the bulbs push upward in hopes of showing the world what they have to offer despite the inhospitable cold early-March air.Many times I've been those bulbs - sensing a safe, welcoming environment - I offer myself, my thoughts,

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If you haven't visited Brene Brown's Blog yet, please do ... now! As of this writing, 64 bloggers have signed on to blog about worthiness and 292 have made the statement I am worthy NOW! I haven't looked at every name but I'd bet 99% are women.From the 64th blogger I copied this: Brene Brown has been researching how women finding their voice and speaking out can be a shame trigger. Even so, she

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The subject line was "The Hustle for Worthiness". The timing was perfect. I've been struggling the past few days. Not that this is anything new for me. I'm one of those "new age" self-centered searchers longing for inner peace. I'm also no different from - I'm the same as - ancient "new age" self-centered searchers longing for inner peace.I read the email and followed the link to Brene Brown's

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I made my first Paper-Cloth today. I used the method found in Kelli Perkins' book "Stitch Alchemy". I love how mine turned out and can hardly wait for it to dry so I can try a few of the fun techniques included in this delightful book.

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From RANDOM.ORG:Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers:1720Timestamp: 2010-03-06 21:14:44 UTCCongratulations,CindyBBluebeard & ElizabethEnjoy!!

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Made BY me for Janet (Decide) and Carol (Happiness):Made FOR me by Janet and Carol as swap hostess gifts:

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Celebrating 101 Posts!!!!If you would like to win the above fibers, rub-ons, stick pins, ribbon, photo corners, and journal prompts, please leave a comment and a way for me to contact you. If you come from a group which I belong to, just add the group's name to your comment. Or leave your blog name or email.I have two sets of the above; TWO winners will receive all of the above!!!!Drawing will

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Pink & Green ** Color Quotes ** Snowpeople ** Halloween To view the inside pages, click on these:Color Quotes Halloween ChunkyPink & GreenAnd here are the SnowPeopleBy Jitterbug:By YellowDen (Me)By CraftyScrapperBy GoodMorningStarshineBy MicromummyBy MonarchBy CarolinaSoapChef

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Made BY me for Jenny, Valerie, and Timaree:Made FOR me by Jenny, Valerie, and Timaree:I made the first three ATCs for Jenny, Valerie, and Timaree, participants in the 2010 Words of Intent ATCs Swap which I am hosting. The second set of three are wonderful hostess gift ATCs made by these women for me. I wanted to return the mail art fun. Enjoy!!

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Happy Valentine's Day to All!Single, Dating, Married, Widowed, Divorced, Children!My local Altered Art group met at the MN Center for Book Arts this afternoon. In our blind "Something Heart related" exchange, I received this lovely mini book from Kathy. It is hand-bound with six signatures of six pages each; 2 1/2" x 2 3/4".Thank you, Kathy!The following poem, printed on beautiful paper and

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Dancing being my word of the year, I was pleasantly surprised as my reading of a friend's blog Sharon's Compendium led me to Art Shanty Projects and the Dance Shanty. Be sure to take a few minutes - or an hour - to visit all three sites, watch the videos and check out the funfilled photos, creativity, art cars, altered art, and inspiring people. I especially liked the 2008 rocket and 2007

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As you can see, I went a little wild with the challenge from Blissfully Art Journaling group: This week as we continue to look at ourselves...This is my take on a Susan Tuttle tutorial in the book "Exhibition 36"1 - Find a good photo of your face.2 - Scan it, blow it up to fill your journal page and print it out.3 - Glue it into your journal.4 - Apply a layer of gesso (or cheap white paint) to

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My Soul Journaling yahoo group is swapping Valentine Postcards. The guidelines included adding pink and red, lace, paper doily, button, glitter, sheet music, and handwritten quote.

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Blissfully Art Journaling Weekly Challenge: Self-Portrait #4On the left hand side of your journal include a drawing or photograph of your favorite body part. Include a little commentary about why you love this part of your body.On the right hand side of your journal include a drawing or photograph of your least favorite body part. Include a little commentary about why you're not so in love with

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Blissfully Art Journaling Weekly Challenge: A line drawingWe were to sit in front of a full length mirror and study our face. Without looking at our paper, we were to move our pen in synch with our eyes as they traced the contours of our face.I have done blind contour drawings before and have always rushed through the process. Today was no different. With my left hand on the paper (my fingers

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Week 2 Blissfully Art Journaling Challenge: Draw your silhouette in your journal. Instead of filling your head or body in black, draw, paint, or collage the interior of your silhouette with the things that describe, represent or define you - fill the space. Then surround the silhouette with black.Wow! Not so easy to sum myself up in a few words or images. I'm a human, a woman, on earth, the North

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Blissfully Art Journaling Weekly Challenge: On the left side of your journal include a photo or drawing of your self as you are today. Create a self-portrait as you envision yourself in twenty-five years on the right side.I'm 43 years old. A mother, wife, lover, artist. Strong, Intelligent, Caretaker, Consumer, Caring, Stubborn, Dreamer. I'm going to dance more this year - with heart, mind, soul

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Dance will be my word of the year!'Tis a gift to be simple,'Tis a gift to be free,'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be,And when we find ourselves in the place just right,It will be in the valley of love and delight.When true simplicity is gained,to bow and to bend, we will not be ashamedTo turn, turn, will be our delight,'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.*********************

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For this Soul Journaling prompt, we were asked to create a page using photocopies of previous pages. If you'd like to see the five chosen pages in their entirety, click on the label at the bottom of this post.For this prompt, we were to scribble with a pencil and then find a misfit creature within the shapes.And for this page, we were to journal "Today, I feel ..." and fingerpaint our

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I was going to let the "Ring the Bell" journal page from my Christmas Day post speak to your imaginations. However, it's the day after all the hooplah and I've decided to stick my neck out and open my mouth (see journal page two posts below and note the size of the ostrich mouth). When I first cut out the image of this dancing, vacuuming woman, I was thinking about happiness, craziness,

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As you can see, I've joined the Teesha Moore movement. A few weeks ago, I watched her videos describing her journaling process. Today, I made my first "In The Style of Teesha" page. With the my chosen quote, I went on a hunt for images. Once the border and crazy character was completed, I felt she had to have something in her hand - art bag?, paintbrush?, journal?, A PURPLE CRAYON! just like

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WOW! Tuesday brought Botanical pages. Thursday brought Altered Photo pages. Friday brought House Tags. AND my new scanner arrived. No more taking pictures of artwork with camera, transferring to computer, and cropping with PaintShopPro before uploading to web. And no more waiting for the bulb to warm up - my new scanner uses LED! Saves time and energy!My scanner quit working over a year ago. The

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For this swap, we signed up in groups of six and provided a photo for the others to alter. I chose a picture taken by my daughter while we were camping at a MN State Park. ATCsforAll members never fail to amaze with their creativity and artistic talents! Pages were created by Corrie, Joni, Kristinized, Rachel, and Christy.To see the pages I made for this swap, click on the "Altered Photos" label

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I received the following Botanical Chunky Pages from members of ATCsforAll: Heymaggie, Cheri, Monarch, ArteDar, Shoreart, and Nancy. Here are the pages I made for this swap: six to trade, one for the host, and one for me.

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I received the following House Tags from members of ATCforAll: azntg, ArteDar (front & back), Marla, Goatgoddess, Nightowl, BlueEclipse, Wendy, and Thalia. To see the House Tags which I made for the swap, scroll down two posts.

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I'm participating in a Creative Lettering Class through Artists of the Roundtable yahoo group. Nicolette Anderson is leading us through a series of lessons. For our third lesson, she asked us to choose a song and use the words to create a page. This takes a lot of time - two hours - while watching Tim Allen in Santa Claus 3! Definitely a fun evening: laughs, doodles, creativity!!

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House tags made for a swap at ATCsforAll.com

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Purple Page by Kathy"I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one ..." ~Gelett BurgessBlue Page by Me"I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky." ~Oscar WildeGreen Page by Carrie"Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches." ~Federico Garcia Lorca"But I was thinking of a plan to dye one's whiskers green." ~Lewis

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Deep in the Woods I SingNo one hearsNo one judgesNo one grimaces This page was created by randomly selecting and following Sarah Whitmire's Collage Potpourri #3 prompts at Soul Journaling. She also has a blog: www.caspian.com.First, I listed everything I did today in pen. Using a king size permanent black marker, I quickly and angrily wrote the alphabet over my list. Covered the page with clear

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The lovely Kelly gave me this award after I gave it to her. Thanks for thinking of me! I'm Doubly Over The Top!!The rules are:I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word (I'm going to try a second time with different answers).So here we go:1. Where is your cell phone?… Counter2. Your

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The lovely Kirsti gave me this award this week. Thanks for thinking of me!The rules are:I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.So here we go:1. Where is your cell phone?… Purse2. Your hair?… Long3. Your mother?… Shopping4. Your father?… Sleeping5. Your favorite food?… Popcorn6.

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I started with Escher's "Drawing Hands" on the left and a magazine picture of stacked books on the right. As I randomly drew Sarah Whitmire's Soul Journaling prompts, these pages evolved. Made a border with a paint dipped plastic fork. Closed the book after blobbing yellow paint on one page. Filled the page with stamped numbers. Traced my hand six times. Added some written and magazine words.

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Continuing with Sarah Whitmires Soul Journaling prompts, I cut up the list of directions and drew one at a time to add to my Collage Potpourri #1.1. "Drip and splatter at least two different colors of paint." First, I squeezed a line of gold acrylic across the top and some dots around the pages. I tried tapping the entire book vertically against the table but it was to thick to drip. Grabbing a

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