12 Days of Christmas

This is a swap that I join each year with my online art group, AAWA (An Affair With Art). These are my first two gifties in group two. The first one is from Susan in Texas and I just think it is adorable!
The second one is from Julie (also from Texas). I love the ornament and the writing pad is so thoughtful this time of year!

 

Our local Altered Book Club Christmas party

These are pictures of our Altered Book Club party which was held at my house and some of the pictures were so funny that I almost cried laughing looking at them so I decided to make them into a fairy tale. I love a good fairy tale, don't you? Some of the pictures are funny because sometimes I cannot tell what they look like until I view them bigger on the computer. Blame it on my old eyes!

The first few pictures are of my house with the Christmas decorations up and those are not the fairy tale. The fairy tale begins with the people pictures. With apologies to Jean and Brenda here goes –

Nothing like an early party to make you get your decorating get done. This is a table I set up for Claudia and Martha & I was unsure if they would be able to make it to the party and sadly they were not able to come to the party due to health issues. So this table became a display table for our gifts and art we had made to show each other.

These are the other tables that I had set up for us to eat.

So Now the fairy Tale begins -

Jean decided to make some new laws for our group so she laid down the law while Linda and Karen read the new laws.

Brenda could NOT believe it but Char just laughed! We all love to hear her laugh!

Linda tried to be supportive while Karen was unsure but Jean just let them know with a look that she was dead serious!

Autumn and Nancy thought that it was funny too but Pam had to call Roxie & Claudia and tell them!

Mitzi was surprised and Brenda was still trying to figure it out and Char was still laughing!

Pam was desperately trying to explain the new rules to Claudia!

Linda and Karen finally got the joke and they laughed about it too! Jean was only teasing and we really don't have new rules! Aren't you glad Brenda?

Angel collage

I did an angel for Mix It Monthly where the challenge is "What wings are For" and we were asked to use real feathers. I always see angels depicted as female but my angel is a male. When the Bible speaks of angels, they speak of male angels. I don't know if all angels are male or not but I wanted my angel to be a male who was in adoration. I used the yellow in the blue to represent light because in the Bible most of the time people see a bright light when they see angels. My depiction of him is not perfect but he certainly reminds me of the reason for the season and the Christ is to adored and worshiped especially at this time of the year when we celebrate His birth. I am also linking this to Art Journal Journey where the theme is collage with writing. I hope you enjoy seeing my angel and I wish you a very blessed and Happy Christmas.

Thankfulness - Leaves

I have a new spiritual journal and was thinking about thanksgiving and what I am thankful for. I was outside cutting grass and picked up leaves to draw in my journal. I haven't thought about it until a friend of mine was coming to our area to see the beautiful Autumn leaves. She doesn't get to see the seasons like we do here. So I really studied some of the leaves in my own yard and drew them so that I can enjoy them much longer than just a few days. I have many things and many people to be thankful for but today I am thankful for the beautiful scenery that the changing leaves provides for us in Autumn.
What are you thankful for today?

Mix It Monthly - Cups and Bowls

Here is my entry for Mix It Monthly Whose theme is Cups and Bowls. This was very fun to do in my new spiritual art journal. The colors were done with Color Burst pigment powders.

Morning Glories in my friend's altered book - Mix It Monthly Challenge - Flowers

This is my friend, Claudia's altered book. She did textured wallpaper on the front of it and it really looks cool!

Claudia's book is all about birds, butterflies and dragonflies. I did some hand carved stamps of Morning Glories and the orange butterfly is also a hand carved stamp. The dragonfly and the blue butterfly are hand drawn in the middle section. I hope you enjoy seeing my layout in her beautiful book.

 

 

Halloween File Folder Book

This is a file folder book and my friend, Claudia is going to teach us how to do this little booklet in our altered book club. She found the tutorial here. She taught me how to do the book while she spent a few days with me. She wanted me to know how so that we both can help anyone who might be having trouble learning how to make it. I decided to make my booklet into a Halloween book. I did have some 4x4s that I had on a ring that this group had made for me in the past. So I put the 4x4's into the book and plan on putting some Halloween tags that I will be receiving soon from my online art group, AAWA (An Affair With Art). The booklet has many pockets that I can put the tags into. I thought that you might enjoy seeing the booklet on my blog.