January 4, 2019

2018~~Going, Going, Gone...

Happy 2019 Y'all!

I was surprised to see that I hadn't posted here since November 1st! I didn't realize that it'd been that long. Time can so easily sneak by especially at the end of the year. In any event, it's time to get back to creating but to start the new year, I'll be sharing some tidbits from 2018 in these first few posts. 

A couple more pages from
November in my journaling Bible.

This leaf was found in the
Red Lobster parking lot, Denton, Texas.
Pages created with acrylic paints, washi tape
Malatow acrylic Marker, Pitt Pens

The above leaf reminded me of the 
"Memories of Daisy State Park
art quilt (below). I picked up  
the leaf for it in 2013 during  
our maiden RV voyage to 
Daisy State Park in Kirby, Arkansas.

For Christmas, I received  
from my son and his girlfriend. 
I love it!

All the pages are set up the same with
an artful scripture on the left border, 
and journaling lines on the right border. 
I love the thickness of the paper's pages! 
I believe they will work nicely for 
watercolor and mixed media. 

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Much to my delight, the Christmas  
cactus on the right started blooming like 
crazy in November. Her name is Faye 
because my friend Faye gave her to me.

Faye was a lonely Christmas cactus 
but right after she started blooming, 
I spotted another beauty with abundant 

buds at Walmart so I grabbed her  
up and brought her home! (left) 
Faye has a friend now! 
Let's call her LulaBelle.


Within a week, LulaBelle's 
buds were bloomin' pretty! 
After putting on a good show, both of these 
gals ceased blooming in mid-December.  

But was it over?
Oh no, no, no!

About a week later, Faye started 
blooming once again, and she's still 
blooming as I write this post!
They will both be transplanted in the spring. 
In fact, I wondered if LulaBelle would have 
bloomed again if she were released 
from the confines of her original pot.
(I stuck her pot into another pot for now). 
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This is another painted rock from when 
Linda and I painted rocks in Colorado.
That post can be found here.

I'll stop here for now.



Next up, handmade gifts.

See you soon.


Tootle Loo,

D~~~~

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