Illustration Friday: LEAP

Prepared pages for my daily journaling.
Watercolor, ink, hand carved stamps
and collage on paper.
I usually decorate a couple of weeks in advance
of my journal & then just write what I do every day.
You can see more of my journaling here
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New daily journal format

I started a new journal this week.
My sister in law from San Diego brought me
a really nice 5 1/2 inch square
olive green cloth covered journal
filled with watercolor paper from Dick Blick.

I love the new square format
and size of the journal.
Very practical.

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Illustration Friday: MULTIPLE

Multiple seed pods.
Watercolor on paper
made fresh for today Illustration Friday.

We're going on a little trip
to beautiful San Miguel de Allende
for a wedding this weekend.
I'll be back on Monday with
some photos to share :)

Have a lovely weekend friends,
thanks for stopping by.

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Spring bunny

I thought I'd let my feathered friends rest a while
and made this for all of you dreaming of
spring...

...or fall
if you're in the southern
hemisphere.

A couple of new prints are available at the shop
If you want to go and take a peek
click here.

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New journal

I finally found my dream journal.
It's a cotton and black foil book
8.5 x 10 inches
from the Poketo online shop.
It's called Still of the Night Dreambook.
I ordered it yesterday and can't wait for it to arrive :)
The journal I have now will end in march
and I was on the lookout for a new one...

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Illustration Friday: THEORY

Ok...this is what happened, 

let me explain:

When I saw today's Illustration Friday word "Theory"

the first thing I thought of was the color theory

and the famous color wheel

...the color wheel reminded me of

peacocks of all things,

and that how I ended up with this illustration!

Thanks for stopping by,

It's always a pleasure havin' you here :)

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New stamps

Every once in a while
when I need a break from drawing...
I turn to carving :)
I bought those beautiful
vintage postcards from
Digital Collage Sheets
as a digital download,
printed and cut them at home

to be used in future collages.

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Crafty bird prints

"Crafty bird" prints are available

at my shop in a small edition of 20
on beautiful 100% hand made deckle edge paper.

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Beauty

Amazing view from my desk this afternoon.
You can't tell from the photo
but it was raining while the sun was out
...so beautiful.

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Matryoshkas

I bought a set of blank wood matryoshkas

on our vacation to San Diego last year
at an Urban Outfitters store
& I've been itching to paint them since...
but I was a wee anxious about starting.
I gave them a white base first
to make the colors nice and bright.

I'm painting them with acrylic paints
and lots of patience :)

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Pretty mouse pad

I re-covered my old gel mouse pad
with some nice "Hamptons"
Tana Lawn print Liberty fabric.
I used bookbinding glue to stick the fabric
to the mouse pad and it worked well.
Got the fabulous idea here

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New toy

New toy on my desk :)
I finally replaced my beloved old iMac
with this beauty.

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Bible Verse of the Week: I Kings 17:6

Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper.
You can see more visual interpretations of this verse
at our Flickr Group by clicking here.

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More birdies on wood

I'm having so much fun making
these little guys.
I'll have some up for sale at my shop next week,
I have to go to the hardware store
and get some hangers so they can
be hung on the wall.

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New wire

I set up an inspiration wire
on the studio window with some lovelies to look at :)

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Illustration Friday: BLANKET

Watercolor and ink on paper.
Shhhhh...don't wake little birdie up ;)
This is my 400th post...yay!
Have a beautiful weekend
and thanks for stopping by.

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