Hello! My name is Linda and I’m addicted to my computer in general and specifically to Pinterest . That addiction is affecting my art journaling. Or I should say…it’s creating a lack of art journaling. I’m having fun with it but I finally had to break away to smear some paint on a page.
I do have to credit Pinterest for allowing me to find the image of this woman. She is so lovely.
If you’d like to see what interests me, you can find me here:
We spent the weekend getting the house ready to set up the Christmas tree. That meant moving furniture around so I could finally have my tree in the living room window. I’ve never owned a house with a large window facing the street. Well OK, I still don’t. But the house I live in has one. So I’m a happy [Christmas] camper.
I decided not to get a real tree this year. My guy hates to clean up after them and so I decided to be nice to him this year and get an artificial tree. And he decided not to complain about putting up the outdoor Christmas lights. Yay we both win. LOL!! Ok confession time, we did it for Little G. It’s G’s first Christmas and although he won’t remember it, we will and so will My Girl [G’s momma].
In other news, I've been really enjoying the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas. However, I could never afford to create all the beautiful tags he's designed without my Cricut cutter and Make The Cut software [aka MTC]. Tim uses so many different die cuts and each set is about $20 each. So I've been using MTC to make my own versions of his designs. If you haven't heard of the 12 Tags of Christmas, here is link to the blog where the tutorials are located. Beware, tag making is addicting and the tutorials are quite long and informative.
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/
This is what I’ve done so far:
I’ve showed you mine, now you show me yours. :)
Just a couple of pages to show you today:
The first was from a vintage ad that had this woman along with the words:
“How happy can a chubby girl be?” It was an ad for clothing. I don’t think the manufacturer would dare to run an ad like that today.
This page is a simple one made with tape from TapeSwell and Michael’s. In order to add the black charcoal I had to paint the tape with clear gesso. Once the gesso dried I added the smudged charcoal and set it with Krylon Fixative so it wouldn’t rub off.
The flowers were some extra die cuts I had leftover from another project. Now when I look at them, they seem to need some definition.
Thanks for reading.
A few weeks ago I was reorganizing our collection of family photos and memorabilia and I came across a scrapbook I kept when I was in high school. Among the photos of my high school buds I found my old learners permit and a “Twirp License.” Have you ever heard of a Twirp License?
Every year we had a week long school event called Sadie Hawkins week and at the end of the week we had the Sadie Hawkins dance. In order to go to this dance, the guys had to be invited by a girl and the girl had to buy a Twirp license if they wanted to do the inviting. (Now I’m wishing I hadn’t packed away the photograph of me with my date. Talk about looking like a Twirp.)
The dance was a lot of fun and I was able to get close to the boy I may have never had the chance to know well had I not acted like “a Twirp”. (Unfortunately he met his demise a year or so later but that’s another story altogether.) The lesson it taught me was that sometimes you have to risk getting embarrassed to get something you want.
I took that same type of risk some years later when I first laid eyes on my husband. He walked in to the bar where I was having drinks with my girlfriends, I took one look in his eyes and knew I wanted him in my life. I immediately wondered how I was going to meet him and still not look too forward or trashy. As he stood talking with some friends, I walked past him and as I did, I reached over and lightly touched his hand with my fingertips and said Hi….That’s all, just Hi and kept walking. Lucky for him he followed me (LOL), and the rest is a 25 year history.
Have you ever wondered what would have happened had you taken the risk you were too afraid to take? Or did you take the risk and reap the benefits? Tell me about it.
Very simple theme this week: Romance. What comes to mind when you think of Romance? Interpretation is up to you. Any size is allowed.
Come on, show me what you’ve got.
