Showing posts with label Smiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smiles. Show all posts

Friday, 13 September 2013

Friday Smile

Two weeks now I have joined in with Annie and her Friday Smiles - don't collapse!  Most times I am too busy but having just been away for a night in the Lake District (Tues/Wed) followed by a trip to Event City (Thurs) to see Oyster Stamps about the next Retreat (Lincoln) I am teaching at, I have not got my head in gear for doing anything (like washing, cleaning or crafting).

Just uploaded my photos from the Lakes and have to say I smiled when I saw this one of the Gingerbread shop and its delightful garden - easy to grow?



Why not head over to Annie's blog and see what treats she has in store for you - then follow the links of the others who join in, I'm just heading over myself, let's go.

Friday, 6 September 2013

More Finn (and Annie's Smile)

Continuing the workshop I attended in Swindon last weekend (is it really a week since I set off for the wonderful event?) and which is in the previous post, here are some more photos - this time of my journal.  This is definitely something I will be making again and I have already sent off for a smaller one to do.  Remember, I had shown you in yesterday's post how the two covers met in the middle and almost spelled out my name - well here is the whole cover:

Front


Both back and front together


Because I had not thought to take any photographs to include in my pages (or on my LO and canvas shown to you yesterday) I had to use some Vintage ones that the shop had printed off for us. That suited me fine as I like vintage and I am not as young or photogenic as Anna is either.  (Plus I did like the Anna photo on my canvas and it serves as a nice memory of her workshop.)

I have not finished the third set of pages yet but thought it about time I showed you the two I had done - and finished off at home I must add.  Here they are:

I had to add the photo and the circles to this one


This just needed some flowers so I used canvas ones


I really am itching to get some more pages done for this journal which is going to be an experimental one in various versions and adaptations of Anna Dabrowska style.

Before I leave this workshop post I have to share with you some photos of an incredible sunset we witnessed on the way home. Unfortunately we could not stop, all we could do was look in admiration at the painting in the sky.  We managed to stop in a lay-by just before we lost the picture which could only be described as "awesome" so I am sorry you don't get the "wonder" we had earlier but it still is pretty impressive.  I am entering these sunsets into Annies "Smile week" because it makes me smile to see Nature as an artist that so many people can enjoy.