yummy cocktail hour

& dinner with some

 grilled fresh salmon

topped with avocado salsa

weekend feast

ode to ink

in my former career

as a graphic artist

all was hand lettered

& pages set up with

a Tsquare & blue pencil

i enjoyed the process

ink, pencils, rulers

today marks a week that

the office is getting some

attention to cleaning

when i came across all

the lettering supplies

i just had to stop &

do some pin & ink

kinda out of practice

pens were clogged &

cartridges dried up

when i loaded one

in a pen

it exploded!

all over my fingers

what a mess

i'm still sporting ink

then i set on the journey

of cleaning pens

rinse in cold water

never warm or hot

then soak in one cup

of cold water

add one teaspoon ammonia

soak over night

rinse

air dry completely

before reloading ink

this reminded me to

take care of my

 wonderful cross pen

Lapis Lazuli

a gift from mr.

after cleaning

a search for cartridges began

went to 4 places yesterday

no luck

doesn't anyone use ink?

came home ordered

on AmazonPrime

fingers still black

but there is just

something magic about

writing with real ink

do schools teach

penmanship?

TGIF

this is a long post

about a very short

words

ink

pen

mess

day four

of

clean out clean up

 vintage supplies bring inspiration

 label making needed

this afternoon

 i give this desk just

a few hours to look

this "empty"

well, empty to me

where i stand to work

could use vintage stool

but i alway end up standing

beatrix potter

she has her spot back &

a window to look out &

bark

now i'm waiting for my friend

to come over & sit & chat

after all this work, i think it

is about the same

even though there is a very

large pile of trash for trash day

it just takes alot to bee me

often being a full time job!

sparkle!

this project started with

the new issue of Where Women Create

when i saw Jenni Bowlin

featured in the mag

it was a must buy

i hadn't purchased it in awhile

as there didn't seem to be

anything new &

the article about

vampires, portals to witches

kinda freeked me out

my daughter told me that

Jenni Bowlin is the

nicest person she has

every met

once Jenni came to my house

& what a wonderful time

we had looking around this

old castle of mine

she is so talented

& we have the same

love of vintage

i want my office to look like hers!

 so i spent the weekend rearranging &

throwing out & cleaning & sorting & etc

basically flipping the office

after one whole day it didn't

look any better

work in progress

i must get things undercontrol as

there are many projects awaiting

my attention

wedding, faithbook, & women's retrest

& random fits of creativity that

often get me off course

as tired as i was from this maddness

poor poor Mary

still haven't gotten over Downton Abbey

wearing black today

have the best blender

in the world

vitamix

 last night i loaded it up with

green pepper red pepper

celery corn zucchini onion

garlic carrot parsley 

added 1/2 cup water

seasoned with salt & pepper

hit switch & blended it to a

smooth concoction of fresh

garnished with

avocado, green onions & cherry tomatoes

yummy

no real cooking involved

"went great with the steaks"

grilled just right

tonight: Jason's Deli

many different projects

being created in

this magic space

there are so many new & improved

artist supplies on the market today

& thanks to my very talented

daughter for knowing them all

& sharing them with me

however, ever once in a while

i must resort to tools of the trade

from my "art major"

days at baylor. ..

a tsquare & metal edges are

hard to beat & i shall never

give up using rubber cement

for some things needing glue

 who could forget

the scent of this adhesive?

now on to using a glue pen

for delicate intricate gluing

bee creative!

faithbook

spring 2013

Questions from Jesus

 greeting table

with name tags

 brunch celebration

 color theme: black & white

  the cream provider sported black & white

craft each week to

add to the fellowship

& friendships made

at faithbook

what a wonderful start to this spring study

Jamie McCallum

leader & teacher 

38 ladies signed up

to join the blessing

of faithbook

friendships & fellowship

 studying,singing, eating, sharing

& praying each wednesday morning

God Bless