Some Journaling, Some Remembering

 ...a little journaling today that took on a life of its own.

♥

And below,

I love this photo on the left

...a very happy memory

from my daughter's wedding this past August.

Kevin & Michelle

This is from Michelle's {"mia's"} Blog.

She has begun blogging again,

updated,

and I hope you'll visit

because it's pretty....and I love her! xo

Thank you!

Have a hopeful, happy day.

~k

Journal Pages

The light of day is longer.

I drive to work in the sunrise

and now the light of day.

I love that...

even when I am too tired to be up.

I drive home in the light now,

but still wait for the sunsets

which have been magenta lately.

I am so grateful for Gifts

like these.

Here is some layering.

 I love stamping circles and using Molding Paste.

~k

Journaling Bliss...and Tidbits

It's Friday of Vacation Week.

That in itself can be a let-down,

but I am still smiling

because the quiet Bliss isn't over yet.



Below, where has Golden Molding Paste

been all my life?

I love playing with texture.



Thank you for your interest and wonderings

about my London Fog gray ink.

Here is the pretty pad itself.

I have been searching high and low for

a really good pen

for journal writing

in gray, too,

and am excited to receive

some soon from JetPens.com

And here are the materials used

to carve yesterday's stamp.

I ordered these from Dick Blick

two summers ago.

It really is like cutting butter.

Really.

I should do it way more often. 

I will.

If you want a quick & fantastic

carving lesson,

go to lori's blog here

and you'll find

a video

on the right side!

Find your Bliss.

Blessings

and

special love & friendship

to you all.

Thank you for visiting,

reading, and for

commenting,

~k

Stamp Carving

Needing to rest, but restless...

I would have been angry with myself

if I didn't carve 

at least one stamp this week.

My love of all things Poppy

is no secret.

This was simple and quick

and makes me happy.

Oh, and I love

London Fog

gray ink.

Celebrating Life...and 1999

 Thank you for your thoughts and prayers

when I wrote a few days ago

that I haven't been well.

I got test results

and

will soon be feeling much better!

 And now, to further celebrate:

It seems I am at 1999 sales on PaperPumpkin

 ...and that just won't do!

So, if you would like to be

my 2000th sale

you will get a free item

of equal or lesser value FREE!

Just write, in the message to seller box,

what you would like!

Done!

♥

All my heartfelt thanks!

You are the best!

Love,

Kath

♥To get to PaperPumpkin.etsy, click here!

Shine

Taking some time to play and paint

and experiment with layers.

Sometimes when I am a passenger in the car,

I look out the window and all I see are possibilities

colors

shapes

patterns

splatters of my art supplies

and I can't wait to get it out

on

paper.

is that common?

Yesterday still shines within me.

It was a very good day.

~k

Hope's Glow

...and the wonderful Promise held

when it's the first day of vacation!

Layers of paint and stenciling

and stamping and tape on this page.

Hoping to build layers of fun

mixed with relaxation during the week.

Can you tell how much

I have been looking forward to this?!

What do you look forward to doing

when you have free time?

~k

Moonlit

I am still thinking about that incredible Full Moon

from last week.

It's just one of those Gifts that I easily love.

~Wishing for you,

an

incredible

Saturday,

full

of

Hope.

{sigh}

•k

Valentine Love

Remember playing with the "Fortune Tellers"?

 ♥

Thank you for your thoughts,

 hugs,

prayers and well wishes.

  You are sincerely the BEST.

Ummmm, do you think I married Michael for his cooking?

These rocked my world

this evening.

Garlic bread,

avocado,

roasted red peppers,

mozzarella,

spices.

oh my...

Happy Valentine's Day!

~k

The Time for Nurturing

...is now.

My apologies for not being around as much lately and for cropping out portions of this page...I don't like to keep such secrets, but with health stuff  I tend to be more private... so, not to complain, but to explain, I have never been considered to be a healthy person, and well, my body has an immune problem.  It keeps attacking itself. I get one auto-immune/ antibody-attack trouble after another. Each one seems to bother me more than the last.  {If any of you have this problem, feel free to let me know, and my prayers will be also with you!}.

I am still in the gray, listening and journaling in the gray, feeling hopeful but oh so very fatigued.

I am grateful for friends, family, and for physicians who are finally onto something.

I am grateful for the intense beauty of the full moon this past week.

I am thankful for the lighter evenings,

and that the Buffalo Sabres have had a winning streak after an awful losing streak this hockey season.

I am grateful for my books and papers and paints and pens all over my PaperPumpkin Room.

I am grateful for Ellie, my sweet little Toy Fox Terrior who gives me unconditional love.

I am thankful to have a cell phone again after mine died this week.

I am grateful to be home.

I am thankful it's the weekend.

Enjoy yours!
Love, kathy

Listening & Journaling in Gray

Wishing you

anything but a gray kind of day.

Although,

I am feeling comfortable

and comforted

by this color lately.

~k

Trying New Things

...in my journal.

 I have some new texture stamps,

woven and speckled, and text ones, too.

 Then I played around with my

black and with my white Poster Paint Markers.

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That was the most fun.

I liked shading and lightening,

scribbling and doodling.

Not my most favorite page,

but a fun one to experiment and play with.

I hope you are having a good week.

~k