Messages of Gratitude

Thank you to you, my friends!

Thank you for your visits and kindness

and for being my friends

but mostly for 

being YOU!

This is our first big snow of the new season

and the first snowman for 3 years!

Happy Thanksgiving U.S. friends,

and Love & Peace to friends everywhere!

p.s.

It seems I have an IPad Email problem;

I have tried to email you to thank you for commenting,

and they go out into cyberspace.

So, my apologies if you haven't received

a personal message from me via your comment name.

Google+ does not happen, either.

But, I recognize YOU and thank you!

~k

Stamp Carving :: a mini tutorial

I was really in the mood

 to carve some botanical stamps the other day, 

ones to use to make repeat patterns in my journals...

 or for cards, bookmarks, etc.

There are lots more great tutorials out there

but feel free to ask me any questions.

You know I love to hear from you!

~k

Oh, Summer, Thank You for Coming!

 It is officially summer...

and I am officially on VACATION!

 I am still planning a trip or two

and one of them will be to a favorite city!

 ...And, I need to be near water.

Playing in my art journal

for Kristin's SOC3~

Summer of Color 2013,

week #2

Orange & hot pink!

More here...check it out and join the fun!

Have a happy day!

~k

Sketching Tulips

 Michael gave me a bunch of peach colored tulips

 for Mother's Day.

So I just had to sketch them

and then add a bit of the pretty color.

~k

Heaven's Palette

 

Wishing you skies of glory

and better than silver

linings.

Much love,

~k

Journal Page

  I love that my Word, Trust, found me.

Gesso, acrylic paints...background.

White Sharpie Paint Marker for Trust background text.

 

 

And I especially love that you have found me

and visit here

and send prayers and thoughts of wellness to Mom.

Thank you! Thank you!

♥

~k

Smiling...and Really Excited

...can you tell?!

Here is a sneak peek at the first two pages.

I was actually surprised to find

myself on eleven pages all together.

If you get a copy of the new Winter 2013 issue

of "Art Journaling",

available in Barnes & Noble now,

I hope you'll let me know what you think.

My hope is that some inspiration will flow.

♥ That's what I get from you!

Oh! and here's our foot of snow that fell!

Our neighbors behind us snowblowed a path

from their back porch,

to our yard...

so, naturally, I had to shovel a path

from my front door,

to their path.

Not just neighbors, friends.

aah.

Love thy neighbor!

~k

Celebrating

 I believe that miracles happen all the time.

One just needs to be open to them.

Miraculous gifts arrive at the most unexpected times.

I received some happy news,

so I am celebrating.

I am celebrating a brand new journal too,

which always means a brand new beginning.

•••

And, I just realized that THIS is my 600th post!!

Woot!

Something else to celebrate!

Thank you, follower friends and sharers of art journaling!

•••

What are YOU celebrating?

~k

I Miss you...I'm Here...and etsy Shops SALES!

Ack! I don't like it that I haven't been able to be around as much this past week! I miss you! Parent-teacher conferences went well, but with the holiday (Thanksgiving was filled with gratitude) and 4 days of migraines, I didn't get on my computer, nor did I work in my journal.  Oh well, weeks are like this!

The good news is that our weather has been more spring-like than wintery so I feel like we cheated my least favorite season out of another month! yay!

More good news: Cyber Monday brings sales!  Stop by and pick up a few gifts under $10 or $15 and avoid crowds... PaperPumpkin.etsy here...

...and my daughter, Mia/Michelle here for jeweled lovelies from LoveMiaShop!

Hope you are off to a wonderful new week...an almost farewell to November...{sigh}.
~Kath

Journal page painting and fabric love

Some Monday grays on my page:

•And words of gratitude for the little things in life•

{though the ink shows up as orange when it really is RED}.

And then some crazy fabric L♥VE!

I fell head over heals for this turquoise floral!

You can take a peek in my etsy shop here.

Hope your Monday didn't feel gray, but rather bright and aqua with sunny skies...! ♥

Parent-teacher conferences tomorrow evening (11 of them)

after a full day of teaching...

Energy, stay with me.

♥

Serene Sunday...and a Thank You!

 New! Lotus Flower and Leaf Push Pins

 ...inspired by these naturally pretty colors:

And a big, heartfelt thank you from Michael,

Ellie♥,

and me,

 for your thoughts and prayers.

This Thursday is his follow-up appointment with the surgeon.

~Kathy

Golden Yellow Journaling

An art journal page inspired by sunshiney yellows. 

Though normally I don't do much with yellow, this was fun because the yellow paints and papers & metallic gold inspired the most wonderful flashbacks of a great family vacation when the kids were little...aaaah. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, after a friendly invite, to spend a week living on the beach. We packed up the car and went. Great decision. Life highlight.

 What is your favorite vacation memory?

New "Fresh Lemonade" fabric push pin set for inspiration boards:

 Use Coupon Code 15July at checkout for 15% off push pins and tack packs

at PaperPumpkin, our etsy shop!

 I love July...

 ~kath

Check out Kristin's "Summer of Color" challenge here.
This week is yellow with metallics for a bonus.
Next week will be brown!!

15% Off PaperPumpkin Etsy Sale!

Summertime Christmas in July Sale on all fabric push pin sets and Tack Packs in our shop! I thought it'd be fun for the next couple of weeks or so to celebrate summer with fresh inspiration board push pins or gifts for college students! Just use coupon code 15July at check-out!
♥Thanks for visiting!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  ~Kathy

What I'm doing on this Saturday Morning

Good morning, friends! Hope you have relaxing plans for this weekend. Here's what I am up to and what I'm planning...

~having girls night with my Mom and my daughter tonight: watching a movie and eating cupcakes together to celebrate Mom's 79th birthday...with roses!

~hoping to hear from some family and friends who received, in the mail, lovely vintage, homemade save-the-date surprises for my daughter's wedding! ♥

~getting ready for a close friend's bridal shower party tomorrow: packaging up the gift all pretty and deciding what to wear!

~creating my May calendar for Kate's 2011 Calendar Challenge!

~making some Paper Pumpkin goodies.

~being really really good about power walking and eating better because I am determined to lose the 8 pounds by the time Michelle's wedding day arrives!

~hopefully having an hour to do some art journaling, because it's been difficult to fit in lately...

~and praying for all who got hit by the terrible tornadoes down south...♥

* What are YOU up to this weekend?

Seriously, Can You See Why...

...I am wishing and hoping for a snow day tomorrow?!!

I want to stay home and play.

(Ellie thinks she is a cat-dog. This is lovingly referred to as her Pounce Dance).

We are all waiting and wondering: Will we really get 16 inches of snow in the next 24 hours??