Figuring Things Out

 "There's really not a difficult thing unless you decide it's a difficult thing. Otherwise it's just the next thing you're figuring out." Flying Edna

There's always something to figure out isn't there? Some of it's hard...and some of it not so hard...but it's all figureoutable.

I've been working on this birthday puzzle I got from my sister LaVonn for a little while now. It's only 750 pieces...but more challenging than I would have thought. I've been plugging away....and just a few days ago I saw that I was close to connecting the top to the bottom...so THAT became my goal. I got that last blue connector piece in this morning and now I see that I need to connect it side to side.

It's a crazy mess made by a puppy with some things to search for at the end. I'm thinking of my friend Jane...who just got a new puppy.

It was a rainy Memorial Day here in Maine...and a perfect day to stay tucked inside doing this and that. I spent some of the time trying to acclimate myself back in my studio. I need to do some serious clean-up...but I also need to do a little art. But where do I start?

Start small...with some doodles a little tag.

I always have a lot of pieces and parts from various projects laying around...so did a very simple little assemblage with a new scribble flower as a focal point.

The latest Fodder School lesson involved some doodle flowers....and I was quite inspired by someone in the class who did more of a scribble flower. I've done similar things before with scribbled watercolor flowers.

I did several pages of flowers and they're not all great...

but they do look better when they're cut out.

Then I experimented with a quick little scrappy vase for some scribble flowers. 

This was just a practice run...but I do like the concept...and I'm looking forward to figuring it all out!