Today just flew by! After taking two journals to the post office I spent most of the morning in the kitchen doing food prep and a good chunk of the afternoon on the phone with my lifelong friend Becky....with just a bit of this and that in between. ALL of it helped make the world feels more hopeful....despite the news. Tomorrow I'll be back in the studio working on journals!
Thank you to all the thoughtful comments yesterday. I loved hearing what made you feel more hopeful!
I got an email today from Alice in Maryland who stumbled on the blog just a few weeks ago. She was surprised that I was giving my art away....and quite taken with my puzzle gange...which she referred to as littles (she has some too)...and she loved the new Gee's Bend quilt puzzle and wanted more information. If you are reading this Alice....welcome to the Joyful Puttering blog family. You're going to fit right in!
But what Alice might not know is that I've been collecting found objects and littles for years. With the exception of the Pink Panther and the orange cone....everything on my puzzle table is a found object.
I found this photo of a few that aren't on the puzzle table. And I have a feeling I am going to be compelled to go through ALL my objects to find all the littles. That could be fun!
BIG smile here, MaryAnn! Your LITTLES are fabulous, and your found object arrangements are just spectacular. I'm loving this post's perfect-bedtime-story feel : )
ReplyDeleteThanks for sending your smile Dotty! My found object make me smile too. And now I'm thinking about found "littles."
DeleteI find your littles adorable, MaryAnn! I too seem to have a collection of little critters, mostly from thrift shops. My mom used to find things for me too! They are mostly stashed in drawers but now I want to put them out, maybe on a shelf! I love having things in my house that make me smile. And they do make us hopeful, don't they, just by the joy they bring! I may just put them together for a photo op and send it to you!! 😊
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad there's another critter collector out there! I do hope you pull them out of the drawers...and I do hope you send a photo!! Having things in our homes that bring us joy and make us smile is a good thing!
DeleteGood to know this was from you Judy! Thanks!
DeleteObviously you live in a much more interesting place than I do 😁. My biggest find was two dominoes. Very little else and nothing fun. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteMaybe we just lose things more often on the east coast! Did you keep the dominoes Louise?
DeleteI do enjoy seeing your founds-things laid out in different ways. I also love hearing (and seeing) your Joy Journals.
ReplyDeleteI am still compiling papers to send to you. Life got in the way. We all know how that is.
So glad you continue to find some joy here Ellen! And I will look forward to your papers no matter when they come. We all have a lot of life to live....so I do know how it is. I'm a little backed up right now anyway.
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