This made me chuckle....because it's so true: The immediate peace that comes from turning off the exhaust fan on the stove.
As I mentioned....many of Diane's papers came from Iowa magazines....and I knew I was going to use this bird for the first page. The OUR iowa title was a the perfect nod to our common past.
Diane also provided a several pieces of card stock...some of them striped with different metallic designs. I used it for cover pockets...and had enough to embellish quote cards that she provided that I tucked in both the front and back pockets.
I cut around the right hand edge and layered it over an Iowa corn field on the next page. I collaged the back of it with more of Diane's bird images giving the page more heft.
The cornfield wrapped around the page and became a pocket for a pullout cardinal.
The back edge of the pullout is from a meditation Diane included. It was two pages...and I used the second page for the gelli print on the next page.
A quilt on a garage as seen on yesterday's walk....
...and 40 little Gee's Bend quilts on my table.
I finished it yesterday...and I'm already sorting pieces for the next one.
No end of things to celebrate here: the PEACE that comes from turning off the exhaust fan on the stove (that's a biggie for me!); the magic of the collaboration of Diane's selecting papers to send to you and your turning your vision and imagination to create from those selections a JOY JOURNAL extraordinaire (that cornfield wrapped around a page to become a pocket for a pullout cardinal!); that wonderful quilt on the outside of a barn near you; and 40 little Gee's Bend quilts on your table, with pieces for the next puzzle already being sorted. You are rich beyond measure, MaryAnn!
ReplyDeleteThanks for celebrating the details Dotty! Life IS rich when you celebrate the small stuff!
DeleteEvery time you post about a journal you're making, I look back at mine and notice different things. I don't think I ever told you that I love the Joyful Puttering card you tucked into the front pocket - so whimsical! I love the cardinal peeking out of a pocket in your current creation. I think I'll spend some time today working in one of my joy journals! I'm inspired!
ReplyDeleteWell that warms my heart! Just what I needed to hear! With so many things in life...the more we look the more we notice! Thanks Judy!
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