ALI'S STORY BOOK PROJECT

On September 3rd I posted a picture of the story book I made for Ali's Story Book Project. That one is on it's way to Lee in Australia. I received Ali's story book and have now completed my contribution.

Ali's starts the story like this:

"I want to share with you my journey of how I became a gypsy. It was 1901 and I was visiting my grandmother in Costantinople. I had been touring in the area when I came upon a small town called Iznik, situated on the eastern shore of Lake Iznik. As I entered the town a woman in her fifties approached me and said "Oh, Alexa! You've come home!!" I looked puzzled, I had never been there before and she knew me?"

These two pages are my contribution to her story book:




I continue the story:

Then a much younger and very beautiful gypsy woman approached me and holding my hand said softly, "No, you are not Alexa are you? You are much too young."

"Where are you from my dear?" asked the older gypsy woman.

"I really don't know" I replied, "I was brought up in an orphanage and don't know who my parents were or where they were from. I was only told my mother was merely a child when she gave birth to me ... That she died in labor and the nuns took me in at birth."

The older gypsy woman, with a strange look of happiness on her face took my hand and led me to their gypsy trailer.

"Let me read your cards my child, there is much that we must know."

"It is she," the younger gypsy woman whispered to herself "she has come home."

You see, the grandmother was not REALLY her grandmother after all but a kindly old lady who loved her as such.

Ali's story book will be on its way to Lee tomorrow for her contribution to the story!

GET READY LEE!!!!

A TAG FOR SARAH

I've always loved tags. Loved making them, loved using them, loved receiving them! For some reason I have not made tags in a while. (That could have something to do with the fact that I do have to sleep sometimes!)

Well, I was in the mood to make a tag today so I made one for Sarah's Dream Journal to match the pages I did for her today. I think the tags give the journals a little extra something when they are completed.

JOURNAL OF DREAMS

This was the third collaborative project I hosted and it's almost complete. The journals are just amazing. I don't know why this one has moved along so much faster than the others except maybe it's because there are no rules. Anything goes in these journals. The pages are to reflect a dream of that particular artist.

My one biggest dream - and I have few that I have not accomplished - is my dream of owning a bed and breakfast. I would want it to be in the mountains where it's quiet and serene. It would be small and cozy - not fancy at all. Somewhere where you would feel comfortable curling up with your feet under you on the couch in front of a fireplace. And it would be for artists. Not big fancy well known artists, but women like us who love to just sit and create. A place to have workshops. A place to have space. A place to breathe. A place with like minded women to "get" us.

ALI'S STORY BOOK PROJECT

My friend Ali from the UK has once again recruited us for one of her wonderful projects. This is another STORY BOOK. We each make a mini journal. We decorate it and start a story in the first two pages. All subsequent artists do a two page spread from there on developing the story.

I send to my buddy Lee in Australia. This is my journal and the beginning of my story:

Cant figure out how to upload more than one picture from my phone!

Okay, this whole "app" thing is awesome. I love the ability to post to my blog from my phone and its really easy.... But I cant figure out how to upload more than one picture at a time so here is the picture of Kaitlynn I was referring to in the last post!




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Baby Maddie's first football game!

My son on law Derrick, lime my husband, are avid fans of the University of Miami football team. And, once again, football season is here.

Kaitlynn has been attending football games since she was a few months old and yesterday was Maddie's first game.

With green and orange ribbons and bows they were off! Kaitlynn shares her dad"s excitement and gives the "U" sign of the UM fans.




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My poor baby

Simon is so sick. He has pulmonary hypertension which we have been treating for months. He is weak and so unhappy. We are sitting at the veterinary cardiologist waiting to have him checked again. He is 12 years old and seeing him like this is breaking my heart.


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