House/Home Skinny Book

In the BookArtz group, we're doing skinny book shaped like a house. We're doing what house and home means to us. This is my submission...the little pocket holds 6 tags with words that mean home to me...comfort, security, love, blessings, heritage and family. I seem to always have my family's ancestors in the back of mind and I wanted to try to honor them with a vintage look. The background of this piece is a page from the phone book, aged with glazes and inks. I think it will a lot of fun to see what the other particiapants do with this great theme.

Storms

We're having a much needed rain right now, it's been so dry here. Lots of thunder and lightning, but worth it to get the rain. That reminded me of this piece that I made in a Stampscapes class a couple of weeks ago. I had some Stampscapes stamps, but didn't really know what to do with them, so I decided to take the class. It was a ton of fun and I liked how this one came out.

Inchies

These are my completed inchies for 2 swaps in the Inchies group. Inchies are little one square inch works of art, quite a challenge, but a lot of fun. The two swaps are themed..Red and Women. I'm always amazed at how big these things look in a photo, and how small they are in person!

Inspired to Clean

I participated in an ephemera swap in the FairiesElves group. We were assigned partners and my partner, Debbie, sent an unbelieveable box of stuff! There is so much in there, that I had to make a place for all of it and ended up spending the whole day cleaning and orgainizing "the room". Found stuff I'd forgotten all about. Debbie sent some beautiful fabrics, vintage things, charms..just so cool! Tonight, I'm going to go thru my paper scrap box and thin that out a little bit. Who knows what's hiding in there!

My New Blog

Well, I did it..my on-line friend, Stacie, encouraged me to set up a blog. Please be patient, as I haven't a clue as to what I'm doing! I chose my blog name, Trees of the Fields, from one of my favorite Scriptures, Isaiah 55:12. I just love the thought of the mountains bursting into song and the trees clapping their hands. In fact, I used this scripture for one of my journal quilts thru the FabricInAlteredArt group...a wonderful group!