Busy Friday!

I have a tutorial up on The Pagan Village http://www.thepaganvillage.com/2013/07/story-tiles/

And I have been painting & collage-ing. 

And I made some ah-mazing vanilla cookies, loaded with sugar and butter. 

Hope you are set to have an awesome weekend!!

Friday?!

Hey y'all! 

This summer has me WORN OUT and it's not even July yet! Thank goodness next week is the huge family vacation to the beach. I have missed the ocean. I am packing my art journal supplies (and the kids' art journal supplies) so there will be show-and-tell when I return. 

Because we have acquired a new fuzzy housemate (an orange kitten named Hank), and because the other two animals get depressed when we go, we have invested in a house sitter to come stay at the house. She comes highly recommended--but I still have that STRANGER IN MY HOUSE moment every now and again. 

Not to shirk my duties on the eve of our departure, I have a tutorial up on The Pagan Village today. I'm showing how to make a collage in an Altoids tin like that adorable owl up above. It was hard to make just that one guy. I'm completely enamored with collage--it combines the mindless tasks of cutting and gluing with everything I love about design: color, texture, shape, layout. Plus it gives me an excuse to paw through my 

extensive paper stash. 

The kids have TWO play dates today. The first at a friends' house to watch the Blackhawks rally and the second at the pool. I have already decided that Sunday will be spent in my PJs doing whatever I feel like doing, read: NOT running all over town. 

Hello, Friday!

My week has flown by.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend. I'll be working on a painting (sketch, top)and stringing up constellation pendants (bottom). 

Enjoy yourselves, lovelies!