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Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 13:2

Art Journal Friday - Celebrate a Simple Moment of Your Life

Here is one of my favorite things about art journaling--there are no rules. If I just want to stick a Facebook photo on a page and doodle stuff--I can! Like a picture of my daughter and I goofing around. Love it.

Eat, Write, Dream, Stitch...and celebrate an everyday moment.

WOYWW 197--Seed stitches...Seedlings...Journalings

Happy Wednesday from my worktable to yours! Oh what fun we would have if we could all transport our worktables into one huge place together for a day! But then, What's-On-Your-Workdesk-Wednesday is the virtual version of that!



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So here I am--one minute I'm totally into my little seed stitch knitting project. Oh, how I love the seed stitch! I'm making big patches for a blankie. Seed stitch is just knit one pearl one--and it makes the most fabulous fabric, and it lays nice and flat. Love it. I could seed stitch for hours. But...

...the next thing I know, I'm in the painting mood. And I'm not a painter. So...I art-journal-face-paint. I love to see those funny little watercolor faces I make up in my art journal with journaling on them! It just makes me happy.

I snapped my worktable photos when I had been working on my art journal, and propped up my picture I'm still painting on to dry. Not long after, I'm in the mood to start more seeds! You all really cracked me up last week with your comments about my plants and their greenhouse showercaps! So fun--and I wanted to show you the first little seedlings that have finally popped up!

Hello little baby roma tomatoes!! You'll grow up to be salsa and pasta sauce someday!

AND...look who hangs out under my worktable. My little boy, Joseph. He thinks my Pier I Imports Ikat pouf is a cat bed...so I have to keep a cover on it, instead of enjoying its beautiful patchworks of India. Oh well--sometimes when the cats are occupied elsewhere, I take the cover off and enjoy it.

Have a beautiful, creative week everyone--it might be 70 degrees here in the Ozarks by Friday. Woo hoo!!!


EAT, WRITE, DREAM, STITCH, DANCE

Heart a Day 2013 - Week 10 - Color Combination Ideas Running Out!

Running out of ideas--who me? Never! Well...that's not to say when you are creating a huge tapestry with a set amount of floss colors--it could get challenging. So far, I've alternated solid hearts with two-color combo hearts. And using the DMC anniversary collection, there are only a couple of colors at this point that I have not used. So now, the fun really begins!

Project Summary
Project Name: A Heart a Day 2013
Start Day: January 1, 2013
Materials: White Platinum 14-count Aida Cloth (a beautiful, high-quality, 
crisp white) DMC's Anniversary Embroidery Floss Pack - 36 gorgeous colors 
 celebrating DMC's 100th anniversary, beginning with DMC 3831 and going in order through 3866
Technique: Cross-stitch
 Colors used in order in Row 1: 3831/3833; 3833; 3831/3837; 3837; 3838/3836; 3838; 3842/3841; 3836; 3853/3837; 3854; 3854/3847; 3847
Row 2: 3834, 3834/3865, 3850, 3850/32, 3861, 3831/61, 3864, 3843/64, 3846, 3839/56, 3854/47, 3847, 3834
Row 3: 3848/66, 3842, 3854/42, 3853, 3857/63, 3835, 3833/36, 3851, 3851/56, 3860, 3860/64
Goal: Fill the 18X20 inch aida tapestry with hearts and text

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Cross-stitched Heart

Eat, Write, Dream, and Stitch Your Heart Out!