"Bill's On The Way ! "

"Bill's On The Way"
This spread commemorates such good times

when the family would have the Lobster

meal driven fresh from Maine by

Uncle Bill Stevens. I forgot to mention

in the newsy note on the left page,

that Bill always brought Kate's Homemade

Butter and I would make Butternut

squash, seasoned with Brown Sugar.

I have thousands of photos I've taken,

to use or have the objects right in front

of me or find somehow what I need---

in this stage, there are lots of

"Aha!, just the perfect thing I need"

Then I start to plan the page with

the first object as the main focus and

then things get added to design the

space well...I use pencil first with eraser

kept busy, and then the Pitt pens--then

watercolor pencils, usually. And I am never

sure what will be next--the time on the

watch was not readable in the old

photo, so I made it 8:20 am,

the time when I was born, for personal

celebration of that moment that must

have been looked forward to---I put

the yellow flat elastics that hold the lobster

claws in the front and that lead to adding

Yellow in a couple other places for balance

of that color. I did add the red fireball

on top of the bread, as I felt it needed

a red spot there--now that was not

preplanned.....that's how it goes.......E J Mordasky