Ready To Use

Every Day Matters Challenge #208
is Draw "something out of place"..
The cold weather has kept me in a lot
lately so as I sat at the computer, I
noticed the perfume that's aways ready
to use..and I realized it is out of place
for many, but not me. I also wanted my
family someday to see the page and
remember this about me--for one
thing, how it was always a good gift
for Ma.....I loved how my
mother smelled when I'd
get a hug as she was a
perfume lover, too.

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I felt the close
up did not show it was in this
room... so added the Moleskine
sketchbook which is always sitting
by the computer ready to use
just as the perfume is.

EDM #27 Moley and Pitcher

" Draw a book" is the Challange and here is the

inside front of the first Moleskine (Moley)

I finished---it's the Moley and

one of my favorite pitchers I

used in the cup challenge. I

decided to leave it in the pencil stage.

Check this site for other albums of mine

there should be two albums to check on this site that feature works I have done---I'd like to add this on the site but don't seem able to do it ---click to see each one at a time---then go to More Albums on the top left and see the miscellaneous one---
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/12489446

EDM Wharfrat's Nemesis (draw a shell)

This is done in the pocketsize mini

Moleskine, with the book tipped sideways.

I loved this catagory and did two--Miss Kitty

developed because I wanted to put the

cut shell earrings on someone and always

loved this particular cat I got to babysit one

day and took about a zillion photos while I

had the chance. She's wearing some sort

of fantasy fluffy head gear and the border

developed in continuing the same type of

doodley line loosely representing sea foam.

You can check out the Echo Of The Dreamer

jewelry at this site:

http://www.echoofthedreamer.com/?show=Jewelry

where you click on The Artful Soul to see lots of

tempting things..I have the

earrings and a great bracelet...It's a mother and

daughter team that design them.

Toes Tormented EDM 199

I didn't think I'd do this challenge

but this ballet position was something

I could relate to, and it was a quick

page compared to what I often do.

Coffeelogged ! EDM #206

Several items in the sketch

have other names in other places, I'm sure.

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If the cook is really busy and has

lots of orders to fill--you may be

offered too many coffee refills. while waiting

for the meal to arrive. Then

again, this means taking a doggy

bag home and having the

main course again for supper, which

is usually a bonus if it reheats well.

I think in England they use the term

"cuppa"---Supper may be dinner in

lots of place, cook becomes chef in

better places, main course

can turn into entree

and Doggy bag, well, there must be other

names for the leftovers taken home

What Happened?

I'll remember her well and if I find

another one , I will be ecstatic.

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You may have to check the Dec 23 rd

post in the Older Posts....)

A Tweetcar Named Desire

Since this bird hung around on the

idled dozer for quite some time

with me in the yellow VW below

made me assume, he

thinks I'm another piece of

machinery sitting here--so

his eyesight was not up to par.

The morning doves all perch around here

usually on high wires or roofs--

where they feel

safe, while they check

their rather dry meal before

going down to feed--then it's

another perch n' search mission

for water..for people who know

nothing of A Streetcar Named Desire's

famous scene with Brando hollering to

Stella---you missed a

really good dramatic movie .

I wonder how many of you have

been able to find

the trademark object

that's on all my pages.

Minding My Beeswax

A lot of us take workshops through

the years and they usually are

expensive and far away .

Soooo, you are thrilled when they

are really worth all the time

and $$. This one was, as Claudine

is a marvelous teacher...here she has

dipped some material in the

melted wax to demonstrate draping

on a collage for added depth texture.

She and Danny Gregory

illustrated A Writers Paris book....

This is a lightly colored

spread.... for a change of color pace

in the Moleskine,

as one looks through it. My original

intent was for the girl's head to be

very large so I could emphasize the

colorful ribbons braided in her hair

on top---but changes happen...this

should say Topsfield, Mass----

big difference!

Scanned and Ready for Color

This is the first time I scanned (HP Scanjet 537OC)

a journal spread that is inked and ready to add color.

It did lie flatter then propping it up and

it did need adjusting in PSP 7 of the

edges and adding a black border...I see

it is sharp and will use this method to get

better results then I was. The book I just

finished making, did not have scanned work

and looks good--but scanning would have

made it better. Live and learn!

E D M Challenge 205 Draw A Soda Can

I did not intend to use the candle

holder with the can but that's what

developed out of some ideas I had.

I like Pepsi better as it seems less

sweet and in two of those blind

official taste tests, I did pick Pepsi--I have

about 10 Coke cans left over from Christmas

Eve and must find homes for them...

Morning Moon

I'm busy doing my Artist's Journal

but thought I'd post something I

found beautiful---this is 7:20 in the

am and you're seeing a morning moon.

When I notice one of these up there I

think I am seeing things at first...

I mean the sun has been up awhile

and here's the moon--and for the

camera to pick it up is a bonus.

SENTIMANTAL SUPPLY CUPS

Left click the photo to see the words better

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Another EDM challenge done....these cups

were sketched while they sat in front of me

as I use them pretty much daily. I added the

coffee cup stains to perk up that

area--they did bleed through

but just a bit. I can count, in my head,

12 more cups being used in a similar

manner throughout the house...

but I may be missing some and not

about to make a house tour. Maybe

some use the very same cups....

Mystery Woman?

Read below for the instructions on

responding to this posting. The "pretend"

group of about 7 (real) people

from all parts of the country

welcome anyone who wants to comment

Some of the

old Commentologists (fancy name to call

yourself after you comment)) have requested

a Vintage Photo be posted so they might write

about who they think this person is and what they

may have done etc. I am the editor of this

group of writers , but I see in this format. I will have

no control of your musings. Please be

prudent, creative and think

before you pen, er, type your comment

I own this old Cabinet photo so know it

is authentic and just fine to use.

(This amounts to a sort of fun

creative writing exercise)

EDM # 204 Draw Something Frosty

drawn on the last day of 2008--

it snowed all day and the winds

whipped the snow on my car

as I tried to write FROSTY on

the window--Burrrrrrrr.....

I came in ultra fast, after

taking a picture. The German

writing on the door seemed

apt for a VW..it says

'draw something frosty

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