CELEBRATE LOVE

This Tiny Bear Couple has been with me a long time

Both made by hand with vintage fur

Both purchased at the same time one year during one

of several long weekends in Kennebunkport
staying here.

They sat posed together, for many years

in the home where the children were raised

so long ago,

just yesterday......

I chose so carefully what I would pack up and bring with me

on this portion of my life journey...

bits of my life...

pieces of my heart.

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HAPPY HEART DAY MY FRIENDS!!!

It also seemed a very appropriate day to jump in
on another adventure.

A fellow blogger in Australia, Keron, has started

LOVE it FORWARD.

Head on over HERE to catch a tiny glimpse

of the possibility

of sharing

from the heart.

NOTES FROM THE NEST
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I hosted a bookmark swap to celebrate January's New Moon
Two of you jumped on board and played along.

Lynnie and Andrea.

So I made a bookmark for each of you
to accompany the swapped bookmark you will receive
from the other.

Here are the simple steps I used to create these.

As the base for my bookmark,
I used the same mixed media paper
that I used the last time I
created a bookmark.

You can see it HERE.

Dark blues and shimmery gold with black Golden paints

rolled onto thick Arches Paper

The next step was to choose a face image

to represent Mistress Moon.

Ethereal and gentle.

Then came text carefully torn from my stash of book pages.

They were lovely at that point,

BUT

I wanted something special.

Taking ecru colored felt for a backing

and ecru organza,

I sandwiched the bookmark in between

then did some free form sewing,

allowing extra organza for the bottom to fringe.

Now I feel they are special and ready to be mailed out.

So I guess I HAVE done a little bit of art.

Thank you, Andrea and Lynnie for playing along.

I won't show your creations
so that you can have at least one surprise.