First Day of Summer!

On the first day of summer, I walked thru the front "door" of my new studio and out the back. What a thrill! Someday soon we will be hosting workshops and meeting new friends.




Here's the view from the back of the studio. One day there will be a patio here, where we will make paper, hang dyed fabric, and enjoy the moment. Can't wait to see what folks will make!



Nearby I spotted these Sandhill Cranes. This adult was escorting a single chick, and only yards away another adult was with another chick. We have at least 6 breeding pairs in the area. Sandhill cranes can live for 20 years, start breeding somewhere between 2 and 6 years old, and mate for life.

Playing with color and BookMooch Journal Project news

New Journal pages exploring colorways. The new studio is going to be organized around color! I was thinking about those rolling bookcases you can get at Office Max that you can access from either side. And then having everything purple on one, like beads, fabric, fibers, paper, collage bits. Since I use all kinds of stuff in the same piece it makes sense. Well, still thinking about it.

But everything is going to have to roll, so spaces can be easily reconfigured depending on the current project or workshop.




Some really great colors accidentally "discovered" when playing in Photoshop. Color is an important part of an artist's vocabulary.



I love to doodle too. Working on a book for the BookMooch project that will invite participants to doodle! I'm going to get my first journal from that project in which to work shortly, it has been sent. Can't wait!

Journal Girl Journaling Workshop pages

Okay this is cool. Journal Girl Yahoo group is doing an online journal workshop. Yeah, I need another journal project. But the Bead Journal Project is not until September, and I'm so far down the line in the BookMooch Journal Project, Who knows when I'll get one of those.

Here is the cover: My second rule in life.
Thinking about spaces, personal and sacred. Space, not just in a physical sense, but also in the sense of your personal reality. What is the personal reality that you yourself create for yourself?


I believe that stating your intention helps bring about that reality. My journal is clearly going to be about the new house and workshop my husband is building for me. And the bringing to life of The Fernery Art Studio.