Princess Bubbles Creates

Another kaleidoscope.  I can never get sick of kaleidoscopes!  They are so interesting. I am linking with http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2016/06/cooling-down-through-my-lens-nr-48.html http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/

When I was dyeing threads last week I also dyed some ribbons.  Rayon seam binding is on the left and silk ribbon on the right.  They both really grab hold of the dye nicely.  I love just looking at them!  I am excited to think of a project to use them.  The colors are gorgeous! I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/ http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.ca/

The quote this week is 'You are enough'.  I wrote I am enough over and over on this journal page.  Mostly, I am pretty confident but there are times when I just don't feel good enough or talented enough or, or, or.  The older I get the more accepting I am of myself and the more I believe that I am enough.

I had so much fun dyeing these threads!  I can't wait to do some stitching with them.  My hands are still a bit stained from dyeing these threads last week but it is worth it.  I am very happy with the vibrant colors. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Thanks to Sharon B  for the instructions for the Chained Cross Stitch.  I did here with some perle cotton that I hand dyed last week.  I was very excited to get stitching my hand dyed threads!  I am pretty pleased with how even my stitching is.  I was looking at an older piece the other day and my stitching was so far from even.  I have come a long way baby!

I bought some permanent markers a couple of weeks ago.  Today I decided to experiment with them.  I did some scribble flowers on a piece of silk and then spritzed them with rubbing alcohol.  I found that the purple ink bled nicely.  The turqoise did not and therefore I am not showing a photo of that.  I am not overly in love with what I created here.  I am hoping that I can think of way to use it so as to not waste a piece of silk! I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

The colors from the previous bled through to this page but I don't mind that at all.  I added some doodles and the quote.  Simple and done.  Quote is by Christopher Columbus - 'You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore'.  Losing sight of the familiar, the safe, that can be really scary.  I think the joy of new discoveries warrant trying though!