Princess Bubbles Creates

 Yikes, my black marker exploded ink onto this mandala when I took the lid off.  So I added more!  Now it feels a bit much.  How do I bring this back from the brink of disaster?  I am leaning towards a wash of white acrylic paint to knock it all back.  I am not really sure if this is fixable but I have to try!

 This funky tree was created from a piece of knitting that had also been needle felted.  I think I need to add some beading to it.  Beads make everything better!  It will be fun to go through my stash to find the right beads to add to this. Hopefully, the weather cooperates and I can do some stitching outside on the deck this afternoon.  That is always such a pleasure! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked spending time outdoors: would you rather: resting in a hammock or digging in a garden? Oh my gosh, without any doubt, I would rather rest in a hammock.  Or floating in a pool would be even better.  I have done tons of gardening over the years and was mildly successful until our huge maple tree became so large that our backyard gets no sunshine.  Everything died off and I have given up.  Now it is the same in our front yard.  The tree out front is huge and needs to be trimmed.  At least it is on city property and they are responsible for that. I love flowers and wish they would grow here.  But I am enjoying my small potted vegetable garden.  I have harvested enough lettuce for three salads so far.  I have harvested a few cherry tomatoes.  It looks like I will have a bumper crop of cucumbers.  I am so grateful for the small area outside my kitchen door that gets enough sunshine to grow some veggies! While diggi...

 Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery hosts a free Family Day once a month.  My granddaughter loves to go and I love to take her.  It is such a lovely, special time for the two of us.  We went yesterday and when chatting with the facilitator, I was dismayed to learn that we were the only visitors they had that day!  What a shame!  They set out four stations with a different art activity at each.  The activities are fairly simple so that any age can participate. My granddaughter loved working with the modelling clay yesterday.  We were there for almost two hours!  She made a terrific underwater scene.  She didn't need much help from me so I made a mandala collage.  One simply can't sit around ignoring art supplies!

  It feels good to be back on track with my tree per month project.  It is funny how ideas morph and then cause challenges.  I love figuring out a way to make the challenge work.  Sometimes it takes a while but that's okay. This tree was started on a piece of cloth that was stitched by someone else but was never finished.  Can you see all the nice even cross stitches?  They were not done by me.  I added paint to the cloth to make it my own.  I cut out the tree shape and used the buttonhole stitch to adhere it in place.  That wasn't the best stitch to use but it got the job done.  The tree is slightly askew.  I like it that way even though it wasn't intentional. I am linking with https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

  LeeAnna  asks do you like picnics? Are you a sit on a blanket on the ground person, or a table outside? Tell us about some picnic that stands out in your memory ( who was there, foods, time and place, etc) I love a picnic!  I will sit on a blanket, I will sit on the ground, I will sit at a picnic table. Potluck picnics are wonderful.  Well, any potluck is good!  My absolutely favourite picnic happened when I was single but engaged.  My fiancé picked me up from work for a lunch date.  He had the day off and had spent the morning preparing a lovely picnic lunch.  We went to a nearby park and ate while on a blanket.  It was the park where he proposed so it was extra special.   I have been enjoying some Jane Davenport videos on YouTube.  She is a talented artist and she makes some cool art supplies!  Her videos inspire me to try things.  I also want to buy her products but have resisted mainly because they are not easil...