Princess Bubbles Creates

 Still creating flowers!  I love that I can turn the tiniest of scraps into something of beauty!  I was raised by parents who were born during the depression.  Things were certainly hard for them.  They made the most of everything they had.  They taught me not to waste things.   Wouldn't it be great if we could stop wasting?  I see more people getting on that bandwagon and that is a good thing.  I realize that these scraps not going into the landfill won't make a big difference.  Still, it feels good to me.

At first, this mandala being off centre bothered me.  I have grown to really like that now.  Working on black paper allows me to play with all the metallic colours I like!  So fun!  

  I have started another butterfly.  I love doing this collage style and using up bits of fabric.  Slow stitching on these butterflies is such a pleasure.  I have cut two circles out of sequin waste and want to apply them to the butterfly.  I have yet to decide where to place them. I am not sure how much stitching time I will have today.  We are planning to go to the Jazz Festival this afternoon.  It is an outdoor event, and thankfully, it looks like the air quality will be good.  I can bring this project along.  I am not confident I will actually get to do any stitching on it, though.   I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

LeeAnna  has asked   what do you think makes a good picnic lunch? sit on the ground or picnic tables? I like to sit at a picnic table or at least a bench.  One of the best picnic lunches we ever had was at Giverny.  We stopped at a bakery in Paris and bought our lunch.  When we got to Monet's Gardens, we found a bench right by the  Japanese bridge he painted so often.  We enjoyed our lunch and waited until there were no tourists on the bridge so I could get a good photo.  I only managed to get a partial photo of the bridge as there were always people on it!  That has to be our all-time best picnic! I like clean air!  There are fires in Northern Ontario and the smoke from them has settled over our area.  It is funny how much you appreciate something when it is missing.  So many little things in life go unnoticed until they are gone.   I like participating every Thursday with all the lovely people who are concentrating ...

 There are some free taster workshops that I have been enjoying this week.  Not all of them have appealed to me.  This little mushroom was fun to paint with gouache.  I found a new package of gouache at the thrift store a while back.  This was the perfect time to experiment with it.  I like that it is opaque and I could use it over top of this bit of watercolour background.  It made for a quick little project.  

 I have a stack of these mandalas that I have coloured.  As always, using my own designs gives me a lot of pleasure.  I haven't put any of them into a journal as yet.  It certainly isn't because I don't have a journal to use!  What am I waiting for?