Princess Bubbles Creates

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.  Great quote.  I enjoy helping when I can.  I love when I feel I have made a difference in someone's life.  My life seems so rich.  I have been volunteering at community center that caters to the homeless and needy.  Last week we did a found poetry journal page.  I had cut up old book pages into strips.  We sifted through the strips to find words that jumped out at us.  The bottom image is the journal page I created with my found poetry.  It was so fun to do this.  The participants asked me to bring it back again this week.

My bead journal for November is finished.  I really enjoyed creating this one.  Finding the right beads to go with the shell pieces was fun.  I enjoy going through my treasure to find just the right things.  It is a part of the process of creating that I really enjoy.  Adding some silk ribbon embroidery seemed right for this piece. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-86/

A frozen fall leaf.  Frozen in time for me to enjoy. I am linking with http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2016/11/best-christmas-markets-in-europe.html http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/?utm_source=image-in-ing&utm_campaign=202d2a7da8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adfb5a538b-202d2a7da8-70817477

I am loving the way this page turned out.  The journal was constructed with the pages sewn together.  That means the I that all my work is being done on the surface.  I have the enjoyed the challenge.  I applied oil pastels through a hand cut stencil.  I glued on the little paper leaves.  It was quite simple to do. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/ http://francenadeau.com/blog/

The quote is a bit hard to read.  It says - To get all you can from life, put all you can into it.  Live with enthusiasm.  That is good advice.  I enthusiastically created this page.  I glued some fabric scraps to the left side and had so much fun doing it.  On the right I painted with Gelatos and watercolor pencils.  Each side of the spread is quite different so maybe they don't go together so well.   I don't really care.

My stitching time is limited right now.  I did make some progress on my little butterfly though.  All the things that have been taking away my stitching time are about to slow down so I am hoping to be able to stitch a bit more in the coming weeks. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-85/

I have added the Top Knotted Buttonhole stitch to this crazy quilt block.  I am so grateful to  Sharon B  for providing the instructions each week.  It is fun to revisit stitches and learn new ones.