Princess Bubbles Creates

Lee Anna  and the gang are discussing the following what about ghosts or paranormal? Have you ever had an encounter with a spirit, seen one, had a family member show up after they passed to spirit form on their way to Heaven? Known when someone passed before being told? do you ever go on ghost tours ? Do you know anyone who says they've had an encounter with one passed on? does it scare you to think about? I have never done a ghost tour.  That sort of thing doesn't scare me.  I have spent a fair amount of time taking photographs in cemeteries.  There is a lot of beauty there.  I should have found one of those photos for this post. The night Princess Diana died I had a dream about her dying.  That was kind of weird.  I am not what I would call a Royal watcher.  When I awoke and heard the news I wasn't at all surprised.   Today is a good day to think about something good.  This week has not been stellar.  To top it off our dog go...

 This piece has been languishing in my studio for too long.  It started its life as a quilt block stitched by my husband's aunt.  She was dear to me and I was honoured to inherit her unfinished projects.  I added some layers of lace and paint being careful to not obliterate her stitching.  It became far too dark for my liking.   What to do?  I have stencilled on some flowers and added paint in other areas.  It is definitely getting closer to my liking.  I would like to be able to add some hand stitching to it.  However, all the layers would make that absolutely miserable.  Pass.  Stitching needs to be a pleasure.   I love all the texture on this.  I used some oil pastels to make some of it stand out.  This is truly a mixed-media piece.  I wonder if Aunt Pat would like it.  We will see where it goes from here.

 I am working on a mandala.  I like the way this one is coming along.  It reminds me of a stained glass rose window.  I am not quite sure what comes next for this one.  It may have to sit and perk for a bit.  

 I haven't done much stitching this week.  I did take my stitching along in the car yesterday but did not put in one stitch.  The drive was a different route than usual.  It was stunning.  The fall leaves were in their glory.  I had to enjoy them.  It seems rather late in the year to still have such good colour! I did manage to work on this floofy book page though.  I added the funky bead and love how the pink has added interest.  I made the funky bead so many years ago.  I have a small stash of those beads and these 'pages' seem to be a good place to use them.   Today should be a good day for stitching as there are no plans.  I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

I like walking with friends.  Mainly I walk with one friend and it is almost every week.  We have the best talks and see interesting things.  Somehow we always end up with weather that is manageable.  A bit of drizzle doesn't stop us.  In the winter, we dress warmly.  I live in the core of our city but we still see a lot of beautiful nature in our neighbourhood.  We have marvellously mature trees.   We saw these giant mushrooms growing.  I would like to know what kind this is.  Nature is so amazing.   LeeAnna   has asked  Have you ever had your palm read? or tea leaves? Maybe you have a friend who has a lot of intuition or sees what's coming?  Are you really intuitive or psychic? I have never had my palm or tea leaves read.  I am fairly intuitive especially when it comes to my art.  The other day I reached out to a friend by email to ask how she and a specific situation were doing.  She replie...

 I don't play with my sewing machine often.  It is a wonderful machine and it works really well so I feel bad when I neglect it for too long.  I decided to dust it off this week since I have nothing pressing to get finished.  The fabric base I created years ago with scraps and an organza overlay.  It has been hanging around in my studio waiting for further inspiration. I decided to couch down some interesting yarns and add some decorative machine stitching as well.  There were some little hiccups in the decorative stitching.  I am not going to pick them out.  I plan to add some hand stitching to this so those hiccups might get covered.  

 My Mandala Meditation Circuit is finished.  I am so pleased to have it hanging at Knollwood Park.  I hope it can hang for a long time and many people enjoy it.  It was such a pleasure for me to create it and I am so grateful to the Waterloo Region Arts Fund for the grant to make it happen. I spent a lot of time on this project.  Now that all but the final report is complete I wonder how I will spend my time. There are always new proposals to be written.  That takes a fair amount of time.  I am getting better at doing them but I would much rather be making art.