A stroll in German Village

Took a stroll this afternoon through German Village, near downtown. It's a lovely historic area that has been all restored. It's a quite sought after area of town and the houses are lovely and quaint, though most are very small. The area was initially inhabited by German immigrants which gave it its name later on. The Book Loft is my all-time favorite book shop... has loads of character... lots of tiny themed rooms with every type of book imaginable and different music playing in each room. It's quite a treat to visit.

I was busy making ATCs!

I had fun making these. There are several themes and styles going on. I mostly focused on the vintage images. I like the gossip ones, they are funny. I was also searching for good quotes on the internet. It was nice to have a few days off to create and take it easy.

More inchies

More photos of the park

A trip to the park

I was off yesterday and took a nice walk to the park that I live a few blocks from. I took the camera and snapped some photos. I should do this more often!

Flipper

My first ebay purchase arrived last week... a Flipper in the box just like the one I had when I was little. I just love it. It's really neat all that you can find on ebay... almost scary even, but cool. It is exciting to "win" something on there, I can see how it could get addictive for some people.

Enjoy them while they're coming!

More inspiration has struck and I made several more ATCs last night. Enjoy the rush while I'm on a roll. I got several nice comments from yesterday's lot from some people who viewed them on my flickr site. It is so neat and yet bizarre that people from all over the world are viewing my work and commenting to me about it. I know I find a lot of really neat stuff on flickr, and I haven't even scratched the surface! I couldn't tell you where the inspiration for these pieces came from, just grabbed some art to clip up and went with each image as I found it. I really like the "That figures" one... it just seems so like what she is thinking. I liked doing the ship one... something different for a change. Baby Doll is a little creepy but funny. The postage stamps on the one called Leisure Postal are ones I got on one of my trips to England.

The creative streak continues

So again last night I was geared up to make a few more cards, even though I didn't get home from work until nearly 9:30. I'd been waiting all day to work on them though. I got three done and here they are. Maybe with the holiday coming up I will have time to be even more creative, we will see.

Finally more new art!

I finally got around to making some more art, if only a couple so far. I have had a few other distractions going on the last few months, but among all of that, I got the dining room where I craft somewhat cleaned up... so now I can get back to making stuff! Here are the first two attempts at getting back in the swing of it.



And here is the second one... had to get my all-time favorite "Beehive Boy" stamp in there again! I couldn't even tell you why I think he's so cool, just that I guess he's unique and different.

1884 Journal

June 20 - Bill and I was plowing my field. Got done in the evening. Hell of a hot day. Anna was here. Bill was about to (something?) Hot enough to roast a horse.

June 21 - Father went to Brookville. I was laying around all day. Bill was at home in the shade. Mother and I went to Fairfield in the evening. Hot as can be. One (100) hundred.

(from the diary of Connoll Montgomery 1884, Liberty, Indiana area)

great quote

"This will be a better world when the power of love replaces the love of power." anon.

I've been tagged (sort of)...

On Sunberst's blog (for Illustrtaion Friday) I read: "I am tagging whoever wants to make their own list. if you want to participate, consider yourself tagged by me. just let me know if you do, so that i can visit."

Here are the rules: Each person who gets tagged posts 6 weird things on their blog and state the rules. Then choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Leave a comment that says "you're tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog for instructions.

I can't do this this moment but will as soon as I have the chance. Sounds like fun!

Illustration Friday: Sprout

My first attempt at an Illustration Friday piece of art. I decided to go digital this time because of the idea that came to me. Can't wait to see what next week's theme is. Click on the image to view it larger. The quote is: Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein

Good quote

Just saw this and wanted to post it:
"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
(Sir James Barrie)

new vintage art ATCs

My television debut

Ok, yesterday I was on tv. It was only for about 15 seconds or so, but I was on tv. Coming out of Subway after lunch a news reporter said hello in a friendly way and started chatting... then asked if I'd say what I told him for the camera... so I said (hesitantly) "sure." It was a story about insurance companies requiring people to get cheaper parts for their cars when repaired... not original, dealer parts. I had told him about my Dodge Charger that didn't have air conditioning and they put it in after the fact and it never worked right and that I always take my car to the dealership to get it fixed. That was my 15 seconds of my 15 minutes of fame. Good thing, it was cold, I was all bundled up, squinting into the sun and had no lipstick on so I looked pale as a ghost. So much for a television career!

A couple more ATCs

Two ATCs I did on the computer yesteday, inspired by...Cats!

New Cards I bought yesterday

I found these cards at the bookstore last night. I love the artwork on them and the sentiments are based on the Law of Attraction that I read about in a book last year that really inspired me. They are called "Ask and It Is Given" cards by Esther and Jerry Hicks.