A Comp Jour gift...

Above are pics of a "Comp Jour" I started
for a friend. I've altered the cover & prepped about
twenty backgrounds with paint, scrapbook papers,
stamps & images, to start the book off for her.

My grandson...

I had to share a few of my latest pictures of my
beautiful grandson Braiden. Isn't he a little doll?

Comp Jour spread: Slow Walk....

I started Comp Jour #1 by first creating backgrounds on over a dozen spreads. Above is one of my finished spreads in the journal. "Slow Walk", the poem in this spread, is one of my own. Here are the words to the poem:

Slow walk
a shroud of silence
unaware, yet aware
of a misty cloak of rain.
To each, a blanket
of grey security.
Rain, delicate and cool falls
onto two solo faces
pondering and drawn inward
to that hallowed place
of oneness, solitude.
Yet, the pondering of each
is of the other:
Apprehension
chemical tension
side by side
alone, together.
Canopied in
green indifference.
Trees surround them
under purple-bellied clouds.
And the slow walk continues
down destiny's path....

Calendargirlz journal additions for May...

Hello everybody! This month in the Calendargirlz round robin I worked in Lisa's "Japanese Woodblock" journal. It's such a beautiful journal, with gorgeous artwork created by the group of fabulous women in the round robin. Above are the spreads I've created for Lisa. As always, I am really enjoying this RR!

Comp Jour #2

Hi all! Another at home project I've been working on has been a Comp Jour #2 I am trying to be less rigid with the layout/composition of my pages. It's so hard to break the mold you are so used to! Anyhow, above is a spread I've created. The left page is complete, but I'm still working on the right page.

Entries in Comp Jour #1....

Happy weekend everyone! Above are two entries in my comp jour The top photo is of a spread I created using a personal journal prompt from the Calendargirlz group. The prompt was "A favourite movie". Sigh....Australia....what an absolutely beautiful movie it is! Anyone who hasn't had the chance to see it, must! You will not be disappointed. The bottom photo is of my finished "Night" page. I have only added one single word to it, & do not want to add anything more. I feel that the spread is complete the way it is.