I have a spare 2007 engagement calendar that I am using for a 'stay @ home' CJ. It's the National Gallery of Art calendar. The paintings are absolutely gorgeous in it. This is my 1st entry. I've titled it 'Silver Angels'. The words on the left page are taken from a song called 'Precious' by Depeche Mode.

I just completed some spreads in another calendar journal. This time around it's Terry's CJ. The first spread I titled 'Greener Pastures' as it's the way I am seeing things lately! In this second spread I used Karen O's journal prompt: Think about the day you've had. If you were to write a soundtrack for it, what songs would you choose? Well, I had two songs playing in my mind the day I sat down to create in Terry's journal: 'Mad World' by Gary Jules & 'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve. I decided on these two songs since I had been viewing how people were going about their day in a very hectic way while I was at work.

I'm in a bird chunky book project hostessed by Kathy. These are a few samples of the pages I created for the chunky book. On the front is the quote: 'My Soul is in the Sky' along with a tiny 3D feathered bird in the top right corner to go with the bluebird image I choose to use. Before mailing out my pages I decided to add a little more to them (not shown here), using 'Spider Writers', adding stars and swirls to the fronts. On the back is a quote I made up: 'Together Our Art Soars', celebrating the colaborative artwork of 29 Divas in the book! The bottom image is of a front/back closeup. I went with bright & cheery cardstock by 'Flavia' for the backgrounds since this is a springtime project. I love how these 4 x 4's fit so perfectly in your hand...they're simple little treasures!

Over the last few days I've been working in the final Zetti journal of the round robin I've been hostessing. Below are 2 spreads that I created in Lyn's ZJ. The top one is titled 'Every Little Thing She Does' & the bottom spread is titled 'The Night Walked Down the Sky'. I absolutely adore zettiology!

WELL, IT'S A MARVELOUS NIGHT FOR A MOONDANCE...
Last Saturday evening I went out to a karaoke bar with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday. One of the songs that someone sang, and sang very well, I might add, was the old Van Morrison song 'Moondance'. I love this song, what a cool easy beat it has! So, with the song in mind, I decided to create this little spread in Robin's Zetti journal.

Calendar Journaling...

It's been a while since I added to my blog. I just finished working in Vicki's calendar journal for our 2007 round robin. I really enjoyed working in her very uniquely illustrated journal. Working in Vicki's CJ was therapeutic. It brought me back to the land of the living, so to speak...back to my altered art and journaling, and it sure feels good!! Below are three of the spreads I created.

After work tonight I decided to prep some pages in one of my 'stay @ home' CJs. I also cut out shapes for my 'papermonzsters' using some BASICGREY & daisyd paper. These odd looking but friendly monzsters have really grown on me.

I am an Iris What Flower Are You?

"You are a very sensual person. You like to experience all the sights, smells, tastes and textures the world has to offer. Ordinary be damned, because you want to do it all."