Living the Dream Part #2

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I am back today to show you what I have been up to.

I really do love it here in Boulder City.  I have been getting

up early with my husband and taking morning walks once he leaves for work.

It really is a beautiful city.  But I must get that walk in early or it gets way to hot. 

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Last week I told you I did another page in my Art Journal.

A trailer that is..  I must admit I like the first one better.  

But I did have fun playing around with this one..

My girlfriends came over and they think I should take a photo of this

page and then put the photo on a canvas..  I just had to giggle and say why not

just do it on the canvas in the first place.  We shall see what I do. 

Also my friends daughter Graduated from High School.

I had some fun creating this card for her.

Yep, I pulled out my sewing machine once again.

I have been busy working on another Journal page.

Its for a new challenge that is going on.  Its a Mixed Media Color Challenge.

I hope I get my page done before this challenge ends.

I want to say thanks once again for all the wonderful comments 

you all leave me.  It really makes my day!

Hugs!

Linking up with

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Another Hunt is upon us once again.
Boy this week just flew by.

So here is what I found on this week's Hunt..



SUMMER

When I think of the word summer, the first thing that comes to mind is
kids swimming in a pool or playing at a park.  Well I had non of those types
of shots available to me.  So I went for a early morning walk to see what I could find..

DANCE

I could be totally wrong but I am pretty sure

this duck is trying to do the Chicken Dance.  Or maybe he's just taking
a morning walk like me. But to fit the prompt, we are going to say this fella
is doing the chicken dance. Hee Hee.

LAUGHTER

It just melts my heart to see Myles laugh like this.
He was watching his Mom and Dad monkeying around at the park.

HELPER

I was totally lost with this prompt.
I had snapped off a shot of this cute gal waiting for her owners to
finish shopping.  I am pretty sure she is a wonderful helper.
Aren't all dogs good helpers?

WATER

This is the most strange looking duck I've ever seen.
Is he even a Duck??  His body looks like a duck but that not that beak.
Do any of you guys have an idea of  what he is?
He was the only one at  the pond that looked like this.
He kept disappearing under the water and then popping back up.

I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else came up with

this week.  I think it was a tough week.  But I guess that's what makes it fun. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs~

Living the Dream

With the weather being windy and hot I have
been spending a little bit more time inside, playing in my Art Journal.

I have been wanting to paint a mixed media canvas
with a trailer on it, so I thought I would give it
a try in my Journal before I tried it on a canvas.


 

This page was done with all sorts of mediums.
I used sheet music paper along with book paper to make the trailer, trees, and Sun.
Then watercolors and acrylic along with oil pastels to paint my page.

Let me tell you I can waste away a whole day listening to music
and getting lost in my thoughts as I paint in my journal.




The only problem I have is that I feel like I get stuck.
I feel like my pages need more.  So I have a handful of
pages I am trying to figure out what to do with.
I'm sure the more pages I do, I will get more comfortable with
what to do.  We shall see.


I also have a couple of sketches I want share with you.
While on vacation my Daughter and I decided to do a "Face Off".

We found a face on pinterest and  then had a contest: Who could
draw it the best..  It was so much fun.

                                 My Daughters sketch                                            My sketch

As you can see my daughter can draw much better than me.
But when it was all done we had to laugh at how different the faces
looked.  Were we even looking at the same photo for inspiration??

Well, that's all I have for you right now. I do have another mixed media
Trailer to share with you, that's after I put the final touches on it.

I do hope everyone is enjoying their summer or winter
depending on where you live.

Till next time~ 

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I almost didn't play along this week.
For some reason I couldn't come up with a couple of the prompts this
week..   So I once again, I had to pull from my archives..
Are you seeing a pattern here yet?

So here we go.




DISHES

This is one of my favorite bowls to stack veggies in.

I consider it a dish, don't you?

For my second try, I am showing you one of my 

favorite dishes.  Fish Tacos..

FAVORITE COLOR

Green is most definitely my favorite color.

SUNFLARE

I am pretty sure you have seen this one before.
You would think with all the sun in the desert that I would have no
problem with getting a shot of "sunflare".  I could not get a decent
shot that I liked.  I am pretty sure there was too much sun.

EXPRESSION

Here's my daughter being a goofball.

Can we get a serious photo please.

STICKY

Once again I pulled this one from my archives
and I really don't even now if you would consider this one
sticky..  I know I would....

  

I do hope you are enjoying your weekend my friends.

I am just trying not to melt away here.

It has been unbearably hot here.  But they say is should

cool back down to 100 degrees by tomorrow.  

A cool wave.. YEA!!

Hugs~