My Chaotic Realm

well... feeling a bit better, at least better than I was on Wednesday... this sick shit sux...say THAT six times fast! Sigh... lots of things to do.... art wise I still owe out 3 ATC swaps (2 Pagan, 1 Nness) and a few cards here and there...a deco or 2 still floating around... some artwork needed to be desinged as yet for covers to our RCG packets... argh!! That one is really getting me... I don't draw or any of that... I do P A P E R.... so, thinking maybe a collage style piece & then color copying it several times. Or maybe some handmade paper with an image in pen & ink? Who knows... Monday was funeral, Tues was catching up day at work, feeling ill, and Weds was knocked flat on my back with respiratory issues... Thursday was a bit better...got dishes done, at least... and tonight my plans are... drum roll please... NOTHING! We are hosting the new moon ritual tomorrow but that will be fairly straightforward. Sunday is still open.... yard? free? art? Hmmmm

3 Doors Down Lyrics It's Not My Time Lyrics I got this song again ... got it getting in my car on the way to work (ill) yesterday and on the way home (still ill) and then again this morning... since I had it already recently, thought I would post it again as more than just a link... so... enjoy....

Patty Strange has passed away... Friday March 28th 2008 Services were March 31st 2008 2pm Bandera Tx

well, song of the day is appropriate, seeing as how I am posting a pic I took of my art area. Online group was wanting to see each other's spaces, so this is it.. be warned!! There is an explanation that goes with it... but I will spare you that part!

Well, I did it... I took an 8.5x11" piece of paper, decorated it, then cut it up and used for A4 cards. The challenge, you wonder? To make TEN cards from only the ONE decorated piece of paper. And, if you count them in the picture above, I made 11. Most people get 7-8 cards. :-) I SO ROCK!! And I love paper, so this is a big thing for me. How much time did it take me? About 5 mins for the background paper, which was done several days ago so it could dry. That is my latest craze-- alcohol inks. Then about another 5 mins to cut up the paper. And based on the color in the DP (decorated paper) I pulled random sheets of paper & scrap out of my "Blue Purple Green" drawer and commenced to applying pieces of DP to cardstock. POOF! All in all, about an hour to make 11 cards, including folding cards, cutting backing pieces, punching out shapes, gluing, etc. Not bad for an evening.... not bad.

well... good song...new one for me..... anyways, last night was our spring equinox ritual... grand time! coupla new faces, which is always great. and, speaking of new faces, there was one on our way home.... cute longish nose, long floppy ears... a goat was out after curfew hitchhiking on 183 South not too far before our cutoff for Hwy 21.