Morning Glory Studio

peeled pages...

Honoré here: Hi!  In early November, I shared a fun, new gel printing tool here. A little over a week ago I shared that I'd attended a day long session and created a tag journal that was called peeled pages. And I promised to share the journal. So, today's the day! Drum roll please - my peeled pages* tag journal:

below, the next two photos: close-up of tags...

below...more interior pages...

the last couple pages...

The tags are arranged/inserted so that when the covers are pulled apart, the pages fan out like an accordion...

 (psst, don't tell, but I'm thinkin  I'm holding the book upside down...)

I thoroughly enjoyed making this tag album and I am positive I'll do more dabbling with the technique for making peeled pages. Tags - paper and/or fabric - are great (and inexpensive)  little canvases for playing and experimenting with different art techniques and media: paints, stamping, misting, drawing, collaging, etc. BTW: the term peeled comes from the fact that... 

first you prepare the gel plate for printing with acrylic paint and a variety of marking tools, e.g, this sequin waste (or punchinella) ...

second, place the tag on the painted plate...

third, peel the tag off the gel plate...

Isn't that just too easy?! 

Cheers~

time spent with friends...

Honore here: Over the past couple days, I've spent time with friends - always an enjoyable experience. Tues, I met with a former colleague and you can read about that excursion here.

Yesterday, I spent the day with Margaret - remember her from the " great shed reveal?" For about two years now, she has been slowly and methodically renovating her house, both inside and outside, including the shed. October-November, total redo of the kitchen. Now, she's having the living room and den painted. Yesterday, we went looking for a new sofa bed. So, bundled up (it was very cold and windy), armed with paint chips and the whole day in front of us, we headed out. Our first stop: Ethan Allen and believe it or not, she/we found the perfect piece: a love seat sofa bed that has an inflatable mattress! 

                                                                    (trying out the mattress)

After we had a leisurely lunch, we returned to the store to finalize the sale. Everything about the love seat/bed is perfect: the size; the upholstery; and especially the mattress. And it was on sale!  As soon as the den is painted, the next room is her bedroom. Hopefully, the new piece of furniture will be delivered in time for her to "break in" her new sofa bed.

And then it will be time for her to get that iMac and/or iPad! I'm holding her feet to the fire on that ! No more excuses ;-)).

 

Cheers~

Oh wow! this is my 325th post! yay! yay! another milestone in the blogging world - for me! 

 

hello monday | 08...

hello...to a cool 19 degrees F to start a Monday holiday ...

hello...to a furnace that's working and putting out heat...

hello...thankfully to the  temperature outside rising...

hello...to lunch with a long-time colleague tomorrow...

hello...to a shopping expedition this week with Margaret to look for a new sofa+bed...

hello...to my Peeled Pages tag journal (more + photo later this week)...

hello...to the mystery of a new knitted afghan and (more + photo later this week, too)...

hello...to the anniversary and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I still have the dream...

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We had planned to visit the national memorial today but will reschedule to another time: temperature plus loads of tourists - so glad they are here - plus METRO system is single-tracking today. Besides, we are so fortunate to have  50 more Mondays this year...

hello Monday ... so glad for another fresh start! What fresh start are you looking forward to this week?

Cheers~

 

friday, the 13th!...

Honoré here: Aha! So it's here. And so far, I have not experienced any unlucky things; I hope the same holds true for you - not only today but all year. In honor of the day, thought I'd share the thirteen things on my mind, happening in my life, currently:

1. hearing Norman preparing his breakfast (he started late this am) and I think a Woody Allen movie on the tv...
2. aware that the clock is ticking - both metaphorically and literally...
3. feeling the colder air. the weather has taken a turn; currently, its 36 degrees F but the wind's just a howlin'. Yesterday it was spring; today, winter's returned...
4. wondering which projects I'm going to abandon this year - yep,you read that correctly. the operative word is abandon! I'm looking at those that have been around for at least two+ years
5. contemplating which project/s I'll work on today; there are so many ...
6. thinking maybe I need to make a list re: # 4 and #5...
7. wondering what's for dinner. It's a good day for soup. Oh yes, Norman made a beef-veggie soup yesterday. that'll work. maybe I'll make some corn muffins...sounds like a plan, doncha think?...
8. waiting for the plumber...who just called and said he's been detained...
9. remembering  - just - I am to put together  a circa planner for Dolly...
10. looking forward to tomorrow and Sun; I've two classes scheduled : one's on making a journal using tags as pages and the other, a new year-long afghan class. And yes, since you ask, my Great American Afghan class is still going on; we're entering the third - or is it the fourth year? Our teacher just gave birth to her first child, a boy, last month so we get to meet him, I suspect , next week Sat...
11. wanting to be cloned - see #3 and #5. I once read a science fiction novel about cloning. struck me that it would be great to have a bunch of little Honorés, each one doing all the things I want to do and just can't fit all into a day's or maybe, even a lifetime's, schedule...
12. looking out the window, waiting for inspiration for whatever the thirteenth item on my list will be...
13. welcoming the inspiration! I got it! I'm going to end this post and prepare a piece of happy mail that is long overdue!

(this lovely palette of color is Pan Pastels, a new paint medium that eventually I plan to get around to exploring...unless of course #11 comes to pass! ;-))

I hope your Friday is not only lucky but inspiring, too!

Cheers~ 

hello monday | 07...and happy tuesday...

Honoré here: Yesterday snuck up on me and when I realized what time it was, I had just enough margin to get ready and out the door in order to get to quilt guild - our first meeting of 2012! Of course, I had to stop and fill up the tank - both the car's and mine (at Starbucks). So, without further ado, Hello!

hello...to feeling almost like myself, at least 98% these days...

hello...to beginning to develop a better sense of direction for this year, 2012...

hello...to a  Monday filled with stitchin and reconnecting with friends. I managed to make a little more progress on For the Birds...

and Pat, a piece from Crimson Tweed - do you remember that block of the month project we had in 2010? Well, we're still working on it. She got really clever with this block of snowflakes; it calls for French knots - don't like doing! So, she substituted shimmery beads that glisten and sparkle...

Brilliant, I think! And of course, I'm going to follow suit...

hello to ... a new project: Creating  circle wedges  for an eventual quilt. Here's a sneak preview...

The ruler is used to create wedges...

Eventually, these wedges  can and will become circles, flowers, butterflies...whatever one's imagination desires. Looks like fun and I'm looking forward to this over-six months' class...

hello ...to a surprise snowfall during rush hour traffic: just cold enough to slow down traffic and stick on grassy surfaces but warm enough to not last overnight, allowing us to wake up today to dry roads and sunshine...

hello monday...and happy tuesday. delighted for another fresh start! I am so glad I have 51 more weeks to greet and live you! I trust your week's also off to a great start.

Cheers~

 

 

winter sunrise...

Honoré here: This morning, I was up bright and  early (after being down and out for two + days), gathering some items for a donation pick-up when I glanced out the window and saw this...

...and that made me feel much better! Thanks for your well-wishes. Know they helped alot. And may your every day be started with a stunning sunrise, too.

Cheers~

c-o-l-d!...

Honoré here: This morning  at 6:40 am, EST, the temperature was 18 degrees Farenheit. I wrote in my journal, "Are you kidding me?!"  Just for fun, I keep track of Sisters Oregon's temps: it was 44 degrees there, at 3:40 am PST. 

Last week I sneezed twice. "Oh oh," I thought, "hope that doesn't mean I've caught a cold." And life moved on.

On New Year's Day, I began to notice I was feeling less than perky. Monday, it was confirmed: yep, a cold. But I was feeling OK.

Last night (Tuesday), my cold asserted itself with a vengeance!  Today, my get-up n' go has been virtually non-existent. I have become a sneezing factory and have about as much energy as a wet noodle. All I feel like doing  is sitting and reading: books, magazines, blogs...and that may just be the sum total of my day.

Oops. Gotta go; time for another round of sneezes. 

Cheers~

hello monday | 06...

hello...to a week filled with good cheer, connections and lots of love from friends near and far...

hello...to a cold, not a bad one but just enough to slow me down this New Year's holiday...my body probably needs the rest...

hello ... to a new year! Here we are, on the first Monday of 2012. Always an exciting time and I think this year, exceptionally so.  Tho' I have nothing extra-special on my plate, save for another week-long trip to Sisters, OR in the spring, I am really looking forward to all the possibilities 2012 brings. 

hello ...to my One Little Word for 2012 ~ journey ~ and its companion ~ document.

hello...to documenting life in 2012, using Becky Higgin's  Project Life and a few assorted other projects: my Art Journal; Capture Your 365 +1; Stacy Julian's Big Picture Class Twelve ; Ali Edward's One Little Word and other activities as the year rolls on. 

It is my goal and plan this year to really dive in, capture & document my current life and also, record the memories that my sister and I have of our childhoods and parents. We are the sole surviving members of our immediate family and want to leave as many written stories and memories as we can recall (for her children and grandchildren  - my niece, nephew and grand nieces and nephews). Adding to the mix, I also hope to record as much of Norman's memories as possible, for his children and nephew.

I know it's a tall order and will require a lot of stick-to-it-ness on my part but I not only have a vision and goals, I have a plan and friends who will help me remain accountable. And so, as the days, weeks and months roll on, stop by periodically and join me on my journey. I'm delighted that you'll be along for the ride. 

Cheers~

welcome 2012...

Happy! Happy ! and best wishes for a grand and healthy New Year!

Cheers~

4th day of Christmas...

Honoré here: Hello and I  hope all had a wonderful Christmas and holiday. Ours was low key and most enjoyable...and I got to stay in my jammies most of the day. I'll share more details about the holiday once I wrap up my December Daily/Journal Your Christmas album...soon, I'm saying.

Yesterday, it rained buckets and we were treated with this, about 4:51 pm...

Today, it's cold, bright and blustery...

A perfect day for a long, invigorating walk. And now, I must return to the agenda at hand: I've a few projects and assorted other tasks to complete...all with a Dec 31, 2011 do date.

Hope you are continuing to enjoy and relax on this 4th day of Christmas.

Cheers~