Hi Everybody!
Have a good, new week, stay safe!
My posts at the moment are all scheduled, so I'm just adding a few words to my current situation, The clinic where I am is really good, we have the best care there and they are very cautious. On Sunday we even got some cookies and candies on our plates at breakfast as it was St Nicholas Day. Everything is festively decorated, it's a good atmosphere to feel well and get better. So no need to worry!
Today I am sharing a tip-in made for a photo album I got gifted. I don't want to use it for photos, so decided to make pieces to fit into it. This piece is about 8"x 9", and was collaged and sewn from scraps. The picture in the middle was marbled:
Today is also time for Elizabeth's Tea sTands for Tuesday link parTy, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang who visit here. I am showing some of my coffee mugs:
The take-away coffee from Lidl was surprisingly good:
But I had to laugh at the tip that it is HOT!
Some pictures taken on the other side of the river when I went walking there:
Here it was already dark, and everything seems different with the lights:
The sculpture looked totally different:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
♥ those coffee mugs, gorgeous bright lights and your work of art, thanks for cheering me up this morning. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie have a great week!
DeleteSo glad you are in a safe place and a good atmosphere is a bonus too. Love your art and photos as always. The cups are really adorable! I hope you feel better soon, hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Martha, have a great week!
DeleteSo glad the clinic is a good place and hopefully all is getting better quickly. This is a gorgeous piece for Tracey's challenge. Love the marbled bit, it really draws your eyes in. And you have some really fantastic mugs. They are fun to see for T day. Stay healthy. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika, have a wonderful week!
DeleteThanks for the update on how you are doing. Beautiful art and pretty mugs. Enjoyed the photos too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, have a good and safe week!
DeleteHi Val, good morning. Sounds like a great place you're at, get well and rest. Here everything is fine, hugs from us all, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, take care, hugs to all back!
DeleteReally happy to read you are doing just fine and that you have lots of seasonal decorations to lift your spirits and keep up with the festivities. Love the design of your page with it's stitched edges, the die cut book pages are always so effective. The frame holds the marbled card beautifully, doesn't the red really bring those colours out.
ReplyDeleteA good mug always makes my coffee taste so much better.. Have a great week Valerie Take care Hugs Tracey xx
Thanks Tracey, take care!
DeleteI'm glad you are in good hands! I hope you get well soon!
ReplyDeleteLove your art and photos!
I am also a mugs freaks! LOL
Sending you the best wishes and a lots of hugs!
Thanks Ella! I have more mugs than cupboards! Have a great day!
DeleteCoffee mugs are my favorite.. Loved your collection
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashok!
DeleteGlad to hear you feel safe and are being well taken care of. Love your repurposing of the photo album.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Deb
Thanks Den, have a great week!
DeleteGood morning Valerie: I am glad to hear that you are being treated well in the clinic and that you have access to copious cups of calming coffee. I can tell the strike force to stand downnow (I had them ready to storm the clinic in the event of mistreatment!). Would have been fun to read the newspaper headlines though! Your collection of coffee mugs is quite wonderful, with eclectic designs too. As you might imagine most of the ones we have feature birds. We even have a couple that have outlines of different species and when you pour the hot coffee into the cup they take on their colours. You might even gain weight in this place since they are serving you three meals per day, and larger than you would have had at home I suspect. I hope you will receive the treatment you need for your physical and mental restoration and return home with a brand new charge in your battery, ready to face the world again. And it looks as though a vaccine is on the way, so the battle against that villain COVID may be turning in our favour. Stay cheerful. You have my email address if writing would be therapeutic. Now I am going to get myself a coffee. Maybe you should do the same. Hugs and kisses, David
ReplyDeleteThanks David, I will miss the coffee machine when I go home! I like the sound of your mugs the change colour, they must be pretty. I have one of my own mugs here, it's a bit of company from home. I never eat 3 meals a day at home, so I am eating more than usual here. Today we had chicken and broccoli smothered in cheese sauce and baked in the oven, yummy. So, thanks for the suggestion, I am off for some coffee now! Hugs to you both!
DeleteWow, that is really pretty. I hope you will be right well soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Teresa, have a great day!
DeleteValerie I am glad you feel safe in clinic and that some festivities are going on there. I am sending you healing energy and a quite recovery. Nice coffee mugs too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nicole, stay Safe!
DeleteI'm glad you are being well cared for, Valerie. It sounds like they are doing their best at this season to make things a little brighter for their inpatients. I hope your treatment goes well and doesn't last too long.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie, stay safe!
DeleteHi Valerie :) Your art is gorgeous. Very lovely and those coffee mugs are amazing! I hope you get well really soon and I'm happy to hear that you are at a GOOD place!!! Take care!
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Thanks Rain, look after yourself!
DeleteHow wonderful that you are in a clinic where they have added the beauty of the holiday season 🎄🎅🎁
ReplyDeleteI love the idea that you had for the photo album!
Love the night time photos...wow!
Hugs and continue to feel better ☕
Thanks Jan, stay safe!
DeleteReally nice art. I also love your mugs. You have so many it seems. The clinic you are in is quite good to you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Glenda! Have a great week!
DeleteGlad to hear you are getting good care in a nice setting. Fun that you were treated to St. Nicholas treats. Sadly, it's not a holiday celebrated here. Your page is very festive. Love your cups especially the ones with cats. The wrought iron work for a bakery? pretzel shop? is awesome and Henry's relatives, too. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ! This is the noble lion of Duesseldorf! That place used to be a bakery.
DeleteIt's good to hear they're set up for both safety and a bit of festive fun :) Sweet! Our family has observed St. Nicholas Day since the kids were little. Your cats and dogs are certainly enthusiastic on your mugs, and I love your flower fairy. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a good set up here. St Nick's day is always fun. Happy T Day!
Deletethis coffee from Lidl seems really tempting to me;)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, all coffee seems tempting to me!
DeleteVery fine drinking cups, especially these with cats ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I like them, too! Have a great week!
DeleteI'm glad to hear you are being treated well Valerie and you had extra sweets for breakfast :) Love your art work with the stitching and your coffee mug with all of the animals is sooo cute! Take care, Tammy
ReplyDeleteThanks Tammy! That's one of my fave mugs!
DeleteToll, dass es dort so gut versorgst wirst!!!
ReplyDeleteWie schön dieses Journal eine schöne Idee sie so zugestalten. Deine Tassen sind so goldig eine schöner wie die andere.Schöne Nachtfotos sind das auch!
Alles liebe dir, Elke
Danke, liebe Elke! Dir einen schoenen Tag! Bleib gesund!
DeleteGood to hear you arenbeing well looked after. Beautiful art with the stitching on. You have some great coffee mugs. I have kept a few take away cups that have great pictures on them for pencil holders. Wonderful walk photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! Takeaway cups have lots of uses!
DeleteOnce again it seems I am woefully behind visiting and even being on the internet. What a lovely tip-in entry you created for Tracey's theme at Art Journal Journey. That paper lace is beautiful and the sewing is fabulous, BUT the quote had me. That is one rust quote I've not heard before. Thanks for another AJJ entry, dear.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you feel safe in the hospital and you are not isolated. I've heard isolation is the worst in the hospital. I've not celebrated St. Nicholas Day, but was delighted to see you do.
I LOVE your mugs, especially the ones with cats. They are so cute and clever. Thanks for sharing those and your HOT take out cup with us for T this Tuesday. And yes, I'll link you.
The night views are unique, but I really like the two lions. I am on the hunt for lions for Iris.
You beat me. I was just adding your name when it came up on my linky link.
DeleteThanks, I am starting to learn with my cell phone! Sometimes it's hard for my fingers.
DeletePleased you are being well looked after.
ReplyDeleteLovely art and photographs, your coffee mugs are wonderful.
Sending healing wishes.
All the best Jan
Glad you have a good clinic to go to.
ReplyDeleteYour coffee mugs have me smiling-I love them! Your tip in is gorgeous, and I always enjoy your photos-hugs Happy T
Thanks Kathy, happy T Day!
DeleteGorgeous tip-in page, Valerie! You're amazing to have stuff ready to post in case of emergency. I hope your stay in the clinic will be short; but I'm glad it is a cheery place. That has healing power too.
ReplyDeleteBlessings. Eileen
Thanks Eileen, I got everything ready beforehand. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
DeleteSounds like the clinic is a great place to be at the moment. Your praject is lovely with all the layers and stitches.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing your mugs and your town with the evening views and lights.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate
I haven't been around. Very sorry you are sick but I'm glad to read the clinic you're in is treating you well. Speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivy, have a great week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous tag showing your Christmas Sparkle! LOVE that snowman and your embellishments! And of course, your wonderful photos!!! Have a very Happy Holiday season and Merry Christmas!! ((HUGS)) Helen
ReplyDeleteThanks Helen, have a great week!
DeleteI didn't know you were in a clinic. I hope you get better soon. Happy T-Day!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne! Happy T Day!
DeleteI'm glad you are being well looked after at the clinic. I hope your condition improves soon.
ReplyDeleteAs you might have read, we have celebrated St Nicholas too, but the Dutch celebrate it on the evening before. (5 dec).
The shopping mall is impressive. We have malls like that in Bristol, but it always makes me feel slightly nauseous looking at all that expensive luxury and thinking about the luxury lifestyle that these shop windows are trying to evoke.
The mugs are great though. Such fun.
I love your collage and the quote about the word being more powerful than the sword. It is true.
I hope you get better soon,
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
Thanks Lisca, words are always our greatest Magic. Happy T Day!
DeleteSo sorry to hear you are unwell, I hope you are recovering well and home soon 😁. Such a lovely way to use the gift sent to you, the layers look amazing - so beautiful! Loving the photos and wow, the animal mug is such fun - perfect for T Day 😀. Such a pretty fairy mug too. Take care and wishing you well - Happy T Day wishes! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo, have a great week!
DeleteGlad to hear that you're comfortable in the clinic Valerie. Your art and photos are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Good to know you are being looked after in the clinic, cookies and biscuits for special breakfast sounds good. Love the page you've made in the album, the marbled piece looks fabulous. Loved the mugs, the animal one is such fun. Great night time photos, everything does look different in the dark.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Avril xx
Thanks Avril, have a great week!
DeleteLovely page with great framing and design! We never know what you are going to post and it is always so interesting. Love the colors on this and the cool design. Great mug and other pictures too.
ReplyDeleteHoping you are better and impressed you are keeping up better than the rest of us!!! You must be super organized!!!!
Hugz
Thanks Nancy! I got lots done in advance.
DeleteNice textures on your art piece. Fun mugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lin!
DeleteSo nice to hear that you are having a good experience at the clinic where you are staying for the moment. I do hope your improvement is quick and a lasting one for you. It is good that you can continue with your blog and hear from friends far and wide via the magic of the internet.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely piece of artwork and I love the mugs, especially the animal ones. How nice you have a reminder of home for your coffee whilst you are there.
Take care
Hugs, Neet xx
I'm glad you are being taken care of well! Love your art piece and your gorgeous coffee mugs! Big Hugs!
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