Monday and it's a holiday here....

In Germany it's the *Day of German Unity*, and the best thing about it is that it's a holiday. Not that it makes much difference for me since I retired, but it's nice long weekend for those who have to work.
Yesterday I woke up rather bad tempered after sleeping badly and having nightmares, so I worked like one possessed all day and got a lot done. Except for the H*******K, which is still patiently waiting its turn.
So what do I have to show you from my weekend labours? First of all, four altered notebooks, which will be winging their way to their recipients together with a few other little surprises when the post office opens again on Tuesday.

And here are the mail-art envelopes, made with a mixture of collage and stamping.

And I made some patchwork journal pages, just for the fun of it....

Well, I did do some more, but I think I had better keep the rest for another day.... But before I forget, Gisèle is doing a wonderful giveaway on her blog; click on the button on my sidebar or on the link and it will take you there!
Have a nice day you all, take care, and thanks for dropping by!

Another Sunny Sunday

It's Sunday again, and that usually means Sunday Sketches over at Sophia's *Blue Chair Diary*. I am sharing more of my 75 sketches, I am keeping up with this challenge and should be finished by the end of the month. Sophia is having a rough time at the moment, as her Father is dying, so I am sending her lots of hugs and sparkles, and do not know if the challenge will take place today.

I have been trying to sketch everyday articles again, just things that are more or less always to hand.

And On Friday I made some more Halloween Boxes to fill with lots of Rottenness at my party. here they are:

And I would like to show the pictures from my sunny walk yesterday.



And here is a LO for the *Three Muses* Challenge - 'Moon' I have used paper from WRMK, and used a Haiku about the moon from Matsuo Basho.

I made some more things, altered notebooks and mail art, too, but I think I will save them for another day.

Have a great Sunday, take care, and thanks for visiting!

More Post and more journal pages., and more Sun

Yesterday I did NOT have to go to the dentist's - yoohoo! That gave me a nice day for painting, crafting and playing around. I successfully forgot to do the H*******K, which was good, as I made a lot of mess playing. And we have had several days of warm and Sunny weather, a real Indian Summer, and the first summer we have had this year!
I received a wonderful postcard from Lenna's postcard swap, this time from Nancy Roberts. It has been made from painted material, and has been embroidered, stitched and collaged - just wonderful. I am going to have a wonderful collection of hand made postcards, which I will treasure.

For my journal pages I made another collage, which then reminded me of the text of *I'm on the top of the world* from the Carpenters, so I have included part of the text.

I also spent some time making more Halloween boxes, but I will save them to show tomorrow. I think making Halloween things is addictive.

Hope you all have a great day, take care, and thanks for stopping by!

Another appointment....

Good morning you all. Hope you are all fit and well. Today I have to go to the Dentist again, but at least I have till this afternoon to enjoy my day. I think (hope)he will just be controlling if everything is okay; but when he is finished I will probably know better!

Spent a lot of time doing nice things today - like making tags, doing more pages for my journal, and starting my Calendar journal pages for October.

The tags are for Rebecca's Blog Challenge Garden and for the Dragon's Dream.. Rebecca's theme is school related, and I have chosen *the math lesson* for my tag. I have made a double tag, using paper from the *fairy Tale Stack*, which reminds me of one of my old school books. I have used different classroom elements and a little blackboard. The pencil sharpener is a button, and I have used a vintage scrap school girl, who seems to belong to another day and age.

The next tag is for the Dragon's dream, and this week she's dreaming of Nancy Sinatra's *Those boots were made for walking*. I didn't have and boots to hand, but I think if somebody gets trodden on with those high heels it should hurt just as much....

For my journal spread I made a collage using bits and bobs cut out of the newspaper and a magazine, it's fun to do something different each time.

Okay, that was it for today, thanks for visiting, have a good day, and take care!

The Day After The Day After....

Good morning everybody! I had a relaxing day yesterday, reading, cutting pictures out of old magazines for collages, and just trying to enjoy myself and forget Monday. My mouth is still very sore, there are a lot of stitches irritating me, but I am sure it will soon be healed. Yesterday evening I started on my journal again - always a good sign when I have the feeling that I must do something. Of course, the pages do seem to have been influenced a little by the dentist, but I suppose that's normal:

Big thanks to all who left messages yesterday, it really does me good to know that I am not alone, and I do appreciate it very much.

Okay, just a short post today. Thanks a lot for visiting, have a great day, and take care!

The day afterwards.....

Hi Everybody, I am not feeling so good today. Got a sore mouth and a swollen face, and plan on spending the day on my recliner reading and snoozing. I have some soup ready that only needs warming up, and plenty of cool drinks in the fridge, so should manage.
Thanks for all your kind comments yesterday, they cheered me up a lot, Take care of yourselves and thanks for visiting!

Monday and it's Dentist Time.....

The weekend has flown by, and although I have tried not to think too much about the dentist today, I couldn't keep the thoughts out of my head. Today is gonna be real bad, with extractions, and I don't know if I will be around tomorrow. Have to wait and see how I feel. Oh, the pleasures of getting old....
Yesterday I did my journal pages, got a couple more sketches done in case I can't do them in the next few days, and made some exploding boxes for Halloween. The boxes have been cut from TH's Craft Resist Stack *Halloween Haunts*. The insides of the boxes will be filled with the
Recipes, Rules, Regulations and Rottenness for when I hold my annual Ladies' Halloween Party. This is the only holiday in the year that I really like. the *Rottenness* is composed (or decomposed ?) from little skulls, worms, beatles etc, perhaps the dentist could give me a few extra teeth this time round? (As long as they are not mine!) The Rest can only be revealed on the Evening itself, it's supposed to be a nasty surprise. I distressed the boxes with bloody fingerprints, using TH inks in a fitting colour, and there is a skeleton sitting on top of each box to keep guard. Whatever, they were fun to make, and I am entering them into the Challenge at JFF to use any shape that has more than 5 edges. My maths isn't good enough to count exactly how many edges there are, but it must be more than 4! And to the challenge at haunteddesignhouse The pics show the completed boxes, the lid - which holds everything together - the insides, the *backside*, which is the outside when it is folded together, and the completed boxes again.

And for my journal pages I used some old black and white - or rather grey and white pics - combined with a verse from Billy Joel. The stripes which make a *La Ola* through the middle have been cut from an image out of a magazine from 1961, if you look carefully you might be able to see what it is.

Okay, that was it for today. Spare a thought for me today, when I am lying there suffering....
Have a good day you all, Take care and thanks for visiting!