Tuesday this, that and the other

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well. I am a bit under the weather just now, so need to take things a bit more slowly this week and get plenty of rest. Luckily I always work in advance and have my journal pages ready!

For Art Journal Journey, architecture, I made an A3 Collage using scraps of paper serviettes. I painted the background light grey, as I was only planing to collage the middle of the page, but somehow got carried away and filled the whole page. This left no place for journaling, so I got out some huge alphas I had in my stash and just stuck them on top.

At TIOT there is still a week to enter our colours of Autumn challenge. My new knitted jacket has the right colours, so I'm showing it here. I started knitting it last year using a bag of wool I bought from the charity shop, and had to stop as my fingers were so painful. But bit by bit I got it finished. I had to knit the design according to the wool I had, so it is an asymmetric pattern, which I like.

Today is Elisabeth's T Stands for Tuesday, so I have some related topics for the T gang.

For drinking we need cups - this is a set I made last year:

And of course, my cups have to be filled with coffee - hot and strong, no sugar, and some frothy milk with a sprinkling of chocolate on top.

I was not feeling up to baking this week, but remembered that I had some frozen pineapple upside down cake in the freezer, so got it out for you - help yourselves!

I should be showing my tag for Tag Tuesday here, but will do so tomorrow as this post is already rather full.

And last but not least, a few photos showing the colours of autumn:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New York and more

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, architecture, I made another A3 mixed media page, using paint, collage, stamping etc.

New York is really a place where you  see architecture dominating the views, and although I mostly prefer a quieter environment,  it is a wonderful place.

I gave Miss Liberty a new place to show her off better.

The quote is from Pete Hamill.

We had wonderful weather again, so good for walking.

I was pleased to see that they have really started doing some much needed repairs at Schloss Kalkum - wonders never cease!

I love the watery reflections here:

The cows had me humming 'lazy Sunday afternoon'

Autumn is showing its beautiful colours:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

A face, some doors and more

Hi Everybody!

Today has flown by, the time just disappeared. Hope your weekend is going well!

For Art Journal Journey, architecture, 49 Faces, and Kim Dellow's Show your face I made a stony faced lady on an A3 page. I drew the face with black India ink, coloured it with water-colours, and stamped the masonry bits and other things with Archival black ink. I used some gold ink for the roofs of the castle over her eye. The birds were made with a Dina Wakley stencil.

Some of the ships that chug up and down the Rhine every day:

This one comes by at least once a week:

And this one was HUGE.

The fungi growing by the stream looked like little pancakes:

The bushes are hanging full of berries, the birds will have plenty to eat.

A few door details from out little town:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!