A lot going on

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT - 

Hand Made by YOU.

As always you have two weeks to link to us, and projects of all formats

are allowed, but this time no digis or shop bought embellishments!

I made another button back album, using papers from 7 Gypsies. The back, front and back were made with thick card from a drawing block, and covered with the paper. For the pages I made 2 signatures using coloured paper to coordinate

with the DP I used. The signatures are sewn together and held in 

place with buttons fixed to the back of the album, hence the name. I cut a figure from the leftovers and decorated the front with it. This album is easy to make:

For Art journal journey, Indian summer, I made a hybrid piece using a rusty background and one of my autumn photos:

Last weekend I went to Duisburg looking for more walls from the middle ages.

Err,  no these shops are not from that time:

But at the old market place you can see the foundations of the ancient town hall, and the metal sculpture shows its size and style:

The model was most interesting:

By the harbour I found huge stretches of the walls, dating back good 1000

years:

If you enlarge the photo you can read all about in in German and English:

On my way back I stopped to listen to this man playing classical music,

and he was really, really fantastic:

This shop was filled with Christmas biscuits and tea, which brings me to Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, and here a big welcome to the T gang:

Before I went home on the tram I warmed up with a cup of cappuccino

at a little Italian ice-parlour.

Have great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Season of mists....

Hi Everybody!

We had a cold night here, and the morning started off with

an icy mist, but it was wonderful to watch the sun rising though

it, and later to see the wisps of mist blowing across the Rhine.

For Art Journal Journey, Indian summer, I have a quick and simple spread in my 2nd New journal, with a painted background and stamps from Seven Gypsies and unknown.

It's strange looking out of the window and seeing that the world has

been swallowed by the mist:

The sun rose up though the mist, it looked rather spooky:

Down at the Rhine the wisps of mist were dancing over the water:

This seagull was making  a noise about something:

The people I spoke to were all delighted with the strange and misty

atmosphere:

I watched the leaves spiraling slowly down from the trees:

I am happy I was able to take photos of the lovely morning!

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Walking in the rain and enjoying it

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Today I had pumpkin soup for lunch, so I am showing a hybrid pumpkin 

page to go with it. I am linking to Art Journal Journey, Indian Summer.

The past couple of days were cold, wet and windy, so I walked through 

the rain and enjoyed seeing the autumn colours:

The mist seems to suck up all the colour:

We needed the rain, the water in the Rhine is very

low, so I'm not complaining. Today was dry and I 

hopped on a tram and went looking for the middle ages

in a neighbouring town, but more of that another time

Have a great weekend, whatever the weather, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!