Colours and black and white

Hi Everybody!

Today has been very hot and humid, and this evening the thunder clouds are building, and we even had a little rain. The weather should get more normal by Thursday, I just hope the weather forecast people are right.

Today I am sharing pics from another art tote I made these past days. I started it 2 weeks ago in art-group, inspired by a dress I saw in a shop window. I used a large sheet of heavy water-colour paper, 18" x 14", using acrylic paints and an Edding to finish the circles. This was as far as I got during class:

This dress and shop window were my inspiration:

Later I stamped some small circles and coloured them with brush pens before sewing it with red and yellow thread to a large sheet of recycled card, which I had edged with some wide tape in turquoise:

I folded the edge of the cardboard down about an inch to strengthen it and secured it with DS tape. Then I hammered in eyelets and hit my thumb with a hammer. Tip - don't watch TV when you are hammering eyelets into something....

I sewed another piece of cardboard in the same size to make the back of the bag. This was hard going as the machine did not want to sew through so many layers - but in the end, it was done. I first tried it with some blue denim handles, but didn't like it:

So I changed the handles to white cord which I found in my stash:

I will not normally be carrying it around, it is just meant as a storage tote for large journal pages etc:

And here it is hanging on my closet door for a photo:

I am quite happy with the results. It's not perfect, but it doesn't have to be!

I have also finished an album I started at art group, that will be shown in another post. I am trying to make things which I can use.

Some photos from this week - sunrise:

 I love the furrows in the fields:

The fire-brigade boat:

Coffee at the market place on Tuesday morning:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming  by!

T stands for a new challenge at Tag Tuesday and more

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a good start in the last week of August. We are 'enjoying' hot weather again, with tropical nights, so I am longing for a return to cooler and for me more acceptable weather. This summer seems to have broken all heat records, and it's not over yet! 

We are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday again. It's called Tag Tuesday, but the challenges always start Monday evening. And if you want to know who the winner of the prize is, you will have to wait till the Tag Tuesday blog goes live this evening....Michele is hosting our new challenge. Her theme is 'Purple', and she is offering a prize, too, so hope to see lots of you joining in again.

I made a fun  8" tag using scraps of paper, card and netting, a TH dress-form die-cut and lots of feathers. All sewed together with purple thread:

And it's also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T gang who visit here.

These mugs were on sale for 99 cents last week, so I bought them, and now they are mine - both great sentiments to get me going in the morning:

 I had a big struggle with a new art tote I made, and managed to bash my thumb with a hammer while setting an eyelet, but when I finally got it done and finished I rewarded myself with cappuccino and chocolate with crispy flakes - yummy!  I will show the tote in my next post:

Another cappuccino - I ate the cookie this time, I admit it!

This coffee refused to wait till I had taken the pic!

Some beautiful mugs in a shop here:

My weekend food - I made a chicken stir-fry with brown mushrooms and Chinese style veggies- very delicious. I made enough for 2 portions so didn't need to cook again on Sunday:

Another of Nathalie's snapchat pics where I look at least 50 years younger - virtual unreality!

The magpie was enjoying the evening sun:

 Some pics from my walks:

Early morning sun:

My dirty sneakers having a rest:

Down by the lake:

Nathalie went to Holland over the weekend and enjoyed the sunset on the beach:

Some of the animals I met on my walks:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!