September's COOL mornings.... cool in the temperature sense...
this morning it was only 36 degrees. I am glad all my begonias are safe in the front porch !!! 
The sun feels therapeutic in the afternoons.
Pages 52, and 53 document this in Art Journal 2019, vol. II

The spiral has been a favorite image, and use it to represent the cyclical nature of life - mine and in the larger sense, as well as the sun's power. 
I added the scrap from page 53's spiral to page 52... and afterthought. Here's page 52 without it.... 

The paper with the "sun"on it is from the packet Dina Wakley's  "Collage Collective". I added color with Inktense ink sticks and Mirabu Art Crayons. Another page from "Collage Collective is on page 53's frame. The other side is on page 54.

I posted page 44 already...here's 41, 42, 43

The blue paper  with circular flowers is a scrapbooking paper I came across in my stash, cut to fit the 3/4 "squares.

attached book

back of book partially visible

The hand shape is cut from a print out of a recent needle punch project I finished. 






page  43 is a Dina Wakley paper  (other side is p. 44)

Storm off the NE coast....
beach is calling me, but Chowder Fest in Hampton scares me with all the traffic... here's to a beach walk soon. 

The blue printed paper is from Dina Wakleys' collection" . I cut a tag in the  white paper to see more of it,  added some color and a spiral... 

Six months ago.... 3/3/19


In March, I'd been for a walk on the beach, and was waiting for a snowstorm to arrive... 

page 47, closed, has a scribbly bird, and a stamp... with  text written repeatedly.

When page 47 is opened, it has two more sections - one has a photo of our front steps, the other (actually upside down ) has a beach stone from Hampton that day, and a beach-based doodle.

This is page 48, open with similar 3 sections: the main portion has a bare tree stamp, and part of "Stopping by Woods" by Robert Frost. The index card is backed with a black piece of paper. 

This is page 48 closed ... 

I started with the 5 x 5"piece, and added an index card and a tag. 

All new look....NOT really:

pages 39 & 40

The black pages are 4"X 4" so I made it a bit bigger with a tag of black paper. The collage started with another picture of a giraffe planter from the Portland Craft Fair's ad... The tape with stripes is actually quilting tape !!! and then I added other tapes.
The collaged planter with leaves came together with some scraps...

 I did the white tag a la Zentangle project pack 6  directions and added tapes in the plain area. 

Next pages will have some serendipitous collages from the scraps accumulating on my work space...

PAGES 35- 38 The next 4 pages developed together. I worked on one then another, then back to the first. The images on pages 36 & 37 came from an ad for Portland's Craft Festival. the flamingo particularly enchanted me... The ceramic skull and the hanging flower pot are equally interesting...  wish I got the artists' names... 

TOO MUCH TV !!!!!
Page  35 is a basic scrap collage, with a tangle design, "connectors" ( one of my dependable Tangles) filling in the background.

p 36 is a book stitched on the left side of the green with two more drawings from the same ad as the flamingo. I'm thinking the same artist. 

The striped paper  on page 37 is from Dina Wakley's " Collage Collective".  It appears again in pieces on the next page.

And page 38 was the least satisfying although I  now like it -- the focal point never came clearly out at me...  I used a Bic white out for some accents. I was attached to the diamond shape  and I think that was the problem... 

"Build a Journal" uses several pockets... and includes tags.