gosh,

Another influenza virus has attacked me again!

uhm... that's too threatening.

just a cold. or flu, whatever its real name is, that common but annoying thing.

 

I did this last night with SC's september kit, which arrived Sep 20th. Pity that I'm international. And brand new Oct kit will be released soon...

Schumann, piano quintet in E-flat Major Op. 44

 

this is the best medicine for me today...

one day in the life of the YOUNGs

I entitled this layout from the One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovicgh(such a tough novel to read for me). Thesedays I love to use colors that remind me of autumn- especially these calm tones!

 

Seems like my sewing machine exists for paper, not for fabric

 

I'm thrilled when I found new usages of  colors that I haven't used quite a lot before... it is like saving new color grammar somewhere in my memory deep in the mind(no brain! because colors always evoke various feelings. Feelings and impressions sleep in mind, I believe).

go for another challenge

 

challenges. feel like big pressure sometimes but chances to give a new twist to everything consisting my old habbits @ crafts...

1. I feel comfy when working with things have big contrast among them. usually color & tone. If I take pink in pale tone, then I certainly pick teal or aqua in very strong or deep tone to get some interval. I think I put a little camping chair there and stretch there to hold some embellishments poured on the paper. I guess that habbit originated partially from my personality, believe it or not. I am an indisputable sagittarius. CLEAR, APPARENT, EVIDENT, CERTAIN, OBVIOUS. These are my favorites. I love those soft and subtle moods expressed on designers' layouts, but they are just masterpieces. I just could adore them from a distance.

 

Ah, but...

when I saw the mood board challenge by JOT magazine, I could nothing but say this is it. I saw that lovely color palette I've never thought and tried before. This might help me out.

 

and this is the result. You can see that I could not break 'make contrast' habit perfectly here. see that black cameo cut? :) But I'm satisfied anyway! I'm comfident with this.

 

* BTW, I just figure out that journaling card by Bella Blvd is a quite popular @ this challenge. :D

 

season for crochet is comming

 

two new pot holders, and a doily. I love this grey color makes a great harmony with others! It calms down that strong tone of teal and the result is better than I thought.

 

I don't like blocking very much cause it's too annoying to pin every picot hole. That's why I used iron to press it down... but this time I tried that thing called BLOCKING for the first time and it was worth enough. Now I understand why blocking is quite necessary for a crochet doily...

 

picots look great but not that great work to do.

 

Fall is just around the corner and time to prepare for it. Need to make some warm blankets, preserves, clothes for my kids... and I have to think more.