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.

watercolor fun

 

Sunnie's hooked on roleplaying... honestly playing a princess. She was happy enough with this mesh 'cause she thought a PERFECT princess should have a veil on her head.

 

 

& I am still palying with my watercolor palette. I love those half-transparent look of watercolor.

 

 

little flags to decorate photo

Thank god! Finally back to school. It was just 4 weeks but was like 4months...
I was out of my mind this week because of the new semester, hopefully, coming week would get better. Hope to get everything back on the track as I thought (the only problem is that life gets off the road quite).
Bunch of photos to work with, and delayed project life spreads are waiting me on the desk. So, time to work on another project :) gotta go.

got some new supplies!

 

I haven't bought any scrap supply (kits are exception, :D) recently... which means it's time for some shopping, isn't it? And I've got these brand new things! Bluebonnets 12X12 Plum Seed Paper from WEbster's pages appears on the right side. This floral print is so lovely. Background paper is from Studio Calico. You might see the subtle hexagon print behind the teal color.

 

I tried some stencil like thing on here. Ink splattered more than I expected, but it looks okay to me :) I'm satisfied anyway.

Now I'm having real fun with all the skills and techs I've learned from online classes... sometimes I can even think of a new one. That makes me so happy.