Happy Dance

Snoopy was my favorite cartoon

character in High School. I loved

Charles Schultz's Peanuts gang.

Happy Dance for Spring!

Comparison of watercolor flowers, with

and without ink pen.  On Instagram, most

people preferred with the ink outline.

What do you think?

I felt like I had been a bit lazy in my

Hobonichi of late, so decided to add

some fun cartoon characters.

Above right, that tiny coffee cup is my

beverage reference to join the T Party,

which is currently celebrating over

at Altered Books and Mixed Media.

Happy bEARTHday to my friend

Elizabeth!

Happy Spring, and

Happy Earth Day!

Service Announcement-Surprise Emoji

My good friend Elizabeth is experiencing some 

technical difficulties with the blog that she's

had for years. (Alteredbooklover)

Please visit Elizabeth at her 

(hopefully temporary)

blog:

http://alteredbooksandmixedmedia.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth's recycled mixed media

projects will continue for her celebration

of Earth Day.  Join her to see

the creative ways she

recycles to make art!

4/26/19 EDIT: Elizabeth is now back on her 

normal blog at Altered Book Lover.

Call it Therapy

Here's a shameless plug inviting

you to stop by my other

blog, Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal,

to see the pages of my Fake Journal

so far this month...

The Fake Journal is when I pretend

to be someone else, or try to put

myself in their shoes.  The premise

is that if it's 'fake,' it tends to remove

some of the preconceived notions and

value judgments of what your journal

'should be'.  It's an opportunity to look at

things from a new perspective.

Hopefully, it quiets that mental critical 

voice that tells us "that's not good enough."

  Because after all,

it's Fake!

My Hobonichi journaling suffers a bit

when I'm working on my Fake Journal.

The drawings for the April project

seem to take up my drawing energy,

so the Hobonichi has a few more 

stickers and quotes mixed in with

 a very few sketches.

I hope you will stop by 

Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog

over at Altered Book Lover, not

only for T Tuesday, but also to see

the annual celebration leading up

to Earth Day.  There are lots of

experiments and tutorials to see,

and beverages to enjoy 

on Tuesdays. 

"I drink coffee

for your

protection."

Faking It

I'm doing a Fake Journal again this year.

Pretending to be someone else, 

living in that other person's head 

and viewing things

from a different perspective.

  Roz Stendahl will not be coordinating the 

project this year, but anyone who wants to

give it a go is certainly welcome to do so.

Roz's blog posts are still viewable, and

you can follow the links

on my other blog:

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal.

You're on your own...

and that's not necessarily 

a bad thing.

Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth,

over at Alteredbooklover, for T-Day.

Enjoy your hot beverage...