The Story of My Life

A revisit of the journal page style that

I've used quite a lot over the years:

watercolor background, acrylic paints, collage

and mark-making on the borders. I 

like to juxtapose colors and texture.

Then combine with a quote that I like.

Hobonichi pages, not in order, of our 

daily happenings.  Sometimes the colorful

painted papers cover personal things 

that I don't want to share. Other times they

are just there as a border or for color.

Yes, I even talk to myself and remind

myself in these pages what I need to do

to have a better health check-up next time.

I've gained weight over the Pandemic.

Anyone else?

I tend to draw a coffee cup on most

every page...

and lots of doodles.

Mostly daily uninteresting stuff...

but also enjoying the ability to get out

and do some things that we've missed

over the last few months.

Hope you've had the opportunity to 

spend time with people you love,

and maybe even enjoy an 

ice-cream cone!

Thanks for stopping by!

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You can also see my art work on Instagram

www.instagram.com/dbcarey_2000

Index Cards and Candy Art

Continuing the 61 day creative 

habit challenge - ICAD.

 Index-Card-a-Day art: watercolor or

acrylic backgrounds, collage with painted papers, 

a little 'clip art', ink drawings, text, a map piece. 

There might be some watercolor pencil in there too...

you get the idea, lots of scraps and itty-bits!

Mixed media on index cards.

This was my favorite of the group...the 

combination of colors, and the suggestion

of blue waves...

This month the Hobonichi challenge is candy

and snacks from around the world. It's been

a fun challenge learning about each one,

and trying to represent their packaging. The

Japanese Umaibo was quite unique. Each 

flavor of the snack had a different design.

I've noticed the prominent use of bright primary

colors, especially red.  Eye catching is the name 

of the game! (Click on any image to enlarge.)

I read an American's review of the Milk Tablets 

from Thailand.  Apparently not a taste that he

found great. But I love that happy cow design!

And of course, most Americans are familiar

with Sixlets.  Similar to M &Ms, but smaller.

I like the letterstyle that's a little wonky.

This close-up reveals the imperfections,

(a little too much!) of drawing in a tiny journal.

I find that I can't see to draw tiny and accurately

that well any more. sigh. Suggestion of a

thing will have to do...

 

My journal pages usually have a

morning coffee doodle, so that 'qualifies' to

join Elizabeth for T Tuesday.

There are usually some delicious looking

photos of appetizing food on the participants blogs.

 Did you spot my doodle of the sweet roll? 

Stop by for a cup of something and a chat. 

Mad Tea Party 2020

Revisiting a drawing from 2018,

Johnny Depp's portrayal of the

Mad Hatter...

I've always wanted to have a Mad Tea Party!

With mismatched cups, tea, cakes and cookies.

And maybe some art projects too.

My drawing after Sir John Tenniel's

original illustration of the Mad Hatter.

Perhaps we should just not invite the

Queen of Hearts. She seems a bit

temperamental...

Hopefully we can avoid any swimming 

incidents,

and the wild  mushrooms will be tasty,

but not hallucinogenic in any way.

We can finish off with some tarts!

Would you like strawberry or cherry?

And of course, there must be tea!

Linking up with 'Tea for Tuesday'

blog party over at Altered Book Lover.

Stop by for a chat.

Creating Randomly

Do you consider baking a form of art?

I've decided that trying to mix purple from

red and blue food coloring is futile.  Turned

out ugly in my opinion, but the best I could do.

On my second try of mixing up this King Cake,

it turned out pretty well, and the family seemed

to enjoy it!

Here are a few random creations that I've

been making during my long absence from

the blog...  Happy Year of the Rat!

Unicorn photo props for my daughter the Music

Teacher. They do a Daddy/Daughter dance as a

fundraiser for the Drama Club, and this year the

theme was Unicorns. The "I Poop Rainbows"

was my favorite... Oh my glittering 

rainbow-unicorn-cupcake-stars!

Just a joyful celebration of seeing the rare

experience of sunshine during a gray

 Ohio winter.

Yes, I'm still doodling tiny things and cutting

them out for my Planner/Art Journal.

The Hobonichi Challenge in my 4 x 6 inch Techo

for the month of February is 

Love for Australia.  I did not know that the 

Pavlova dessert had been invented in Australia!

My (more frequent) posts are on Instagram:

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Linking up with Tea Tuesday over at the

Altered Book Lover blog.  My 'qualifying' T Tuesday

images are the red coffee mug and the Pavlova 

illustration. Sounds like a winning 

combination to me!

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!

Beach Adventures

When we left for our Florida vacation

on the last day of January, our driveway

looked like this, and it was four below zero.

When we arrived in Panama City Beach, it

was about 65 degrees, and the sun was shining.

Your really get spoiled when it's 

almost 70 degrees...

The time goes by all too quickly!

But alas, we had to return home to 

cold and gray Ohio.

When hubby picked up our mail at the Post Office,

I was thrilled to discover a wonderful envelope 

from dear Elizabeth!  Just look

at that fabric, scrumptious handmade papers,

and lovely tip-in pages!  So sweet

of you.  Thanks so much 

dear friend! 

Happy Mardi Gras to those who are 

celebrating... is it Spring yet?  In shock here

since it's currently 18 degrees and snowing.

 I got spoiled by the warm Florida

weather. 

Linking up for T Tuesday over at 

Bleubeard and Elizabeth's, where we share

a beverage and a chat. Have you noticed I

pretty much automatically draw my coffee

cup every morning in my Hobonichi?

Instagram: Dbcarey_2000

Cabin Fever

Things I did while it snowed. A lot:

- make several collages with scraps and

leftover stuff.

- keep looking out the window with coffee 

cup in hand... 

- play in my Planners/Journals

-doing #ohsocutedoodles challenges this month

- binge watch Netflix, and rediscover some

old favorites, like Warehouse 13 on Amazon.

- made homemade oatmeal bread

- ate way too much homemade bread!

- made vegetable beef soup

- reading

- walking in place, and zumba on YouTube

- fill out my Medicare Application online

- watching 'crazy Dad' videos on YouTube

- wearing lots of clothing in layers

- way too much time online

- had to look up Muppet images for the song

"I've got cabin fever." so fun!

What did you do in your neck of the woods?

Here in the U.S. we seem to be in for 

several storms.  Survived 5"-6" of snow this

 weekend where I am in Ohio, but I hear more are 

predicted...with rain, ice, snow...who knows?!

Stay warm people. Go make some art.