All posts tagged: Weekly photos

Weekly Photos 2017.9/52

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  1. I kept the magnolia branch from last week and the flowers are so pretty. 2. The seeds are starting to grow, most of the tomato plants have started to grow and the cucumbers are peeking through. 3 & 4. I used bubble wrap with the gelli plate and it was super fun and messy!  I loved the results and can’t wait to use them in my art journals. 5. I scored a box of stamps at an estate sale this weekend, now I just need to persuade myself to use them in my journals. 6. These vintage stencils came from the same sale.  I will work into this page some more, I just wanted to use the stencils and see what all the letters looked like! Happy Monday x

Weekly Photos 2017.8/52

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1 – 2. Presidents Day was a sunny warm day and we went for a jaunt around Forest Park (along with the rest of St Louis!). 3. Following the strangely warm weather, the apricot tree was in full bloom by mid-week, unfortunately the warm spell was followed by a couple of nights of freezing temperatures, so the flowers are looking a little droopy, but hopefully they will hang on and we will see some fruit. 4 – 5. I met some friends for coffee at Rise coffee and we chatted and drank coffee with a pretty design in the frothy milk! 6 – 8. It was estate sale treasure hunting time on Saturday morning, I didn’t buy the giraffe or the amazing rainbow art (someone had bought that already), but I did get a few bits and bobs.  I usually look for paper I can print or draw on or books I can use as journals, so I found a few books and some old typing paper with a lovely texture. 9. These are some …

Weekly Photos 2017. 6/52

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1. This fungi/ lichen growth on a fallen tree looks ancient! 2. We have been digging for vintage bottles and jars again. In this lot there is a Listerine bottle, a deodorant cream jar and a beauty cream jar.  White milk glass is my favorite, even when it is covered in mud! 3. I have been messing about in my art journal and on old book pages this week. 4. A Metro Link transit advert. 5. I didn’t have time to drink my tea before the gym this weekend, so of course I took it with me! Happy Monday x  

Weekly Photos 2017. 4/52

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1. I saw these flowers in the park looking pretty!  I have no idea where they are from or why they are on the tree though. Isn’t it funny what just pops up! 2. This white building is one I pass all the time, I don’t know what it houses but I like the corrugated exterior. 3. This weekend was the second birthday of my friend’s gym – Core 3  Fitness and these were some of the flowers at the celebrations. 4. It was a super windy day and I saw this amazing dry Queen Anne’s Lace flower which was bobbing about in the breeze.  I can’t believe I ended up with a focused picture! 5.- 10. Missouri Mines State Historic Site is a fabulously creepy place to visit!  It is a disused lead mine which closed in the 1970’s.  The underground mine is totally flooded  but the buildings remain and the old powerhouse is now a museum. It would be a perfect place for a zombie party!!! Hope you had a good week!  Happy Monday …

Weekly Photos 2/52 2017

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I missed week one of weekly photos this year because I was deciding whether to carry on with weekly photos.  I decided, no I was not going to and it threw off my whole blogging week, so I thought I would reinstate the weeklies! 1. I spotted this Old Man’s Beard fungi on a fallen tree this week, apparently they are edible, but even if I was super sure I could eat a wild mushroom, I don’t think I could. 2. The roses on this bush are still pretty even when they are dry and crispy. 3. We had a small ice storm on Friday and lots of schools and businesses were closed.  The trees were coated in a layer of clear ice and these bracket mushrooms also had an ice coat. 4. These berries look dramatic in their frozen cluster. 5. This sculpture on the Delmar Loop looks ready for some ice! 6. Coffee sacks at Blueprint coffee in The Loop.  I had a latte and it was one of the best I have …

Weekly Photos 52/52

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The last collection of photos from 2016!     1. Gingerbread modernist architecture with the addition of Jolly Rancher pillars! 2. My filled art journals from 2016. 3. I have been playing with the gelli plate and dried seeds this week to make some patterns and images to use in journal pages. 4. Blue skies for our New Year’s Day hike at Route 66 State Park. 5. We were looking for old bottles and found all of these shovels. 6. Railway bridge over the Meramec river. 7. Shadow family. 8. Pond, trees and reflections. Well, that was 2016 and here is 2017.  I hope it is a wonderful year for all of us, I am going to try and be regularly creative and record my journey here on the blog. Happy Monday x  

Weekly Photos 51/52

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Here are some snaps from the past Christmassy week. 1. The piccalilli (Jamie Oliver Magazine) recipe worked a treat and it is delicious! 2. We got a little bit of snow and some freezing cold. 3-5. Laumeier Sculpture Park. here in St Louis. 6. After three goes at honeycomb toffee, I finally hit success! 7. Grass and water at Forest Park. 8. Monkey bread for Christmas morning breakfast. I used a ‘from scratch’ recipe and it was very successful! I hope you all had a very happy Christmas! Happy Monday x

Weekly Photos 50/52

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  1. There is something wonderful about a little tiny parcel arriving in the mail from far away lands.  This tree and sweets are from my beautiful friend in Finland, I am sure she made the tree and it is fabulous! 2 & 3. I helped out at the library this week as hoards of kids came to make decorations for their trees. They swirled paint around inside plastic baubles and made some very successful ornaments! These cloths we used to protect the tables turned out pretty too! 4. Some finished ornaments. 5. I pulled out the watercolors for a page in my handmade journal. 6. Funghi in the countryside. 7. Country sights. 8. The giant tree is decorated with ornaments old and new! We have had a sprinkle of snow this week and lots more ice which I don’t approve of at all. The ice started on the night I was at the library and when we came out to go home, the car park was a sheet of ice.  I walked most of …

Weekly Photos 49/52

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1. We had a birthday this week, my youngest son was 12!  Nearly a teen, yikes.  I made him a red velvet cake with plenty of frosting and grated chocolate. 2. I snagged these dried up flowers one morning this week with a view to draw or paint them. 3. This journal was my first go at a journal with more pages than just one signature.  It is three signatures all sewn together. 4. My husband bought us a new Christmas tree this week, it is a giant! Happy Monday x