Monday, October 1, 2012

Falling for Fall

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Can you believe September has come and gone already?

A couple of cute little witches to welcome us into October…

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Layers of fall color and patterns--

And my new favorite toy:

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Lovely, old sealing wax—I’ve always loved the style of it.  Love seeing it used in my favorite period films to seal a love letter…now giving a little texture to my projects.

And a bit of journaling to preserve a few found leaves…

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Layers of iridescent of watercolor in autumn hues as background…a bit of torn patterned paper, a stamp or two…

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…and some beautiful leaves found on a family drive up in the canyons of Utah last week while visiting my parents…

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What a lovely way to remember a perfectly beautiful day with the ones I love…

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And a beautiful quote from Emily Bronte—how perfect is this?  Just how I felt in the crisp, mountain air that afternoon—watching the bright, colorful leaves as they swirled down from the maple trees all around me…

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Isn’t Mother Nature amazing?  This leaf really caught my eye—so much so that I just plucked it right off a willing tree.

Wishing you a beautiful autumn day……………………….

Julie

{Witches image & black gingham paper from Crafty Secrets’ new Halloween CD, linen vintage-style cellophane tape from Vintage Street Market}

14 comments:

  1. Love your little witches Julie! Sealing wax...you've inspired me to revisit it. It's been a long time!

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  2. Beautiful Julie! sounds like a lovely day out and yes Mother Nature is pretty amazing!
    Mary x

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  3. Lucky you...I live in Highland, just minutes from the Alpine Loop and I haven't been up the canyon yet this fall. I am so glad you enjoyed your visit. I love living here...I never want to leave. =D

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  4. Adorable little witches, so glad their not scary! ;)
    Your journaling is such a great reflection of you.
    Hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
    Maureen

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  5. Søde små hekse, og jeg beundre din journalistik du har en sikker hånd og smuk skrift. knus morkaren.

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  6. more beautiful pages Julie. How are you preserving those leaves? It looks like you have waxed them or something? just curious. they are so pretty.
    happy monday and have a great week
    xoxo
    viv

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  7. Julie how clever...just love your stuff in all seasons!

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  8. How lovely are your leaf pages. Could you please comment and tell us how you have preserved them and attached them to your paper?

    What a fun 'new' idea to use sealing was on cards!

    How nice that you were able to go home for a visit in time to see the leaves.

    I live in Murray and we used to always go up thru the Alpine Loop in the fall but the altitude has become to much for us now. How lucky I am to live in this beautiful area at the foot of the Wasatch mountains
    We are at Bear lake for a few days and the news says that Logan canyon is gorgeous right now so will travel home that way. The change of leaves at the lake here started in August and they are all but gone now.

    I do enjoy all your post, thanks so much
    Ronny

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  9. Hi, Ronny! You're so lucky to live where you do! Enjoy the rest of the season for me...

    For you and Viv (and anyone else!) I just glued the leaves in place after I painted the pages, then covered both pages with a nice, thick layer of Mod Podge--that's it! They should stay nicely preserved that way.

    Julie

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  10. Cute witches and your journal pages are fab!

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  11. I can't believe Oct is here already. Love how you preserved the fall leaves! Thanks for the information. Wishing you a great fall week.

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  12. Ah, gorgeous, and
    I love the Bronte quote!!

    Today the autumn colors
    here were so beautiful
    that I could hardly take
    it all in.....just love this
    time of year and wish it
    wasn't so fleeting!

    Hope your week is off
    to a wonderful start, Julie!

    xo Suzanne

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  13. Hi Julie... sooo pretty!... I love Autumn leaves,and how you have arranged them... and I also love the quote by Emily Bronte... always have... some time when you are visiting your folks, I would love to meet you somewhere halfway in between!... xoxo Julie Marie

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  14. Hi Julie... sooo pretty!... I love Autumn leaves,and how you have arranged them... and I also love the quote by Emily Bronte... always have... some time when you are visiting your folks, I would love to meet you somewhere halfway in between!... xoxo Julie Marie

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