Thursday, August 2, 2012

Time to Play…

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Hello, my friends!

I feel like I haven’t had any playtime in Blogland in a million years!

Three weeks away visiting family almost immediately followed by a week of camping in the redwoods…followed by finally arriving at home…and all of us got sick!

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So, there hasn’t been a lot of creativity around here lately, and I’m trying to find even the tiniest spark of it left in me!

I loved finishing up these pages in my art journal, though…I’d started them before all the busy-ness of summer began, and just doodled & lettered them up while watching the Olympics until they were done…a little playfulness is just the thing when you’re worn out!

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A little Shakespeare & a bit of Hans Christian Andersen is just the thing to fix anything!  A quote from each of these favorite authors paired with some lovely found images…

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A vintage marionette paper doll found online and the perfect fairytale castle.  I was having the hardest time finding just the right castle image, but my memory finally led me to my bookcase filled with beautiful vintage books…and there it was!

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…just inside the cover of one of my favorite book series—my set was published in 1920—“My Bookhouse”.  Books really are filled with the most magical things, aren’t they?!

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Hope you’re filling these fleeting summer days with lots of fun, imagination & playfulness with those you love…enjoy each and every moment!

See you soon with something new…

Julie