T Stands for Tuesday & September 2018 Fabric Journal Page

   Hello everyone,
       Tuesday brings us to our T party with hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth. Find link in my right hand column, and you are most welcome to join us just share a photo of your beverage.

    First of all I wanted to thank all of you that commented comfort and support in the tragic death of Miss Calico. It has been very difficult for us, with everything else happening here this was one more stressful event. Life sometimes throws so much at us that we must be strong to come out ok on the other end of it all.

  That evening before I had posted a video of my completed craft room and that evening I was so excited to dig out everything for my 2018 Fabric Journal. I finished the embroidery around the edges for September and the next morning I looked at my calendar notes and started finding things for the month. I stopped to make us our 2pm meal and that's when the tragedy occured. Saturday I spent most of the day in my craft room-I was tired but I needed to get my mind on something else. Arts and crafts are excellent therapy tools.

   Sunday, I ventured out for the first time by myself and headed north 20 minutes to the Wal Mart in Versailles, Missouri. This is a pretty drive, very very rural farm and Amish area, and the drive also goes next to the lake in a conservation area for boating.  I took my time going through the food aisles to see what they had. Actually I like this store-allot of healthy food choices low carbs-keto-gluten free etc. Nice produce too. It is an older store and smaller-I am thinking some day they will probably upgrade this one.
   These were items I spotted right away-had not seen no sugar added dark chocolate chips before or espresso powder which is in several recipes I have seen but never saw it in a store before-also these cool marshmallows gluten free and a little better ingredients although they still have sugar.
   There are two small local stores in the town south of our lake house-they are similiar in distance but the prices are just too expensive unless I just want to get a couple things-as much as I don't like doing major shopping at Wal mart stores they are more economical and have better choices-especialy when living rural like we do.

Sunday was a long busy day, and in the evening I watched a Hallmark series that started up again and then finished my September Fabric Page.  This one ended up with lots of interesting elements. Metal-leather-hand dyes-beads-tea bags-paper-plastic-wool-cotton -stamping-rubbing-a little of everything

Tea bag and remember this cow from the cream bottle?-I had to save it-was made with thin plastic (a drink reference-the tea pot and cup, tea bag)

I did another 3 mile walk-this time I cut "me" out in leather-glued it down, along with leather hair and hat

This cross stitch was a recycled piece-you can see the date 2008-a neighbor friend made coasters for gifts one year. She cross stitched four different leaves, glued to a thick cardboard circle which I was able to peal off, and it went inside plastic pieces which came apart too-they were well worn but I was able to save two of them for crafts

the moon is made from the last of the wild grasses that I had made paper with-I just smooshed the last of it into this circle-decided it was perfect for the harvest moon. I glued down onto the hand dyed by me recycled coat lining

We went to our friend's daughter's wedding. was held outdoors, brides colors were purple and gold, and many danced through the night-not us lol

This is another of my hand dyed cottons that I did a rubbing over one of those plastic templates for marking leather-it worked out well-I did this one years ago. This glossy paper with the goldenrod I saved because I have done allot of dyeing with it, it blooms late August into September. There are always little flying bugs in the flowers

When we were moving I found a sack of metal and wooden objects of camping, wildlife, fishing poles etc.

If you look close on the tan squares you will see hand stitches with embroidery thread. I randomly over the two pages did rows of stitches-to try and bring it all together more. I seem to have allot of seperate elements on my journal pages-but I do try to overlap when I can.

and another drink reference-a cup of hot tea sitting on my work desk

I have a question-at the lake house most of the basement is sitting on huge slabs of this slate rock. We have also found several smaller pieces like this one around the house.  I brought one in to paint a marker for our Miss Calico--Would acrylic or oil paints work for this?-and then what would I finish it with so it can handle the weather outdoors-thanks

Happy T everyone!!  Tuesday morning I have a dentist check up so if I don't visit Monday evening I will visit later Tuesday.