(paint+paper)=(thread+fabric)

this was the watercolor I did a few weeks ago:

which I then transferred to fabric:

and now I've stitched it:

I used embroidery floss in several different colors

and edged it all around with teabag papers

I think I like it

:)

* * *

I also just realized that it's a summation of lots of peace work ...

the walk in the woods with my camera

+

taking the time in a hectic week to sit down and paint something

+

doing the "slow sew"

and, oh yeah,

the teabag papers came from lots of taking time for tea

"t" is for typewriter ...

... my new old typewriter that is.

I've been scouting around for one for a little while

and saw this blue one from the 60's.

I had to get it

I like the way my tea cup matches it

(Good Earth Tea - bracing and cozy all in one sip)

I'll be cleaning it,

first with rubbing alcohol and a stiff paint brush,

then I'll oil the gears.

It will be ready just in time for the Type-In downtown this weekend

(I hope it will be ready)

***

... and speaking of getting ready for something ....

I think these guys were getting ready all day ... all week ... all month ... all year

(senior prom kids .... the scene across the street on Saturday)

***

thanks for dropping by with your tea today

I love it when you do that

:)

the mending instinct

between the repairing of knees and jeans and hearts and stuffed bears

the mending pile tends to grow

... and I try to keep up ...

the patches cover rips

the tears leave scars

the holes are filled

the remembrances of broken things are soothed with stitches slow and steady

bright patches of color

covering the calamity

hope is handed back

freshly washed

neatly folded

ready to wear

*

Happy Mother's Day

to 

mothers, sisters, aunties, nannies, grandmothers

women with their piles of mending

and handfuls of hope

brown paper packages

... tied up with string

(beautiful packaging)

these are a few of my favorite things

la la la la

(gift bag made from a book page and wax paper sewn together)

another lovely package in the mail

(really cool card)

this one is from Jill Ruth

(blog and etsy shop)

(bits of fabric for projects)

a very very sweet thank you gift

(tea time tag)

for that tea on tuesday gig we like to do

:)

thank you Jill!

I love the gift

and I think you're a peach

:)

good things

... come in small packages

(freshly unwrapped)

Nathalie Thompson

(aka: Ruby Floy on Etsy,

or,

An Artist's Legacy on blogspot)

(such a cool presentation!)

created a beautiful "junk journal" just for me

(I am definitely keeping the envelope)

I sent her the "packaging" for the cover

and she bound it

and filled it

with one surprise after another

Thank you Nathalie!

I love my journal!

the arrival of color

the gray days are lessening

and color is making an appearance

soon, it will take center stage

summer is a diva

*

I took this picture in Langley WA

regretfully, I do not know the name of the shop

it's on 2nd Street between the firehouse and the book store

*

welcome to tea on tuesday!

I'm so glad you could pull up a kettle and stay a while

:)

day trip ...

... to Whidbey Island

a short ferry ride on the Puget Sound

a short ride in the car from Clinton to Langley

the water was like glass

the kids looked for creatures

clam shell angel wings

beady eyed crabs

stone hearts

green was the color of the day

and sunshine was the roof over our heads