HFPDRO! (Heart Full Pressed Down Running Over)

This Altered Book contains greeting cards from my family saved in a drawer for years and years.  This is their final resting place, presented to the family on the occasion of "Gma's 85th Birthday Family Reunion" this month.  Although my 'real' birthday is in December, changing the date brought more of us together, all 21 of us for the first time ever: kids, grands and great grands!

My daughters are very good at conveying their emotions in words.  The cards contain love and memories and humor, the forte of my sons.

 

The book I used as a foundation was a printer's showcase.  Some of the wording was fortuitously appropos and I left it in uncovered.

These are just a few of the pages.  I plan to post more in the future.  The fun was in the doing, as usual.  I was able to use pieces of art class/mixed media papers no longer hidden away in other drawers.

I am in love with this project and so grateful for the love from my family in ALL the many ways they show it to me.

I think that I shall never see...

 Look closely:

Treeman Descending

Tree Mandragon

Preview...

…of altered book scheduled for October Soon

Spanish Village - Memory Attached

 This location in Balboa Park has been a favorite haunt for YEARS!

I remember being up in the tower in the 1970's when there was an artist in residence living up there.  It seemed like the most romantic pad ever. (Unfortunately the artist clashed with the decor - and me!)

They Belong Together

Name the Totem!

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I made this today out of old jewelry and other stuff I keep, aided in the mechanics of joining the odd bits by The SuperCrafter Ruth Dorn, formerly loved as The Mask Lady, who holds various artsy classes in her lovely Talmadge back yard Spring thru Summer.  This was her last class for the year.  Next she is renovating her deck - can't wait to see it next year!

New Sketchbook:

Merm on Mantle

Mermaid Reverie in B&W

Accidental Composition

My pre-cellphone camera took this picture without my knowledge.  See how smart it was?

Marjorie

                       
                     This little girl grew up to be my mother.  She was born on this day in 1900.

Frondly, Noël

Spanish Landing

Acrylic 12"x12" canvas

The Why of July

I sat in my comfortable chair and  iphoned these on the telly!  Every decade has its magic…

Palm Trees on a Cloud Break...

…wish I knew what they were talking about.

sketchodds & ends

0dd end

Summer Better Than Others

Somewhere in China

Tijuana Slough Wildlife Preseve

Life's Ups and Downs

Floor Show

Took a walk in the Artists' Village in Balboa Park yesterday evening.  I remember being here in the 1940's!  It is more beautiful now but not quite as romantic…can't improve on a teenage girl's impressions!