Thanks Delta
Thanks Delta | March 16, 2019 | text weight strips
My son and I traveled to Georgia for the beginning of spring break. We almost always fly Delta. Today was a Delta day, so that made today’s heart.
I can’t say no to the cookies!
Circles Galore
Circles Galore | March 15, 2019 | one-eighth inch quilling strips in tight circles
This is from a stash of pre-made circles. I needed them in a pinch to create a heart today. I forgot to go back and attempt to smooth out the inside for several of the circles.
More Dots
More Dots | March 14, 2019 | Card stock strips
These circles are in the school colors for a charter school my son attended several years ago. I created these materials several years ago.
I initially planned to not fill in the whole hearts, but realized I had enough to use all of my circles.
Here is the Stallion school mascot I made this with the strips I cut before I rolled the circles used in today’s heart.
To create this school mascot, I put an image under this piece. Then, filled in all the colors.
Bomb Cyclone
Bomb Cyclone | March 13, 2019 | Card stock strips
We survived a Colorado Blizzard on March 13.
The interior of the heart has some blue in honor of Colorado State Trooper Corporal Daniel Groves, who died while assisting motorists in the blizzard.
The rest of the heart has white strips along with a few black strips. In the blizzard, it was a sea of white with a few shadows.
Snow in blizzard form is so dangerous. Many of my neighbors became stranded around town. I read reports of 1,100 plus being stranded around Colorado Springs.
Streets in our neighborhood became parking lots as people couldn’t see in the white out conditions plus drivers couldn’t understand the depth of the snow drifts. The snow drifts were crazy.
Thankfully, my family was able to stay home throughout the storm. We had snow drifts a foot high in front of our garage over a layer of ice.
Lola Shapes The Sky
On March 12, I received a copy of my friend Wendy Greenley’s book Lola Shapes The Sky.
It’s a lovely story about a young cloud Lola, who doesn’t always conform to the cloud norms. Wendy’s words are perfectly paired with illustrations by Paolo Domeniconi.
Wendy shared the story about her book at Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog. This post includes a picture of a quilled item I made for Wendy.
Lola | March 12, 2019 | card stock strips and bleeding tissue paper
I used my March 12 heart for another Lola project, because I was excited about the publication of Wendy’s book.
For a writer, holding a REAL book is such a thrill. For a critique partner of a published writer, it’s a wonderful thrill to see your friend’s hard work in its finished form.
I’m very proud of Wendy and the work writers of all genres do to share their stories with readers.
I hope you have fun reading this week!
