I don't care what the groundhogs said--it's spring already. Maybe not to gardeners, or meteorologists--but trust me, we ain't getting snow this year! It's going to be warmer and warmer, and then the sweltering heat will be upon us.
So, with Spring in mind--fruity herbal teas are my current passion. My son calls the coffeemaker the "teamaker," isn't that cute? I do drink coffee, but I drink herbal tea almost every day, so that's what he thinks it's for. My favorites right now are blueberry, peach and french vanilla; I never would have thought I'd like French Vanilla tea, but I do!
I received my "Bella's Dress" edition of Breaking Dawn Part 1 on Valentine's Day. I love it, and yes, I have turned into a 13-year-old girl: I hung the fabric poster on my wall :) The box itself is beautiful and destined to be used in a mixed media art piece.
Speaking of art, I have some new goodies to play with. I have 3 different brand bottles of ink: very dark purple, pearl pink and green. I also bought 8 Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Artists' Crayons, but we haven't gotten to play much. I bought a set of Blick brand pastels, and I've had a lot of success with those. I made a beautiful sunrise (or sunset) over the ocean on a random piece of foamboard. However, I won't be doing that again; the water makes the paper peel up off the board.
Lesson learned: not all paper is good art paper!
These are pictures of my Art Box with my new things mixed in with the old. Not for bragging; I've realized I love taking photos of art stuff.
Paper and canvas panels are in a book bag along with the set of pastels and Gel Sticks. Here's my tackle box turned Art Kit:
The top level has my glue stick, water mister, tiny tube of gouache, art pens, Neocolor IIs, plain chalk, scissors and a recycled bottle to hold my Mod Podge. I need to use another glue bottle like that to hold gesso, or add a bottle of titanium white craft paint.
The bottom level has the watercolor pan, the rest of my Big Brush pens, paintbrushes and white-out (which is awesome!) It used to hold my Mr. Sketch markers, til they ruined a piece on me; now they are forbidden to the depths of my craft supplies storage!
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