the Art Journal Journey challenge for February is “Peace“…
this month marks the second anniversary of my Mother’s passing and I am still trying to make peace with not having her here to hug…
it was a really wet, windy and chilly day when we found the wooden heart and amber colored rock as we spread the remainder of her ashes…
the cold and rainy weather was okay because we had her special spot almost all to ourselves…
a childhood image of my Mutti inspired my journal pages …
her wings were made by tearing a heart in two and covering the pieces with embossed napkin that I rubbed gold gouache on …
her skirt is part of one of the many origami dresses I made last summer (my mother was a very fine seamstress which was just one of her many talents) …
I cut the top of the dress off and the pieces made a perfect border for the left hand page (waste not want not as I was raised) …
I added a strip of cigar box paper trim on the bottom right that says “Homemade” …
a piece of my pressed Queen Anne’s Lace flower tissue paper helped fill in the painted left hand page of this spread…
”[If you] go in Peace it makes the flowers sweeter along the path.” ~Mike Dolan
the saffron colored crocus are always the first to bloom in our sunny front garden which is a sign that spring is drawing near …
my tea today is Yogi Tahitian Vanilla Hazelnut
“richly luscious and soothing” …
think I’ll have another cup …
