a few more pages in my “How It Works” Encyclopedia art journal…
the image of the mechanical man on the right was the only thing on these paint scraped pages for the longest time…
the vintage lady popped up and my pages evolved from there… I stapled the gauzy piece of fabric on the left side…just because…
now for some colors that I do not often go to…
paint scraping pages way ahead of time gave me the chance to stretch out of my comfort zone a bit…
hair has played a fairly prominent role in my life off and on for many years …
on my wedding day it was my veil … long and down to my waist…
I got it all cut off for Locks of Love about eight years ago and kept it no longer than shoulder length for a good many years … ok this feels like TMI … guess I felt I wanted to explain about why all of the altered hair shots at the bottom of my journal pages LOL … enough said … it is getting long again … it can help keep me warm this winter…
wishing you a happy September Equinox however that fits into your neck of the woods
“We lose our freedoms at the altar of fear.” – Kahlil Gibran
Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz 
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These journals pages are gorgeous Patty! They are very expressive and love the pages with the photos of you and your locks! You are so giving and caring – but I knew that! xxoo
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Love your journals Patty. It’s always good to get out of your comfort zone.
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Oh my! This is simply gorgeous! Do you often post photos like that? I’m so signing up to see more 🙂 It’s very inspiring and it makes you think of so many things that are important in life but get past unnoticed and unfelt. Oh, I don’t know, I guess I just got carried away:)
I’ll be watching your work for sure!
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Great pages Patti! I love the glimpse into your life! You have such a way with telling a story with your pages.
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Love your journal pages, can’t wait for the next one!
Love the title on today’s page, insightful!
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Great post…….. love the hair shots and the “shake gently” label!!!! Yes…let’s get Fall going…. it’s only going to be 90 here today! A cool front!!! Yessssssssss…..
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WOW fantastique pages. Love the coloring and contrasts, images and all ideas you’ve realised with a great artistic effect.
Have a nice weekend,
hugs Anja
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OH MY dear PAtty!!! these pages are absolutely fantastic!!! good techniques and creativity!!!
happy weekend!!
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Dear Patty,
Fabulous. I love the uniqueness of each page. Oddly enough, my favorite is the track runner. Not my usual style. They are all fabulous. The hair picture is amazing. Each one is different. Locks of love…what a great thing to do.
Hugs,
Suz
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I’m growing out my short hair for winter…but it probably won’t be as long as yours was! Bet it was beautiful.
That mechanical man seems to be a bit smitten with the new girl next door! Who wouldn’t be? She’s so pretty.
Lovely pages and cute story about your hair. We women sure seem to have had varied hairstyles over the years, haven’t we? I love being a girl.
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Great pages! Love the hair images! I always had long hair well into my 40s… I keep it short now… partly because I like not having to deal with it, but mostly because of hot flashes! Plus… I look younger with short hair… so much for those hot flashes!
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Your journal pages are gorgeous, dear Patty.
Have a great weekend
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your pages are so wonderful and cool, love the free-style feel of your work.
Gorgeous!
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gorgeous entries!! and i loved the story of your hair…
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Hi Patty, I LOVE your paper stacks. Your journals are absolutely fantastic. And what a treasure trove of goodies you received in the Round Robin giveaway. Congrats. Have a wonderful weekend. Tammy
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Dear Patty, these pages are absolutely amazing!!!:))
xox
Guriana:)
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wow, this ir ealy stunning work and every page is so unique.
great design and colors.
have a nice weekend
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You can never have TMI, Patty. I was amazed at the length of your hair. SO impressive. I tried to grow my hair long once. It got down a bit past my shoulders and quit growing. Not too surprising and natural curly hair is hard to control and style. Now the only thing long are my bangs. Everything else is less than half an inch in length. I applaud you for your generous donation to Locks of Love, too. My friend Joseph did the same thing when he cut his hair shoulder length after having it come to his waist for many years.
Back to the art! I am a big fan of yellow and orange, so I really like those pages. Of course, I wouldn’t mind having the money that came in those bands, either (grin). Great autumn colors, too. And that mechanical man is a hoot!
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wow your blog is just awesome … love your style and all the wonderful books .. I would just adore to see inside them … so yummy and divine … wowzers all of them … I have 50 books at home that I have made over the years and I am slowly posting them on my blog …. I have 2 blogs and my second blog is where I mainly post my mixed media and mini books … heather-artandsoul.blogspot.com
thanks for your lovely commenyt on my blog .. mwah xox
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Dear Patty, I enjoyed looking at your beautiful work here! Your pages are so fantastic! What a wonderful design……I love everything about it.
Have a nice weekend my dear friend!
Hugs
MARTINA
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Sweetie I´ve missed my words.
Your new pages rock. Great techniques and design.
Love them.
Have a lovely weekend my dear. xoxo
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These are great — I’ve been stuck in my comfort zone for a little too long and really need to do a project that gets me out of there. I like what you did very much, spreading into a new zone.
On another note, Locks of Love is just wonderful and I admire you so much for doing that.
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Beautiful pages! The sea greens and blues of the first are so soothing.
I am also very amazed at the length of your hair! WOW! That must have been a chore to care for. My girl got hers cut just before 1st grade for Locks of Love. Two 10 inch pigtails were cut off. She had the cutest short “do” after that. She’s growing it again for the same cause. I was as well until I heard from someone that they won’t take color treated hair. Bummer. So I got my first hair in almost 2 yrs last week. 🙂
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Wonderful spreads Patty. I think the complexity of the backgrounds is quite amazing.
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Patty your journal pages are so wonderfully done, I especially like the mechanical man, you have used some great colors on the yellow and made a fantastic background. Have a nice sunday.
Anni
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Hi Patty…. guess what?… you WON my giveaway. Send me your address to jo.murray.art@gmail.com and I’ll get it in the post forthwith. Congratulations!
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Awesome pages…I’m in awe of your journal art Patty!!
..and I hope your hair keeps you lovely and warm this winter!! 😉
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your pages are fantastic! the colors and composition…amazing. I love seeing the pages! Hope you have a wonderful week m’dear!
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The ‘technical man’ is awesome, yes, some pages just ‘evolve’ don’t they? I love seeing you work with yellow… and hair, ohmy, don’t start… (I guess we still look alike, from the back anyway! My hair is getting longer too..)
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Wow, your pages are wonderful.
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Your art pages are fascinating. Super inspiring.
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Lovely pages! xo
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great journal pages Patty, my hair is getting long again but its driving me nuts and want to get it cut….i always do that , grow it and then cut it..lol
the sprinkles of gray are turning into clumps too:(
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