winds of change…

a stack of my CitraSolv papers have been waiting for attention for quite some time now…

I decided to use a copy of the 1984 National Geographic page that had a windmill image still showing in the upper right hand corner for the last two pages in my spiral art journal (thanks to Mr Magpie for helping me find the words to add to my pages)…

Note to self for future reference: spiral bindings are okay to work in because the book goes flat BUT NOT great for turning the pages afterwards…

I enjoyed a good bit of silence while making marks on these pages picking up my book again and again so I am entering these pages in Art Journal Journey’s SILENCE theme here…

since my photos can be clicked and enlarged again thanks to Estivalia I wanted to offer a FREE DOWNLOAD of my CitraSolv page below for you to play with…

***FREE DOWNLOAD***

“You are it.  You are the answers to your questions.” ~Anita Krizzan

below you can find my other SILENCE pages for this month’s AJJ challenge… 

where the Light is

silence is golden

Mix It Monthly and AJJ

shhh

Silence certainly is speaking to me

 

birthday wishes…

to celebrate the day my dear Mother/Mutti was born…

MagpiesNest Postkarte

I would like to share some vintage early 1900’s postcard images with you…

MagpiesNest A Happy Birthday

our scanner has been broken for months…

MagpiesNest A Happy Birthday.1910MsLindaMyers

so I hope you can make these PDF files work for you…

MagpiesNest FromHelenToLillian Rook

just click on the underlined links twice (once here and again after that…sorry) 

please enjoy them for your own personal use…

Magpies Nest 5532Marguerite

they are not intended to be included in collage sheets or for sale…

my Mom was quite a baker…

here is one of her wonderful cakes…

* Happy Birthday Sweet Mutti *

we miss your sweet smile and warm hugs

~* Josephine Mahoney *~

19 March 1931 – 8 February 2011

Stone Angel Sunday 5

***please enjoy these FREE Downloads for your personal use only…they are not intended for collage sheets or to be sold***

you can click each photograph for a closer view

“How wonderful it must be to speak the language of the angels, with no words for hate and a million words for love.” ~The Angels’ Little Instruction Book

Stone Angel Sunday 4

***please enjoy these FREE Downloads for your personal use only…

they are not intended for collage sheets

or to be sold***

this Sunday all of the photographs were taken by my Mr Magpie…

we both had our cameras that day in the cemetery…

and were snapping pix like crazy…

hope you enjoy these in your artwork…

“The golden moments in the stream of life

rush past us

and we see nothing but sand;

the angels come to visit us,

and we only know them

when they are gone.”

~George Elliot

Stone Angel Sunday

***please enjoy these FREE Downloads for your personal use only***

as promised here are some stone angels from one of the most beautiful cemeteries we have ever visited…

I know many of you Love stone angels as much as I do…

Mr Magpie and I spent hours on a gloriously sunny day just outside the walls of one of the old fortresses of Old San Juan…

the detail and beauty of the statuary was very powerful and moving…

we snapped photos left and right…

Mr M even brought his one legged tripod … unipod?…

my camera is so forgiving it compensates with triple anti shake

after me enjoying a couple of cups of delicious café con leche with breakfast…

back in the 16th century

cemeteries, slaughterhouses and such were always built outside the fortress/city walls…

lots more angel photos to come on future Sundays…

Happy Happy Birthday to my beloved angel here on earth Mr Magpie…the Light of my life OXOXOXO

angels and demons…

a handful of my index cards so far for the changing season …

best viewed by clicking each for the closeup …

feeling autumnal and

a little Béla Lugosi …

thanks to some Recollections Lenticular Stickers…

other ingredients are pieces of my Citra Solv treated Nat’l Geographic magazine pages … tea cup from Dover … Black Cat firecracker label … assorted rubber stamps and the perfect freebie word sheet from Pennywise Arts…

and to balance things out a bit here is October’s quote from my “Angel Spirits” The Art of Sulamith Wulfing 2011 Calendar:

“I have been with you from the moment of your birth, precious child, and I will be with you to your journey’s end – and beyond.  Close your eyes and feel my presence, strong and sure and eternal.  Know that I keep you safe and whole, every day and every night, now and forever.” ~Guardian Angel, October 2011

I would also like to share these three angels as FREE DOWNLOADs from my photo collection

taken at the Washington DC Congressional Cemetery…

these are for your personal use only…

not intended to be made into collage sheets or sold…

Enjoy OXO

…good enough

while clearing out some old catalogs I came across the image of a chair in front of the window and a lady in her flowing turquoise dress…

the words “I AM GOOD ENOUGH” have been pinned to my inspiration board for a very long time…

the images and words came together nicely for this spread…

a piece of coral ruffled fabric on my work table added nice texture and interest to my pages…

along with rub ons …

some liquid pencil, acrylic paint and inks…

a little rubber stamping and black and white doodle pen accents…

thanks to Sandy in Germany for the butterfly inspiration…

I have been playing in this Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia made into an art journal since March of 2009…

there is a little more room to go until my journal is filled…

here are some of my pages…

if you click on one and keep clicking it will take you to the next and the next…

it is fun to see most of my pages in one spot here instead of scattered on various blog posts…

also want to share this  from StoryPeople

“Awakening”

“In those days,
we finally chose
to walk like giants
& hold the world
in arms grown strong with love
& there may be many things we forget
in the days to come,
but this will not be one of them.” ~StoryPeople

new giveaway items are being added to my Magpie’s Nest Too blog all the time...

feel free to comment on as many as you would like for a chance to win

TGIF: Demand Peace + a Freebie

this week’s TGIF challenge is “a piece from heaven”, I did a little play on words for my gothic arch, using a book chapter title “Demand Peace” and a stone angel from my photo collection….our world would be so much more heavenly with Peace!

I would like to share another stone angel with you from my collection of photos from the 160 year old Washington, DC Oak Hill Cemetery

the angel image above is a FREEBIE for you to use and have fun with, no collage sheets or selling of my personal photo please

double clicking on it will enlarge it for your download

did you know my Magpie’s Nest blog has a search engine at the very bottom of the sidebar on the right…..Go to: “TO SEARCH, TYPE AND HIT ENTER” you can type in “Freebie” (or whatever word you’d like)  and it will take you to links on that topic 🙂