Things That Make Me Happy

 This week the theme is 'things that make me happy'.

One of the things that I love doing is photography - it is so enjoyable to gather together some special treasures and have a little photo session, and I have especially had a lot of pleasure from joining in with this challenge each week.

 I have recently added another vintage inkwell to my collection - I can't resist a nice inkwell - so out came the camera and I had a happy afternoon!

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February

 This week the theme is February.

 I first posted about growing my acorn here back in November 2021.

So 3 months later - it's February and he's looking very healthy and working hard to turn into a tree!

The instructions with the acorn vase suggest he should be ready for planting in the autumn, so he has a bit more work to do yet.

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Lovely Colours

 This week the theme is Lovely Colours.

I am trying to sort out my yarn baskets - each one is filled with a different colour palette and each one is overflowing!  I am not having much luck - I love this basket of autumn coloured yarn and can't bring myself to get rid of any of these gorgeous colours! 

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Beautiful

 This week the theme is Beautiful.

I was thrilled to find this beautiful vintage book recently.  

It's called 'A Butterfly Chase' and the detail in it really is beautiful. 

 I  photographed the gold embossed cover and the inside front page with some butterflies from my Victorian collection of dead things!

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January

 Happy New Year!

This week the theme is January.  The sun shone for about an hour yesterday so I took the opportunity to wander around the garden and spotted these colourful strawberry leaves - I have a 'thing' about holes in leaves and half eaten foliage - I love it!  My husband 'the Gardener' doesn't!

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Memories of 2021

 2021 and the pandemic continues.

Another year of being very cautious about mixing and socialising, so art has become a big part of my daily life, going back to favourite techniques and trying new ones.

Over the year I've:  cyanotype printed, mono printed, thermofax printed, embroidered, collaged, plaster cast flowers,  gold-leafed, embroidered some more and mono printed some more! 

Walking has also been a big part of my daily routine and we have made the most of having the New Forest right on our doorstep.

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December

 The theme for this week is December.

I have put together a small collage of December images, some new and some old.

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