Lovely Flowers at Dusk

Flowers by God, photo's by hhc - 2020

Yummy Breakfast Treat

This has been a busy year of fruit harvesting already, and there are yet berries to be picked!  I decided to make some batches of no-cook freezer jam which turned out to be a relatively quick and simple process.  The nice part was not having boiling fruit and steam heating up the kitchen.

Here's my first meal of the day:  

peach-elderberry freezer jam 

on a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel.  Delicious!

I love Syracuse china dishes!

Yesterday's Artist's Trading Cards

Yesterday I had fun making these cards

as I stood gazing about my art space

for inspiration:

And this larger collage:

More Summer Flowers

I love to view the color, shape, 

beauty of these blossoms!

Tiger Lilies

Crocosmia

Crocosmia close-up

A Cool Reprieve

If the heat and humidity of summer 

is getting to you, take a look at these pictures 

and say "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."  

Just for a moment anyway...

Flowers After Today's Rain

Lily

Lily

Echinacea - Coneflower

My Second Attempt At Mini-Books from Masterboards

The collage for these two groupings

was relatively easy to put together.

I mixed vintage and modern images 

to make the two Masterboard sheets.

After collaging bits of papers

all over each sheet
and adding some images,

I cut out nine 3" squares
from each master sheet, 

added rubberstamping

and postage stamps, 
and ink-scuffed the edges. 

Almost ready to swap,

but I still need to add 

a poem, saying or simple greeting

plus my personal info

to the back of each "page."

It's Berry Time!!!

This is what I did today:

I went to the nearest strawberry picking fields

and spent about 1+1/2 hours finding these treasures.

I picked 7 quarts.

Washed them...

Hulled them,

spread them out 

on waxed-paper covered cookie sheets

(tops down, I don't know if that

makes a difference or not...)

and popped them in the freezer.

When frozen, they will go into

labeled plastic freezer containers.

YUM!

And Yet More Artist's Trading Cards

Sometmes when I go to the art room 

I look around at the bits and pieces,

scraps and stickers

and inspiration strikes.

It helps to have 3+1/2" x 2+1/2"

rectangles of paper already cut

ahead of time, just waiting

for the next step.

Oh what fun!!!

Does anyone want to swap/trade one-on-one?

An Assosrtment of Artist's Trading Cards

I can't believe I didn't post these before.

Obviously I enjoy making ATC's

because I have another batch

in the presser-books.  Will post pictures

after they are dry.

Does anyone want to exchange on a one-to-one basis?

My 1st Minibook from Masterboard Completed

(See previous related posting...)

This was SO very much fun,  I hope to make more

of these clever little books.

Mostly collage, some rubber-stamping,

it was not difficult at all.

Here's the cover and a few of the pages: