Wanderlust : She knew

Wanderlust Week 5 with Kasia Avery. The first lesson for a new month and our theme for February is Ephemera. This week's lesson was about focusing on the beauty of contrast between abstract and realistic elements. Kasia encouraged us to gather our materials, limit our colour palette and then jump in without overthinking - just immerse ourselves in the process. 

A photo of my grandmother helped my gatherings and the page flowed from there. She passed from our lives when she was 102 years old. I continue to be inspired by her determination to live her life on her terms.

52 Tags : Week 4

I'm participating in Anne Brooke's weekly challenge on Youtube #52tagshannemade. Week 4 : using and playing with Fly stitch. I  knew straight away I wanted a button sun, and then played with different weights of thread.

Scroll through all of my 52 tags HERE.

Wanderlust : Make a wish

Wanderlust Week 4 with Shay Michelle. As well as making wishes for the year ahead, our teacher encouraged us to play with many different textures. The watercolour and salt backgrounds along with modeling paste through a stencil are fun techniques which I was happy to revisit

I decided that texture for me always means adding fibre and stitch. I had already started this tag and it worked well with my colours this week

Fun to work on separate pages and after adding extra glitter and stitch, I was able to glue them into my journal.

My word of the year is SHINE - the glitter and star symbolise that for me without the need for extra words.