Vintage Moon Studio

Christmas travels...

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Come on over to Sweet Chestnut Studio and have a peek at my Christmas travel journal!

on my desk...

 

a willing and cooperative furry baby...

 
journal in progress for a Christmastime wander through...

 
here....

 
and here...

 
and here...

Can you guess where?

 
as Miss Sophie looks on...

Enjoy your day wherever you are!

meanwhile.... back at the ranch

Yes... I have been:

 
Thanks for hanging in there with me!

On the road again ~ we are in the midsts of planning a Spring vacation (complete with adult children) to Mexico and Honduras. A great excuse to make another travel journal for myself and 2 others for the boys. The cover is from a 1942 information booklet about the steamship Mauritania (sister ship of the doomed Lucitania). As you can see I had quite the time trying out my new sewing machine, discovering all of the different decorative stitches.

 

and a few of the pages....

 

 
 
 
 
And now...

On to other matters....

~Imagine ~

 

if you will - as cute as he is...

carrying this:

 
around with you 24/7.

That is exactly what I have done (figuratively of course) for several years. With the help of a wonderful hypnotherapy session, daily exercise and a new-found store of self-discipline, I have shed some of the unwanted pounds. To date, the same amount as what Mr. Moose weighs... and counting. Yay!

So you see - I have not been quite the slackard as it would appear. Cannot promise daily blog updates but will try to keep a bit more current. That's the plan anyway!

Oh - and hardly an afterthought - but this:

 

is what awaited me this morning. 30" and still going strong. And not a snowplow in sight. Mexico is looking might fine right about now.

Hoping all of you have begun the new year with a clean slate and renewed creativity ~

xo

a few pages...

from my California travel journal...

 
 

California faces

 

Sorry I missed getting so many more of you!

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Artwork coming....
 
 
 
 

home again, home again...

However can a soul not love this?

Or this?

Or this little guy?

 

Lovely, old missions full of history

of those who walked these paths long ago...

My own path led me to this mountain top nest

 
shrouded in mysterious morning fog

that gave way to clear and inspirational days to create...

More on this to come!

(it is good to be home)