Monday, March 21, 2016

If Friends were Flowers...

...I'd pick you!!

        Irish bouquet from my Mom, roses from my son and lots of beautiful cards!

 Thank you all SO much for the birthday and blogiversary wishes, you guys are awesome! Hubby and I were supposed to go out this past Saturday night but the day came and we were both too pooped to go out so we spent a quiet night watching a Hallmark movie:) I did celebrate St. Patrick's Day with my dear friend LuAnn and it was a great day in town for lunch (you know where) and some shopping.
  I've shared enough photos of the meals there so here is one from the girls night/surprise birthday my son's girlfriend Kyra hosted last Monday eve:

      L to R- friend Lynn, me, Kyra,  Kyra's grandmother, and Kyra's mom Laura.

 Cheers to Elizabeth and friends over at T Stands for Tuesday! And lest you may think all I seem to drink is wine-I had tea on St. Pat's Day-not one Guinness either:):)

 I went back into my small watercolor journal and created this page:


 I do believe in the healing powers of nature. This page was inspired by Danielle Donaldson's book. Sketch is in pencil except for the lettering which is  a Pitt pen and soft grey marker. The watercolors are Peerless. Still need lots of practice but it's getting better.

 Linking to Art Journal Journey (into the woods); and Try It On Tuesday (nature). Thanks for the great themes Chris(AJJ)  and Elizabeth (TIOT)!

 And here's a completely different page:

        vintage image, newspaper, patterned paper, washi tape, acrylic paints, gesso , Pitt pen

  Linking to Moo Mania and More (use newspaper), and Paint Party Friday.
I'll be hosting Easter dinner this coming Sunday but will be around to visit throughout the week. Happy Easter if you celebrate, and don't eat everything from the basket in one day:)

" I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees."      Henry David Thoreau




47 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday ~ Blog Anniversary and Happy Happy ~ lovely creations ~ you are a gem and Yes 'nature heals' ~

    Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

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  2. Your nature girl is precious and your vintage page really speaks to me too = Oh SO Lovely!
    Glad you had a nice celebration
    Fun group photo of you party girls.
    Happy T Day
    and Happy Easter too
    oxo

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  3. Happy belated birthday and blogoversary, too. Looks like you really enjoyed the surprise party. And it looks like the others did, too. Girls night in!

    I can't believe you didn't have a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. I guess you were too busy with the wine (grin).

    Very impressive art. Loved what you did with the watercolors. Nature is so inspiring so I'm sure it has healing powers, too.

    Goodness. You are right about that newspaper entry being completely different. Both of your art pieces were fantastic today and I can applaud you for joining TioT and joining in T this Tuesday. You always make it interesting to visit here.

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  4. Wonderful art, thanks for joining us at AJJ, MM&M and TIOT! You seem to have had a great birthday, I'm happy for you!Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie

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  5. Lovely girls in the photo! ♥♥♥ All of you look so young- could all be girlfriends or sisters! Your art never cease to amaze me Linda - a beautiful painting for Try It On Tuesday and Art Journal Journey!
    Thank you for joining and thank you for joining Moo Mania & More as well with this fantastic vintage piece--wow... an amazing page- and the handlettering looks so pretty!

    Happy EASTER - good luck with all the preparations!

    oxo
    Susi

    Happy T-DAY!!!!

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  6. happy happy everything;) Sounds like a lot of fun and i wonder you found the time for awesome art anyway!
    have a beautiful week ahead and don´t stress too much about the dinner!

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  7. Happy birthday and all good wishes to your new life year.
    Wonderful creation have you made.
    Have a nice day,
    Hugs Anja

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  8. Happy belated birthday,
    sunny greetings from Finland!

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  9. Happy T day. What a fun weekend you had, even if you ended up with a Hallmark movie instead of going out. Sometimes that is the best time. Enjoy the start of spring, and hope all your snow is gone. Ours should disappear today-I hope! Hugs-Erika

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  10. Sounds like you had lots of things to celebrate and it made for a busy and fun weekend. I enjoyed seeing both your art pages.

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  11. Belated happy birthday and blogaversary. Great photo of all you girls.
    Your art is beautiful. I like the healing lady abd the newspaper one too. Love the quote. Each totally different as you say.
    Wishing you a good week, and happy Easter,
    Lisca

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  12. Sounds like you've been having lots of celebratory fun :) I hope your upcoming week is also filled with joy. Happy T Tuesday!

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  13. oh wow...I love everything about your post! cute photo of you girls, and LOVE the bird's nest in your pretty journal girl's hair! I am jealous of your flowers and cards too, lol! happy T day!

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  14. What a lovely friendly blogpost (again). The five girls look terrific, hard to believe there is such an age difference.
    Your watercolour girl is charming and how sweet of her to allow the bird to nest in her hair. I love the lettering.
    And then there is the next painting which looks like an old letter with the hand-writing and the portrait of the girl.
    Both really beautiful.

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  15. Sounds like you had a wonderful week and lots of celebrating ♥ Love the art this week and really love your header ♥ Have a Happy T Day and a magical week ♥

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  16. A great post to read. Your water colour page is beautiful, with lovely words, thank you for sharing it with us at TioT's.
    Yvonne

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  17. The first photo looks wonderful Linda! You have received so many cards and those flowers look beautiful:-)
    Love the Danielle Donaldson inspried face. Nice to see the lettering.
    Have a lovely week
    Hugs
    Susan

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  18. Your girls night looks fun! I love your water colour page and the great message that is so true! The page using the newspaper is so beautiful too - and another great quote! Happy T day! Chrisx

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  19. You are so deserving of wonderful birthday celebrations!! So glad you did what you wanted... sometimes a hallmark movie is my favorite thing to do!! Wonderful water colour page... and photos!! Love them!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  20. Wonderful work. Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday.

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  21. Happy Birthday... Love both of your creations. The girl with the colorful hair is so lovely! I want hair like that!!
    Happy T day!

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  22. Happy Birthday and it looks like you had a wonderful day! I always love to see what you are up to here and wish I could draw like you! Beautiful!

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  23. Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a wonderful time! Lovely creations. Best to you! Love, Rita

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  24. Great to hear you had such a lovely birthday. And I love the springlike feel of your new art creations.

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  25. Happy birthday and best wishes for many more happy and creative ones. The watercolor is lovely.

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  26. Love your water colour page, she has a lovely serene look. Fabulous vintage page too.
    Thanks for sharing at TioT
    Avril x

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  27. Love your water colour page, she has a lovely serene look. Fabulous vintage page too.
    Thanks for sharing at TioT
    Avril x

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  28. Your beautiful roses and cards from family and friends are a testament to the loving person you are. I love the softness of your watercolor and the way you incorporated the lettering into the portrait. Happy Easter to you and your family, my friend!

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  29. It feels full of bright Spring light here and celebrations! Birthday wishes to you! xx

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  30. Linda, Happy Easter! I love the vintage page with the photo and the writing. Really gorgeous.

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  31. Love your cards and flowers. That is very nice. HAPPY EASTER to you. Nice piece, by the way. Great picture.

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  32. Oh, almost forgot, Happy Birthday, even though belated I hope you enjoyed.::DD

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  33. Lovely pages, Happy Easter Londa!

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  34. Did I mistype Your name Linda, sorry, blame it on my iPad.

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  35. I love your watercolor girl! Such sweet soft colors. Happy birthday an Happy Easter.

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  36. Happy Birthday! That vintage page is beautiful and hope you have a lovely Easter!

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  37. Beautiful art, Linda. Thank you for joining us at TioT.
    Happy Easter 🌷

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  38. You've been having a wonderful week, so much joy and such beautiful flowers!
    Your work is also full of light and beautiful.

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  39. I am happy you had a wonderful birthday with family and friends. Great photos and wonderful art. Happy Easter.

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  40. Lovely post in so many ways. Happy birthday to you, fun to see the photo of you and your friends. I just cannot forget; I just walked into the woods and I came back taller than the trees :D And I realize how much I miss walking in the woods..

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  41. Happy birthday Linda! Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos! Your page is darling! Happy PPF and Happy Easter!

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  42. Happy Anniversary to you and your dear hubby!
    Happy Easter and Happy Spring too : )
    You look lovely in your photo. And your art work is wonderful too. I feel just like you, Nature is healing.
    Hugs,
    Terri

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  43. Happy Birthday dear Linda!
    We share the same birth month - isn't that a coincidence!
    I love your art works today - amazing!
    Love from your bloggy friend across the seas!
    We have so much in common don't we? With both the French and Irish connections!
    Shane x

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  44. happy easter, happy times and happy art

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  45. Happy belated birthday!! Looks like it was great - and filled with love. Speaking of which, I'm LOVING your new watercolor and collage. Great quote too! xoxo

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  46. Nature is healing and exciting art like yours is healing too:-)

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