Karin Winter Arts

I know I know it has been a while since I posted last. I have been busy with my kids, but I have not sat still on the art front. I have done loads of things. Did I mention in the past blogs that I made a teesha journal? I might have. Anyway, I spent days making my little journal. I was so proud of it. I mailed it certified-mail to the next person in line and IT GOT LOST!!!! My little journal. I sent and receive so much art through the mail, and this was the one thing I really did not want to get lost (except for those 6 double sided 8by10's, remember those?) Anyway, so I spent another weekend last weekend remaking my little teesha journal. I will post some of those pictures soon.

I also joined a chunky journal swap, where we are making 4 by 4 chunky pages, we make about 6 a month and then resend them out. The theme of these will be colors, the first set was black and white. I choose to make the pages out of fabric and backed them with paper. They turned out quite nice, if I may say so myself.

I am trying to take it easy for the next couple of months. I am trying not to sign up for so many swaps as it is becoming spring and I have to get the garden ready for growing season again. I am trying to have a real plan this year and grow things I would actually eat, instead of last year where I was growing things just for the sake of growing them. This year I am planning a lot of strawberries, lettuce, spinach (hopefully I can keep thos leafminers at bay this year!) and maybe some watermelon, carrots, potatoes. I have to sit down and write down my plan of attack. I have a new greenhouse and planning on filling that with a permanent collection of cactus and succulents. I will also put my tomatoes and peppers in there. As well as trying to grow some flowers for cutting from seed. So it wlll be a fun summer, but also very busy. I cannot wait for spring to arrive. I have been able to smell it in the air, however I know not to be fooled by those nice early days of spring. In the Rockies we cannot count on nice days to stay untill after the halfway point of may.

I went to see the movie Shutter Island the other night and that was AWESOME, for sure that one is going on my 'best movie list' I love any Martin Scorsese movie, and this one did not disappoint! I would say "Two thumbs up for that one".

I will leave you with some of my black and white chunkies and feel free to check out my journal page for the new images of the journals I have made and more of the chunkies!

Till next time

These are some of my birdies.

The Old (lost) journal cover and .............................The New (not yet lost) journal cover!