Mission Accomplished...!!

My "El Dia De Los Muertos" themed G8 Moleskine

is now complete...Yippeeeee!

Above are the introduction pages...

along with the routing order of my book...see candles.
You can click on images to enlarge...:)

Here are pages 1 and 2.
Here is my full 3 page spread: pages 1,2, and 3.
Being just a "wee bit" overzealous
my art seemed to have "mysteriously" crept
onto half of page 4. Hmmm...:)
So...
Juli, in Canada, will share page four with me
adding her own artwork based on the same theme.
I gave ATC prints as a thank you gift to all participants.
Each person will get 2 prints...
one of each style shown.
Here is the fun back pocket of my Moly...
this is where each artist will sign in.
The guideline booklet is just in case anyone needs
additional
reference sources or ideas for my theme.
It will be tucked snuggly into the back pocket
for safe keeping.
The book and the gift ATCs have their own separate little pouches.

Ta Daaaa!
Everything is all wrapped and ready
for a final blanket of bubble wrap
to protect her on her long postal flight to Canada.
She was mailed out yesterday...
You know, I actually feel like I am 10 pounds lighter!
Ahhh!:)
Now on to Cathy's book...her theme is "Sea Caves"...
My imagination
is already going like gangbusters!:)

"To be yourself in a world
that is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Take a Peek..."

..at my latest W.I.P...Work In Progress.

I have joined in on another Moleskine Exchange

but this time it is at Illustrated ATCs.

It will be an 8 way artist exchange of

the small Japanese fold Moleskine sketchbooks.

Each book will have its own theme chosen by

each individual artist.

The theme I have chosen is

"El Dia de los Muertos"...

more commonly known in English as

The Day of the Dead...a Mexican folk festival celebrated

the first couple of days of November.

My book will honor the spirit of the lives of those

who have gone before me

and will include many of the traditional Mexican

artifacts and symbols

(such as sugar skulls, calavera catrinas, and offerendas)

associated with this

unique fall celebration.

My due date for mailing is February 1st...

so if I am not around blogland for the next week or so

you know exactly what I am doing.

I am really excited to share the progress of this

art exchange with you throughout the coming year.

I should have my own book back

by mid October...just in time

to celebrate this festive Mexican holiday.

A Forest of Tree ATCs...

..."Faerie Dusted"...
..."Ancient Arms"...

..."Fuji Sentinel"...

and ..."Misted Mountain Moonlight"...

All painted and ready to mail to Canada for

the February ATC Tree Swap

at Illustrated ATCs.

"I frequently tramped eight or ten miles

through the deepest snow

to keep an appointment

with a beech-tree,

or

a yellow birch,

or

an old acquaintance among the pines."

~Henry David Thoreau

"Nothing Much..."

...beats a night time walk

under a full moon in the Arizona desert...

especially in January.

Ahhhhhhh!

And...

BTW...Have a happy "Cactus Monday" all!

"The night

walked down the sky with the moon

in her hand."
~Frederic Lawrence Knowles

Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [1 of 3]

Although she talks really fast...this is TOTALLY fascinating...:)

"Yesterday..."

...was the day all the

"Lights went out in Georgia"

...um...

I mean Surprise, Arizona, that is.

Sad, but true...Christmas festivities are but

a mere memory now...

especially

with the unseasonably warm

"spring break" like temps in the upper 70's

we are having.

All the outdoor lights have now been

carefully packed away.

Time for the pool!

Ahhh...Winter in the desert...what a treat!

"Fresh and Frosty..."

...a card from my "Winter Heart" ATC series

entitled

"Winter Berries and Snow Flower"

as my first post of 2012.

♥

And...

I am STILL working up my 2012 resolutions...go figure!

"How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'."
~Martin Luther