Welcome October

I hope your as happy about Autumn as I am! It has to be my favorite time of year~ The warm days, crisp mornings & evenings, beautiful colors in all its glory, renewed inspiration and of course gatherings of family and friends~Ah, Welcome October!
Here's a little digital layout I did using Picnik.com. I sure would like to learn how to do digital layouts for scrapbooking~ Have you done digital scrapbooking? Or know of any good resources? I have more Autumn photographs and a poem I wrote about Autumn on my other blog if you want to pop over and see some more Autumn Love~ I hope you can drop by!
Let me know what you like about Autumn~I would love to hear!

Scrapbooking Inspiration

Open publication - Free publishing - More scrapbook
Click on the scrapbook to enlarge & thumb through pages~

I love to scrapbook, but I don't often look for inspiration. I just usually find papers and embellishments then start a page. I love to put pages together in scrapbooks for various occasions. I have endless photographs from prior to digital age to catalog which is a major undertaking. But when I came across this inspiring e-magazine it has me swooning to get out the paper and create some new pages! I hope you find some inspiration from this too!

Do you do scrapbooks for a hobby? Have you scrap booked lately? Do you scrapbook for travel, vacations, weddings, children or family books?
I would love to know~

Halloween / Autumn Link Up

Hi everyone, I decided to make a Halloween / Autumn Link up with crafty ideas. I would love you to post your creativity here for everyone to see!!

I posted a tutorial on my other blog on how to create a journal page. If you haven't made or created one you might like to see it. But since I am going to create more Autumn and Halloween Crafts I thought we could do a link up of crafty posts, tutorials, decorating and just plain Halloween & Autumn inspiration!

So I hope you fly in on the winds of Autumn and share your crafty goodness!!
I can't wait to see what crafty delights everyone is creating this Autumn. I have left it open for quite some time so you can come back at your convenience and link up your posts!

ClothesPin Bags

1. Could be used for clothes pins or a few diapers/wipes or for a few small toys

2. Slides easily across clothes line when pinning clothes up

I thought I would share with you some designs I was working on for clothespin bags. I love hanging out my laundry in the sun to dry. Not only does it save energy but I love being outside while being productive. I love using the burlap as it gives a stiffening affect which then makes it easier to grab the clothespins out of the bag. There are a lot of tutorials on how to make clothes pin bags and I am going to leave a few links for you. But if you rather buy one I will be making some of these and selling them in my Etsy shop which is opening soon! I promise to tell you when~ Do you like hanging out your clothes to dry? Do you enjoy sewing up simple projects?

Clothes Pin Tutorial Links:
Martha Stewart
One from a child size button shirt
Cut out and Keep
Vintage Place mat into a Clothes Pin bag

Angel of Love En caustic Mixed Media Painting

This is a mixed media acrylic painting that is waxed after it was completely dried. I has various layers to it.
To see an angel, you must see another's soul.
To feel an angel, you must touch another's heart.
To hear an angel you must listen to both.
-- Author Unknown

in reference to: Blogger: Welcome To Msartists Mixed Media Playground - Edit Post "Angel of Love" (view on Google Sidewiki)

Distressed Picture Frame Tutorial

Wouldn't you just love to give new life to a picture frame? I have a few sitting around and since my daughters wedding I could use all the frames I can get~ Here is a great tutorial for you to create a distressed picture frame thanks to Lara Berch. So if you are ready to give new life to your picture frame with a distressed look this is the perfect tutorial for you!
*All images in this post are credited to Lara Berch
You can use any combination of colors you think of or from paints you have on hand! Hope you find this tutorial useful~ Oh dear readers if you have time in the previous post I have a few questions so if you can help me out that would be great! Thanks for stopping in and your comments are always valued!!

Inspiration Boards and Tea

Karen M Anderson



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I have done a little sewing lately and been enjoying the break from painting. When I came across these images looking for inspiration boards for my other blog I had to share. Wouldn't you just love a little spot of your own and to make an inspiration board? I sure would.
If you are interested in inspiration boards, vision boards and dream boards you can jump over here and see some more pretty inspiration, how to create them and links about the different boards types. So I hope you can make time from Tea Tuesday and hop over for some more interesting inspiration boards. I won't disappoint~ Have you created a sewing nook or inspiration board? I would love to know~

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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your Tea Tuesday ~