Back from a wonderful trip

We went to Kentucky to do research on my father's family and it was great! The research was very rewarding, but the best was seeing relatives for the first time in forever. Everyone was great and then my aunt's grandson started bringing out things she left. It was incredible and we didn't have time to get through it all. Now it should be easy to visit again.

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September challenges are out and this is to journal about what was special this summer.
Designer Credits:
-background paper from Black & White by Sue Cummings
-orange paper from 52 Inspirations {2011} Week 33 by Sue Cummings
-gray paper form Old Stuff by Jodie McNally
-ribbon from Rachel Papers by Lydia Designs
-stitching, flower from Composition by One Little Bird
-twig from Twig It by Merkeley Designs
fonts: Earwig Factory, Dauphin, Ahnberg, baby dont worry bout it!, Euromode

A Doodle for Deb

Deb's zen doodles reminded me that we had discussed them in the last session of collage journaling classes I took. My teacher has a passion for lettering, so we were looking at simple division of space to provide opportunities for uniquely shaped text. I couldn't just leave it at that, so I worked on a new doodle. It is about 3 inches across and I lettered a lot of it, going back into the lettering with solid shapes. The rest is just real doodles. I'm sure Helen will quickly see at least one threatening creature! (at least I do.)

Thanks so much for all the ideas you're passing along, Deb. It is fun to watch and gives me a little push too. Amazing how quickly you did so many as this one was done over several times, which probably shows.