What's up?

 

Today I'm joining my dear friend Erika who many of you know as BioArtGal.  Erika's theme for the entire month of January at Art Journal Journey is What's Up? 

Bleubeard and I want to know

 

 

To make it colorful, I enhanced the image using PhotoShop.

Thank you so much for visiting today.  I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your own interpretation of What's up?

 

 

T Stands For 2025 In Review

 

Some of you may have read my friend Scott was here over Christmas and he did a bit of maintenance on my computer.  I thought he might get my "Failed to Publish, Try Again Later" message to go away, but that didn't happen.  I hope blogger gets its act together soon, because my readers and followers are getting tired of me making these excuses.

My annual review of favorite T Tuesday posts from 2025 is below.

January

  At The Spice Merchant.

February

  At The Spice Merchant

March

  At The Spice Merchant.

April

   Chocolate overload (and Greek tea).

May

  Fish and chips (fries) (and water with lemon) at The Beacon Restaurant.

June

  At The Spice Merchant.

July

  Chocolate milk at my kitchen table.

August

  A MUD mug at The Spice Merchant.

September

  An energy drink at my kitchen table.

October

  T Stands For Time Out in my Hands Altered Book.

November

Triple chocolate at my dining room table.

December

  At The Spice Merchant.

I hope you've enjoyed this look back at 2025's T Tuesday posts.  I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.

 

What's Up?

 

 Happy 2026!!!

I want to begin by thanking Sharon from "That Girl Fritchey!" for such a great job hosting in December.  We've already invited her to join us again this year to host a month.  Second, in case you haven't read, blogger is STILL not allowing me to leave comments.  I cannot seem to get rid of the dreaded "Failed to Publish, Try Again Later." Please understand I hope you realize I DO keep trying at least twice a day.  

We begin the new year with a new host as we do each month.  This is one of our moderators and my dear friend Erika who many of you know as BioArtGal.  Erika's theme for the entire month of January is What's Up? 

Erika suggested "if you want you can make pages about things that are up,
like things in the sky..."  Therefore, I went that route. 

It's obvious I named this "At the hot air balloon festival."  Details are below.

I began by coloring 110 lb cardstock using blue watercolor.  Once dry, I stamped five hot air balloons, the best of which I detailed.  I then computer generated the sentiment and outlined it using black dye ink.

Please remember we welcome art journal pages that meet the theme requirements, altered book pages, canvases, loose, or stand alone pages including fabric and digital art.  I (and the administrators) cannot leave comments on Facebook, TicTok, or Instagram entries.  We do not allow cards!!!  Period! We also don't allow tags, index cards, ATCs, or ATCoins, unless they are part of a journal page, and as much as we don't want to, will be forced to delete your entry.  Please remember if your blog is not in English, we ask that you translate it for us since the translation tool doesn't work on some blogs, including mine.  Finally, we do not allow back-links to any journal page published prior to the start date of this month's challenge. Hope to see you and your What's Up? inspired art soon at Art Journal Journey.

 

Thank you so much for visiting today.  I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your own interpretation of What's Up?

 

T Stands For Ceramic Mugs

 

For those of you who visited last week, you read I was headed to The Spice Merchant as soon as I scheduled my post.  I know better than to visit during December.  There were no parking spaces anywhere near the shop and there were people coming in and out as fast as mosquitoes land on my arms in summer.  I knew I would never be able to stand in line that long, so gave up and came home with no coffee.  Not a problem.  I still have an ample supply.  

My friend Scott was here over Christmas and he did a bit of maintenance on my computer.  I thought he might get my "Failed to Publish, Try Again Later" message to go away, but that didn't happen.  I hope blogger gets its act together soon, because my readers and followers are getting tired of me making these excuses.

I found these ceramic mugs while I was there before.  

I was really shocked at the cost of these.  Who knew they would be that expensive.  Certainly not me!  In case you can't read the prices, these are all $25.99 (USD).

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.