T Stands For Love and Kisses

 

This post is for T Stands For Tuesday.  If your T Tuesday post is the same as your Second on the 2nd, please add it both places. 

As most of you know, I like my second look each month to reflect our host at Art Journal Journey's (AJJ) theme.  Since I'm hosting this month that means anything is fair game.

This post is from February 13, 2023 and was entitled T Stands For Love And Kisses.  

Today we are meeting at my dining room table to celebrate Valentine's Day.

My vignette for Valentine's Day I created on my dining room table.  

My teapot shares space with my journal page.  Here is a close up of the journal page.

I hope you see why I call this Love and Kisses.

Vintage sheet music was colored using a red marker.

I sewed it to some reddish pink handmade (by me) paper using red thread.

Finally I added the Love and Kisses postage stamp issued back in 2007 when first class postage was $0.39 (USD).

One more look at this entry which started with dotted scrapbook paper to which everything was sewn in place.  

 

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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, although I probably won't be able to comment.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time. 

 

 

 

Second on the 2nd

 

This post is for Second on the 2nd.  If your second look and your T Tuesday post are the same, please add it both places.

As most of you know, I like my second look each month to reflect our host at Art Journal Journey's (AJJ) theme.  Since I'm hosting this month that means anything is fair game.

This post is from February 13, 2023 and was entitled T Stands For Love And Kisses.  

Today we are meeting at my dining room table to celebrate Valentine's Day.

My vignette for Valentine's Day I created on my dining room table.  

My teapot shares space with my journal page.  Here is a close up of the journal page.

I hope you see why I call this Love and Kisses.

Vintage sheet music was colored using a red marker.

I sewed it to some reddish pink handmade (by me) paper using red thread.

Finally I added the Love and Kisses postage stamp issued back in 2007 when first class postage was $0.39 (USD).

One more look at this entry which started with dotted scrapbook paper to which everything was sewn in place.  

 

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I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your own Second on the 2nd. 

The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  It could even be one that holds special meaning.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past.  Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit, although I may not be able to leave a comment.  Be aware, this link is for your second look only.  If you are also sharing a T Tuesday post as your second look, please add your link both places.

 

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Anywhere, Anytime, Any Place, with Anyone

 

I would like to begin by thanking Erika for her amazing hosting skills.  Not only did she create great art, she visited everyone and commented on their posts, too.  Bleubeard and I are so proud she is a co-moderator of Art Journal Journey (AJJ) and she has picked up the slack because I can't leave comments on any blog, including my own.

I have never read any Shakespeare, nor seen any of his plays, but I once heard someone say the reason his plays were so long was because he chose to use 10 words when one would have sufficed.  Therefore, in that same vein, Bleubeard and I give you this month's theme: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Place, with Anyone.

Some may have seen this on the Art Journal Journey blog today.  Detail images are below.

 

  

 

 

People, young and old, places from ancient time to contemporary, anything any time is fair game this month.

 

  Bleubeard and I are proud to be this month's guest host at Art Journal Journey.  

 

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 Anywhere, Anytime, Any Place, with Anyone 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 Anywhere, Anytime, Any Place, with Anyone.  

 

 

Paris

Today will be the final entry for Erika's theme at Art Journal Journey.  I haven't played because I can't leave comments, not even on my own blog.  I did, however, want to show my support at least one final time this month.

I named this Paris and it follows the What's Up? theme with an airplane.  Detail images are below.

 

 

This is a two page spread in my latest altered book that was too large for the scanner.  The plane is one I printed on my color laser printer.  I used what seemed like a half roll of washi tape covering the words on the page.  The picture of the Eiffel Tower came from a magazine with extremely thin pages.  Although I used a glue stick, the picture buckled a bit.  The heart was fussy cut from a Christmas card and the words were computer generated and printed on my black-only laser printer.

 

I want to thank Erika for being such a great host this month.  Not only did she create lots of incredible art, she also made sure each person was visited and thanked for their participation.  She certainly showed how a good host should treat fellow participants.  I am extremely pleased and proud of what she accomplished for Art Journal Journey.  It's not too late to visit and create your own art, too.

 

 

T Stands For I'm A Dufuss

 

Not only can I STILL not comment on any blog, including my own, I accidentally deleted every photo I had stored in Photoshop.  In a phone call to my friend Scott, he thought the photos, scans, and images were still on my computer.  If they are, I certainly can't find them.  In a desperate need to host T Stands For Tuesday, I am bringing back a few photos from past years.  Some you may have seen, some not.

  I call this T Stands For Mardi Gras.  Some of you may be concerned that I threw two babies into this cup of tea.  However, these babies bake in a King Cake at 350 F (176.67 C), so a bit of warm tea is like bathing the baby in bath water.  Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, or Pancake Day is February 17 this year.

  In 2024, for my bEARTHday, my foodie friend Sally took me to Golden Corral where I pigged out on carrot cake.  Not quite as good as my grandmother always made for my birthday, but acceptable at least.

  In July, 2023, I made one of these ATCs for each person (32 in all) who celebrates T Tuesday. 

  In September, 2022, I went to a harvest party with my "No Names, No Photos Allowed" group.  In case you are new here, these are mostly high power women who don't want their names or faces all over the internet.  I can appreciate that.

Our host asked me to make my pumpkin roll.  I've made it before for this group and it goes over well.  This year there were eight of us, so I only had to make one.  The filling was butter cream with cinnamon and pumpkin spice.  I chilled it and covered it with plastic wrap, which, when I removed the plastic to take the photo, took most of the powdered sugar topping with it.  Glad I did this before I took it to the party.  I'm also drinking lime infused water in my autumn leaf mug.  

  In May, 2021, I showed 10 ways to use coffee in your art.  I have since added two more, but not sure I ever photographed them.

  In January, 2021, I once again showed my altered Christmas advent calendar.  These are all items that can or might be found in any altered book or journal pages.  I made this several years before 2021, but love opening the boxes every year and seeing what I included in each box.  There is a tea bag in box 22.  The boxes are made using old jewelry cases gifted me by my friend Sally.

  In December, 2020, I shared my eggnog at my dining room table.  I don't know anyone who doesn't have strong feelings about eggnog.  They either love it or they hate it.  There doesn't seem to be any middle ground when it comes to eggnog.

  In 2020, I won a box of goodies from my internet friend CJ.  Included was a set of tiny tea related rubber stamps.  I used them to create this post in October, 2020.

  For our sixth T Tuesday anniversary in July 2019, I made a tag and drank water to which I added a wedge of lemon.  The sentiment on the tag reads: Six years celebrating your choice of drink.

  This entry is from December, 2018.  I sewed the words  using variegated thread to the recycled music background.

  In August, 2018, I created this house and added the sentiment: Home is where my coffee is.

   I created this mixed media entry in December, 2017. For this spread I created in my Challenges altered book, I started with a background using twinkling H2Os and bubble wrap.  The sentiment was written with a white Gelly Roll pen.   I added a bingo card, a heart button, a fussy cut cup of coffee from a magazine, and washi tape.  I added three strips of washi tape, and covered one when I added the coffee cup.  So much for thinking ahead!  The sentiment: Celebrate the ordinary. 

  This was the invitation I shared for when T Stands For Tuesday turned four in July, 2017.

  In July, 2015, you found me in my dining room with an empty cup and my partially completed Coffee themed altered book (AB).  I was on a kick to finish as many of those ABs as possible that I had lying around.

  In late April, 2015, my dear friend Kathy visited and I took her to lunch to celebrate her birthday.  I caught her off guard when I snapped this photo.

  I took several photos of this recycled tea pot filled with tulips from my back yard in April, 2015.

  For our Safe Communities event in October, 2014, Starbucks provided the coffee, and I provided iced tea, water, and, along with my next door neighbor, finger snacks.   Lots of children got to see not one, but two fire trucks and the horse patrol.

  I love my Taylor and Ng mugs (sorry the photo is poor).  Mine (I own 10 as seen in this old photo) all read copyrighted 1979.  This is the old style I got in the mid 1980s and are no longer available.  I shared this photo on my blog in September, 2014.

  Back in January, 2014, I created this page for T Tuesday.  I began by laying down tea stained art using old tea bags and magazine images.  I added more tea bags, joss paper, some stamped images I was gifted with, a China flag cut from a roll of flags, German scrap, and a bit of stamping.  I then added it to my 7 Continents altered book.

  This photo is from September, 2013.  This was in my dining room where you found me drinking a can of AriZona tea.  It included ginseng and honey.  To that I added a slice of lemon, and a plate of fresh strawberries.  

  On July 15, 2013, I welcomed drink lovers to the first T Stands for Tuesday.

  In June, 2013 I shared this tea pitcher, glass, and quilt top, all of which had originally been owned or made by my Grandmother (my grand parents raised me from birth). 

  In late May, 2013, I created this truly British tea post.  I started my tea preparation in true British fashion.  I found this piece at a thrift store, but hadn't bothered ironing it.  I was drinking wonderful Twinings Rose Garden Tea.

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, although I probably won't be able to comment.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time. 

 

 

 

BTW, you can start digging up your Second on the 2nd post.  The only requirement is, it must have been published sometime in the past. In case you are new, the rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past.