The Wrap-up

 Although I've been a member of Creative Every Day (CED) since 2009, this is only my second year to join Art Every Day Month (AEDM).  Since I meet so many new bloggers during this time of year, I like to show some of what my blog is all about.  Granted, it started as a blog about altered books and altered art, but it has morphed into far more than that.  Please join me each day in November as I experiment with new techniques or play around with old ones.

BTW, I want to add, although I clicked on EVERY link yesterday, if you are on Flickr, Facebook, Tumblr, or Instagram, I am NOT, so I can't leave comments, no matter how much your art inspires me.  Keeping up with a blog (and my art) takes all my time and energy, so I apologize in advance if you don't see a comment from me.  

Additionally, one Typepad account wanted me to hand over sensitive information, like my Google password, gender, and other info.  If I have to give all that out, I won't be leaving many comments on Typepad.

I'm also not able to post on most Google + blogs.  I can only see and leave comments on those blogs who are listed on my left sidebar that were added before they became blogs I can no longer visit without a membership, which, like many others who refuse to switch, I won't either.  And finally, I couldn't find the comment box on some Google accounts.  It led me to believe they were Google +, but the header showed them being  Blogger.  So, any help along those lines would be greatly appreciated.

I admit that from the sound of the subject of this post, it should come at the end of the month.  But, it would never have waited that long, so I'll show what I mean.

Some of you who are frequent visitors may remember a few days ago I transplanted my Mexican Sage.  When I did, I broke most of the branches.  To salvage them, I placed them in a pot of water and left them on my front porch.


The branches were beginning to look a bit more than a little scraggly, so, instead of adding more water, I decided it was time to harvest the lovely flowers, and turn the sage into smudge wands.  You can see I've started cutting the flowers which I then pressed about half, and dried the other half in silica sand (which is an oxymoron if you ask me!).

Next it was time to bind the stalks so they could dry further in order to burn at a slow rate.  I used my bookbinders thread I got a few years ago.  You can see I don't use it to bind books! 


Today is Day 2 of AEDM where I wrapped my decorative Mexican sage to make smudge wands, and pressed a few of the flowers from it.