Rolling on the River and Down by the Sea

In the U.S., riverboats are common ways for people to cruise the river.  Although the Mississippi is the best known river for paddle boating, there are also river cruises on the Columbia and Hudson rivers.

I'm definitely enjoying my time on the river, where all meals are prepared and there are frequent stops in major towns along the way.

The paddle boat on the river is even better than a luxury liner on the high seas.  Note the paddle wheel that acts in conjunction with the motor.

Just look at all those flags!  There's no doubt this boat is sailing on a U.S. river.

We're definitely singing as we're "rolling on the river."

We even have our ticket.

It's the perfect way to spend a week or more while someone takes care of our every need.

Materials used include white card stock painted with blue, greens, and lavender, colored card stock, vintage sheet music, a butterfly, a ticket, a dimensional embellishment, words taken from a magazine, and a focal image from a travel magazine sewn in place using variegated thread.  

Thanks for joining Bleubeard and me today and don't forget to join us at Art Journal Journey where we're celebrating summertime, this time on the river. 

And because this paddle boat has a wheel, I'm also joining Moo-Mania and More whose theme this fortnight is Wheels. 

(I have no idea what the problem is, but once I add the MM&M badge, my font size changes.  For that I apologize, but there is nothing I can seem to do about it, since I've tried everything I can think of.)

Chrissie's blog post yesterday reminded me time is running out on Joan's Beach theme at Tag Tuesday. 

And since I'm spreading the love around, I'm also joining my artistic friends at Try it on Tuesday, where Gill is the guest designer of Tags. 


Bleubeard and I are going to meet you by the sea.

There are shells, 

sea glass,

wonky sewing,

weather worn wood,

and sandpaper sand.  Materials include shells, variegated thread, sandpaper, images, cutouts, and sewing.

Please stop by Tag Tuesday  and Try it on Tuesday, too.  I'll be at all four locations today.  And maybe someone can put a hex on blogger, so my Moo-Mania and More text looks right the next time I link to them.