Friday Smiles 310 and a new host at Art Journal Journey

I'm sharing two different things today.  First, I'm sure you can tell, I'm here for Annie's Friday Smiles.   There will be no photos from the Museum of World Treasures because we have a new host at Art Journal Journey. I'll begin with a few funnies I found when cleaning out my office last year, then introduce our new host for March at Art Journal Journey.

Everyone seems to enjoy church bloopers, so here are a few more:

The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered.

Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.  

Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital this week for testes.

Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High." 

Don't let worry kill you; let the church help. 

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. 

Thursday at 5:00 PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mother's Club. All ladies wishing to become "Little Mothers" will meet with the Pastor in his study. 

Tuesday at 4:00 P.M. there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early. 

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends. 

The rosebud on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer. 


Now it's time to meet our new host at Art Journal Journey for the month of March.  It is the extremely talented Jo from Let's Art Journal.  Her theme this month is Hello Springtime.  This can include spring flowers, nature, or even the change in seasons, since spring indicates change.  Jo often shares words and pictures that represent what is going on in her life at the time.  I'm always amazed at how she can share a journal page that corresponds to something happening in her life at the time she creates the journal entry.

I want to begin by telling you the story behind this entry.   A few days ago, one of my no-name, no-photo friends asked me to come help her daughter with a craft project that was required at school.

"You can cut all the flowers but you

cannot keep Spring from coming."

This quote is by Pablo Neruda.

My friend is a fashionista.  If you want to know about the latest fashion, the latest great book, place to dine, best charity to back, or anything else that is hot, ask her.  She also indulges her daughter, much to the chagrin at times of her lawyer husband.

If it's a craft project, my friend is clueless!  She can buy fine art, but has no idea how to create it.

Naturally, she thought of me, since I'm the only "member" of this no-name, no-photos group who has even a casual interest in creating art.

She told me her daughter wanted to make shaving cream paper.  When she asked her daughter how you get paper out of shaving cream, she said her daughter merely rolled her eyes and said to ask Elizabeth.

I explained I had all the materials we would need, except good watercolor paper.  She went out and bought 30 sheets of 140 lb watercolor paper and asked if that would be enough.  I laughed and said it would be enough to cover 10 projects.

I had the dye inks, the tools, the shaving cream, and the pan to hold the shaving cream mix.

When we started, my friend's daughter had a specific plan.  She wanted to create flowers. 

I had brought a bamboo skewer, and this young lady is talented!   I helped set up by pouring the shaving cream into the pan and leveling it.  I showed her how to drizzle a few drops of dye ink on the shaving cream.  

She took over from there.

  I certainly don't have her talent, but I was able to show her how to press and remove the paper from the shaving cream.  

As a result, I was the recipient of one of these floral beauties.  I brought it home and found a quote that fit it perfectly.

For this page, I began with a sheet of 140 lb watercolor paper.  My friend's daughter drew the flowers and I pulled the print.  The final entry was created using shaving cream, dye inks, a white doily, a rose button, and computer generated text.  Needless to say, we were all happy, and I was fed a fabulous meal, too.  As an aside, for the life of me, I can't figure out why my font keeps changing, no matter what I do.

Now it's time to join Jo, Susi, Bleubeard, and me at Art Journal Journey.  We want to see your journal pages, altered book spreads, loose large pages, canvases, scrapbook pages, and digital art.  However, we cannot accept cards, tags, or ATCs.  Unfortunately, they will be deleted.

Also, don't forget to visit Annie at A Stitch in Time, with her weekly Friday Smiles.   She would love for you to visit her and share your own smile, too!