Happy Easter! Pink Saturday

This weekend we celebrate the most important event in human history! The resurrection of Jesus Christ. Tomorrow at daybreak we will celebrate Easter. Because Jesus died and rose again, we all can have hope of a future - not just here on earth, but for eternity in heaven. Praise God for his immeasurable grace!

Today I will share with you just a few "pinks" in honor of Easter. First is my little thrift store bunny that welcomes my guests in my entry way.

Next is a two-page spread in one of my altered books. It is still a work in progress, but I think it is turning out beautifully.

And here are close-ups of each separate page.

Left Page

Right Page

These pages are in an oversized book - actually an old atlas - that I am loving working on. I first gessoed the pages, then applied a decorative napkin with matte medium. I then cut out the beautiful ladies from a calendar I had for last year. To pull the ladies into the overall spread, I added the big pink roses you see with an old rubber stamp set I have from Stampin' Up and then added more detail with a dark pink marker.  I have a few more elements I plan to add, but I thought I would show you the in-progress pages.

And lastly, I will share with you the rest of my Vintage Bunny and Chicks book from my swap at Altering Without Limits Yahoo Group.

Page by M. L. Perlow

Back of Page by M. L. Perlow

Page by Carolyn Kropp at www.artfulhands.blogspot.com

Page by Deb Patrick at http://artziehodgepodge.blogspot.com/

Back of page by Deb Patrick at http://artziehodgepodge.blogspot.com/

Page by Ellen Gray

Back of Page and Front Next Page by Ellen Gray

Back of Page by Ellen Gray and Inside of Back Cover

Open Book to Show Wonderful Dimension in Book

There - that is the last of the wonderful book that I have been sharing to celebrate Easter. Books were bound and covers provided by Deb Patrick at http://artziehodgepodge.blogspot.com/.

Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and her Pink Saturday Blog Party to see many more wonderful pinks today.

May you all be richly blessed this Easter.

He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

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Vintage Bunnies & Chicks Book - Pink Sat.

This week I received my final version of the Vintage Bunnies and Chicks Book from our Swap at the AlteredWithoutLimits Yahoo Group - and it is awesome - beyond beautiful - and above all my expectations. Each and every page in the book is worthy of pouring over and soaking in all the wonderful details. Each lady brought something special and unique to the party. I am going to share a few of the pages this week in honor of Pink Saturday. I will be sharing more pictures on future blog posts, so come back and visit soon. I have just loved being in these swaps because it really stretches me to get out of my comfort zone and also to complete something! So without further ado -

Front Cover of the Book by Deb Patrick at http://artziehodgepodge.blogspot.com/

Inside and the first page - this is my page that I submitted.

Next Page - "Spring" by Cyn Chapman www.cynzplace.blogspot.com

Next Page - Easter Greetings plus Tag! by Rhea Freitag http://starrgazercreates.blogspot.com/

You can see the backs of the previous pages - requirements were that the backs were to look nice & include their name and state, but did not have to be decorated or embellished. Most of the ladies did a beautiful job on the back, as well.

Tag Extended

Next Page and Back of Previous Page with Tag Extended

Close-up of the next page by Jo Ann Duplantis

I wish you could see the details on these pages - they are awesome. The one above has tiny little beads added to the center of the flowers. I love it!

A View of the Book Open so you can see the dimension

The requirements for the book were that the pages had to be 6x6 inches or less and have a picture of a vintage bunny or chick somewhere on the page. The Yahoo group coordinator - lovely Deb Patrick at ArtZhodgepodge, did the covers and the binding and sending out of the books. She did a lovely job! Hop on over to her blog for a treat and tell her I sent you.

I am linking up with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for another wonderful Pink Saturday. You can stop by her blog and visit many wonderful ladies and their Pink Saturday posts. Pink is not just a color, it is an attitude!



And don't forget, I'll be posting more pictures of this fabulous book next week for Pink Saturday!

Vintage Bunny/Chick Swap - Pink Sat. & Being Creative

As a part of "Being Creative" and Pink Saturday this week, I am going to post a couple of items I've made for a Vintage Bunny/Chick Swap I am in. We will each submit ten cards and they will be divided among ten ladies and made into a Vintage Bunny Chick Book. The neat thing about this swap is that all of the cards are allowed to be different sizes. I can't wait to see how the book turns out. What a fun way to start celebrating Easter. Easter is my second most favorite holiday after Thanksgiving! And an even more fun thing about this is that my oldest daughter, who was on Spring Break, helped me and we had a wonderful afternoon being creative together. This hasn't happened very often since she has been in college!

4X6 Card with a "little extra"

Card Back

Made by my Dear Daughter - not included in swap

Back of her card

I will post more photos once the books have been completed. This is only my second swap, but I find that being involved in a swap forces you to complete things and pushes you creatively. It has been a fun and challenging way to stay creative.

The topic for this week in "Being Creative" is "Things that stop you from being creative". Well my first and foremost is, as it might be for a lot of people - time limitations. It is hard to make time to be creative on a regular basis. I tend to go in creative spurts. When I am busy with heavily scheduled times in my regular life, it is hard to slice out a little time to be creative. One thing I have been learning from reading other creative blogs is that even 10 minutes can keep you rolling creatively. So I have tried to do that - try to something creatively almost every day - even if it is for a very short time.

Well, if you would like to read more about being creative, head over to Amisha's blog at Gorgeous and Fun and visit some of the other bloggers there. She is one of the "pink" bloggers that I have met through Pink Saturday and has a wonderful blog.

And if you want to see other wonderful Pinks, stop over at Beverly's blog How Sweet the Sound. There are lots of fabulous links to every sort of Pink you can imagine.

Have a happy and wonderful Pink Saturday! Go be creative!

Final Christmas House Book

I am finally getting around to posting photos of my Christmas house book from the Christmas House Swap. I was so impressed with the work of the other participants.  It is sort of difficult to get the full effect, but it is an accordion shaped book that I placed on my piano as a Christmas decoration - now one of my favorites! This was such a fun swap to participate in and so I have now signed up to do another one focused on Easter!

Christmas House Swap

I participated in my very first art swap - Christmas houses. Here are the pages that I made and submitted.

Each person made ten pages and sent them to the hostess who took one from each set and bound them into a book for each of us. It was so exciting to receive the book in the mail. I will post pictures of the final book later.