Journal 52 week 8

Found poetry is this weeks theme and I can assure you all that it caused quite a headache - no books other than a phone directory (French) and a couple of magazines about cars, science & gadgets! 

Eventually I stumbled across a card from a friend that was almost able to spark a little something in my brain... I've picked out the words A   VOLUNTARY   GARDEN RED   BORDERS but as the writing was quite small I've rewritten them over the background which is a random grid if Promarkers in shades of red & a little green. 

I shall add some stamped flowers to this when I eventually return to the UK & my craft room. 

It was a difficult one this week with those very limited supplies!

Bonus

I was checking to see if I'd got anything suitable for journal 52 #8 found poetry & the answer is not really but maybe I can still come up with something ! I did, however, find a night sky summer star chart from an old FOCUS magazine so I decided to make a bonus star twinchie:-) because I could!!!!

Star

Tuesday has come around again and with it twinchie challenge where the theme is STARS....

More improvising with table confetti, am I glad that I went out for a Valentines meal with two girlfriends!

Here is my share of a Promarker coloured background, glued on star sequin and silver sharpie stars

And here is my real star....Bill started using a walking frame a week ago, he still is not allowed to put weight on his right leg- X-ray on Thursday will determine that all is good and then he can gradually start to put weight onto the injured leg/hip. He has now started to exercise in the swimming pool and I'm told that he should start to improve quite rapidly. I should hope so with 2 physio sessions of 90" per day!

It's good to see him smiling and I got him outside to do a lap of the grounds in his wheelchair so that we could both enjoyed the sunshine. We are working towards a date mid march to get him back to the chalet :-)

Dark

It's been a beautiful week-end here in the alps although there has been more tragedy a couple of valleys away, a very large boulder crashed down the mountainside demolishing a converted barn...2 young children have departed this world, the 5 grow ups are in shock but alive :-( Dark indeed! 

That also happens to be the theme across at every inchie Monday and here is my "limited supplies" share...

A  square piece of card (chocolate box) some Promarker to colour, a silver sequin that came of the Valentines day supper table - I've coloured it with a Promarker so it has become a dark star.i also added a few small stars using a sparkle gel pen.

Sending a prayer to the parents who lost their children in the early hours of this morning...

Mirror

Twinchie challenge time again :-) and we have Mirror as theme!

I could have made a nice handheld mirror at home but my limited supplies mean I am sharing something a little pretty...

A blue frame with a piece of scored silver card from a box of chocolates ( thank you Dad!) plus the words Mirror mirror on the wall... 

This crafting with minimal supplies can be a real challenge! 

Thanks for bearing with me, I shall be glad when normal service can resume :-)

Journal 52

  Week #7 when I grow up

For the early part of my childhood my father was in the Royal Air Force, on leaving the RAF he went into Air Traffic Control and I remember visiting the control tower when my mum when into hospital to give birth to my brother. We lived in North Africa at the time and used to fly home to the UK every few years to visit the family so I have always been in an airline environment as for my secondary education I was travelling from France to the Middle East every three months. 

I thought I would go on to become an airline hostess or possibly ground hostess but as this was the 70's and hijacking became common it was decided that it was possibly not a great career !

I went on to do some brilliant road trips (UK across Europe to Abu Dhabi & back) as well as trips around France, Spain, Italy and relatively short ones in the USA 

So my journal page this week shows the airlines that I used for most if my travelling. I used a kids painting box for the background, created the darker splotches with a screwed up plastic bag :-), drew around a small plate to create the centre circle and managed to trace the airline logos off the screen of my iPad!

Dual

It's Monday again :-) and time for another inchie...this week the theme across at Every inchie Monday Is DUAL.

Not too much choice for me this week....my share is a pair of glasses: 2 lenses, 2 sides, they work for vision and against the sun! :-)

Can't remember what the stamp is but I think it's Clear Choice Stamps.

Went on a big adventure today...did my first solo drive to Digne to see Bill this morning. He was still at physio when I arrived which meant that he was in his wheelchair when he came back to his room. I was able to give him a hair wash without getting the bed sodden :-) also managed to bully him into trying the walking frame too, the physio was so pleased when I told him that he made him do 2 lengths of the parallel bars this afternoon and is hoping to get Bill into the pool in a couple of days- my fingers are crossed as I would like to think that we can have him back at the chalet by the end of the local half term holidays (22/2-9/3)

I'll be back tomorrow for the twinchie share and Journal52 share