Leafing into Spring: Part I

I have to start by saying a big thank you to my friends Arlee Barr and Jude Hill for plugging my blogs and my new adventure over at A Common Thread . Also to everyone who has already joined me there. Welcome! And don't forget to tell all of your friends :}

And... sheeeeeeeeeeee's off! A new idea. But this is all you're getting right now, because I have to get on with it... a sneak peak of what's on the work table today. I am busy busy here!



















Leafing Into Spring

Before I go... remember folks... there's very little that a serving spoon of Nutella can't fix! ;}



















Nilo. That's one happy child!

Taking it easy...

Where do ideas come from exactly? What part of our brain manages that? Or is it the job of several different parts of the brain?... Probably so.

So I didn't do much yesterday, but had a lot of ideas of things that I want to try out. Obviously doing nothing plays an important role sometimes in the aquisition of ideas. Think I'm going to try doing nothing more often!

Today I am feeling better. Still pretty rough, but at least not so dead on my feet. The guys went into town to try to fix the four wheel drive (turns out that the problem's more complicated than first expected!) and so I have been playing with a few of yesterday's ideas...














Ideas about layers...














... and stitches.














Humble stitches, like the interesting edge of yesterday's post.














Ideas about openings...














... and variations on that theme.














Ideas about how a thing changes from a different view point...














... or in a different light.



















Ideas about keeping the colors simple














And enjoying Simplicity!

Merry Christmas Everyone!