So, my Labrador and I were having a lovely summer afternoon walk recently when we both spied a ball of sea foam green yarn in the middle of the street. My first thought was “Why?” Immediately followed with a thought about the potential for a large veterinary bill. I told Lila the yarn was not for her. But her adolescent retriever brain was way ahead of mine in assessing the situation and she instantly decided “I get it!” And she did, though in the process, she knocked me flat in the street, breaking one of the long bones in my left hand. I’m doing well, but there isn’t going to be any quilting for a least a month. So I’m on an unplanned holiday, which is actually rather nice!

I can’t to sew, but I can draw and paste, so I’ve been having fun making zines. If you don’t know, a typical zine is a little book created by folding and cutting a single sheet of 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. There are a variety of ways to fold and cut.

Here are 2 zines that I made this week.

The first is playing with colors and patterns.

The second one was made using a couple ladybug rubber stamps.The book is about one ladybug going on an adventure. So the apostrophe is in the right place! But when I found the stamp with the ladybugs walking in a row, I couldn’t resist adding it. Now it looks like there are multiple ladybugs frolicking, but it’s really just one!

The children at camp in June where I was the art director were fascinated by optical illusions. so rather than copy some, I decided to just draw and see what would happen. Bits work better than others. but I think it’s fun.

I’m having so much fun exploring another artistic medium.