Hello - a disaster averted

I love this paper and wish I could see more of it.

However.....

I stamped just start around the edges which looked

soooooo cool... And then,

 I decided watercolors and mists were required.

So using the packaging technique I 

splatted it all about - I can't even tell you what colors I used.

 It looked beyond stupid and really bad.

BUT I LOVED THE PAPER.

Therefore, I whacked out a piece of black cardstock

big enough to cover the stupid and really bad watercolor.

 Well the black looked ho-hum so let's do some more

stamping because things were working out so well.

Using vanilla enamel paint on a polka dot

background stamp actually didn't come out too bad.

I love those tags!

Somehow I got two packs of them in this kit

and love how they work with the glassine bag.

Then I needed to hunt down a photo.

A lighthouse and boat in Grand Marais MN.

It is a beautiful place - we camped there for the night

and dined at the dockside fish market

that had this view.

The food and the view were delish.

So of course I designed the page and then picked a

photo that had journaling to go with.

Therfore, there's another tag tucked into the glassine

bag behind the photo because seriously

can you really have too many tags?

(And that question will be answered in another post 😏)

Scrappy time!!!

Woohoo!!! Finally....

We are settled in NJ and hanging with 

friends and family.

So here's my set up from a different direction.

It's kinda tight but even at home with a drawing desk 

I end up with space this size anyway LOL.

 I converted some pix to B&W because I thought they'd look cooler.

Love the pix of me and Amelia. It was also when I decided

I seriously needed a new 'do.

Trying for a photo where Connor was "catching" the water.

Didn't quite line it up right. My bad.

 Little miss spent the night in the RV with us

and it was fun!

We got to stay up late and watch TV and everything.

 Converted the selfie of Connor and me to B&W

mostly because it really looked better that way.

 Our trip to Booth Bay and Hendricks Head lighthouse.

I used station in the title because I ran out of alphas LOL.

 This is the second time we were able to dine at Ken's so

I kept the menu and thought it would make a great background.

As explained before, we were too hungry to worry about

"before" photos. Bwahahaha.

 The Shakers were really interesting and I loved the

photo on their tickets and decided that it should be 

center stage as a title.

They are an interesting bunch, however, they

are on the verge of extinction due to practicing celibacy.

Pink Fresh with some Studio Calico, Tim Holtz 

and diecuts and stamps thrown in.

Scappy time on the road

Again, let me apologize for the photo, cropping.

Totally awkward.

Anyway its fun and since I rearranged stuff

I wasn't as annoyed tonight.

LOL.

Using Pink Fresh and various embellishments.

Got some photoshopping to do and

hoping for more downtown tomorrow.

Rollin' down Montana Roads

Love the monochromatic look of this.

If you look close there are two birds in that nest

that perches on the of a stick, basically.

Anyway, the sun was trying to come out, there was

a haze from the fires.

We were just coming from our boondocking at Lost Johnny Campground

that was really amazing.

While walking around the camp, right there in a

field, no 15 feet from us was a doe scarfing down some grass.

We kind looked at each other and decided all was well

and she went back to eating.

Later, she actually strolled through our camp.

Could have touched her out my window.

And of course, no camera.

 This is part of the Hungry Horse dam

that we had to roll over in order to get to the campground.

 This crane sits up on the dam.

 I was really disappointed that there was no water flowing

over, not even a trickle, however, you could hear the hum of power.

 Then there was this landscape that is just

soooooo pretty riding down the highway.

 Couldn't help I do have a million more but I 

only picked out a few for you.

You're welcome 😊

 Then, sadly, we came upon this sight.

Fire department putting out a trailer fire.

 Hopefully all came out of it alive.

 It happened in Sun River, Montana.

 And another dam - Black Eagle on the Missouri River.

It is huge and I love all the flowing water.

This little guy came to great us at our camp

and did a great job posing.

 Isn't he cute?

I'm assuming he. 

 Then decided some chillin' was required.

So cool. 

He's still out there as we speak, chillin'.

Meeting up with friends on the road

Of course this caught my fancy on the way to Long Campground

in Idaho where we will be meeting up and hanging

for a few days with our friends Paul and Sharon.

We were able to meet up with them a couple years ago and it was so

much fun.

 It was a beautiful ride along the Clearwater River.

 Of course we went exploring and poked our

collective noses into all kinds of things.

 This was the first courthouse in Pierce Idaho

built in 1862. The town evolved when a gold rush

happened in the area on the Nez Perce's land (pronounced Nez Purse).

Anyway a treaty was drawn up because of all the trespassing

going on and the Nez Perce lost 90% of their land.

The gold ran out and basically left the Nez Perce pretty much screwed.

Sad.

 We then went to the Logging Museum that

had lots of stuff.

Naturally I photographed what interested me.

 First off, my gram had both of these items.

The wringer washer was in the basement where every

Monday she did the laundry and hung it outside.

The tub on the wall was where I had baths when I was a

kidlet in the middle of her kitchen. 

 As you may or may not know I had a career in the telephone

company (GTE) and my first job was the cord board.

NOT as old as this one mind you,

but it was a fun job.

 My aunt Toot (short vowels there) had one of these babies

and she used to love to sew and passed it on to my

cousin Judy. I, too loved to sew but I was never as good

as either of these two.

 This is a logger's cabin.

 It was cozy with just the essentials.

Except for those things that are essential to me, i.e., running 

water and a bathroom.

Just sayin....

 Check out the locomotive bell that was used

as a dinner bell at the logging camp.

 Sharon and I were really hot on finding out what the

heart of the monster was all about.

And here it is in a nutshell....

A monster was eating all of the animals. Coyote fooled the monster into swallowing him. Using a set of stone knives that he had brought with him, Coyote cut apart the monster from the inside to release all of the animals that were trapped in the monster. Upon emerging from the remains of the monster, Coyote cut it up and threw the pieces all over the land, creating the Indian people who inhabit the land. Fox asked Coyote about the land around the monster, it had no people, what was he to do? As Coyote washed the blood of the monster off his hands, the drops became the Nez Perce.

My artistic approach to black eyed susies that

were abundant in our campground.

 More Clearwater river pix.

And doesn't that railroad bridge make you swoon.