Friday

Interesting Articles

Want to Raise Rational Kids: Try Teaching Your Toddler Verbs.  

The connections between music and math have long been recognized, but "A new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology reports high school students who play musical instruments score significantly higher in science, math, and English exams than their non-musical peers."  (Source: Discover Magazine)

This made me happy and hopeful:  Girls Outperform Boys on National Engineering and Technology Skills Test.  I love The Mighty Girl.

Garden

incoming mail

from Annie

love the little gnomes on the back of the envelope

and the collage

Outgoing

Friday!

 Erin was in town yesterday, and we had lunch at Retro 521 

in the East Bank District.  Delightful daughter and delicious lunch!

Garden

Outgoing Mail

 I took advantage of the back to include another 

Will Rogers' quote and stamp.

The Delray Beach Historical Society

will have a Snail Mail Camp

for the second year in a row!

A New Week

New Project

 Quite a long time ago, I tried making paper with mixed results.  As I was about to trash some junk mail the other day, I thought about trying again.  I tore up a bunch of old envelopes and papers, let them soak, put 'em in the blender, and made paper pulp.

It was another mixed result but certainly suitable for collage--just tearing bits of pieces will add texture to collage work.

My papers were mostly plain, with some random bits of text, but before I quit, I remembered that there were plenty of finished pansy blooms and some begonia blooms just out the door.  So the last few pieces have some color to them.  I made a huge mess, the papers vary in thickness, and there is a lot to learn if I decide to try again.  

Not that it is difficult--it is really very easy, but I need to practice getting the right amount of pulp, not too thick and not too thin,  and a mold and deckle would produce even sheets and more even distribution of pulp.

Last Week's Mail

Outgoing 

 I used one of my tea bag houses and a tabby cat for Miss Prim Paws Chandler

Junk mail recycled to Connie

 collage postcard to Cheryl

Incoming

from Annie

from Jacque

and another one of Jacque's beautiful cards!

I love Julie Person's 

Adventures of Claudia!

Just Curious

...how often to you look back at your own pins on Pinterest?  

Pinning something I like comes easily, but unless I'm thinking about something specific, I rarely look back at my own pins.  I've thought about taking at least one pin a week from my own pins and trying a new technique.  Has not happened yet, there are some interesting Christmas ideas I might have to try.