glue it tuesday: week 14

Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I'm late with the check-in, I know. The afternoon at the doctor's office was not inspiring in the least and I got sidetracked with the magnet sale yesterday (which went swimmingly; thank you!) so I cobbled together a collage this morning that at least manages to knock out Glue it Tuesday and ICAD at the same time. If there is a Haiku challenge out there, this will satisfy that too. Can't wait to see what you made this week. Happy Gluesday!

the great 75% off doodle magnet sale

Good Monday morning! Hope everyone had a great weekend/Father's Day. Just a quick check-in to let you know that the great doodle magnet sale is here. It's the first clearance sale in Artsyville - ever! I'm not messing around, either: 75% off doodle magnets! The reason: I've decided to Go Jumbo on my magnets from now on (the new ones will be 4"x5"), so it's time for the current stash of ATC-size magnets to skedaddle. Perfect chance to add some Artsyville love to your fridge or stock up on gifts with hardly a dent in the wallet.

So I could make the price as low as possible, I've pre-assembled them into grab bags of 10 magnets for $12.50, which takes the price down to $1.25 each (regular price was $5.00 each.) These are the good kind of grab bags, where I'll show and tell you exactly what you're getting. Each magnet is individually packaged in a clear sleeve, and the collection is wrapped up in a kraft bag & sealed with a colorful sticker. I listed 26 packs last night, and of this morning, there were 19 left. Plenty of magnetic fun still to be had. Most of the packs include all different designs, but there are a few that have multiples: Grab Bag 23 has all Mama magnets and Grab Bag 8 includes all Writing/Teaching/Reading magnets. Two of the packs (Grab Bag 22 and Grab Bag 25) include the coveted Grouchy Girl magnet, and more than a few collections have a parenting-wine-breathe deeply theme to them.

Hop over to the shop for the sale and I'll see you tomorrow for Glue it Tuesday. No idea what I'm going to do yet -- I have to sit in the doctor's office all afternoon so I will haul my glue over there and hope inspiration strikes in the waiting room...

summer of color

I decided I needed one more creative prompt to fall behind on, so I'm jumping into Kristin's Summer of Color! The colors were turquoise and citron -- how could I resist? I did a quickie journal page of the week's highlights in gouache & ink, though I left myself virtually no space to write anything and by next week I will have forgotten what most of this means.

Working backwards through the week:


Here's the page in progress along with my desky disaster;


We had a birthday! Seven year old in the house;


The rainbow cake -- oh, this cake -- it frightened the devil out of me when I took the layers out of the oven. They were brown and lumpy and looked like flying saucers that had gone through a solar flare but a knife and frosting came to the rescue of the alien confection;


A colorful walk to school (two more weeks of this -- we must be the last school system in America to be freed for the summer);


A soggy walk home from school with Eisenhower in tow (Hello Kitty was renamed one day after a history lesson);


I sorted through hundreds of magnets;


Had lunch with my husband next to these lovely bottles;


And gave my wrist a workout cutting hundreds of stickers while having coffee with my art pals Karen and Beth.

It was a good week.

{tardy to the party at Paint Party Friday & squeaking in at the last minute for the first week of Summer of Color}