On Target for my day's agenda.........

Well, I have managed to accomplish most of what I've set out to do today. Even discovered a little time to sit and relax with Terry Taylor's Altered Art Book, do some reading and skimming through it. Talk about eye candy! This book is sure to inspire!

I've been preparing one of the journals for its next leg of the journey on the RR. Managed to get it packaged up and ready to go out in the mail tomorrow. I discovered an extra ATC, so I didn't need to create one for the Pay-It-Forward for the RAK ATC I received yesterday, however, I did create two for the Out Of Time! Swap so that I could get them scanned and uploaded before sending them off tomorrow.

I chatted with a friend I haven't seen in a while today. I had every intention of walking over to her mother's house to visit with her a bit this evening and see her newest family member, Dakato! However, when I called at 6, I got the answering machine so either someone is on the phone or they went out for dinner. Who knows though I may slide a little walk into my day yet! A nice break before I begin on Melanie's Flat Stanley Handmade Scrapbook maybe just the ticket...... although, I'm not against putting it on tomorrow's To Do List either, LOL! Hmmm, walk or create??? that is the question....

Ok, I decided. I'll create the handmade book for my neice...... give those hamstring a chance to heal, LOL! Man, that was almost too easy! Sccccaaarrrrrrrrryyyy..........

This is another ATC Swap, Out of Time! theme. I created 7 individual ATC's vs. 7 of the same. Doing so inspires me further with design ideas for these small treasures. 

Some ATC's I created for a Going Postal Swap. Gives me something to create on a small scale in between the Journal RR. 

ALTERED ART Techniques for Creating Altered Books, Boxes, Cards & More by Terry Taylor

This is by far one of the best books on Mixed Media Artwork I’ve read since purchasing Claudine Hellmuth’s Collage Discovery Workshop last year. Filled with ideas, information on several different mediums, instructional materials and how-to information, this book offers some wonderful tips and techniques that will enable you to explore and discover yourself while creating your own artwork.
This book offers a little bit of everything and then some; from copyright information to creating altered books and mixed media collages, then on to altering tins, designing shrines and creating assemblages there is no end to the amazing artwork and inspiration featured within from the 95 contributing artists and designer’s. This book is certain to jumpstart your imagination and inspire you creatively.

Altered Art by Taylor Taylor. My copy of the book arrived today in the mail. I couldn't quite resist spending some time pouring it over. 

Congrats to me, TaeBo Day 2!

Decided to update once again while I'm cooling off and drinking my water. Whoo-hoo! What a workout! I definately tell the results from yesterday, lol, I felt the muscle burn a lot sooner and noticed a little tenderness in a few of my muscles, especially my hamstring which definately got stretched and yes, I have stomach muscles. ROFLOL, they are there just hidden under a roll. I discovered I'm again restless afterwards, must be the sweating.... I'm not particularly fond of yet, LOL!

I managed to make my bed up again afterwards, grabbed myself a bottle of cold water, freshen up a bit and here I sit, feeling good. I'm proud of myself! No thoughts of putting it off, just getting up and going. I know one day I'll pray for a day like this!

It is a gorgeous day outside today, I can hear the birds singing, the sun is shining and damn, do I ever feel good! I'm off to check my email, send a Thank You for the ATC RAK, and then on to cleaning out my dresser drawers and getting things put away. Since I had help keeping the laundry going yesterday, I've only one load of whites today and whatever else we may dirty up before days end. I'm so happy I'm getting "my act" together!

On the Artistic side of Life........

I need to make it out to the studio this evening to package up one of the journals for the journal RR. I've decided to put it in a large plastic baggie to protect it from any water damage along its journey. I was impressed it arrived safely without any damage.

I also need to create a couple more, 3 or 4, ATC's to finish up an upcoming swap, plus the additional one for Christine. We decide adding one for one another when the swap is below 9 to exchange with one another will help us accumulate them a little faster. The Out of Time ATC swap is the one I haven't officially signed up for yet, LOL! It is being hosted by the same hostess as the Going Postal ATC, so I figured I send them both out at once. While I am at it, I need to create one for an RAK ATC I received in the mail yesterday; which reminds me to figure out who it was that actually sent it so I can email a "Thank You" and inform them a Pay It Forward return is being sent out.

I also am planning to get my butt to work on creating Flat Stanley's Handmade SB Book. I need to do a little a cleaning in the studio; putting back what I've drug out recently, and capture a picture or two of him visiting with me there. Melanie loved being in the studio with my sister & I while here on vacation last July; so seeing Flat Stanley there will be an additional surprise.

Well, as you can see there's quite a bit on the agenda today....... so I'm off of here to go workout and begin the day! I'm hopeful to upload some of my accomplishments by the end of the day and possibly post yet another. Ta-Ta for now........