Monday, November 19, 2007

Be ye thankful...



Another tapestry artist who knew I loved blank books gave me the sweetest little handmade Italian blank book a number of years ago. It is 1.5" wide x 2" tall. The cover is marbled paper, and the inside paper is a lovely cream colored paper that accepts watercolor well. I have been using it as a gratitude journal, to note things that I often take for granted, but am really quite thankful for. As this week is Thanksgiving here in the US, I decided to post a mosaic of a few of the pages. These are tiny, tiny sketches, so are not very detailed. I love my little book. It feels 'precious' in my hand, so makes the things I remember to be thankful for 'precious' to me as well.

In addition, I am truly thankful to God for my near-perfect husband, my amazing sons and daughters-in-law, my two totally perfect grandchildren, our parents and the rest of our families, our comfortable home, my supportive friends, my work, etc, etc, etc.... I am quite blessed, packed down and overflowing.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

awesome!!!

Tommye McClure Scanlin said...

Hi Kathy,
Thanks for your Thanksgiving thoughts. I'm thankful for people like you who are willing to share their creative process, thoughts, feelings and hearts!
Many happy returns of this most wonderful holiday...
Tommye

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