If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
The second prompt for Dephemerember 2023 was "Salvaged Birds." As a quilter, I have plenty of fabric selvages (the bound edge on fabric when you buy it by the yard) lying around and the word salvage made me think of selvage. I wound up making a purple collage of fabric selvages then adding yellow bird... Continue Reading →
More Dephemerember ephemera (say that three times fast!). The card I made for the first prompt "a butterfly and 3 torn things" uses a bird photo taken by my father. Journal card made from a photo by Don Dunsmore. I added butterfly wings to the bird, thinking it was super clever because I'd never seen... Continue Reading →
After deciding to participate , I was really late getting started on Dephemerember. At this point I've managed to complete ephemera for five of the prompts, and been inspired to put together things just lying on my desk. So it's been a real win despite the difficulties. This week, I'll be sharing some of the things... Continue Reading →
Election day has come and gone and I did it again. I voted at the last minute. Even though I receive a mail-in ballot weeks before the election, I never fill my ballot out early. It's always an election day event. I always think "this year, I'm voting early" and I always spend election day... Continue Reading →
I've been interested in birds since the 1990s and started keeping a life list in 2016. My outdoor time is spent with binoculars around my neck and a field guide in my pocket. When my friends want help identifying some bird they saw, I'm the one they ask. So it's not surprising that I got... Continue Reading →
