~ love notes ~

 it's the last day of January ~

and it is C O L D.

staying indoors, cooking hearty meals on our always-burning woodstove...

baking sweet treats for my beloved and keeping my hands busy

~ all help to ward off this deep-freeze we are in at the moment.

tomorrow marks the 1st day of a month of 

celebrating love & friendship, so I wanted to create a new set of blank

note/thank you cards using my original drawings...

I have always enjoyed the look of fine line illustration ~

using nothing more than an ink pen and tiny detail.

 

instead of printing directly onto the kraft-paper colored cardstock,

I thought it would be nice to print onto some of my hand-parched paper ~

 

then I stained the paper some more, 

and before adhering to the front of the cards,

I cut the edge of the drawings with pinking sheers...

 

while sitting in my keeping room, with old movies on the tv...

piping hot chocolate within reach and slowly cutting paper and gluing,

I was reminded how as a child growing up in Connecticut on frosty stay-at-home snow days,

always would I have my paper, scissors ~ pencils & pens scattered about me.

I guess some things never change ~ 

I'm blessed to be able to do what I love, and still channel that young girl

that drew hearts and flowers on everything she could....

 my sweet notecard sets w/envelopes will be available in my Etsy shop today, 

~ as well as here in our Shop at the farm

💌

wishing you all a day warmed by love and creativity!

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Midweek Musings ~

… and a

 Happy Wednesday to you

~ Friends & Folk ~

More progress has been made on BeeWitched…

I've finished her dress and have moved on to the background ~

yay!

… since the 2 main motifs are so big, 

and have so many different colors & textures going on in them,

I decided to keep the background very plain… 

I chose a tone-on-tone 'black' 

{which consists of blacks, dark greens & brownish-ness}

all in the very same wool.

 and have big plans for the border though…

I will bring those colors back around for my finish!

"oh... hey Ig!"

"what's that you say…?"

Iggy is always chattering-on about something or another….

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I've been in my sketchbooks again ~ just finished up this Lady last night…

"Witch Stitches"

 2016 ~ ©Notforgotten Farm ~ 

I love how her hair floats along with her sewing needfuls…

{{ can you see her little friend? }}

perhaps her tiny companion startled her ~ 

… or she is allowing her stitching tools to enjoy a bit of flight?

Her wizened face & gnarled hands hold many stories I'm sure.

{and I wonder what secrets that skeleton key on her waist can unlock?}

I enjoy sketching in my 'down-time'…

these penciled scratchings are the impetus for my needlework & folk art designs, 

even though these are much more detailed 

when rendered in pencil & ink, 

~ than in cotton thread or wool loops.

I like to flit between my more primitive & naive style

 to more of a 'fine-art' look…

and I usually can find my niche somewhere in there with my style

that I call

~ 'Primsical' ~ 

{{ not quite real but certainly not total imagination only }}

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Hoping you can all find a little magic in your week!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori