pure playtime joy

The tree thing, started on January 1st, continued on into January 3rd. It moved from watercolor, ink, cut... to cut out trees from old calendar, add newspaper, fire up the sewing machine. 

Then out came the toned gray paper.  Why not? Before you know it there was a small forest. 

Which begged to be set up on the water color pan before going back to the inspiration board.

These Caran D'Ache crayons have not seen the light of day for many moons. They will get more play time this month.  For sure. As will those colored pencils. 

It's hard to say exactly what it was that made these trees so much fun to me, but it was pure playtime joy. I want more of that feeling all year long. 

And while I am at it, more French toast with blueberries and raspberries on top because it was incredible. Bacon on the side. Cause you got to have the salty with the sweet. It's a balance thing.  

Comments

[Faith]

Your trees are delightful, as is your breakfast! Happy New Year, Carol! Wishing you (and all of us) more playtime joy in the coming year.

[Amy in Texas]

Fun and more fun! The trees, the French toast--wonderful!

[Emie]

We never know when something will spark joy. I believe the key here is to follow it when you find it... you never know where you'll end up.