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-Rach

In need of a mailing address

Carolina-
I have your moly. Just finished the drawing and ready to start color. I need your new address please! Will post the final image here later this week.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving my dears!
-Racheal

It is definitely much much much better in person...

even though it was gorgeous online. Jennifer, I got Kari's moly today and let me say the same thing that I always say...
You are amazing!!!
Your drawing is truly stunning. I need to find some new descriptive words - I feel like I always use the same ones, but they are still true.

Kari's Sunshine & Summertime

Kari - your book is looking awesome!

Let's not talk about how long I've had this book. I departed from the water theme, hope it doesn't look like a hiccup in the book. I love sitting outside in the summer. There is a gorgeous white lily in my backyard right by where I sit and draw. Always happy when a butterfly visits.

Be on the lookout Stacey, I'm dropping this in the mail tomorrow.

One book left...

I was just reviewing all of the posts and the entries that I have made and it looks like there is just one book left - that I have yet to make an entry in. I have not seen Kari's book with the summer theme. The reason that I bring it up...if you ladies remember we had discussed adding two new members to our group on the second rotation. I just wanted to be proactive and make sure that these new ladies are ready to start once the second round does and to determine how we can integrate them into the group.

More Dreams

I'm finally ready to send Racheal's moly off to Racheal. hehe It turned out a little too pastelly for me but I'm sticking to it. Racheal your book is really amazing.

How's everyone else doing? Things have been quiet lately, so I'm guessing you're all as busy as I am. Things are good here in southern Utah. The leaves are changing colors and my little town is beautiful. I can't believe it's November!

Kari

stacey's books

Hi everyone
I finally found some time to do an entry in Stacey's book
Hope you like it Stacey and really sorry for the long delay
but with the move, the renovation, work, going back to school.... it has been just crazy!
As for my entry, it's based on a saying my grandmother used to say whenever she saw a crow. She looked at the crow, crossed her fingers and said: "Martes hoy, martes manana, martes todo la semana" Which means Tuesday today, Tuesday tomorrow, tuesday all week. She told it was to protect us form the bad luck the crow brings because they are witches in disguise. The theme of the night and the vampires remind me this saying and I just had to had some type to follow Racheal's entry. This was really fun and a good break from my crazy break
ps. I'm trying to catch up in my moly so my next entry just be completed soon. thanks for understanding.

Ali in Wonderland

Well, I thought it was time for Alice, or in this case Ali to show up in Wonderland.  My daughter Ali absolutely loves Alice in Wonderland so I took this opportunity to put her right in the middle of it.  Here she is smelling the roses that were so recently painted red.  I hope you like it.  This is is the mail to Racheal and I have already started my next Moly.  

I hope you are all doing great.   

Smiles

Kari

Racheal's Update

Hey Everyone!
I just saw Stacey's post and was planning on writing my update post [was wondering where everyone was as well] this weekend, but you beat me to the punch. Anyway, I figured list form would be the easy way. Here goes:

1. Hope you all are well, have had great summers, and ready for the autumn.
2. I have had an insane and busy summer. Vacationed on the beach, went parasailing! Back to reality right now and catching up on a lot of work.
3. This was my entry into Stacey's moly. I sent it to Carolina back in the beginning of July I believe.



I was really sick over the summer and unable to draw/use my hands. So when I finally was able to get back into it I had to start where I felt comfortable. For me that's typography and lettering. Aside from that, I felt the quote stuck with Stacey's theme well.
4. This was my entry into Jennifer's moly [I think it was Jen's--it started off as the hummingbirds]. I took it in a bit of a creepy direction:



I sent this to Carolina mid/end of July. Carolina-did you receive these? I just read the post about your address change, I hope the moleskines made it to right place! I will also need your new address, s'il vous plait!
5. I have not received any moleskines since creating in the ones I sent to Carolina. Kari- I am ready! :) I hope you are allright [I know you have been very busy and I hope you are ok]!
6. Hi Kelley and Rose!

That is my status. I've been starting a new working schedule so hopefully I won't be absent for long gaps like this summer. I was also wondering how everyone felt if I made a banner for this blog and a banner to put on our personal sites?

Big hug from CT.

Where is everyone?

It has been a little while since I have seen a new book. If everyone could please post a comment and let me know who's book you have and where you are in your entry?
Thanks

Hi everyone

I have just moved to my new house
So I have a new address.
Email me if you need it
thanks!

ps: because of this move... my art supplies are all in boxes
it might take me some time to finish my entries in the sketchbooks
sorry for the delay

First round nears its end...

It is amazing to think that our first round of entries is nearing its end. So far this has been a wonderful fun and amazing experience for me and from all the posts that everyone has made to the blog - for everyone else as well.

As we continue forward, I wanted to remind everyone that in our second round we will have 2 new group members. Kelley http://www.flickr.com/photos/30724506@N06/ and Rose http://www.flickr.com/photos/30999513@N06/ who were displaced from an exchange that ended. Both of these ladies are wonderfully talented and I look forward to having them in the group.

In the next couple of months - once our first round officially ends - I will be updating the group mailing rotation and will send out the appropriate information to everyone.

Hello Ladies,

Just wanted to check in.  I'm sorry I've been absent.  You wouldn't believe the things that have happened to me this past month, none of them good, and some of them incredibly heart-breaking.  

I did get a new job, starting Monday as a graphic designer for a company called LearnKey.  Designer jobs are few and far between here in Southern Utah so you can bet I'm counting my blessings and looking forward to some new challenges.  I'm sure this means my stars are starting to align:)  

Thanks for all of the wonderful work and posts in this exchange, it is amazing how therapeutic and exciting these little books are.  It's cool to know there are people out there that think just like me and enjoy being creative.  And it's a gift to have their artwork to keep forever.  

Here's to the future.

Kari

I'm almost finished with Alice in Wonderland, I'll post this weekend.

Moly in the mail

Racheal's moly is in the mail on it's way to Kari. Should be there in the next 2-3 days. I realized as I was signing in to post this that I forgot to take pictures of the envelope. Ah well.

I don't know if anyone else has realized this but we are very close to finishing up out first round. Holy cow.

Racheal's moly - entry finished...

This one was a hard one for me. I was finding it hard to follow after Jen this time around. Her entry was so amazing!! Add to that all of the things that I have been going through lately and I am surprised that I did get it done. I am however behind now. I have 2 entries for a watercolor moly that need to be done now. I am still loving the moly exchange though. So, I know Racheal said that she didn't really have a theme, but after reading her entry - I knew what I had to do. My entry - is a recurring nightmare that I have had for years. What you see is only a part of it. The other part is me not being able to scream.

This was my first attempt at using crosshatching to shade. I will say that I don't hate it and am not as repulsed by my own entry as I thought I would be.

it's in the mail

Hello everyone!
I finally found some time to finish my entry in Kari's moly.
Here is the envelope... it's coming your way Jennifer

Stacey's moly

Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to tell you that I have just received Stacey's moly .... but I still have Kari's moly. My entry is halfway done and I'll to mail it as soon as I can. I have been super busy with the purchase of a new house... and now I'm in renovationland. 

I'll try to cath up

Kari - sorry for the delay

I am so sorry for the delay on mailing you Carolina's moly. I had intended for it to go into the mail last weekend and then the bottom dropped out of my life. I have not been myself this week. My husband is taking it to the post office today. Also now that I am feeling better and things are getting back to normal - you may end up with Racheal's moly by the end of next week. An idea finally came to me yesterday, so I put it on paper and just need to add some color.

Jen's book

Here's my addition.  I thought I would add the trees that were up til now part of the background.  I found a great photo of Aspen trees with some graffiti on them, added a couple of lizards and a butterfly and this is how it ended up.  There isn't really a identifiable focus but I thought it made a good transition to... whatever comes next.  Hope you like it Jennifer, it was fun. 

Jennifer's book now.

Just wanted to share how Jennifer's book is looking with all of the drawings.  

Bat Man

I finally have a moment to post these scans.  I couldn't make up my mind what to draw in Stacey's moly.  Then I came across a photo of the cutest bat!  So I drew the bats and then added a "Bat" man checking out the beautiful girl.  I've never drawn bats before so it was a challenge.  I kind of wish that I had stuck with the bats and left the man out but it's too late now.   Hope you enjoy the story that is happening Stacey and I promise to never draw a bat again:)

Just checking in....

As we get closer to another mailing date (June 30th) - I just wanted to check in with everyone to be sure that we are all on schedule (on the same page). As of right now...
Kari - you should have Jennifer's moly
Racheal - you should have my moly
Carol - you should have Kari's moly
Jennifer - you have Racheal's moly
and I have Carol's.
If this is not the case please let me know and we can allow more time if needed. Each of our moly's have 2 more entries/mailings before they are sent back to us. Recently, I emailed eveyone to see if it would be okay to add 2 more ladies to our group for the 2nd round of entries. It was a unanimous "yes"...so once everyone gets their moly back I will post a new rotation and send out any/all pertinent information and introduce our new group members.

Hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool - it has been 100+ here in Texas.

Dreams don't always make sense.....

Here is my entry into Racheal's moly.
Racheal's awesome moon entries in the front & back of her book really made me want to do something related to dreams.
I'll be dropping this in the mail later this week.
Hope all are well.
Jenn

2nd mailing...

Eveyone should have made their 1st entry in the moleskine that was mailed to you in May and those moleskines should have been put in the mail to the next person. If anyone wasn't able to complete their entry and mail the moleskine, please let me know.

I am going to propose June 30th as the next mailing date. Let me know if this is okay with everyone.

Sunshine & Sumertime

I'm sorry I am behind! Lots of deadlines. But making this was my treat and now I'm definitely in summer mode and feeling nice and relaxed. I made no plans on this one. I told myself I would (because it was someone else's Moleskine that I didn't want to mess up) but decided to follow an idea without plans instead. It's more exciting for me that way. I was going to move it on land but waited, the sea felt better.

I hope you like it Kari, and that it reminds you to relaaaax.