WOYWW: Home Sweet Home

Happy What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday!  I just woke up after our flight from Budapest and I got home to a wonderful pile of WOYWW Anniversary ATCs.  I am so pleased with the new ATCs from Jo (Twiglet), Annie, Christine (Bishopsmate), Maisie Moonshine, Lisa and Kate.  

Beautiful additions to my collection!  Of course I have to finish addressing envelopes and sending the ATCs I owe to these lovely ladies and that's what's on my desk as well.

I enjoyed the flea markets in Berlin and Budapest (I guess it is a good thing I don't live in Europe or I would be in the flea markets ALL the time!)  Here are some of my "treasures." I hope the watch I bought for 5 Euros will work when I change the battery...

Some pictures of my trip to Berlin...

Vienna...

and Budapest.

For more pictures and the descriptions about these places, please visit my Instagram/Statigram account (my WOYWW post is too long already!)

While I was away, the only art I got to do was in my prayer journal and so I leave you with this encouragement...

I'm sorry but I have not had the time to visit much these past days but I am always hoping to get to visit.  Thank you for taking the time to visit and leave me your wonderful comments, blog hugs I call them!

WOYWW: Happy 4th Anniversary!

It's been four years since Julia started having crafters and artists show off their desks for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday!  Happy Anniversary, WOYWWers!  I've been busy finishing off some ATCs for our anniversary swap, putting WOYWW crowns on my handpainted girls.  Aside from swapping with the WOYWWer whose name is after mine on the WOYWW list this week, I'm making extra ATCs.  Let me know if you want to swap and I'll see if I have enough ATCs.

There is only a little space left to work on in my desk.  I still have to clean and put away this vintage Filipiniana blouse that I wore for a family photo shoot.  It belonged to the grandmother of my sister Patsy's husband.

We were in Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, a heritage resort where they reconstructed old Filipino houses:A living museum of Philippine customs and traditions are re-born in a community typical of the 18th to early 20th century Philippines.

And lastly, an illustration from my prayer journal, for all my blog friends and visitors.

Happy WOYWW anniversary, Inspire Me Monday,  Word Art Wednesday and Paint Party Friday!

WOYWW: A Giveaway in the Making

 

Happy Wednesday (or whatever day you're visiting)!  On my desk for this week's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, is the painting I started when my sister Patsy and I had a paint party and we all made some backgrounds and faces.  I decided to make this painting a giveaway to celebrate my 400 followers (but it isn't finished yet so watch out for my giveaway post!)

 

And here is the box of mini perfumes; open so that you can see the bottles.  That's it for this week.  Happy desk peeking!

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday: Travel Souvenirs

I'm back!  Although I thoroughly enjoyed attending World Youth Day and going on a tour of Spain, Portugal and Morocco, I am glad to be back home.  On my desk today are my travel journal and some of the souvenirs I collected (obviously, I have not had time to clean up, or to take a good picture of my mess!)...

Here are a few Promarkers and a white Pilot pen I bought in an art store I came across in Spain...

Some keychains form Barcelona (one of a Joan Miro floor mosaic in Las Ramblas and another one of "La Pedrera" building by Antonio Gaudi (I am figuring out if I can wear them as pendants since I already have too many keychains)...

 Some finds from "El Rastro", the open air flea market in Madrid...

Some bracelets and other souvenirs that I received from some other participants of World Youth Day (I gave them the charms I made)...

A shell charm souvenir of my visit to Pamplona.  Although it is more well known as the city where they have the running of the bulls, it is also along the "Camino de Santiago de Compostela," The Way of St. James, a collection of old pilgrimage routes which finish in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwestern Spain. The scallop shell is a symbol of the Camino...

  

And a charm of St. Teresa of Avila (and of Fatima on the other side since I visited both Avila, Spain and Fatima in Portugal)...

And from Marrakesh, Morocco, Argan Oil, which is said to have anti-aging properties.  Well, I do need to keep from aging if I plan to attend World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013, don't I? 

If you are interested to see more desks (usually there are some arts and crafts on them), visit Julia's blog and the list of more than a hundred blogs joining What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday!  Happy WOYWW, everyone!

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday: Oh là là

Bonjour, amis!  No desk to show you today, and time for just a short post since I have to share internet time with my hubby and kids.  Je suis allé à un marché aux puces ce week-end (tee hee, I wonder if I said that right) and here are some of my finds!  My favorite, which I wonder how I will bring home since it is so heavy, is a set of 2 books - an old French dictionary with wonderful illustrations!  And some wonderful old keys with lovely designs.

 

I haven't had much time to visit other desks for What's on your Workdesk Wednesday but if you have the time, drop by the wonderful desks from around the world!  And in my case this week, a floor full of flea market finds!

Vintage Collages in ATCs

I thought I'd share with you my latest Artist Trading Cards.  There are a lot of great sites that offer beautiful vintage images so I decided to use them in some collages.  I combined the images with book paper, magazine cutouts, a part of a sandalwood fan, and added touches of watercolor, colored pencil and some gold poster paint.  The first one with the sandalwood piece is my favorite.  Hope you like them!

If you would like to have a chance to win my ATC giveaway, please visit this post.