T(ea) Day!

 Another week of challenges and link ups! I am happy to share with Bleubeard and Elizabeth today for T Stands for Tuesday. My tea of choice is an art project this week:

   I had spotted my large bag of napkins in one of my art drawers and decided to play with them again. This is a 3" x 3" canvas that came with this cute little easel. I only paid $1 for the pkg. Part of the napkin was trimmed then glued to the canvas. I further enhanced the words with a gold gelli roll pen, some pencil lines to outline the cup and saucer, and some color and black marks with an XF Pitt pen. The edges were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

 The actual beverage I'll share for Elizabeth and friends is  raspberry limoncello sangria topped with champagne-YUM!!! We walked into town to meet our much younger friends at a favorite place  Tapas on Main. We hadn't been there since June! Our very fave bartender Joe was there (he had been out awhile for a knee replacement), AND Lorenzo Branca was the entertainment for the evening! It was a FAB night-with lots of great music, fun, and laughter:

 (l-r-Lynn, Andrew (who will be celebrating their 1st anniversary early next month), me, and Bill (who just celebrated our 31st). It is so wonderful to have so much in common with them-we always have a great time together-and it makes us NOT feel so old:):)

                                             Our guy Joe-getting everyone all wound up.

 The UBER talented Lorenzo-who not only plays MANY instruments and does all the singing, but is a very talented painter and sculptor. He will play anything from Elvis to Jethro Tull to Neil Diamond to John Legend and the latest artists.

  For the Simon Monday challenge this week it's "anything goes". Since thanks to Joe I have Halloween on the brain I made a tag:

  Products: formica chip sample (3 1/2" w x 5 " high-free at places like Home Depot or Lowes); silk leaf (Dollar Stores); image and sentiment (ARTchix Studio collage sheet); ribbon and paper were a gift; fibers from my stash; witches  hat sticker ( Jolees); spider sticker (Michael's); Onyx black Versafine ink (Tsukineko).

 And one final bit of art:

 Sorry it looks a bit darker than it actually is. This is a journal page I created around the image of the pear on a napkin. The pg was painted with yellow ochre and micaceous iron oxide (Golden). The napkin piece was glued on along with a bit of torn upcycled dryer sheet (on the bottom edge of the napkin image). Une poire ( a pear) was computer generated and glued to the pg. I then layered lots of reinker glazes (see Serena Barton's fabulous book -Wabi Sabi Art Workshop)!. Once the pg was dry I sponged  edges of the pg with Jet Black Staz- On ink.

 Linking this to Inspiration Avenue-theme is " favorite artist-do something in the style of a favorite artist". Serena is the first person that came to mind because she has been SUCH an influence in my art since discovering her. I am also linking this to Mix it Monthly hosted by Piarom (Conny) for the theme of "Still Life".

      " Be a full bucket, pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into the light."   Rumi