I vote for hearts

 At this moment the votes are being cast for or against a second impeachment for President Trump.    I am not watching or listening to it, instead turning to looking through my collection of Valentine related goodies.  

Yesterday was baking day which helped warm the house and flooded it with the smell of chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin custard. On a grey, foggy and overcast day, it was warm and did my heart good.   During this troubled time politically and with the pandemic still raging, we need to do things to keep ourselves comfortable and safe.   Chocolate chip cookies are my antidote.

Today the sun came out in the morning and the dogs had that sunny spot on the couch to stretch out.  We are all tired of grey days, but in Californias central Valley, it is the norm this time of year.    

I posted a challenge for my mixed media friends to make

something heart related in any media, and then to post pictures during  the week of Valentines day.    So, while going through my Valentine things, I found some things we have done in the past.  I will share some pictures here.  

This was made by a dear friend from a peat pot made to start seedlings. She painted it and decorated it. Its been on my table every February for many years. 

This small wooden heart is something I made back in the 80s. It has a pinback. I used metallic craft paints drawing a toothpick through the paints, then dipped the heart into the paint.  

These hearts were cut from an old quilt, then gessoed. Layers of paper napkins were then glued on with gel medium and sealed with acrylic gloss varnish.  I have taught this several times and love! The results each time.   Many of us shared our paper napkin stashes so there was a wide variety in results.  I have never seen one I didnt like.  I think I will do more.  

We did these scratchers in our mixed media group. Again, the variety of results was outstanding.  And a lot of fun. 

Blanks were purchased from Amazon.