remembering my dad

My dad passed away after a long illness on Saturday, October 1st, 2011. Doing this photo tribute allowed me to honor him, and also help me process his passing.

Family, PhotographyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 5, 2011family

A tribute to my father

Dale Andrews…

FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 1, 2011family

Dallas and Liz get married

My son Dallas and his fiance' Liz are getting married today in Northampton, Mass.

FamilyLenna Young AndrewsOctober 1, 2011family

Green Paper Vintage Gluebook Page Swap

I registered for Mary Green's Vintage Gluebook page Swap last month, even though I was not positive I could do it ...this swap sounded so good, I just could not resist signing up.

Art Swaps, Rubber StampsLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 24, 2011vintage gluebook, Vintage

Another Stack

I was taking photos of my completed mail art postcard swap for my creative swaps blog when I realized here was another "stack" of paper.

Art Swaps, Mail ArtLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 23, 2011postcards, creative swaps, Mail Art

Paper Stacks

I’ve worked in lots of altered books, art journals, and collaborative journals full of paper and more, so I couldn’t resist his challenge to upload a photo (or 2 or 3 or 4) to my own blog today…

Lenna Young AndrewsSeptember 21, 2011

art, family, Glackens

For me, doing art, creating something, helps to calm and center me. It also allows me to work out my feelings in a different way…

Family, Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 16, 2011William Glackens

Altered books - a collaboration

I am doing with Sharon Borsavage of Livewire Jewelry. We started our collaboration almost 2 years ago and have been working in each other's altered books without any deadlines.

Altered Book, CollaborationLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 6, 2011AB-SharonB, Altered Books

sketchbook project 2012

Well, I did it! I finally signed up online for the Sketchbook Project 2012. My materials came in the mail…

Sketchbook ProjectLenna Young AndrewsSeptember 1, 2011Frieda Oxenham, friends, Sketchbook Project

sea washed sea birds in my journal

I decided to remember that afternoon in my art journal and I thought image transfers of a couple of these photos would be fun. Instead of doing the transfers directly in my journal, I did them on separate pieces of paper to insert in my journal…

Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsAugust 26, 2011Art Journal Every Day, Image Transfers

i am . . . august atcs

we have a theme for our August ATCs of "I am . . . " The idea is that the participants will fill in the blank after "I am" and we will get to know each other better.

ATCsLenna Young AndrewsAugust 14, 2011ATCs, creative swaps, watercolor crayons

A pair of swallows journal page

Julie Balzer, who is organizing Art Journal Every Day, published a post last week which I so loved. Reading it helped me to not fret about stepping back and taking time away from art journaling every day…

Art JournalLenna Young AndrewsAugust 8, 2011Art Journal Every Day

everything old is new again

Lenna Young AndrewsJuly 26, 2011Art Journal Every Day, watercolor crayons