Been There; Going Back

I've gathered you together here to celebrate another of Michelle Ward's Street Team challenges!!  Calloo Callay!  Gesundheit.

But first:

Ranunculus

As mentioned in my previous post, I am attempting to work my way back through the Street Team challenges I've missed.  Thanks so much for all your sweet comments on the last post.

The one I've just completed is last month's Been There, Done That challenge. 

It's one thing to share, as I did last year after my trip to Paris, digital images and narrative about our adventures, and another thing to create a journal spread about them.  It really IS a challenge!  Until now, I'd not taken the time to do this.

  

As you can see, I think blue is Paris's color.  But, what do I know?  What color is Paris for you?  In any case, I'll be doing more pages, because these aren't all the receipts I have.  Oh, no.  And you know it's not all the pictures I have.

Speaking of Hanna's annual postcard swap, in Paris, I went nuts with the postcards.  I must have gone to every postcard kiosk in the city.  They found it amusing, as I can probably get all of these postcards here or online.  But, I just felt like indulging myself.  You know how it is, when you can just feel the postcards?

  

A smattering from my stash.

And, while we're on postcards, here're some of mine, in progress:

There's lots more to do to make them postal-ready, but the paper-towel backgrounds are painted, most of the stitching is done, there's some stencilling and embossing and stamping and a little bit of gin and tonic.  But you know that's not quite enough!  Now.... Pen Work! 

I may have to sit down.

If you think you'd like a mailbox filled with postcards, join in here.

Oh.  and by the way:

Ranunculus!!