Celebrating August, National Coloring Book Day and WOYWW #374!

Happy Wednesday everyone - I cannot believe that we are already into August! Is your year flying by as fast as mine? Today for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday I am sharing my desk covered in the aftermath of yesterday's National Coloring Book Day, where I spent the afternoon playing in my coloring books with a few friends.

I have been collecting and using my coloring books long before they became the popular item they are today, so my collection is pretty extensive, and so are my collections of the mediums I use to fill them.

My first choices are always my Copic markers and my Prismacolor pencils, but lately I have been using my watercolor pencils and a waterbrush, my Inktense blocks, My Inkagolds as paint and my oil and chalk pastels with a foam sponge.

I find it kind of funny that the "experts" are now doing studies that indicate coloring can calm your heartrate, lower your blood pressure and seems to put the adult mind in the same place that meditation does, because I have known that for years - fourteen years ago coloring is what I used to help me quit smoking.  So if you need some down time, coloring is really good way to go.

And now I want to share an exciting week-long coloring event being put on over at the STAMPlorations blog. Download their coloring page from the brand new Color Blooms coloring book for adults; designed especially for cardmakers, crafters and mixed media artist; and then link up your finished page to be entered into a draw to win the new book.  If you love coloring and love flowers this is the book for you! Here are a couple of pages that I completed using some of my other coloring mediums:

I used my inkagolds and a brush to paint this page

I love the shimmer inkagold leaves behind.

And I used my oil pastels and a makeup sponge on these daffodils and then a black marker to re-outline the flowers.

I am also sharing a few photos of the fruits of our labours this past week as many of the fruits and veggies we have been growing are ready to be processed. 

we have picked a crazy amount of green and yellow beans, these are just this morning's harvest Now all blanched and bagged and in the freezer.

Hubby and his first pick of cukes... which he learned how to turn into garlic dill pickles...

16 Jars of them!

We grew some super fat cukes which when sliced are the perfect size for the top of a hamburger.

We also grew the dill and the garlic that we used in these jars.

And finally just a few of the zucchini and apples became these wonderful muffins and Nut bread.

And I just have to share this magnificent rose that bloomed in my flower garden this week...a true coral colored beauty!
 

So that's it, my desk today and a bit of my past week, thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your peek into my life today.

Lynne Mizera