home again, Amelia Earhart, up a chimney, a hand carved stamp, blog hop--all kinds of stuff!!!

The girl child and I had a great time on our trip to our nation's capitol.  AND we're
VERY happy our little jaunt was last week, before all the shut-downs!  There are so
many things to see, a person could stay in Washington DC for a month just taking in
the sights.

at the Lincoln Memorial

flight jacket, goggles, and plane (in background) belonging to Amelia Earhart

my daughter up a chimney in a Smithsonian exhibit--those are her feet . . .

We had a great time, but it was good to get home.  I started on a few projects--this
one is a share for Altered Arts Magazine (the next issue is fixing to come out, yay!)--
a hand carved stamp, and let me tell you, I'm pretty pleased with the results.

my latest hand carved stamp--I like the kind of rough, folk-art look it has

Can you tell what the stamp is supposed to be??

If not, here is a little peek of it in action:

You can find the whole piece at the Altered Pages Artsociates blog--we're
joining in a huge Halloween themed blog hop for the month of October. 
There are lots of prizes and project ideas along the way, so if you have a chance,
you may want to check it out.

(I'm thinking of making a series using the couple--The Adventures of Bertram
and Bettie.  They look so VERY dramatic, it brings out the smarty pants in me!
They're actually silent film stars;  if you know who they were in real life, let me
know, okay?  Thank you! :)