scribal shenanigans

in which our plucky heroine attempts to cheer self up...

At Scribal Night last week, when I saw this appealing new charter design, I immediately wanted to paint it! And contrary to my usual practice, this one simply demanded a somewhat abundant use of metallic paint

The fretted background, and chickadees, reference the heraldry of the current Royalty. The birds are painted metallic silver and black, and I had fun decorating the green border with tiny lotus blossoms and archways.

Once I realised that the background in the side panels also wanted to be metallic golden, the rest of my choices for color and pattern seemed to be much easier; I can use tiny subtle patterns and they still show up well... One of my favorite things to paint is the motifs on their "silk samite" garments.

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Ten jars of strawberry/rhubarb sauce now cooling on the countertop ready to put away. A bit further along towards my goal to refill the pantry with food that will get eaten, and to empty the freezer of the stored produce waiting to be processed.

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January SMART goals (x=extra)

#	THINGS MADE	THINGS FIXED	THINGS GONE
1	A/C cardigan back	worm bin bedding	bad corduroy
2	12 jars canned pears	restring amber Laurel	paper recycling
3	A/C cardigan fronts	Dad slipper fix	boxes of tiles
4	24 flannel baby wipes	hang envelope holder	old bookcase
5	blood orange marmalade	Dad slipper resole	wood scraps
6	12 jars awesome sauce	x	x
7	charter painted	x	x
8	10 jars strawberry/rhubarb	x	x
9	A/C sleeve	x	x
10	x	x	x
11	x	x	x
12	x	x	x
13	x	x	x
14	x	x	x
15	x	x	x

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grateful to: Past Me who cleverly put assorted fruits into the freezer for future processing