Drawing Focus With Color - Sneak Peek

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Where did June go? Hard to say - but what I will say is it's the first time in half a century on this planet that July brought a welcome break from record heat! So no complaints for June being over. 

We built a pergola this weekend with the amazing Grid system! It's so pretty and modern and the design is incredible - completely made in Canada, and so easy even three very short people with just one ladder in 103 degree heat can do it! Pics below.

It's a lot more sleek than the wood one that was here when we moved here, that had long since rotted away, and we removed it. 

The ice storm this year completely changed our yard. The area where we put the new pergola used to be totally shaded, along with the rest of the backyard. Now it's blazing full sun all day every day - which means painting outdoors was no longer an option. So now I can get back to watercoloring outside. 

The one blessing of the new sun is that I have lots of things flowering back there.

Today's card is a little homage to all the life I enjoy so much in my yard.

I used a soon to be revealed Dare to Get Dirty challenge to create my colorful focal points, rubbing each stamped image with a bit of graphite to give them a little fog.

This is a sneak peek of the VERY summery kit that will be revealed Wednesday after the holiday. 

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Here's the before and after of the pergola the old wood one - this is a terrible idea in Texas - the wood was sunk in the ground - too many floods, pests, etc. It rots quickly. We tore it down years ago but didn't replace it because prior to the ice storm, our yard was full shade. This year changed all that so we went a simpler, more minimalist route with the grid. We are going to add side shades because the sun moves across the yard exactly from right to left in this photo.

Anyway - hope you have a good holiday lined up. We will work more on this space!

Loveyameanitbye.