Paper Mixing Bowl - November Recipe

Can you believe that it is November already?  Wow!  It's the month of Aaron's and my birthdays... so we are busy planning and thinking about presents, parties, etc... never mind that there are exams too for him!!!

Other family happening... we got our piano back yesterday.... it went in at the beginning of October for a complete overhaul... got new felt, some new keys and I think strings plus a good polishing and tuning.  Aaron was so happy to have it back that he practiced last night before bed and again this morning. After his wobble last week of wanting to give up piano, he seems back on track.  It seems that he hits a stumble every time he has a difficult piece to learn.  This morning he played the piece with hardly a stumble... and definitely a smile!

With today being the first of the month, here is my layout for the new recipe at the Paper Mixing Bowl.

I had lots of fun (and dithering!) with this page.  I knew what I wanted to do but not exactly how to do it... and the end result wasn't quite what I wanted, but hey.... it's done.

I will be posting a tutorial in the next day or so on how I made my stencil and the frame for this page.

This is the recipe that we had to follow:

I went with the neutral colours... but did black & white instead of the brown.  Then I also recycled a coffee can lid to make my frame... made my own stencil and did misting and stamping on my background.  My "fibre" elements were done with wire.  I even stamped my title.

There are some amazing layouts to see on the blog this month, so head over there and check them out.