The Kalevala

For my sister's art journal entitles "Passages."
I selected some passages from the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland:
Shall I bring these songs together
From the cold and frost collect them?
Shall I bring this nest of boxes,
Keepers of these golden legends,
To the table in my cabin,
Underneath the painted rafters,
In this house renowned and ancient?
Shall I now these boxes open,
Boxes filled with wondrous stories?
Shall I now the end unfasten
Of this ball of ancient wisdom,
These ancestral lays unravel?

Celebrate Life

A portion of a journal spread I did for Cynthia on Paper Traders. The name of the journal is Arc of Life. This is an altered photo of my grandfather with me and my twin on our 1st birthday. He's holding a candle for us to make a wish together. The fans are Faux fans I constructed, to hide my messages and cards behind.