27-Nearing the Finish Line.

This morning I woke with a focus!

Back when I was a vintage poster restoration artist, I was enthralled with tax stamps. In order to hang a poster, or advertisement as it was in those days, you had to purchase a tax stamp. Some of the French (?) posters had a lickable stamp, that would be adhered just after wheat pasting the poster in place. Later, a tax man would come and stamp an official seal atop this to verify that you had gone through the proper channels to post the poster. If your tax stamp was peeled free, the partial over stamped image would still show.

Not all tax laws were the same, or the technology advanced and some posters were merely stamped by the tax official as seen in this link in the lower left portion of the poster.

So I woke with the idea that my journals needed a tax stamp! The Daisy Gazer, a bird who loves gazing at daisies is an image that I draw into my book when folks ask me to sign their copy. I carved the Daisy Gazer from rubber like this.

The 'stamp' (the square image with the gold crown) is Sticky Back Foam in two separate pieces.

Can you believe I am nearing the finish line of the 30 Lines in 30 Days Challenge? The group itself is still growing, which makes me super happy.

I am going to be participating in another challenge, one that I hope you too will join! Check it out.

We will issue monthly challenges and post about journaling on a group blog together, Jill Berry, Laura Cater-Woods, Carla Sonheim and Sue Bleiweiss will be among those who are ready!

Are you ready and willing?