Stand By Me...

Check out this awesome video from Gizmodo.com! It is long, but so incredible...It has been out for awhile but I hadn't seen it until last night on AC360.

http://gizmodo.com/5231112/best-video-ive-seen-today-will-make-you-smile

House Art

I belong to a small group and we are trading house art this year. This is the front and back of the house I completed for Lisa. These are lots of fun to make and collect.

More 4x4's

I am busy working this weekend so I thought I would put a couple more of my 4x4's up for today's post. These were made using the same technique as the 4x4's that I posted yesterday. Have a great day everyone and I hope to get back to my blog on Monday to thank everyone for the wonderful comments I have received during the blog party.

4 x 4 Fun

I really enjoy making the 4x4 size art. They are so much fun and I love that you can add lots of texture or you can add little, what ever makes you happy on any given day. I used lots of pretty torn papers for my background on this one, then covered it with gel medium. After it was dry I ran blue and white paint over the entire piece and then rubbed most of it off to let the background show through. Once that was dry, I added modeling paste, let dry and then rubbed lumiere sunset gold on the piece. The image and crown are from Collage Stuff.


This piece was done using the same technique with different papers and paints. Again, image and embellishment from Collage Stuff. This size makes the perfect size for a little fat book and lots of fun to play with.

Let The Party Begin

Today is the day! Clap...clap...for the Beautiful Blogging Party, so excited.

Hmmm!!! Why I love blogging?.. Oh, let me count the ways. I am really enjoying all the beautiful people I meet through my love of mixed media art and all things vingtage.

When I have the time to blog-hop, it just amazes me to discover all the talented, artistic people I come in contact with.

What is it about blogging that can make us pour our heart and soul out in words? Are we comfortable with the fact that we will probably never meet many of our blogger friends, so it is safe to give them a little glimmer into our private lives, and they will listen and be there for us? Whatever the reason, my blog brings much happiness into my world and I am thrilled to be a part of this craze!

A big, warm thanks to Joy who has put our Beautiful Blogger Party into action and given us a chance to meet and enjoy the many wonders of our blogging community. Be sure to check her incredible blog out here: http://cupidscharm.blogspot.com/ and read more about Cupids Charm in the Summer 2009 Artful Blogger.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Blog~Hopping!

Teacups & Ribbons

Oh such pretties!

I decided to clean out the bottom of my china cabinet yesterday and came upon oddles of beautiful cups & saucers. They had once belonged to my grandmother and mother. I started thinking how sad it was that we very rarely look at them, and it is even more rare that I would use one. I can remember growing up, they only came out on special occassions and we were never allowed to touch them. How sad! I would love for my daughter and granddaughter to come for a visit and ask if we could have tea in the fancy teacups!

I decided to clean my teacups and take a few pics to share with you. Hope you enjoy!

I am addicted to rolodex cards!

I joined a rolodex card swap on the Paper Whimsy Forum and now that my cards are finished and mailed off I can't stop making these sweet little cards.

Sad, everyone has switched all of their information over to the computer and you don't see many of these sitting around anymore, but if you are out junking and stumble upon one, pick it up, bring it home and alter it. I am going to try and fill mine with more beautiful cards and I will eventually have a continuous wheel of beautiful art.

Can hardly wait for the swap cards to arrive in my mail so I can add those beauties to my wheel.

Playing with Marie

I have seen so many beautiful Marie pieces, I decided to give it a go. I am so used to working with vintage children it is hard for me to change my ways. I made my Marie piece on a 5x7 canvas and decided to attach it to an old book cover that I have had laying around here for ages. I am going to fill the pages inside with Marie work.

Playing with Felt

I have been playing with my felting supplies the last few days. I bought a styrofoam star months ago and finally picked it up to see what I could create. I covered it with different little scraps of material, added my image and felted all around the outside of the star and the image. Added beads at each tip of the star and around her sweet little face. I am still deciding exactly what I am going to do with her, not sure if I will attach a ribbon so she can simply hang in the breeze or if I will come up with a whole new plan for her. Always fun to come up with a plan, feel free to give me any suggestions.

Buttons....

I was messing around in my art space today and wandered upon a jar of some of my fav buttons. I emptied the jar and starting touching, feeling, and yep just plain playing with them. Then my mind started to wander, where have these buttons been, what pretties had they been sewn on, whose teeny, tiny fingers had touched them! I wonder, did they come from someone's favorite dress, or did they come from an old jar full of buttons. Did they use to be my Grandmother's buttons, maybe my Mother's. It is all a wonder, but isn't it wonderful that we can have these wonderful things in our collections to make our minds wander. So the next time you all get your buttons out to play with, remember it is fun to wonder, where did they come from?

Elizabeth

Here she is all finished and ready to go. She is simply beautiful and I am so happy I decided to take the class. I called her Elizabeth after my Mother. I used many things on her that my Mother onced loved!

Loveliness

Oh the Loveliness of it all! This was last Sunday's quote challenge. Another fabulous quote and digi sheet. I will have to wait until May 3rd for the next quote, but it will be well worth the wait.
So if you want to play and make your own collection of Hilda poems and beautiful artwork be sure to come and join in the fun at http://www.paperwhimsy.com/forum/
See you there.

Land of Nod

Week 4 quote challenge made me flip when I saw the awesome challenge sheet Gale put out. I just love this poem and had a blast doing my artwork for this challenge. Come over and join the fun at http://www.paperwhimsy.com/forum/

Wishes

Week 3 Challenge Poem http://www.paperwhimsy.com/forum/ was Wishes. Another beautiful poem and great challenge.

Moss

The second challenge poem over at the Paper Whimsy Forum http://www.paperwhimsy.com/forum/ was Moss. This was my take on the Moss poem.

The Key to My Mind

Every other week over at the Paper Whimsy Forum http://www.paperwhimsy.com/forum/
Gale is doing a Hilda Conkling Quote Challenge. Be sure to check it out and come over and play!
The challenge is that Gale will send out a digital collage sheet ( they are just gorgeous ) that has a Hilda Conkling poem and great images that she challenges us to incorporate into our collage. She also sends out the rules of the road for each poem. I am having a great time playing with these challenges. Lots of fun! The photo above is what I came up with for The Key to My Mind. After we create are artwork we have to load it up on the forum so we can play the next challenge, most of us are making are challenges into a book.