My studio tables after I finished teaching class were kind of messy…. but with my supplies out, I went ahead and made two collages. This is for my dad’s birthday!
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Above is the front of a handmade envelope and the card that goes with it, on a bird/nature/art theme. This was made for my friend Carol Van Gerve…
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A card and envelope I made for my friend Carol… The image for the front of the card is printed on vellum with my printer at home, and attached to the card with mini brads.
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I love mail art! When I send this kind of decorated mail I get to pull out all of my old mail and postage themed rubber stamps . . .
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Aug 17, 2008: Earlier this year, LAC owner Terrie Lightfoot put out a swap call for a Collaborative fabric book -Create 5 original pages. I will create the covers of the book and assemble/bind the book.
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July 30, 2008. This is my 200th post since I started blogging in December of 2006! I share my work creating ATCs on a color theme (brown & pink this month) via the Colour Groupies.
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The book ‘1000 Artist Journal Pages’ by Dawn DeVries Sokol is published! I am so happy to say I found 4 of my fabric journal pages included within…
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5/31/2008 - I am thinking so much about my parents! Steven & I will go visit them for a week, starting tomorrow . . .
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I had fun yesterday making this card for my friend and student, Carol Van Gerve
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The theme for this swap was 'By the Sea' and we were instructed to create a 4" square collage (front and back) with a By the Sea theme using at least 2 ARTchix products. Then make 76 photocopies (front and back)…
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I used a simple linen fabric and made a sandwich of 2 pieces that I filled with soft & natural cotton batting. I worked on double pages and did not sew the edges together until I felt the book was finished.
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I am very happy to have Steven's drawing that reflects my eyes, incorporated into a collage that will be displayed and enjoyed. By itself his drawing was not finished….
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Colour Groupies ~ a small group of mixed media and quilt artists who create ATCs for each other every month based on a color combo theme. For April, our color-combination was Sepia & White.
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This is a 4" x 4" collage that I did for the Bi-weekly art lottery on the ARTchix studio yahoo group.
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I started creating these Journal Quilts last January with a goal of creating one journal quilt a week. In fact, that is what really drove me to start blogging - so I could write about my creating & share it.
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My husband Steven and I spent a week visiting St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, December 17th-23rd. I kept a journal that week and wanted to share our travels and my thoughts here on my blog…
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My first full day here. It is evening again and I forgot to write yesterday about all the sounds at night. I think it is mostly frogs and bugs but it sounds like (and feels like) you are smack in the middle of a jungle!
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When Linda created this collage for us and our wedding in 2005
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I have not seen it in the daylight yet, but I can tell already that St. John is a beautiful and interesting place…
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Journal Quilt - ice & snow. This is the 28th journal quilt I've made this this year!
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