Show autumn love
She eases us gently into winter. Provides splendid colors, yummy squash, and the best holiday of the year. Who doesn’t feel delighted at stepping on the fallen leaves and hearing that satisfying crunch?
Match box book
Having never worked so small before, I was excited by this weeks Big Art Adventure and I love book projects. WOW, was this hard!
I advise anyone unaccustomed to working so small, do not begin with 3x your daily caffeine allotment. (I was celebrating it being Saturday). I love my finished project, but I think I will try to squeeze in a shrine box project before Friday, like Linda’s. Knowing how hard it is getting much detail into such a tiny piece, has given me new respect for diminutive-work artists.
I used the ceramic tile NOT TO SCALE as my starting point. I stamped coffee stained jewelry tags with my new custom rubber stamps, in green inks. Tied with embroidery thread, I attached them through an eyelet hole in the bottom. Strung into a necklace, I shall wear it proudly in Houston at the International Quilt Festival. love (and work outside your comfort zone).
The Paranormal
The Paranormal
I am Terry, (the Parental unit) guest hosting on eyembellishments. I want to share what I love for Mixed Media Monday. I am completely enthralled by the paranormal world. Whether it be Ouija boards, tarot cards, psychics, hauntings or reaching out to passed loved ones, I am intrigued.
This mixed media collage is composed of metallic and regular papers, fabrics, fibers and ceramic embellishments.
Full time art making?
Obsessive. I am. Sometimes I get so wound up I obliterate my balance and then I hibernate. I am forcing myself out of isolation now. Thank you Joanne and Fannie. What is my latest obsession? well…
It’s no secret the domestic economy has been killing small businesses for the last 4 years, and now it’s killing those BIG BOYS. We’re all affected. Either large (bankruptcies, foreclosures) and small (cost of milk, infinity…). And then this terrific book comes out, The Savvy Crafter’s Guide to Success, by Sandra McCall.
Is it still possible to work hard, have the desire, and find the means to work at art-making FULL TIME? Or is it lucky breaks and connections? At this hiccup in the strength and faith of our economic recovery, is it wise?
Have you any current success stories? Please share. and sorry for being such a downer, michele
Betsy’s art quilt
Betsy’s challenge piece is featured for the start of the 3 day weekend. It has a joy of the outdoors, and it shows a unleashed joy of creating. Looking closely at this small quilt makes me want to go home and play with everything in reach. Betsy’s used stamped, printed, dyed, and painted tissue and paper towels; there is ephemera, sequins, beads, and patterned sheers. Topped off with beautiful free motion embroidery, in colorful thread, a metallic joy embellishment and a ceramic blue butterfly. Wow.
I will post a couple more examples in a few days. But the kiln opening is tomorrow! yea!
Embellished greeting cards
Terry has taken button cards and made button-cards! It is one of the many simple things that can be done with the ceramic button collage cards.
These are gorgeous in person, and what a great gift they make on their own. Click on the pictures to see a bigger version.
She simply picked out some of the collages that worked well with the desired size and sewed it on to blank cards and card stock.
The yellow card measures 5.75” x 5.75” in the envelope. The red card is 7.25” x 5.25” in it’s envelope.
the goddesses wish to see you
The face of your own personal goddess, your alter ego, the form your thoughts take in the 5th dimension, the mask we wear in public. Some of these lucky gals have gone into thoughtful new homes, where their meanings will change as their companions moods and dreams change.
TT and I enjoy when the finished collage cards come together, but we realize that many artists out there need to fulfill their own goddesses destinies. Because of the popularity of the faces, we will be offering the ceramic button faces singularly as well as on finished mixed media collages. They hope to see you at the Long Beach International Quilt Festival in July. See the events page for information. love.
find peace
Find peace. Peace of mind: quiet children, sleepy pets, making the mortgage payment, enjoying the spring blossoms and their incredible scents, lovely soft clean sheets, recognition for the extra effort you put into a project, the soft lullaby of a gentle rain, the smell of towels right from the dryer, the beckoning colors of a fabric stash . Please let me know where you find your little moments of peace. myc
Earthday green
Earth day, but with minor effort, could be earth week, month, year, century. I am the proud new nurturer of 2 tiny little twig crabapples, that I will watch with unbridled glee, grow to be beautiful trees.
The above card may be an odd pick for today, (and it does look much better in living color) but I like the idea of seeing beauty in everyday nature. The way the light bounces off the curves of bell peppers, the smell of fingers having just peeled an orange, the splurge of a bowl full of lemons on the counter. Respect nature, revere our resources, appreciate and preserve. Love
