EyEmbellishments

Listen to Claudine Hellmuth’s advice in her books. I did two things smarter in my first project re-do:

1. The first project should be smaller than the 8 x 10 I began with - see June 12th post.

2. Use petroleum jelly liberally.

This project is 5.5” x 4”, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. We are half way into the month, and I’ve just completed one project. What a slacker! But I love this peeling paint effect, so it was definitely worth it.

Now to begin my second project from Jen Worden’s month long challenge and Claudine’s Instructions.

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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.

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When you eat summer pears, do you stand over the sink? That way, when the juice drips down your chin, you can contain the stickiness, and cleaning your face means reaching for the faucet.

When you peel a perfectly ripe orange in the winter, do you then place your fingertips in your nostrils and inhale that heavenly aroma? Then neglect washing your hands all day to repeat the inhale?

When you splurge (calories not $) on chocolate chocolate chip cake from the grocery bargain bin, do you drench the dry cake in rum? And then eat 1/3 of it in one sitting because nobody is watching? Tip: turn the cake upside down before applying the rum, it will be absorbed better that way. Not that I have any experience with this…

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Many of us work 2 jobs in addition to care-taking, housekeeping, and creating or working on our craft. Why not hang up a little affirmation to allow yourself a wee luxury? Take your coffee back to bed. Soak in the bathtub till the water cools. Splurge on take-out. Sit and sip that hard earned martini without doing chores. You deserve it.

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Sheesh, these girls are in such a hurry to get to Chicago, they haven’t sewn on my face yet. Kinda scary cause the cats can abscond with my eyeballs!  At least they gave me lush grass to await their administrations. But they’re giving me a posse this weekend. Lovely girls, grrrrrrr

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