I'll share photos of the spread in progress. I wanted to cover the sketchbook pages with paper this time and found . . . .
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You may have heard me mention the "sailboat rebuild" before… ever since my Dad and Steven found a workshop space, they have spent a good part of every day working on the project.
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For the third spread of pages in my 5"x 8" moleskin for the sketchbook 2011 project…
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My second spread for this project is paper on both sides. I imagine I'll be mixing up paper and fabric, like I usually do . . .
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Both sides are fabric pieces I did, glued to the pages. I somehow feel this project is just showing me what to do. I was not planning on journaling!
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I am so happy to have had some time to get started on this project! I signed up and received my moleskin sketchbook a while ago but had not been able to really dive in until now....
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I squeezed in this ATC for the ARTchix Studio Flickr group lotto drawn on July 14th, when the theme was the letter "D".
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I also wanted to share at least one of the sets of ATCs I've made for the Colour Groupies exchange recently. June's color combo was Campari & Orange, compliments of my dear friend, Frieda in Scotland!
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I remembered the scrap of paper my husband Steven drew on the day before. He called it a "7-second" crab because he told me that is how long it would take him to draw it
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My dear friend Frieda is hosting a Vintage Lace ATC swap.
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For quite a while we had been talking about going to the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. I knew it was mostly older pieces (1300's-1600's) but I had also heard it had beautiful grounds to walk on, a contemporary exhibit and admission is FREE on Mondays!
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I am getting into this small moleskine journal (3.5 x 5.5”) for my almost vintage gluebook work….
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I have called this my "almost" vintage gluebook because I know I will be adding some non-vintage things!
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As an extra treat added to the Vintage GlueBook class I took online recently, instructor Mary Green is hosting an Artist Trading Card swap for those in the class.
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Helga Strauss gave us a new challenge: "Make a twinchie (2" square collage) with complimentary colors."
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Doing this ATC swap and pouring over the articles I had saved on Truda Kaschmann had me remembering my dance teacher and everything she gave me. I know it is partly because of her, that I am the creative person I am today.
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A photo and article from the Cortez Boat Festival was published in the Anna Maria Island Sun …
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I have held onto this ATC sized "Dream Box" (aka nicho) from ARTchix Studio for some time; I bought it before we moved to Florida. Yesterday, I was itching to do something different and thought an assemblage in this nicho illustrating my new life in Florida would be just the ticket!
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Steven, me and my dad were at the Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Festival today in Cortez, Florida. Last week, Steven decided to enter the Traditional Small Craft Festival Race with the Melonseed Sailboat my father made in 1995….
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I had a blast putting these postcards together. We were required to use 3 ARTchix sheets: Create ART, Passion for Pink and Green world. I love them.
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