Roses

"Fragrance is a silent language that does not use worda" - Jacques Polge.

(raylee).

Altered Book Journal

Did everyone have a happy "Australia Day"?..........just thought i would show you the front cover of the journal from yesterday's post & a couple of the pages.......

A" picture window" from an envelope & a calendar, words from a cereal packet........

......& a "Happy Birthday" page. (raylee).

Altered Book Journal

Today i have been putting together a journal . i used an old book, firstly i painted some of the pages with gesso & some with acrylics. stuck some pictures on some pages. made pockets from used business envelopes, also painted the smaller ones from Christmas cards.

Lots of small pieces of leftover fabric randomly stitched to make a kind of crazy patchwork became the book cover.

Envelope pocket to hold a book mark.....some envelopes have interesting colours & patterns on the inside.

......& another smaller one to hold pictures, notes, etc. a picture from an old calendar stuck on the bottom of the page.

I have left some pages blank, & some without much on them so that the new owner can put their own art, ideas, thoughts, notes, doodling,whatever they like inside.

On the spine i have put the owner's initials & some old bits of jewellery from broken ear rings. (raylee).

Hippy Boy Doll

I would like to introduce you to "Harry"........"Moonbeams" friend. He is a calico doll, all his clothes & accessories have been put together from previously used materials & jewellery. "Harry" has a hand painted face. (raylee).

Pink Dolly

here's another of the dollies I made...
she's waiting with the others....

they dont have homes yet...
just hanging about waiting....

Sunshine

A hand full of shells, feathers, cuttle fish, grass etc., collected on a beach walk. i brought them home & put them in the back of this small canvas for safe keeping until i found a use for them...... a few days later i picked the canvas up to take the objects out & decided they were very happy where they were.
so now this little arrangement sits on top of a cupboard in my work room, along with other things ( a framed drawing, an old photo of my dad in a frame probably as old as he would have been, some rusty things & a beautiful butterfly in a square glass vase to name some of them). i will post some more photos soon.
arranging & re-arranging things is something i do quite often, i seem to find inspiration to create other things just by doing this.
it makes me happy to create .......& when the morning sunshine streams into my work room it makes me really happy!!
What makes you happy? where does your inspiration come from? what influences you? (raylee).

Swing Tags

Summer has arrived!!!.....its 33 in my kitchen today......35 yesterday!!.....no i don't have air conditioning, but i do have fans. in between making some swing tags from clothing tags, old story book pictures & printing our name on with a stamp i made from an eraser, I've been in & out of the pool......Nooo .....you don't want to see pictures of that!! I couldn't cut the picture of the little doll.....will keep her for something else....
(raylee).

Time.....

"Time passes. The things that terrify you now will some day be part of your past. Remember that, & you can stop beating yourself up, cause yourself a lot less grief & enjoy your life a little bit more." - Stevie Nicks. (raylee).

Boy Doll

had an attempt at a boy doll...
his arms were too short....
so he got muscles...
thought the hearts were too girly so...
he got triangles...and rectangles as a belt...

he's already found a new home...





and a new ess-arr brand on the back side...

Sketch Book Challenge January 2012

"Doodling" - Pitt artist pen MANGA Set, used for this "doodle". (raylee).

New from old

with the need for more beds....
I had to get busy with the machine...quickly..
turn the old divan mattress into a useable bed...

what I had planned was a patchwork cover for the old divan...
managed to get one side done...
then found a pretty doona cover that needed a new lease of life....
so it covered the rest of it...
now I can look at the material instead of it being folded away in a stack....