Saturday, January 26, 2013

More Blues

 
Happy Australia Day to you all...
we are having a lot of rain dumped on us at the moment...
an ex-cyclone is the cause...
so inside activities are the go...
 
I had a few days off recently so I dragged out my blue bits...
cutting old shirts and blouses...
have been hoarding them for a while...
 

 
I found enough big bits to make a centre patch quite symetrical..
but then I had to add patches to the sides to make it big enough...
 

 
then I found an old embroidered cotton sheet...
was handed down from someones stash...
which became the back..
a nice light cover for our normally hot summer nights...



I'm quite pleased with how this one came out...
and how quickly it came together once I'd done all the cutting...
so I might keep it for a while...

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Lets eat Cake!!!...500th Post

yay to us...500 posts...
lets eat cake...
 
my creative attempts for the little girls...
thank goodness for the original Womens Weekly Birthday Cake book...
which has been used now for nearly 30 years...
 
 
it's so much fun trying to use butter icing in 30+ degree heat...
and cook cakes in the oven...
and having little misses wanting to help...
and pleading to eat the batter and icing...
before the job is done...
and licking spoons and fingers along the way...
 
 
we're nearly done....
10 festive events in 6 weeks...
fruit cake...Christmas cake...triffle...caramel tart...butter cake...pavlova...apple cake...
guess what?...I'm sooo over cake....
till next year...
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bird of Paradise

 
just another fill in during this creative lull...
had this lovely 'bird of paradise' flower...
appear in my garden a while ago...
 
 
hiding behind it...
is a pot of leaves that produced a flower bulb...
you may be able to pick it out just above...
to my surprise it became an agapanthus flower...
I had no idea what it was...
just some bulb hand-me-down....
that need a new home...
lovely!!...
 

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Better late than never!!

 
Just a quick catch up to let you all know I'm still here...
Raylee did a post in December...
to highlight Daniel Morcombe Day...
encouraging us to display something red...
and to remind us to watch our kids...
 
this was my red contribution...
a pretty scarf found in a bag headed for the op-shop...
I knew I'd need it one day...
its been added to the countless others that cover this cushion...
each one sewn on top of the old one...
all my babies have loved this cushion...
the silky scarves are so soft and cool...
 
 
I actually have a bit of red in my house...
so this now graces one of the lounges waiting for its next use...
I covered the cushion the day of Raylee's post...
just forgot the photo...
I have been watching the kids too!!...

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Letterbox Mail

i love getting real mail......the kind that gets delivered to your letterbox by a post person, sometimes ours is male, sometimes female.
this package arrived today , it included a cd , the album is called "parts of you, parts of me", some hand made badges & magnets & a card from mezz. thank you !!
mezz is a very talented girl, she does lots of crafty arty stuff, sews & cooks ,writes & sings beautifully.......i bet she can dance too!!
(raylee).

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Altered Book pages 7 & 8

 the original painting was a horse in the centre with men running around the border. this is the horse from the painting.
 page number 8 began with a stencil design of a flower from cardboard packaging with holes in it.
some watercolour.......
 watersoluble crayons.......more pitt pen in black.....



 

 more watercolour, & glued it onto the page while still wet........& then......
added more crayon  & blended some with my fingers.
i have worked on these pages every day since the challenge began, i may not post every day, depends on what else is happening, but intend to keep up the  daily creativity
.ihanna instigated this craziness........but i am finding it good crazy ........as i want to be more disciplined.
(raylee).

Sunday, January 6, 2013

365 in 2013 Challenge pages 5 & 6


two more pages in keeping withihanna's 365 in 2013 challenge......
page 5 of my altered book.....highlight a word & a number, paint the page straight from the tube of atelier vermilion acrylic, glue on some torn tissue paper drawings & add a little watery permanent sap green.
these drawing exercises are from a life drawing class i did a few years ago tutored by  "Eden Scott" . he suggested tracing figures for home work to get to know what you were actually learning to draw when the real life model was in front of you.

page 6.......this page came together after one of my sort through the bits & pieces episodes. i often find things to use for different things when i am looking for other things. this part of a green coat was on the cut edge of some fabric, later i was flicking through an art magazine & found the image of the girl, just the right size for the coat.
cut out the image & stick it to a page, tack the coat to a piece of sewing pattern tissue paper with red thread, glue onto the image add a bit more pattern paper with text.
(raylee).

Friday, January 4, 2013

Altered Book Pages 3 & 4

 as i am still in holiday mode i have been able to put a bit more time into these pages, no doubt at the end of the holidays  i will have to do something a bit less involved. time will tell.
 i used a similar process as the first two pages but omitted the final watery acrylic wash. (see the previous post for more detail).
the collaged pictures also came from different parts of the book, the similar colours tied them together.
each page could be separate but i think the double page spread works. what do you think?
 notes for my own reference on pages with a coat of gesso.
 a closer look at each page, if you click onto the photo you will get more detail.
in the background is a plaited mat made by a cousin of mine from old sheets.
if you would like to join the "365 in 2013 Challenge" please go to ihanna's blog

a very BIG thank you to the" savvy simonne" for changing our background colour, hope you like it!
(raylee).

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

365 in 2013 Challenge


sometimes i wonder about the things i do........how crazy am i?......it's done , i have begun this challenge......to create something every day in 2013!
i think i can accomplish a page a day in an altered book.......here are my first two........one for yesterday, & one for today. i began by choosing words  from the text that meant something to me, not every one will understand what it's about but i did say in my last post that i would try to be more personal & honest with my art.
on the first page is part of an old school photo.......a part because the rest of it is missing. i am the one in the light blue jumper.
the picture on the second page i found in the book i am altering........the lady shopping & the shopkeepers fitted in with the text .
after choosing the words i used water soluble crayons to colour the pages, then collaged the photo & picture onto the pages, put some more crayon onto the collaged bits & rubbed the crayon with my fingers to blend the colours, then washed the pages with water.
 when it had dried i washed a watery white acrylic over the crayon. printed the circular pattern with a dark mix of burnt umber & ultramarine acrylic with a hex nut that had been loaded with paint. before it was dry i pressed a piece of paper over the circles to see what would happen........some of the paint lifted which i was happy with.
lastly i printed the year that the school photo was taken.
i have left blank pages so that i can record the process for each page for future reference.
how did i come to begin this project?........ihanna of course!!.........if you would like to join in , or want to know more just click on the link to her blog.
(raylee).

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

"Flights of Fancy" journal page



this journal has something on every page & i can go back & add to it now.
for this page i used some torn  wrapping paper in a grid pattern, added a print of an angel child , some water soluble crayon, pitt pens & the "ho ho ho" from cigarette paper packets.
even though i made lots more presents this time & just made the Christmas eve deadline i still needed that creative fix when all the celebrations died down. these pages are just the thing, i find this form of art very calming & gives me time to clear my head to get ready for the next project,........
i have a new "altered book" to start the new year, my intention is to do a page everyday. make it more personal & honest .
 i hope to be more disciplined regarding my art this year.
what new things are you going to try? or what old things can you improve or expand on?
(raylee).

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