Necessity is -

the mother of invention. It all started with an ugly cable wire strung across the wall right at eye level.

 

The idea for the design came from this post -  Art Journaling 101 - Faux Printing on Dictionary Pages

It is made so you can take it apart and change the papers on the panels.

New Kids

Lately I decided to try my hand at sketching some things. Here are my latest -

and now I'm trying to make them into stamps -

It's fun -the stamps turn out so different than the drawings!

Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts

I don't usually recommend books, but this one I do. I found this as a Staff Pick in my local library, and when I found out it was based in the small corner of the world I grew up in, I had to give it a try. The timeline is back when the economy was worse than it is now. It's about a young girl down on her luck and the goodness of people living in the small towns of middle America. so if you want a short read - feel good story, check it out. And if you are passing through the area, look around, you just might see my heart.

Comments

I've been told that there was a problem with posting comments using Internet Explorer. I think I've got the problem fixed now! ;D

Mail Art x 2

I've got some  file folder mail art to share, now that they FINALLY reached their recipients! I sincerely hope they enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Art Journal Caravan 2011 # 15 Color

I just realized I hadn't posted this - I think I did it back in May. This was a fun journal page.

 

Credits - Tangie Baxter -  Parcel 10, Parcel 2 ; AJC Journey 11, ; WaterLo AtTheDesk - paint, brushes, pencils; Font - Outlines

Butterfly

Here's another layout for this week's challenge at Jessica Sprague's

 

All Papers are Cottage Arts Nature Series, the quote is from Kelly Schaeffer, Overlay is Jodie Lee's Junkmail Overlay. Template is by Linda Roos/In The Making Designs.