a neat idea

This is the sweet pillow I bought on Sandy's Etsy shop. I love her art and she has been cranking out these pillows and I want every one of them. Click on and check her out.



Here is the neat idea I promised to tell about. Last week I was in the Big Lots store and in the paint department they had full size wall rollers made with bubble wrap. Wellll...you know how I love making textures with bubble wrap. But these rollers were way too big for my art projects.
Just then the light bulb came on and I had the bright idea of using a lint roller (and who doesn't have a million of those around the house?) So I went home and cut a piece of b-wrap and applied it to the sticky roller...voila! Then my mind took off and I was adding other texture makers like different shelf liners and so on. It's great for changing colors too. Just peel off and add another piece.

Today I get to finish up some projects and then I can play in the studio (yes, Debi...your bag!)

....have a pink crayon day...
ox suze

Lola's art

As promised...here are a few of Lola Jenkin's quilted portraits.

this one is of one of our guild members....

fragmented

I am not a dog person but I really love this one...

...sorry about the quality of photo's. It was night and I didn't use my flash.

...but you get the picture...fabulous art!

she also had an array of postcard size art...thanks Lola for sharing with us!

Now don't you feel like getting out your stash and creating a face in fabric? I do. I started sketching some faces then I decided to make a page of eyes and a page of mouths and face shapes. Now I will mix and match them and see what I get.

Sounds like a fun weekend project to me....stay tuned. Oh, and I have a neat trick to show next week.

finally friday

Yay! It's Friday....what a week. Anyway the quilt meeting was great last night with Lola Jenkins. I was going to post some of her work today but it's still in my camera.....so tomorrow I promise to do that.

This is a little sewn portrait I made into a card for Lola. I would like to make a whole quilt of little faces. Speaking of little faces I bought a pillow made by Sandy Mastroni and it is sooo adorable and I will post a photo of that too.


While cleaning up the studio I found a little form and covered it with some pattern paper. Then I decided it needed a little color and I dyed some of the paper pink and made her a belt and matching rose. This is why it takes me so doggone long to clean up! I find things to do and I have to do them right then and there. Oh well....that's how I roll.

artful weekend to all!

quick check in

Quickly checking in before heading back to the studio to finish cleaning up...I am halfway there.

...another couple pages...

When I ordered my mannequin head they sent me a catalog of full body manne's and I was throwing it away....and I had a "wait a minute" moment. So these are now incorporated into the journal. DH didn't like this one, but I have a funny one that I will post tomorrow.

Off to the PO to pick up a certified letter....yuk! Last time I got one my mortgage company forgot to pay the taxes. I think I know what this is....I was recently a victim of credit card fraud.
On the happier side I am looking forward to Lola Jenkin's lecture at the quilt guild meeting tonight.

late

I am late posting today...I have a beef. Not the eating kind. I had a doctor appointment that was originally at 11:00 am. They called me yesterday and said to be there at 10:45 instead. So I get there and the place is jammed full (and with sick people) I go in the morning for the well people appoinment. I only needed a referral!!
Other people came in well after I arrived and went in to see the doctor. So after waiting an HOUR I was putting on my coat and leaving....and they called my name. I won't tell you what my blood pressure was. And I am an easy going person.
On the bright side I read the new issue of Where Women Create whilst waiting.

This is another page from the junk journal. I kept this postcard (an ad for a store) because I liked the fruit stamp (upper right hand corner) I bought these cute little German books many years ago when we lived in Germany. I have no idea what they say or what they are about but the illustrations are funny and cute. Then I added the paper napkin flowers.

I gussied up an old Messiah concert program from my singing days. I think it was from 2003.

I never throw anything away and it really bugs my DH. But look now it is coming in handy.

And some of you will recognize this Catherine Moore design. Her stamps come on these printed cardstock pages. I just added some green ink and the same paper flowers as above.

Now I must tackle the studio. Men will be up there on Friday to get into the attic and fix my heater. Oh Lord, help me get it presentable!

Hope your day is going well.

a new challenge

Before I forget...again, Emily Franz is hosting a rag doll challenge to celebrate the start of Spring. I am joining in on the fun...why don't you? She is providing the patterns and you can get all the info here.

I spent my weekend rearranging and cleaning the studio and in between I work a little on the junque journal sample.

This is a page in progress.

....and this is a finished page that I am pleased with.

I used one of Tim Holtz connector thingies to attach the tag inside the pocket. Tim makes the best stuff....love him.

Hope your Monday is happy.

post #446

I couldn't think of a title for this post so I cheated and just put my number down....it happens.

Last week when the tornadoes were whirling...guess what I took to the shelter with me? That's right ....the little bear in the above photo. His name is Dee and I have had him for 51 years. He is my first Stieff bear and my favorite. My Mom thought long and hard before she bought him for me because he was a whole $1.50 and back in the fifties, that was a lot of money. You could buy little bears at the 5&10 for a nickle. They were made of sawdust and I still have one of those, too. This little cutie is made with German mohair and has been played with and toted around for many hours and he still looks good.
Now if you had any doubts....you think this woman is a little wacky. OK, I admit it.


Here are a couple pages from my junque journal sample for the class I will be teaching in April at the Paper Crown.

I am using mostly junk mail for the pages and embellishing with my favorite bits of art. It is so much fun and is really lightening my load of trash.

I am doing my spring cleaning of my studio and finding all kinds of fun stuff I forgot I had so I keep adding on to this daily.

I love that stamp of the hummer wearing a dress. It's from Catherine Moore's new line Character Constructions and I believe it is the new Birds and Bee's line.

Do something artfully fun this weekend!