UFO’s–finished

Since we’ve been pretty much stuck in the house lately I’ve been exercising my creative side by attempting to finish some UFO’s…unfinished objects.

I have a stack of these type of projects. Some just have a background finished. Others are a train wreck and are in need of a do-over.

This small canvas board was one of those. Whoa! You can’t even imagine how ugly the background on this baby was. I didn’t take a before picture…it was too awful. Now I happen to like it.

This puzzle piece was another that had been abandoned sometime last fall when I ran out of steam after gluing papers to the backs of a dozen or so pieces. I used my scrap bucket for most of this one.

I’m also working on a mixed-media painting. So far I’m just layering and layering…no photos yet.

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collage, ephemera, fabric, mail art, mixed-media, puzzle, scraps

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201107/19

Too hot for Tea

Much to my surprise this morning this is what I saw when I pulled open the shades.

Can we say humid!?! That condensation is on the OUTSIDE of our windows. It’s not even like we run our A/C very cool…it’s just that thick out there.

(“mini-me” says I look like a deer in this photo…I don’t see it.)

Through the patio door we can usually see the kids playset…now just the yellow blob of the slide.

Keeping my fingers crossed that lacrosse will be cancelled again tonight. To dangerous to practice in this heat for anyone…much less kids.

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Rust and white pages

Elizabeth has gotten her pages and says she loves them…

Hooray!
Don’t know why but these “colors swap” pages are giving me fits. Couldn’t tell you why if I tried.
Maybe I just do better with a theme instead of a list of colors to use.

Page 1 front:
Butterfly fly

Page 1 back:
untitled abstract

Page 2 front:
Starlight, Starbright

Page 2 back:
Rusty flowers

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fabric, rusting, swap, tip-in

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201107/13

Travels postcard book

This spring I got back into swapping postcards on Swapbot. Of course, they have other things to swap but I’ve had the most fun with postcards.

Who doesn’t love getting mail, right?!

So what do you do with a big stack of postcards to make them a little more fun…

You make a book!

This one was a great size and had the perfect title.

I made 3 tiny signatures and attached them to the cover with a pamphlet stitch. I used a dry adhesive tape runner on the front side of each of the postcards to “tip” them into the book.

These postcards came from all over the globe…

Such as South Africa

New Zealand

Slovakia

And as close as the next state.

Years ago, before starting this blog, I made my first book to hold my postcards.

Kind of a cheesy title….

But I was happy with the the way a bound the signatures as well as attached envelopes to hold some extras. Good thing too…the pockets are filled to the brim now.

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201107/12

First harvest

The weather has taken a turn for the better so I took my coffee outside this morning.

We decided it was time to start harvesting some from the garden. It’s nice to have little hands to help in the garden.

Have a great day!!

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Round Robin pages

This is the second to last book in the round robin for me. The theme was “questions of love”.
I’m not exactly sure I hit what Jana was looking for in the most literal sense but I’m happy with my results.

I’ve titled this spread Secret Embrace

The image is from the cover of an off romance novel.
This is a tribute to Gina Wise…she did some really fun arches for last years ABC 7th anniversary swap with this same technique.