I came back from a wonderful mini vacation to a surprise in my mailbox…
Thanks once again to Stampington & Company for choosing to publish more of my cards. Now that explains why I hadn’t gotten all of them back in the previous package. :)
Tag : scraps
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I popped on the Stampington website this morning and look what I found.
Do you see it?
Here’s a closer view…
My article listed in the table of contents for the summer issue of Sew Somerset!!
I’ll tell you all about how the article came to be after I get my hands on a copy June 1st.
I can hardly wait!!
I broke out the old plastic canvas a few months ago and created a little bin to hold my thread scraps while sewing. 
This helped keep my table tidy. My knitting and weaving scraps also made there way into the bin.
Today I was really noticing an increase in bird activity through the window. I decided it would be a good time to gift my feathered friends with some nesting material.
Several years ago I did something similar for the birds. I found some little bits of yarn in the front yard after a while so I know something was attempting to use the scraps.
Now I need to make a new bin for my scraps. Perhaps this one will be more visually appealing on my work surface.
I totally missed T stands for Tuesday last week. 
I can’t even remember what I was doing other than not being on my computer.
I do know what I was obsessively making on Thursday though…
I turned on some music, grabbed my scraps and began piecing together collages. I think I was inspired to make more after writing an article about my process. I’ll give you more of a heads up on that when it’s about to be published. :) Honestly I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to say about it until it comes out so that’s all I’m saying for now.
I’m such a tease…I know.
Today we are expecting a snow storm but we haven’t seen a flake so far. If it’s as bad as they say, Little J’s concert may be postponed tonight. In the mean time I’ll be working around the house. Exciting, huh?!?
So…what are you doing today?
Was that a confusing title or what?!? But it is accurate. Thanks to my friend Patty, I now have a quick and easy way to make a collage or mosaic of photos… The program is called pixlr and I just love it!
These are just few of the cards I’ve made as of late. I’d been slacking a bit on my etsy store inventory but figured it was time to get back at it.
I had so much fun making the first journal spread yesterday, I went back for another.
Once again I worked in my white journal. Boy, I just realized that I have 4 journals going at once. And I have an idea for yet another. I should probably wait on that idea at least until I fill one of the currents to capacity.
Tissue paper was used as a start for this page as well. It had been crumpled over and over again. Lots of tiny little creases. It started out very purple…or maybe violet. The color was a little too “in your face” for my taste. I used a couple of mists around the edges to tone it down to a dull roar.. The aqua washi tape begged me to use it with the new deeper shade of purple. The black and white just helped everything else pop on the page. I have this thing about circles…I use them all the time. They just make me happy I guess.
So last evening I still hadn’t had enough creativity for the day. My sewing machine was still calling me. I grabbed bits and pieces of fabric, paper, fiber and trims to sew together for collage cards. I didn’t give it much thought…just went for it.
I made 21 mini collages that will eventually become greeting cards. Some will be left blank…others will have sentiments…some collages may not make the cut. Who cares…it was all scraps and bits laying around.
I’ve been back on a knitting and sewing kick….again.
American Girl Doll hat
Coffee cozies
I can’t seem to get myself down to my artspace long enough to unearth my table again. Today, since it was pretty warm, I tackled the driveway…I finally found the blacktop under all that compacted snow! I’m going to have some sore shoulders tomorrow!