tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781018489094870422024-02-06T20:32:41.349-08:00On PurposeTerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-14321995895908502522019-11-29T20:20:00.001-08:002019-11-29T20:20:25.654-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Greetings!! I only have a couple of things to share here. I just did a few more <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Happy Mail envelopes. <span style="background-color: transparent;">W</span></span>ell, okay, eleven more! So, just wanted to share them with you. I used the round "border" rubber-stamp this time, instead of the leaves. They all started with gelli-prints on a plain, cream-colored cardstock. You can see how I do them <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DStlZq5R5RM" target="_blank">here</a>! (There are a few videos there, showing the entire process, start to finish, including making the flaps!) Have fun with it!</div>
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And here are some deli-paper flowers! (Video will be done later, if people are interested.) These are fun (and meditative!) to do and can be used in mixed-media art, whether it's in an art-journal or on a canvas....wherever! Just glue them down. :)</div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-3549499080325852452019-01-29T15:08:00.000-08:002019-01-29T15:08:10.422-08:00Envelope Flaps... do I have a problem??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I think I have a problem. Seriously. I think I'm addicted to creating these envelopes! Here are some more that I just finished up. So, I made the flaps, first (they're included in the video series; this is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y5UBmoqnU" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, where the exciting stuff starts happening!) and then added them to the envelopes.<br />
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For a little close-up view.....</div>
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And here they are, added to the envelopes. Once the envelopes are filled with goodies, then those flaps will be folded to the back, secured with glue and sewn over the washi-tape that covers that edge.<br />
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Here are some shots of the other end, just so you can see the other areas of the envelopes and not only the flaps! :) </div>
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This one includes part of the address label that I created from old ledger-paper.</div>
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This gives you a better view of the zig-zag stitching I do all around the edges; for interest and to secure the washi-tape... it's not very sticky tape. :)</div>
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There are several videos, showing how to create these, from start to finish! Please be patient and watch them all the way through. If you're in a hurry when you're doing art, or being creative in any manner, you're kind of missing the point. :) Thanks for watching! This is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKVATUfVn5lGi3Q_rnsdnA?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">first one</a>... and the rest are on my You Tube channel. </div>
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Greetings!! Happy 2019!! I'm feeling like this is going to be a good year! I hope you are, as well. I've just spent two and a half days working on my tutorial videos that I've been talking about doing for.... um, how long? (Let's not talk about that part!) So, I did them. I had to break them up; they're too long and I say, "Um" too much. But, it's very odd, sitting there, alone, and trying to talk about what you're doing, for an audience (hopefully!!), but there's actually no one there to talk to. It's going to take some getting used to, for sure. I tried figuring out the editing software that I downloaded yesterday.... I figured out one little thing on it, so sort of jumped ship on that. So, anyway, enough of that! The videos are specifically for creating your own Happy Mail envelopes, to send off to fellow mixed-media artists. The idea is that they can tear them up and use them in their own artwork. I start with gelli-prints on 8.5 x 11" plain cardstock.. and work my way all the way up to creating and sewing on the address labels and then assembling the pieces to create an envelope. I hope you'll have a look and will be inspired to try your own! Be creative with it! :) I just realized that some of these are envelopes that I bought, already made, and then decorated them. But, you can tell if I made them or not... they'll have a big, scalloped flap on the back! Those are the ones that are in the video. <a href="https://youtu.be/DStlZq5R5RM" target="_blank">The video is here!</a> Thanks for looking! Oh, and also... the techniques used in the envelopes and the flaps can both be used in various mixed-media projects. They aren't specifically for this kind of project. :) </div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-58112607618895072002018-03-03T11:17:00.000-08:002018-03-03T11:24:39.047-08:00Sneak-peek: Homemade envelopes for Happy Mail!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh, my... it's been so long!! Well, I've been getting my art in by doing Happy Mail! The last two batches I did, I made my own envelopes, including the one shown here. So, this is just a little sneak-peek of what's coming! I'll do a post, hopefully later today, sharing how I created the flaps (made separately) and how I put the envelopes together. SO much fun! </div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-71572706095907640072017-02-06T18:53:00.001-08:002017-02-06T19:13:20.661-08:00Feb 6th: How Do You Beat the Winter Blues?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings!! Here is Feb. 6th's Prompt/Challenge. The prompt is, "How do you beat the winter blues?" and the Challenge is to use watercolors. It can be watercolor pencils, Neo-Colors, Twinkling H20's, etc... or just straight-out-of-the-tube watercolors. Your choice, but just use some in there, somewhere. I used Caran d'Ache's Neo-Colors. I put them down dry, then added water with a regular paintbrush and worked them around. I just wanted light colors in the background... almost like a wash.<br />
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After that dried, I penciled in scallops around the outer edge. I decided that I wanted a "window" to write stuff in, so I added scallops to create that.<br />
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Then, I used Tombow markers to fill in the scallops. I used #'s 373 and 685. I outlined them with the <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/shop/search/pitt%2Bpen/sort/relevance/233070-Black%20-%20PITT%20Artist%20Manga%20Drawing%20Pens%204%20Pkg" target="_blank">black Pitt pen, "S".</a> (On Pitt pens, "S" stands for super-fine.)</div>
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Using my black Pitt pen, I filled in the window, first, with all the things that help me to beat the winter blues. (Suddenly, I'm really tired of the rain!!) Then, I used a Tombow, #133, to put the brackets around each item. Added the little dots, to separate each item.... and went around those and added the straight lines with the Pitt pen. Then, with my mechanical pencil, I penciled in the block letters up at the top. Wasn't sure if I wanted to use markers, regular watercolors or acrylics in them, but decided on acrylics. <a href="http://www.joann.com/martha-stewart-satin-acrylic-craft-paint-2-ounces/zprd_11385861a.html#q=Martha%2BStewart%2Bpaint&start=1" target="_blank">Martha Stewart's "Pollen" </a>yellow... a beautiful, soft yellow. (When I see it on the Joann's site, it looks much darker and more orange!) After all the lettering was filled in with paint, I outlined it with the Pitt pen, putting an extra-wide line on the left side of <i>all</i> the edges of the yellow. Does that make sense? So, like in the center of the "O", I thickened the line on the right side of the center, but the left side of the right-yellow part of the "O". Anywhere there is a vertical part of the yellow, it gets thickened on its left side. Sheesh... I don't know why that's so difficult to explain! Please leave me a comment and ask about it, if you're confused!! :) I then took my white Sharpie Paint-pen with the extra-fine point and added all the markings in the scallops. I decided to add little groupings of three dots all over the watercolor background that's <i>outside</i> the "window". I thought the inside of the window was busy enough. :)</div>
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Next week is St. Valentine's Day, folks! (Hint-hint!) You don't need a partner in order to have love; you only need a heart. :)<br />
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Remember, these prompts/challenges are for the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/inspiredmixedmediaalteredarts/" target="_blank"> Inspired Mixed-Media, Altered-Arts Group</a> on Facebook... please come join us there... and share your work with us!! :)<br />
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Have a wonderful week!<br />
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~ Teri<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">January 30: Groundhog Day is coming, so this week's prompt/challenge is about Shadows. Whatever that means to you. I focused on our "shadow side"; the dark within us that, if given any chance, will raise its ugly head up. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I'm going to keep this one more simple, overall. Next, I used the <a href="http://www.merriartist.com/Dyan_Reaveley_s_Dylusions_Paint_p/dyp-46042.htm" target="_blank">Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise</a> paint and that sweet<a href="http://www.merriartist.com/product_p/tcw6x6-462.htm" target="_blank"> TCW stencil, by Rebekah Meier</a> and added a bit to one corner. Be sure to use a make-up sponge or paper-towel and dab the excess off, first, before putting paint over your stencil. If you have too much paint on whatever you're using, it'll end up seeping underneath and just look messy. Also, dab with one hand and hold the stencil down firmly with the other! You don't want your stencil moving around on you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then, I started using acrylics to paint him/her. (I used <a href="http://www.joann.com/deco-art-americana-2-oz-acrylic-paint-1pk/6833834.html" target="_blank">Americana "Tangerine"</a>, the Golden Dark Violet, and Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise for the clothing/shoes) Wanted the hair to look wild and crazy. After that, I decided that all the negative thoughts of our Shadow-side should be down below.... "love" is at the top. So, I wrote in all the negative aspects that I could think of, with a <a href="http://www.merriartist.com/Faber_Castell_PITT_Artist_Pen_Black_S_Super_p/fc167199.htm" target="_blank">black Pitt pen, "S"</a> I outlined with the Pitt pen, adding lines for creases, etc... I used <a href="http://www.joann.com/folkart-acrylic-paint-2-ounces-brilliant-blue/5761440.html" target="_blank">Folk Art's "Brilliant Blue</a>" for the eyes and <a href="http://www.joann.com/deco-art-americana-2-oz-acrylic-paint-1pk/6834006.html" target="_blank">Americana's "Tomato Red"</a> for the lips. Used my finger to brush on a tiny bit of the Tomato Red, to make him/her look more angry. Then, I used a<a href="http://www.joann.com/sakura-pigma-sensei-manga-drawing-set-6-pieces/9657008.html" target="_blank"> Sakura Pigma Sensei</a> with a .06 point to add the main text. (I can only find them in sets, online, but I'm pretty sure I bought mine individually, either at Staples or Craft Warehouse.) I added the "love" with my <a href="http://www.jetpens.com/Sharpie-Water-Based-Paint-Marker-Fine-Point-White/pd/8213?gclid=Cj0KEQiA5bvEBRCM6vypnc7QgMkBEiQAUZftQHdknAb3RBH2N_19LwGmnRRgkUxwivatwrBIuazLtC8aAm6S8P8HAQ" target="_blank">White water-based Sharpie Paint-Pen</a>, extra-fine point. Waited for it to dry, then outlined it with a <a href="http://www.merriartist.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=Tombow+685" target="_blank">Tombow Magenta</a> (#685), with the finer-pointed end. Added some outlines (but not entirely) on the main text with the Tombow Magenta. Went over the "all", to emphasize it, with the Paint-Pen. Lost some of the black, so filled that in with the Pigma Sensei again. And, here it is, finished! Remember, click on photos to make them larger! AND, all bloggers love to get comments, so, <i><b>please</b></i>, leave me a comment!! (Just click on the comment button - it's easy!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year! It's been far too long since I've been here. 😏 I'm hoping to change my ways... to do more art and to share it here. I run the Inspired Mixed-Media Altered-Arts Group on Facebook and decided it was time to do some challenges, once again. So, I'm putting them out there on Mondays. The first one should've been Jan. 16th, but I was a couple of days late, so we skipped the 23rd. Next one will go out Jan. 30th. If you're interested in this kind of art, you're certainly welcome to join us over there! (Do a search for the aforementioned group name on FB and you'll find us!) So, since it's a new year and I always feel like the new year gives me a clean slate, the prompt is, "What will I do with a clean slate?" and the challenge is using security envelopes (that have cool designs on the inside) as part of your foundation. So, here we go! You can click on any of the following pictures and it'll take you to the original-sized photo, to get a better look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used the Liquitex Super Heavy Gesso for this. The heavier the gesso, the more texture you can get out of it. If you look closely at the above photo, you can see some of the texture that I created by dabbing my foam brush onto the page, in quick movements. </span><span style="font-size: large;">After letting it dry (one of the most difficult things to do (!!) but, you can hit it with a heat-gun if you don't want to wait), I put some dabs of three colors of paint all around on the pages. Oh! But, first... put either waxed paper or deli-paper behind the pages that you're working on so you don't make a mess of your other pages! Trust me, the paint can get everywhere! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I lost a lot of the Patina green and the Vivid Violet, so added a bit more in. Ended up being too green, so I used a wet-wipe to try to take a bit of paint off. It wouldn't lift off very well, so I went ahead and added my security envelope pieces. One of the things to remember with this kind of art - your backgrounds are</span><i style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> only backgrounds! </i><span style="font-size: large;">They are not a masterpiece unto themselves. So, don't worry too much about them. The trick with mixed-media is layers, layers, layers!! So, the background is most likely going to be augmented by other things. Don't get too hung up on the backgrounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unless you're putting your foundation papers right up against the edge of the page, don't lay down papers with straight-cut edges. Tear your papers! It will give it a more organic, natural feel/look. I tore up the security envelope in random ways. I took three pieces and adhered them to my page with Mod-Podge. Play around with where you'd like them to be before gluing them down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to add a "Scribbly Bird", using Dina Wakley's cute rubber stamps. I found some gelli-prints that I'd already done and stamped on those. I cut out a couple of them, to see how they'd look on the piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a weird thing... as I said, I did these gelli-prints a long time ago, but as it turns out, the one I chose to add here was done on the exact same security envelope design as what I used here in my background! How weird is that?? OK, moving right along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought the bird needed more highlighting, so added a bit of Golden's Fluid Acrylic, permanent, "Violet Dark".. it's Dark Violet, but that's what they call it. I'm talking about teeny bits of paint at a time, with a #1 brush. Then, I noticed that light spot on the bird's foot... draws your eye there too much... so I dabbed on some Brilliant Blue to cover it. Ugh! That made it too dark! So, I used a wet-wipe and dabbed over it, to take a bit up. It just seemed too monotone - all blue - so I dabbed on some Fresh Lime with my finger and softened it with my wet-wipe. I then noticed that the beak needed some definition - it kind of got lost in there! My tiniest brush was still wet so I had to use a #4. It was really too big and the whole thing was too filled in and looked bad! So, once again, I used my trusty wet-wipe and dabbed it on there, to removed some paint and soften it up. I used the Brilliant Blue on that so it would tie in with the other Brilliant Blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I then used a General's water-soluble black pencil around the circles. I painted in the scallops with the (Folk Art) Brilliant Blue and Patina; Americana brand of Vivid Violet, Golden's Dark Violet and Dylusions Fresh Lime. I adhered the bird with Mod-Podge. Used white charcoal around the bird. I went over the scallops with a black Pitt pen, "S", because some of that had gotten painted over, accidentally. Added the text with a White, water-based Paint Pen, extra-fine point, Sharpie. (I use those all the time!!) Added all the little dots with the same pen. Did the black text at the bottom with the Pitt pen. I thought I was done! Then, when I looked at it this morning, it just hit me that the bird needed a tiara! I'd just seen one in my stuff, so cut that out, put some Color Box Pigment Brush Pad (Cat's Eye) "Merlot" on the edges and glued it down with Mod-Podge. So, here is the finished product! I hope you learned something and had fun doing your own! </span></div>
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Oh, my gosh.... here it is, just after the 4th of July, and I'm realizing that I haven't posted anything on here since New Year's! I've been busy with the Documented Life Project. But, a couple of trips, birthdays, Father's Day, Mother's Day, etc.... have put me behind. I'm not worried, though; I'll catch up! I'm fully committed to this and am going to do every prompt! I have about 22 to post on here, though, so I'm not going to explain how I did every piece. I'll share what I used and if you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)<br />
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The journal challenge for this week was Gesso. I think the idea was not only to use it to prime your pages, but to also add it into your piece. I used Gesso over a piece of punchinella (used as a stencil), over at the right. It's the white, vertical "line" that runs parallel to the red triangle on the right edge. After I put the background down, I added a couple of map pieces, some random swirly marks and washi-tape. I used my latin-text rubber stamp with black Staz-On. Oh, there's some sheet music scrapbook paper on there, too. I went over all the paper pieces with more paint....very lightly, though. I usually use my finger to do that. I added the flowers and the text. I think I used a black Tombow pen for the black, but I'm not sure about that. (I need to get better at keeping notes on my process!!) If it's not a Tombow, it's a Pitt or a Pigma Sensei. I love them all! I have a feeling it's a Sensei. For the white, I used the bullet-tipped white Sharpie paint marker. They're great! I use that and the ultra-fine tipped one all the time! The reddish triangle and swirly at the bottom were likely done with a Tombow. "The Beginning is Always Today" was the journal prompt. Sometimes, I use the quotes, but I'm not focusing on the "journal" part of the journal. I'm focusing on the "art" part. I hope that makes sense.</div>
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Happy New Year!! I hope your new year is off to a great start! Mine is. And, it includes art. I've joined a (free!!) project called <a href="https://arttothe5th.squarespace.com/journal/2014/10/9/the-documented-life-project-2015-the-journal" target="_blank">The Documented Life Project - 2015</a>. It's for Art Journaling. It's run by four women (<a href="https://lorraine-bell.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">Lorraine Bell</a>, <a href="https://rae-missigman.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">Rae Missigman</a>, <a href="https://sandi-keene.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">Sandi Keene</a> and <a href="http://www.robenmarie.com/" target="_blank">Roben-Marie Smith </a>) who are accomplished mixed-media artists and they've gathered some other well-known artists to take part in the project this year. I'm so excited! There's a monthly theme. For January, it's "The Blank Page and How to Face It". Then, there's an art challenge and a prompt. But, of course, you use what you want from all of that and do it your way! The first week's prompt was Be Your Own Goalkeeper and the art challenge was Book-Paper. Using book-papers on your foundation makes for a quick and easy way to get rid of that big, blank page staring up at you! Book-papers consist of, but are not limited to: Old letters/envelopes, scrapbook papers, maps, dictionary and encyclopedia pages, other book pages, tissue-papers, security envelopes (they have some great little designs in them!), ledgers, old time-cards/sheets, library cards, etc....<br />
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Then, I started playing around with a brush and <a href="http://www.michaels.com/msc-satin-acrylic-craft-paint/M10198119.html?dwvar_M10198119_color=Scallion#q=martha+stewart+craft+paints&start=1" target="_blank">Martha Stewart Craft Paints</a> (high-gloss and satin, which I'm just now realizing), in the colors Surf and Granny Smith and <a href="http://www.joann.com/folkart-acrylic-paint-2oz/prd5147.html#q=Folkart+craft+paint&start=1" target="_blank">Folk Art Acrylic Paint,</a> in Pure Orange. Those paints are watered-down a bit. I squeeze out a bit of paint on some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KLEOKOC/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p328_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=11AZJR9N918JQS88HQPZ&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop" target="_blank">deli-paper</a>; I dip my brush into some water, first, then pull a bit of the paint away from the rest of it and mix it around with the water. This makes the paint more transparent when you put it down. The idea was that you could see some of my book-paper that I laid down first, but I ended up adding enough paint that you can't really see much of the foundation. But, that's okay. I sprayed down some <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/shop/search/tattered%20angels/195453-Glimmer%20Mist%202oz-Iridescent%20Silver" target="_blank">Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists</a>, in Chili Pepper Red. Then, I added the rectangular area, on the right, with Golden paint in Titanium White. The white paint picked up some of the red mist and made it a bit pink. I used rubber and acrylic stamps with <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/shop/search/chocolate%20and%20blueberries/107640-Rain%20Forest%20Cat%27s%20Eye%20Queue" target="_blank">ColorBox's Chalk "Q"</a>, in Prussian Blue and Dark Brown. (I linked to a different color scheme so you could see how luscious they look in their packs, but the color scheme that I used was actually Chocolates and Blueberries.) I used a <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/shop/search/pitt%20pens/233070-PITT%20Artist%20Manga%20Drawing%20Pens%204%20Pkg-Black" target="_blank">Pitt pen</a> for the writing and the "thought bubbles". I used <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/shop/search/washi%20tape/182242-Black%20Brown%20Damask%20Washi%20Tape%20-%20Little%20B" target="_blank">Washi Tape</a> by K&Company (they're actually calling it "Paper Tape". (That's the vertical strip on the left, with the polka dots on it and on the "GOALS" tag, on the right.) I used a <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/generals-charcoal-pencils/" target="_blank">General's charcoal pencil</a> and blended it, on the outside of the little scalloped area on the right. The woman, doing all the thinking, is from some Artists' Papers, from the <a href="http://stampington.com/" target="_blank">Stampington Company</a>. They send you a paper pack when you subscribe to <a href="http://stampington.com/Somerset-Studio-Gallery-Winter-2015?filter_name=somerset%20studio" target="_blank">Somerset Studio</a>, which I highly recommend if you're interested in mixed-media art. A superb publication. Not one you'll browse through and then toss into the recycling bin! You'll want to look at them, over and over, and keep them forever and ever. Oh, and on the woman's hat, I used<a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/prismacolor-premier-colored-pencil-sets/" target="_blank"> Prismacolor pencils</a> and <a href="http://rangerink.com/?product=stickles%E2%84%A2-glitter-glue" target="_blank">Ranger's Stickles</a>, for a little shimmer.<br />
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FYI: I try to find links of the exact product. If a link goes to a product that's not exactly what I wrote about, it means that I couldn't find the exact product, online. I use links from some of my favorite, trusted, websites.<br />
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This was lots of fun! Took me far too long, though, so one of my hopes is, besides my art getting better - is that I get faster at it! Wish me luck!<br />
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~ Teri<br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-33492982466089845222014-07-21T13:59:00.000-07:002014-07-21T23:58:03.586-07:00Time for flowers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here are some beauties from my garden this year! It was a great year for my Peonies, Hydrangea, Nasturtium and Clematis! They did better than ever this year! We're finally getting a break from the "hovering-around-100" stuff we were getting, so maybe I'll get out there and get rid of that awful ryegrass that gets in my beds!! And, the crab-grass and the blackberries and..... ugh.... I do love living in a place where plants grow with wild abandon, but that means that *weeds* grow with wild abandon, too!! Barkdust is a flower-gardener's friend!! But, I've gone too many years without replenishing it. I have to get these beds weeded and then lay down more BD this fall! If a weed seeds itself in there, you can just pluck it right out! And, it really keeps weeds *out*, for the most part. Plus, it just makes the beds look so nice. Hopefully, you can get the kind that I can get, locally - the Hemlock barkdust. It's "splinter-free"; not 100%, but way better than the other types.<br />
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I've tried to grow Delphiniums, with no success...but, I know it's because that dang grass gets in there and crowds them out. They never come back! :( I LOVE Delphiniums!! Well, it's true for anything that I really love and don't have in my garden.....Foxgloves (I have one, I think)...they should put out babies like nobody's business...but I don't get that lucky. Lupines? Something always eats them down to a stub. Hollyhocks? (The old-fashioned variety, not the double ones.) Those should really be planted by seed and when you have cats and there are about 10 million other cats in the neighborhood, well, not a good formula for seeds.<br />
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My dream is a cottage garden. That's what I strive for. But, you can't really have a cottage garden without Hollyhocks, Foxgloves and Delphinium, in my opinion. So, I have to work on that! I've also realized, after poking around on Pinterest this morning, that I need some <a href="http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/971156-product.html" target="_blank">Allium</a> in the garden! But, I do enjoy the flowers that I *do* have, don't get me wrong! I love having flowers, right outside my door, to bring inside, while still getting to enjoy the ones left outside. I just need to get things cleaned up out there and add more!! Enjoy your trip through my garden! And, enjoy the day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lavender, of course. Bumblebees were going crazy for it that day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Pea, the perennial variety</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my finds from The Farm Chicks Show (!!) in with those little, annual Daisy-like flowers....can't ever remember their name!! :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hydrangea.... this was its best year, ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Loosestrife</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clematis...this was the best year for this plant, too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lewisia, an Oregon native.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mimulus, "Monkey Flower"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah! A garden visitor! This is a perennial dianthus - Carnation.</td></tr>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-4183914853747772512014-03-10T12:31:00.000-07:002014-03-10T13:02:12.466-07:00Lost in Twinkling H2o land!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Greetings!! Oh, my gosh.... yes, I'm still alive!! Thank goodness! ;) It's not that I haven't been busy creating.... I *have*! So, this is what I've been focused on, as far as art goes, since last October. I started taking a class - <a href="http://www.diondior.com/p/mastering-twinks-i-twinkling-discoveries.html" target="_blank">Mastering Twinkling H2o's</a>, with <a href="http://www.diondior.com/" target="_blank">Dion Dior</a>. So, last fall was the first class and now I'm taking the second one. I can't say enough about these classes! And, the "Twinks"! Oh, my!! They're amazing watercolors that have mica and binders in them, so they are shimmery. It's very difficult to pick up all the shimmer in a photo.....most everything is more shimmery and vibrant in person. I hadn't done any watercoloring for several years, so it's been good to be doing that again... plus, just drawing. Dion gives us a drawing lesson each week, which is very cool. She's so generous with her knowledge; people in the class have said that they've learned more in that first 5-week course than in all the years of taking watercolor classes from other people. I concur. I highly recommend her classes.<br />
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So, here are a few of the things that I've done. I'm behind, but that's one of the beauties of her classes.... you can go as you like and you will have access to the online content (the entire class is online) *forever*!! The first five pieces here are from Twinks 1; the last two are from Twinks 2. The Peach is done on <a href="http://www.merriartist.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=yupo&Submit=" target="_blank">Yupo</a> paper - it's a completely synthetic paper than has no tooth; it's completely smooth. Paint or ink or whatever will just sit on the surface for a while, so it can be tricky to paint on! I was a bit intimidated by the stories that I was hearing about it, but I didn't have any problems, at all. It was fun to work with.<br />
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One of the activities we did was an ATC, which I've talked about before on here. I love ATC's - they're so small that they're not so intimidating, but you can do everything on an ATC that you'd do on any other painting or mixed-media piece. So, this ATC had to include frisket or masking fluid. I had to toss my old masking fluid and actually bought what <a href="http://www.merriartist.com/" target="_blank">The Merri Artist</a> recommended which was Pebeo "drawing gum". Works beautifully. It's thinner so you can get a pretty fine line. I bought a Speedball calligraphy pen/handle with a very fine nib and that's what I use for applying the frisket.<br />
The butterfly was just a lesson on drawing butterflies. :)<br />
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These next two were lessons on drawing leaves. Dion has shown us how to make them curl, twist, etc.... and it's been wonderful to practice and play with those techniques! Very fun! So, even though the leaves in this first one may not have a flower, in real life, I wanted a bud on there, so I added one! This wasn't about composition....it was about drawing and getting to know our Twinks better. :)<br />
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This next one is from Twinks 2. We started out by working on various papers - this one is black gesso on cold-press watercolor paper. I have a hard time working on the black substrate. Yes, the Twinks can show up more vibrantly - but they don't always show up as the color that you expect them to be! Once you get to know those little tricks that they play on you, I guess it'd be okay.... you'll know what to expect. But, I almost gave up on this one, actually. I let them dry and then I completely changed the color of the upper-right one. It was frustrating but, in the end, I was happy with it.</div>
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I think this next one might be my favorite, so far. This was about tracing. Lots of fine-art artists trace some of their work onto their paper. "It's not cheating", our lovely instructor tells us. :) When you're working with expensive, high-quality watercolor papers, you don't want to ruin them before you even start painting. Every time you erase, you're compromising the structure of the surface of that paper. So, there are cases where you'll want to trace. I couldn't find my tracing paper, so I opted to do it the cheap way. Rubbing a pencil over the back of the paper, then laying it down over the "real" paper and drawing over my lines. I'm working on one right now that I will trace the "correct" way. ;)</div>
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Well, I'm working on defining my style. What it is about Shabby-Chic/vintage-y stuff that I love and what I can live without. I started working on an upstairs room that has sort of been a "black hole" for the last nearly-23 years. Yes, we've been in our house for nearly 23 years! I've made great progress but there's still lots to do. And, I'm limited because the roof is pretty steep up there, so the side-walls are only 21" high! :( But, I've got some ideas brewing in my head! I didn't think of taking "before and after" pictures of it until I was about half-way through with the purging! But, that's ok. You'll get the idea.</div>
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So, back to my finds. Along with the wire two-tiered basket, I found these sweet, little jars with lids! I realize now that it's kind of hard to see them in this photo (in front of the wire basket), but I've already wrapped them up and put them upstairs, where they will ultimately be used, so this picture will have to suffice. Anyway, the useful part of them is only about 2" (at the most!) tall....then the lid makes them maybe 3" tall. I'm envisioning things that I use, but that are loose, being stored in them...out where I can see them. Like buttons, three different colors, each in a separate jar. Something like that. Whatever it is, it'll have to be small! Any ideas?</div>
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The last thing I got at The Farmhouse Show was this little, green shelf with pegs on it! I've been collecting these old-fashioned crocheted pot-holders. I went to hang the ones that I'd just purchased a few days before and realized that the pegs that are on the cabinet above my stove are too big for these. :( So, I thought to myself, "OK, so I need to find something that has smaller pegs to put these on." I think it was the next day (maybe the day after that) that I went to this show and found this shelf! A perfect green, with a little shelf above, for sweet little things, and pegs below! And, for under $20.00! Yay!! So, up it went, right after I got home!! And, how sweet is that, with those pot-holders on it??</div>
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I went to a much smaller sale on Thursday afternoon...the Country Calico Antiques & Craft Spring Market. I found some goodies there, too, which I will show you later! Both of these shows also happen in the fall. Not sure about the Country Calico one, but I'll <i>definitely </i>be going to The Farmhouse Show in the fall!</div>
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I hope you're all enjoying the weekend and that all you Mothers out there will be treated like Queens tomorrow!! Happy Mother's Day!!</div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-85908860185330179672013-03-08T16:43:00.001-08:002013-03-08T16:45:12.960-08:00They called him "Mr. Owlie"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On a completely different note, I've always used the word "unravel", to mean something that's fraying. But, just now, all of a sudden, I wasn't sure if that was the correct word. It seems sort of like fiction and non-fiction suddenly! So, I looked it up and, basically, they mean the same thing.</div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-20592425513750315542013-03-07T12:38:00.002-08:002013-03-07T21:14:30.768-08:00Rooster towel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black;">Oh, I see the "underline" has finally disappeared! Thank you so much, Blogger, now that I've accidentally deleted the entire <i>button</i> for "underline", since it wasn't responding to my telling it to <i>stop</i> underlining!! UGH. I'm seriously considering leaving Blogger. But, I'm not sure where I'd go or how easy it would be to transfer all my old posts. It sounds a tad overwhelming. I know a lot of you have done this, though, so, please, if you have any recommendations for where to go and how to go about it, please share!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I'm doing The Sketchbook Tour for the first time this year! I tried to put The Sketchbook Project gadget on here.... but, no, it just wouldn't take it. Finally, I just saved their logo and then uploaded it here, just like I would a photo, without using html. Very frustrating, though. And, I don't like how they've changed the whole look of everything. Just leave things <i>alone</i>, thank you very much!</span></div>
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-35614796313652130352012-12-13T18:38:00.000-08:002012-12-13T18:38:51.528-08:00I'm still here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings! I just wanted to say "hi!" and that I'm still here. :) I've made a few things, but haven't been able to post pictures because the recipient hasn't received the gift, yet. (My bad, since they were for last Christmas!!)<br />
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Now, I'm working on a pillow for a friend. I don't think she ever looks on here, but, just in case, I can't post the pic until I've given it to her. I used wool felt and embroidery to create the pillow.... all done on a piece of wool felt. Just bought the pillow form this afternoon, so now I have to figure out how to put it together. The back will just overlap and I'll probably put three buttons across it. Wool felt is great because you don't need to make buttonholes, you can just cut the fabric... kind of like polar fleece. :) So easy to sew with! But, I think I want a flanged edge, that I will embroider a blanket stitch on.<br />
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I've also been busy making a flannel shirt for my husband, for Christmas. It's been years since I've made a flannel shirt!! This is a green plaid... it's beautiful fabric.... and, hopefully, will be a really nice shirt. :) But, hubby is home now, so I can't work on it. My sewing/crafting/art space is the dining room table...and the dining room is right in the middle of the house... you have to go through it to get just about anywhere in the house! :( Some day... *some* day.... I'll have my own studio. Until then, projects get put on hold as long as the recipient is home. :) Or, unless I can tell a little-white-lie about who it's for. That works, too. :)<br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-15135933148856656872012-11-09T15:47:00.000-08:002012-11-09T15:47:52.275-08:00A birthday card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's the card that I made for my sister, for her birthday. I actually got it to her, along with her gift, on time! (Even though she wasn't there to receive it.) It's been years since I've managed to do that. I'm so bad with getting things off in the mail....even if I have it all ready to go!! (What's up with that, anyway??)<br />
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Anyway, it's hard to tell from this picture, but the butterfly was actually stamped, using Distress Markers for the ink, on a separate piece of cardstock, then cut out. So, it's raised up from the rest of it. I used Distress Inks for the background, liquid chalk on top of "punchinella" - that creates the little dots, markers (can't remember if I used Distress Markers - Tim Holtz, of course - or if they were my Tombow markers... I think they're the Distress ones, though. Maybe a combination? I added some Perfect Pearls or Pearl-Ex powders, not sure which...they're both great products! Where you see any glimmer...that's from those. I used Stickles on the butterfly, which is really hard to see here, but there are some little spots of it along the body and the biggest spots on the wings. The green, flowery stuff that goes across the top and bottom is Washi Tape....wonderful, wonderful stuff!!! So fun to use!! I just added gems on the bottom. The sentiment is from a little pack of vellum sentiments, on Love. I had to trim it, to fit on this. The flowers on the corners of that are Prima, with gems added. I just happened to have the perfect color to match the green in the Washi Tape! Yay!<br />
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Part of my sister's gift was this book, by Kelly Rae Roberts. Her story is so great; she's such an inspiration to so many would-be artists. My mom and sister were visiting in Sept. and we did some art-work while they were here. I showed them how to do some things. The only problem was we didn't have enough time! They weren't here long enough for a trip to Salem, a trip to Portland (which we ended up foregoing, in order to do art) playing with art, music at the coffee-shop, an over-night trip to the yurts at the coast, etc...etc....!! But, we did what we could and had a great time, regardless.<br />
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So, check out Kelly Rae's book. Now, I need to get a copy for myself. :)<br />
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<a href="http://kellyraeroberts.com/book" target="_blank">http://kellyraeroberts.com/book</a><br />
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Enjoy the weekend!<br />
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~ Teri</div>
Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-85073506348226069202012-11-01T13:37:00.000-07:002012-11-01T13:42:14.676-07:00Happy Autumn!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy Autumn!!<br />
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I really can't believe it's even here, let alone it now being November! <br />
My son looked at the calendar this morning and informed me that it's <br />
three weeks until Thanksgiving! Wow.<br />
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I *do* like to decorate for the seasons, though. I had some cute "Boo" garlands out, for last night. </div>
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I also bought some dimensional scrapbook "stickers" (three or four layers, made of paper....not what most people think of when they think of "stickers"!).... of jack-o-lanterns, cute mice, owls... and I put those on our bathroom mirror and on one of the door-frames. An easy way to add some cuteness. I took them off carefully and put them right back in their packages... so, they'll be ready for next year!</div>
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This is a "Boo" vertical garland?? not sure what to call it... but, it's oh, so cute!! My friend Jana made it for me...confessing that she started it about three years ago! Ha! Sounds like me!! It's really cute up close and personal. Dang... I just realized that I've got to put it away now. :(<br />
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We got together with our homeschool group a few weeks ago, to make a leafy garland. My 11 year old cut out his leaves and made a simple garland. His is here, all green leaves, hanging with the "Boo" garland. But, I'd been wanting to make a leafy-garland for a few years now and just wasn't getting around to it. So, this was my opportunity to get started! The drawings of leaves shown here is what I used as my templates. I found them on Pinterest. :) So, I embroidered each one, just free-hand. I wanted them to hang, like they are, so had to come up with a way to attach them to something... embroidery floss was my first thought. But, then, I decided on ribbon. Fairly narrow so I wouldn't have to worry about it not lying flat. I bought a pack of fall-colored buttons and I sewed on a button to the stem of each leaf. Then, I arranged the leaves as to how I wanted them so I wouldn't have any of the same color next to each other. I used Aleen's Tacky Glue to adhere them to the ribbon. I put a drop on the ribbon and layed the leaf over it, so that the glue went on right behind the button. I let them dry for a couple of days (not necessary, but probably overnight would be good, just so they don't pull off while you're trying to hang it.) I put the leaves on about every nine inches. (Pictures are below.) There's something about it that I'm not happy with, although I'm not quite sure what it is. Is it the way I have it hanging? Are the leaves not big enough? Are they not close enough together??<br />
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I'd appreciate your feedback! I'd thought of needle-felting little acorns and putting those in between each leaf...but, I knew that would take me a whole lot longer and we'd be going to get our Christmas tree by the time they were done! But, maybe it needs something like that. ??<br />
Let me know what you think!<br />
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Have a wonderful day! I hope you're all happy, healthy and safe... especially those of you on the East Coast!<br />
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~ Teri<br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-15290474511915074192012-08-20T14:09:00.001-07:002012-08-23T11:58:41.320-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPqOM8ahgWzVfWaXnICJTzC-B3_bdEOqdQ_fNIErXhXqGSK1_V7jvPU3R_m55pA6iHNS_qZVlzey6XepQ-NbeBd3hPq6UoAq-YUzEYvjNUWhKj3YpTSYW5GKJC55zQt9BlOmhpLw3C_I/s1600/DSCN9241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPqOM8ahgWzVfWaXnICJTzC-B3_bdEOqdQ_fNIErXhXqGSK1_V7jvPU3R_m55pA6iHNS_qZVlzey6XepQ-NbeBd3hPq6UoAq-YUzEYvjNUWhKj3YpTSYW5GKJC55zQt9BlOmhpLw3C_I/s320/DSCN9241.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="color: black;">It's flower time!! One of the things I love, love, LOVE about Spring and Summer here!! (Sorry, I know I'm not supposed to capitalize those words, but I can't help it!! They deserve to be capitalized!!) Anyway, plants grow with wild abandon here....especially the ones that you don't <em>want</em> to grow!! Since I've been gardening more than making art, I'm posting some pics of some of the flowers that I've been tending. This vine is growing on my front porch. It's a Thunbergia Alata, better known as the Black-Eyed Susan Vine. (Not to be confused with Black-Eyed Susan flowers; completely different thing!) I knew it would need something to wrap itself around, so I just leaned this metal climbing thingamajigger for it to climb up. It's not only growing up that and up the wall, it's also growing all over the little bench and into the nest that's there. I figured it'd do that, though, so that's why I placed the bench so close. I just love these vines. It is possible to have them grow in a more salmony color...but, I've never seen a seed package that showed them that way. So, I'm not sure if it's like Hydrangeas, that will change with the pH of your soil or what?? If you know, please share!! I love the salmon-colored ones the best!!! But, the only way I've been able to grow them was to buy a start, where I could see what color the blooms would be. This one was actually a start, also, from a dear friend.... she gave me the watering-can-pot that it's planted in, too. Hmm.... can't really see that here. Sorry!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a Passion Flower Vine. These are amazing flowers! I had one that grew over my picket fence....it must've grown twenty feet that year! I cut it way back after the end of the season. Woops! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VrmglbntaHkGHJGhgm3hrD90oYG9soNPn-5ZPwx4thd2PfKvKaqYSO933gC1JLAmVnRkzHeAAxIJ3XxSjfGI3Zrb8W-JgXF6j5g7vDHncr56rGEAWunTMAqslhCpHvRJ_c_FYExZMzw/s1600/DSCN9242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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Coming up the steps to our front porch, you see this on the left. This is Purple Fountain Grass, which I will transplant out in the flower beds after it's done this year, because it's a perennial, so it'll come back next year. I've always killed mine, because I'd leave it in the pot that I planted it in and then I stop watering once the rains start. But, they're under cover, so they don't get any of that rain. :( So, this year I'm going to transplant them. I have two this year....both growing alongside this cool "Wasabi" Coleus!! I just love the deep purplish/lime green combination! There's a little Nemesia that wintered over from last year and some Lobelia in there, too. Another of my favorites!<br />
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This box has more Impatiens, but also Creeping Jenny, which is great in hanging baskets/boxes! You just have to be aware that it will root wherever it lands in earth!! It could land in grass, soil, I don't think it'd matter....it'll take root!! The Coleus in this box just loves it here!! There's also Fucshia in here... you'll see a close-up in a minute.<br />
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Close-up of the Fucshia that was just about to pop open!! It did, the next day. So beautiful! I cannot look at a Fucshia blossom that's just about to open without thinking of my Grandmother's plant that she had growing on the side of her "washroom".... the "laundry room" that was attached to the garage. I loved popping them!! You know, squishing them. I don't know if it ruined the blossoms or not... it must not have because I don't remember my Grandma getting mad at me for it. But, now that I grow my own flowers and I wait all year for them to bloom again, I don't want anyone messing with them!! So, I cringe when I think about doing that. "Sorry, Grandma!"<br />
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The salmony color is Diascia.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Off to have coffee and visit with a nephew, his bride and baby-to-be who are visiting from N. California.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a beautiful day!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> ~ Teri</div></div>Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-55179124557981946532012-05-24T15:00:00.000-07:002012-05-24T15:35:19.034-07:00Mother's Day card and gift<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, this is what I've been busy with! I think my next project is to <em>organize</em> my stuff and get my dining room back into some kind of order, so I can actually find my supplies when I need them and we can actually <em>use</em> the room for what we intended!! Wish me luck!!<br />
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If you came by for a visit, please leave me a comment! :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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~ Teri</div>Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-45885467525416524532012-04-13T21:38:00.000-07:002012-04-13T21:38:22.430-07:00Four ATC's, for Swap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi! I'm hosting an ATC swap and I just finished mine! (Bad girl, six days late!!) I have everyone else's and will do the actual "swap" this weekend (what fun that will be!!) and then mail them out on Monday. So, I did four which means I will get back four. Here are my four. The top two I just did last night and today. The bottom two I did a few weeks ago.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You all know what an ATC is by now, right?? :) They're so fun to do.... some people say you're limited by their size... I say you're "freed" by their size! There's only so much you can do on such a small space! (2.5" x 3.5")</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm so glad I'm done, too, because it's supposed to be a beautiful weekend!! I want to get out and work in the yard!! Yay!! Wish me luck.....</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a great weekend!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ~ Teri</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Look closely and you will see a little chick on either side of the mama....one sleeping and one peeking out. Too cute. I need to do a full set of these for my daughters and myself!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">That's all for now.... need to finish cooking dinner and putting the flyers down at the coffee shop that I book music for.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Have a great night!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"> ~ Teri</span></div>Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085868375055416130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678101848909487042.post-72742324528086937472012-04-02T23:01:00.002-07:002012-04-02T23:04:52.409-07:00The 4x6 Exchange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLiKeLlFYn_lmtQWlMo46g0tHIHPJoONrCY1cTosO2hfmHXAaW6QCQ_Fva8vLfaIh4jSoFvw-Qjm4kIBRT0nrBKTnxa7YQ_qmIGIZz9126MgVu3T5kEABCL7-PRMBwqODA6F0aGbc-rE/s1600/4x6+Exchange,+Teri2157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLiKeLlFYn_lmtQWlMo46g0tHIHPJoONrCY1cTosO2hfmHXAaW6QCQ_Fva8vLfaIh4jSoFvw-Qjm4kIBRT0nrBKTnxa7YQ_qmIGIZz9126MgVu3T5kEABCL7-PRMBwqODA6F0aGbc-rE/s320/4x6+Exchange,+Teri2157.jpg" width="221" /></a></div>So, here's a piece that I did for a global art exchange.<br />
The exchange is being coordinated by the <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/" target="_blank">Art House Co-op</a>, in Brooklyn, NY. They have a different project each week and you can sign up for their emails which will let you know what they've got going on. They just did a note swap... you write a note, a letter, tell a story, etc... and send it to them. They send it on to someone else and you get one back, from who knows who or where! I SO wanted to do that, but I procrastinated on signing up and I missed out!! I didn't miss the dead-line, but they had met their quota of contributors! I believe they were allowing 1000 people (don't quote me on that)...and they had to close it because it was full. I'm so bummed. :( What a lesson on procrastinating! <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">But, I didn't miss out on this art exchange!! So, here's my piece, "Don't Forget Your Wings". It's a 4x6 - that was the main requirement; also, that it would lie flat and fit in a standard envelope. You could paint, draw, write, sketch, print, collage or sew. I hope the person who ends up with it loves it. I'm looking so forward to receiving mine! I wonder which part of the world it will come from? What kind of art will it be? My 19-yr. old daughter did a delightful watercolor to contribute, also.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, my gosh... how'd it get to be 11:00 at night? I'm usually up until this time, or later, but I have to be up early to go to a play with our homeschool group! And, I still have to read before sleeping!! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Good night!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> ~ Teri</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The ABAltered Books list is doing a "tip-in swap". <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6eyLGWITqjtdsiZS7iifFgk0pVxOkDOUxO8in82wI0fgTmdNikWFL8MVwOmNbyo0MY3nPw03Mi0m-xbpRPWpe3W9GdVLkZ2IehuMg7yqEv70rqPJ-UPRo0wkkHj3yCd_fNkI0iG4Zgg/s1600/DSCN8673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6eyLGWITqjtdsiZS7iifFgk0pVxOkDOUxO8in82wI0fgTmdNikWFL8MVwOmNbyo0MY3nPw03Mi0m-xbpRPWpe3W9GdVLkZ2IehuMg7yqEv70rqPJ-UPRo0wkkHj3yCd_fNkI0iG4Zgg/s320/DSCN8673.JPG" width="240" /></a>"What's a tip-in?" you ask? It's a page that will go <br />
into an altered book. You tip it in, so to speak, to <br />
an existing book. In the case of a swap, everyone <br />
says what the page size should be (the size of their <br />
book) and the theme that they'd like. The host(ess) <br />
figures out who swaps with whom, although it's <br />
not a straight-across swap. For instance, I'm sending <br />
mine to Carol, a woman in southern California, but <br />
she's not sending one to me... someone else sends <br />
one to me. So, anyway, her theme was Garden Party. <br />
I *love* Victorian anything, so I decided to go with <br />
a Victorian Garden Party theme. After all, the <br />
Victorian era women were the queens of hosting <br />
garden parties! <br />
So, the upper-right picture is the back, which is supposed to have my information. But, I added a pocket so that I could fold up three pages of information on Victorian garden parties and stick it in there.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the front, the actual garden party. :) I also created a small pocket (upper right on the piece) so that I could put a small menu in there with what would typically be offered at a garden party. (It has the ribbon sticking out on top.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoBwgH_PKl9ej5qwEs69hcc2A6aPXlY2d0DSMKIFWKxxJ1aqdKiDCoiTYdpTSCLZE7Q1WNp8iWCTIwq7EnZgmitnY1icCFfmqvaveZfWyJ5HbxnGLholgQ-fyIBSEYSEREwxI2NgVs1c/s1600/DSCN8674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoBwgH_PKl9ej5qwEs69hcc2A6aPXlY2d0DSMKIFWKxxJ1aqdKiDCoiTYdpTSCLZE7Q1WNp8iWCTIwq7EnZgmitnY1icCFfmqvaveZfWyJ5HbxnGLholgQ-fyIBSEYSEREwxI2NgVs1c/s320/DSCN8674.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then, down below is the menu. I just realized that that picture is a tad out of focus....that's a bummer because I've already sent it off to its rightful owner! But, you get the idea. Maybe I'll ask Carol to send me a better shot of it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd never done a tip-in before, so this was a new experience. It was fun. I used more paper elements than I normally do. I usually don't like so much paper, but this just seemed to go in that direction! I hope she's happy with it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4793lx03NjyLr_HKSgvgJgzxsDfztWvU2HTj-Rzd5mY0o8-bqiNaL-DuArpNIZw4nJogFJtnlU-8halnBILBdQXSjHtHQ0gbiIo5p7FFFMVcQCkcpcKXjoQiwquJT6K-Ht6qtIAhCJw/s1600/DSCN8675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4793lx03NjyLr_HKSgvgJgzxsDfztWvU2HTj-Rzd5mY0o8-bqiNaL-DuArpNIZw4nJogFJtnlU-8halnBILBdQXSjHtHQ0gbiIo5p7FFFMVcQCkcpcKXjoQiwquJT6K-Ht6qtIAhCJw/s320/DSCN8675.JPG" width="240" /></a>Now, I have four ATC's to make, for an ATC swap that we're doing! I have a week before those need to be done, but I better get on that....we all know how time flies... whether you're having fun or not!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a happy Friday, tomorrow!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> ~ Teri</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>With only two days to spare, I just finished my mixed-media piece that I'm entering into the <a href="http://www.amity.k12.or.us/daffodil.htm" target="_blank">Amity Daffodil Festival Artshow</a>! I'm not sure about it, really. There are elements that I'm happy with... some, not so much. But, that's okay. It's a learning experience... and the joy is in the process. It's a 10" x 10" canvas. It shows me that I need to work on layers. Layers are key to this kind of art and I just haven't played around enough with them. I also wanted an old, vintage daffodil to use, instead of painting my own, but I couldn't find any that were suitable. :( Someone told me she'd send me some... so, if those show up in my inbox, I may do another piece. Each person can put in two entries. Each entry needs to have at least one Daffodil, although they do not need to be the focus of the piece. I did a watercolor one year.... just one big daffodil... but, it was for my mom, for Mother's Day, so it wasn't for sale. They told me at the end of the show that had it been for sale, I would've sold it! Yay!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also doing another ATC swap with my <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABAlteredBooks/" target="_blank">Altered Books</a> Yahoo group and also a "tip-in", which I don't know much about. You create an altered book spread...or maybe it's just one page... and send it to the person who's hosting. They get the right ones to the right people (we're choosing themes, so they'll all be different) and then we fit them into an existing altered book. I'm thinking that I'll just make a small book out of the pages from the tip-in swap, instead of adding them to an existing book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OK.... I'd started a pair of socks for my youngest son, who now has feet the same size as mine, but then I tried to slip it over my heel, after I had about 2" done, and it wouldn't go. :( I ripped it out... like a dummy, I didn't check the gauge, first!!! So, now, I have to do a few inches of garter stitch, so I can figure out my gauge so that I can figure out how many stitches I should be casting on for him. This is when I need a good movie or TV show....otherwise, I rarely ever watch TV.. I get too bored! Hmmm....wonder if I can talk my husband and said child out of that Jett Lee movie they're watching and into something else. ?? Wish me luck!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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