Finally back at work on some new collages. This is a digital piece, all done on the computer, using much of the old books pages, letters and images I’ve been collecting and scanning. The flower basket is a black and white image that I hand colored. Hope you like it! Oh, and I’m having some blank notecards made with this design, as well as an 8″ x 10″ print ready for framing – they’ll be available for sale soon.
Oh, Summer. How you have kept me from working and writing on my blog.
I can’t really blame myself for taking the summer months off. They’re so fleeting and I’ve just been enjoying the time spent outdoors with family and friends. And the laziness on those hot, humid days.
These abstracts done with tissue paper have been sitting on my work table since July and I’ve finally gotten around to scanning them.
FABRIC BITS NOTE CARDS
Going through my bins of fabric today, it occurred to me that sewing together some little scrappy bits and attaching them to card stock would make cute note cards. And writing a few encouraging words, or a funny Mae West quote (“too much of a good thing is wonderful”), would give them some more interest. The text from a book on the green linen fabric just struck my funny bone and could certainly be used to describe me too many times!
The Daily Post PHOTO CHALLENGE – MUSE
Muse. What subject keeps you coming back? I guess the one thing that I never tire of photographing is the sky, especially clouds, the sunrise and sunsets. This spectacular sky was shot one evening in June on Fire Island with a Fuji FinePix digital camera.
Muse
MORNING GLORIES
I must say, I’ve never seen red morning glories! The blue is one of my favorite flowers. Each year, at the end of the summer, I like to collect and save the seeds to use the next year in planters near the back door and for the garden just outside the sun room window. Although, this year it looks like they’ve taken care of themselves and self-seeded in the garden. Morning Glories are easy to grow and are so beautiful climbing up a trellis.
This collage was pieced together and scanned into the computer, then I digitally added the scanned morning glory image. That came from a set of “Flower Power” cards I got at a flea market. The set of cards is pretty interesting, with ancient herbal remedies written on the back of each. I’m going to use some of these for a set of notecards that I’ll post as soon as they’re complete.
Enjoy the weekend!
FADED PAISLEY Studio 