Chunky Beads
I am going to be doing some altered tiles and dominoes soon, and thought I would give a try at making some chunky beads to maybe go with them. This was my first attempt. I did not twist the ends well, and I think white coated wire would have shown up better than the back over the dark green leather.
Below are the first of 10 pages I am making for an altered art butterfly book. Anything goes, as long as a butterfly was included on each page.
Bingo
Butterflies in the stomach
Without Change
Climate Change
I Want To Be Free
Ok, I know it has been several weeks since I have posted anything but life happens.
I have just been wearing too many hats the past couple weeks, and it seems that that nothing is getting 100% from me.
Mom — good and bad
***Oldest son was home with some college buddies brewing ale with us. Brewing one weekend, and bottling the next. (all are 21 or over)
***Youngest son had a nasty virus that just would not go away. Yes when 15 year old boys are sick, they actually want their moms.
***Missing daughter, who is a long way from warm California at college in burr Wisconsin. I have been baking and sending care packages. I am doing my part to keep the postal service solvent.
Artist—well at least trying to be
I have been working on stuff, but most are project that are for trades. I will photo and post stuff when I actually finish. Unfortunately I have not had a lot of time to work.
Also, did the taxes, paid the bills, purging cupboards.
Just very busy!
Hope everyone has a great weekend — hopefully I will have something I can post in the next day or two.
I am starting to play with ideas for the next mingle coming up in late February in my altered art group. The theme is Fairy Tales, and the first idea I came up with was related to Alice in Wonderland.
Since I plan on making a few, then deciding which one or two to throw into the mingle, I will post them here as I finish them.
Painting the Roses Red
Well, I have been busy finishing up 16 pages for a Valentine fatbook in my altered art group. We each contribute 16 similar pages, and the host assembles them into a book which she sends back to us. Below is my contribution. I am calling it school days, since it is suppose to remind you of the folders that you made for your valentine exchanges in elementary school. I photographed it full, empty, and took a picture of the mini valentines that are in the folder.
Today history was made!
Lets all hope and pray for a brighter future for America!
This is my entry for the Ladies in Big Hats mingle in my altered art group. The photo was taken on May Day in 1943 in a small town in south eastern South Dakota.
Well, this is how I used the junk picture below to interpret “Mother Earth” I am not happy with how it came out, but everyone had one set of all the same items to work with. Once I committed with glue, I was stuck. Hopefully it was a growing experience.
As many of you know, I joined an altered art yahoo group late late year. I have been having fun participating in the mingles and swaps. I decided to host my own swap in the group dedicated to Mother Earth. Yesterday I sent envelopes out to 7 people (I Make 8 for the swap) of identical items. Their challenge is to use at least 7 of the items in a 5″ by 5″ (or less) piece, depicting their interpretation of “Mother Earth”. Below is what everyone has to work with.
