I’ve been busy creating little works to sell at The Gallery at Town Center in Lake Forest Park. It’s a lovely little shop full of handmade items and beautiful art. It’s the perfect place to pick up a gift for a friend or a special item for your home.
All hearts have wings. Sometimes they are butterfly wings and sometimes they have fairy wings. All happy hearts can fly.
When we got the call that school was closed for the day due to 6 inches of new snow, I must admit I was relieved. At last an excuse to hide away from our schedule and just concentrate on some forgotten projects that were calling my name….
Before adding any color, I used my carving tool and gouged out some knicks and lines out of the wood panel. It helped to give the ink a place to play.
I had some 4″x 4″ wood squares that needed some paint. The text was taken from some old airplane maintenance books from the 40’s. I love combining the technical verbiage with the loose, colorful imagery.
A quick shot of a few of my projects in progress. I love putting the pieces together to make a whole.
It’s Valentine’s Day- and my most favorite day for making crafts! The red hearts are little lapel pins that were super fun to make- just glued my favorite art angel face onto a paper scrap for the body, onto a little wood heart. Gave it a coating of Glossy Accents and added a Swarovski crystal for the bling. After gluing on a pin back, these little ladies were ready to be worn on the town.
The bird and nest ladies were my designs, glued onto larger heart wood blanks. Added some strong magnets to the back and they were fun to hand out.
I also included some of my paper ladies that I used for Valentine cards. I made them the same way that I did my Christmas tree labels. Sticker paper is the best for making unique sticker visuals. I like to seal my with spray acrylic to shine them up and give them some depth.
I have been on a mini art book binge lately! I am obsessed with little journals with embellished spines. However I am not patient enough to learn how to weave and sew these books- coptic stitch is so tricky! So I took the cheaters way out and purchased The Cinch. It’s a great tool and a fun way to make a spiral bound notebook. For the Bird Book and the three heart books, I created the covers using my art and applied it all to a wood cover. For the tie, I used sari silk ribbon. The spiral bind makes it go together so quickly! For the Crow book and the Red and Green books, I used a paint chip sample to cover the spine and used the binding holes to tie on some embellishments. These books don’t open very wide which makes it more difficult to write in but they look nicer than the spiral binding. I’ve posted some pics of my other handmade books here.
A colorful little collection of 4″x 4″ mini art panels. Woo hoo! Who doesn’t love a wee bit of art for their space?
