Round Robin

I took a big load to the post office this week.

Lots of projects that went off a little late...

(what's new)!

A very belated birthday gift for a very special friend.

The tease of cool weather has inspired Autumn colors in my art.

The elements I used in this collage are some of my favorites. 

The awesome french lace, vintage velvet ribbon & butterfly that once embellished a hat are precious to me.

I figured I better get a head start with Christmas since I was so late with the birthday gift!

I used an old tabacco tin for the orniment & glass glitter on the stars. 

This will look even better next year when the glitter begins to tarnish.

I'm working on a round robin book collaboration with Karla, Beth & Sandra .

I finally completed my cover & first page.

The project is called 'Her Life in Stitches'.

The book chronicles a girls life with samples of her needlework.

My book is about a girl raised on a farm.

'Low color', tattered treasures & nature were my inspiration.

I used a few different techniques.

A resin block embedded in an old book cover.

It didn't turn out perfectly, but I thought that kind of supported the 'make do' spirit of farm girls.

The sheet music under the photo  is a song called 'in the cornfield'.

The farmhouse piece below is a Tim Holtz idea. 

You can read about it here.

I love the effect!



Here is my first page.

I sent my packect off to Karla, she'll add a page & send it on.

In a year I'll get my book back with 12 wonderful pages.

I'm working on a page for Beth's book now, I'll show you next time.

This is such a fun way to create & share art, I hope to do more soon. 

I've been obsessed with altered books since I read

Collaborative Art Journals & Shared Visions in Mixed Media by LK Ludwig. 

 It's a beautiful book filled with amazing work.

Last year Mary Green invited me to contribute to her online class

Artful Pages-4 Artists 4 Ways.

If you want to learn some tricks & techniques for art journals check it out.

Can you belive September is almost over!

Thank goodness summer is almost behind us.  It was a tough one here.

Now that I'm caught up, I'm off to blog hop!