Girl with a curl

I've been working on a children's story idea to do with the poem - Girl with a Curl

Here are my 3 first collage illustrations ideas for it.

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.

And when she was good
She was very very good



And when she was bad
she was horrid

Wedding Cardage

I've been working on a fair bit of custom cardage lately and I've been loving it. A friend's wedding is coming up and her mum asked me to make a card for the bride and another that would be for a gift that was left to her by her grandmother. I'm pretty excited about showing her what I came up with tonight!

The bride and groom from behind... the gauze paper for the veil and train aren't completely attached so they can flutter a bit for some texture.


This bride has actual dried flowers for her bouquet. My mum is the sweetest and dries flowers for me up north where my folks have retired. I don't think my super would appreciate me knicking flowers from the front of my apartment building!


This is the card that I made for the grandmother's gift. You can see the interior message just below.


My card business actually stemmed from so many weddings hitting me at once and being a temp so it was a great way to give something personal and save on costs.

Some others:

New Card line - Gaggle of Girls

A friend's stagette was coming up and I wanted to make her a card from me and another friend. The line about " making him an honest man finally" popped into my head but I wasn't sure how to go about it. Then I got the idea of a bunch of girls gabbing about their disbelief and on the inside use that line. I started having a lot of fun with the girls picking out bright patterns for the dresses. I thought why stop there... go for wild patterns for the hair too. I do love trying to mix up really different pattern into a pleasing look. I'm thinking that this combo was a good success.

Now I"m doing another one that has the gaggle of girls on the outside still in disbelief but on the inside it states " There's no Way that you're a day over 22! Happy Birthday" I"m going to have a great time coming up with different ideas for the girls to be gossiping about and thanks to my friend Jeff because he came up with the name for this line!

avoidance and painting

It's always nice when avoidance tactics for one matter leads you to finishing up another project... Often I end up cleaning as well... Well, avoiding my grad application has led to me finishing up the memory box lid for my friends' sweet wee lad Isaac. Yay!

this blogging business

Well, after a long respose... I have been dipping back into my voyeuristic blog surfing collection and it got me thinking about this blog and how I've not really done anything with it.

Some people have blogs as an outlet for their thoughts and other for their likes and dislikes. I will admit I"m more drawn to blogs with photos but I like getting insight into the blogger as well.

I think that there is also a part of satisfaction in sharing your thoughts and opinions with with the cyber universe and bit by bit I have to let go of the wondering if anyone is out there glancing at this... friends or otherwise... and just enjoy it for myself.

Also I've fallen lax on taking photos and I think posting that kind of thing would greatly help... cuz I like pictures and then its always easier to write with an image in mind - at least for me.

So I will have to see where this cyber experience takes me and hopefully it won't consist of me saying "Ah, haven't done this in a while"

Craft Cabaret is here!

The Craft Cabaret is today! I'm very excited about it... so far some good friends are going to be coming and I'm looking forward to my road trip (short though it may be) with my friend and fellow vendor Roz of Lightleak Media.

Being under employed has given me time to build up a fair amount of stock!

man, a bit of a break ends up stretching itself out. I'm back to being under employed again so the computer time has waned since I've got other things on the go. I've been working on tons of cards for the Craft Cabaret in Waterloo on Feb 7, 2007.

Valentine cards have abounded and I'm about to start my easter cards... figured if I have time off I should put it to good use!

A Sassy peekaboo card as well...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall ... or in the pocket

I've been on the look out for a small pocket mirror for a bit now ... something to help check for spinach between the teeth and such. Through my searches, I found the perfect site - My Favourite Mirror.

They have a whole bunch of different designs to choose from, including designing mirrors with your own images. They also have mousepads & coasters for sale too.
Here are some of my favourites so far:

Town pocket mirror by The Little Friends of Printmaking.

Early Birds by Eleanor Grosch Pocket Mirror

Finch Tree Pocket Mirror by boygirlparty

Miss Cora Pocket Mirror (vintage French fashion illustrations set on top of true Art Nouveau wallpaper)

Tuff Pocket Mirror by The Little Friends of Printmaking

... I"m thinking this one is my fav.

ohhh art... beautiful art

My friend, the lovely Heather S., gave me a heads up about this artist. There are bird silouettes so I was on that like a... hmmm can't think of a simile so let's just say I really really liked Arleigh Wood's work.

She's a Vancouver artist who uses encaustic, acrylics, oils, collage, etching on metal and found objects to create multi-layered compositions. Check it out:

http://www.arleighwood.com/

Ahh, the end of the holidays... now for some down time.

A colleague from work has introduced me to something new and addictive... luckily the only place you seem able to get them are Costco or online so I think I'll be safe.

Hawaiian Sweet Maui Onion Potato Chips are pretty incredible... soooo crispy. Enjoy if you dare break the new years resolutions.