New Blog

I have never been able to get my blog the way I wanted it to look so I finally gave up and have started a new one. If you're still out there please switch to follow my new blog www.natureinpaper.blogspot.com Not much new there yet (just getting the old back in still) but I have 4 new projects in the works including 2 that are completely out of my comfort zone! Stay tuned!

The lost post

In my ongoing frustrating experience trying to change the look of my blog I ended deleting a post of a gift box I recently created and bartered away for a soon to be received piece of jewellary. This paper mache box was created much the same way as my art pieces and went to a friend's mother-in-law who loves genealogy and family trees. The papers used were mulberry, mulberry tissue, indian batik, and a couple of unknowns.  I love the brown used for the tree trunk and bottom of the box, so verstatile and beautiful but can't find the receipt and don't remember what it is. The inside was lined with the same green mulberry as the ground on the lid.

Argh!

I thought it would be fun to play around with the look of my blog and boy am I regretting it now! Its all screwed up and the post before my last one is always weird. I ended up deleting a post to try and fix it and it just moved on to the next one. So I lost a post and didn't fix the problem :( And can't figure out why all the stuff that's supposed to show up on the side bare is way at the bottom or way off to the side when I view my whole blog AND I can't figure out how to link to my flickr account. So frustrating! Please bare with me!

The glue's not even dry but...

I am so thrilled with the direction my paper art is taking after my long hiatus. I tried many different and new techniques this time and worked on improving the dimension of my pieces. I think this piece has paper that's torn, scrunched, cut, sliced, punched and whatever else worked in the process. This 11 x 14 piece includes my first attempt at water, dimensional leaves on the trees, reeds, bushes, etc. Had so much fun and did the bulk of the work on Saturday. In the end I just feel like I AM BACK! Learned a lot on this one and can't wait to start the next one and improve some more...what to do next??? I guess we'll see.

This piece includes, indian marble, indian batik, mulberry, regular cardstock, lotka and a couple of unknown papers.