Back from mini-vacation

We had a fantastic time! Nothing like the woods to get my creative juices flowing. Living in the desert, I tend to forget creeks can have water in them... I've gotten use to dry creeks & washes! I sat on the porch early in the morning seeing the sun dappled woods & listening the the creek running & the birds. I filled page after page in my art journal. So many new ideas. I took alot of pictures too. I love my husband's digital camera! The pictures are so much better than my camera. I either have to confiscate it or buy myself one!

As soon as I got back, I pretty much ran into the studio to work on a few things. The Art in a Carton was on my mind too. Ideas for pieces that can fit in that carton! I came up with too. If I don't write ideas in my journal I forget what it was, sometimes that's good & sometimes not. So I force myself to write it down. It would be nice if I could draw, unfortunately I draw sickly looking stick people! Not so good!

Last night I made a few clay buttons - they came out kind of cute. Now I just need to perfect it some more. Plus after reading some back issues of Somerset magazines, I saw a technique using Ultra thick embossing powder. You just make a copy of a photo on regular copy paper & layer that over a printed paper. Use embossing ink over the picture & a layer of UTEE & melt with a heat gun. After several layers the printed paper shows through the photo! It looks awesome! I'll have to take pictures of it & post them. Plus I'll be making more of those!

I'm going to bite the bullet & organize my studio. I was looking good but I had to pull everything out & pile it here & there when I tiled the floor. So now it's just a big old mess! I can't find anything. When I have to keep stopping to find things ( and make a bigger mess in the process), I get frustrated. So today is the day!