grunge, post industerial and mica

There are a few charm swaps I've been working on and getting in the mail. Two of them were grunge/post industerial, made with old "grungy" found items. I only have a picture of one because I forgot to photograph the other one. I will try to add it here later after the charm comes back to me. This next one is for a "Mica" charm swap. It had to be created with mica of course and the theme was 'Home'. The first photo is photographed laying flat and the second one is backlit for a clearer view of the imbeded image.

birds in my garden

This is the Fabric ATC I made for a recent swap 'Brids In My Garden'. It really doesn't show up well, but the image is covered with mica.

Not making much of it I'm afraid! I've been a bit overwhelmed with everyday life and my many art projects have been pushed to the side as of late. Hopefully I will get back to them soon...maybe even later today.

vintage gentleman

Just a little ATC done for a lottery drawing on one of my art groups. Those who participate post a picture of their "Gentleman of Yesteryear" ATC in the group album and on a certain day there is a drawing for the winner. After that we all send our ATCs to the person who won the drawing. Of course I'm hoping to win! This is my first time playing with this group.

journey to the soul

Just finished my Journey To The Soul ATCs for a small ATC Book exchange. The pair of eyes peering out the window belong to my beautiful, inside and out, daughter. She 's often my Muse in art projects. When you lift the window you see another window frame with the words below.

The back of the ATC continues the window theme.

I just finished these little "extreme inchies" for another trade I'm doing. An extreme inchie is the size of a "moo card" (aprox. 1 and 1/8 x 2 and 3/4 inches). The theme was 'Hints Of Spring'. I practiced doing image transfers of the flowers for my background, then I made the butterfly double sided so that it looked more "real" in flight. One rule for the swap was that we had to have a 3D element included.

hanging in this charming neighborhood

This little piece of artwork was created for the Hanging In This Charming Neighborhood swap. It is only 1.5 inches wide and about 2.5 inches high. We were to choose a "house" theme, create 20 out of heavy weight cardstock/watercolor paper and then emboss the edges to give it the effect of a soldered charm. Fun!

by the sea charm swap

This is the little charm I created for our recent By The Sea charm swap. It was my first attempt to solder. I just thought the glass bauble looked like it had a bit of beautiful blue ocean captured in glass...the pearl and shell just seemed to finish it off perfectly.

belated posting of artfest trades

I was really pushed for time in preparing for ArtFest this year so I never got the pictures of my trades posted. Better late than never! Above is my ATC. Below is a really close up of my charm. Last is a handful of the inchies I made. I traded everything and came home with some wonderful treasures.

all originals 4x4 fat book pages

These two pages were done for a monthly swap I participate in. The top one was for the March trade with the theme of "Birds of a Feather". The bottom one was for April with the theme "Green...for earth day".

seattle ~ pike place market

Guess what place this famous address belongs to? It belongs to the original Starbucks which is right across the street from Pike Place Market. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I couldn't resist buying a special gift card that can only be purchased at that location. I promptly used it to pay for my Tall Hot Chocolate! Beautiful spring tulips in the market.
Loved all the neon signs.

Yummy fresh fruit.

lingering in port townsend

We stayed an extra day after ArtFest to see a little more of Port Townsend. We spent the night at the Tides Inn and yes we stayed in the old part... didn't actually stay in this room but...

the front desk did have a well worn copy of the movie which we watched as the sun was setting. It was just a must do since the entire movie was filmed at Fort Worden, Port Townsend and The Tides Inn. View from our room that evening with the tide in.
Our morning view with the tide out.
Spent some time looking around town before we left. This is the old Waterfront Hotel.

View of the town along Water Street.
The Antique store where we found some cool things.

fort worden's less frequented areas

The old horse stables from the 1800's.
View of the jail cells inside the guard shack, currently the visitors center. Area on top of the old bunkers were the the guns were mounted.
Bunker door.

One of the tunnels inside the bunkers.

artfest ~ last morning

It was finally time to pack up and move everything out of our dorm room. My mom and I shared a room. Rooms are pretty sparse as always, but you are hardly in them anyway. This is her side of the room. Bed hung on a rack. I had an actual bed frame, but when you laid down the bed tilted to one side. It was like sleeping on a hill! All part of the full ArtFest experience.
Again, the view from our room.

The sun was coming up over the water and spilling across the front porch of our dorm. We were in 225...nearest the water. Dorm 225. Loved our rooms this year and the beautiful view.
The Commanders House was just across the field from us.
A view of the officers housing across the parade grounds.

The anchor.

artfest day three ~ tricia seggebruch

On this last day I took Tricia Seggebruch's "Alcohol Acrylic Magic". Here are her class samples for our class.
The early stages of my work on clay board.
The end result of this technique.
There was a lot of wait time for paint to dry so while I waited I took a few pictures of the School House Architecture. I just love all the white buildings at the fort.