Early Morning Thoughts

This week's blog hop artist

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, 
Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.
   
   

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Jewelry Artist...

Kecia Deveney

http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

 

clarity

I have been in the mood to paint lately, so I decided to pull out some images and altered them a bit.

In this next journal, I took a image of an angel and applied acrylics and mediums to her, to further enhance it.

I then decided to incorporate the image into a journal.  This next book is called....

 

                            clarity

I have included 8 sheets of medium weight papers and if you count the backsides that would make 16 pages.  You could use them to journal, scrapbook, sketch, pastels, inks, pencils, light watercolor washes or just leave it out as an art piece itself.

I have listed this in my etsy.

happiness....

To each of us, happiness may mean something different.  To me, happiness is all about love.  Whether that be the love you receive or give away, each is unique in itself.  

When I find myself feeling down or lonely, I find that if I do something for someone else, out of love...then I find myself back to feeling good and happy again.  Whether that be someone I know or even a total stranger, love is the greatest gift that we can ever receive or give away.

This is how my next journal came about...

 

                                     happiness

 

I created the covers out of watercolor paper and applied vintage papers, inks, acrylics, vintage buttons, ribbon, words and an image of flowers.

I printed the image on a fabric sheet and then applied acrylics and mediums to further enhance it.

This image is actually from flowers that I had received from my hubby.  As they were wilting away, I decided to capture the image of them.  

 

I listed this in my etsy.

Onto our next blog hop artist....

                       

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, 
Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.
   
   

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Animal Portrait Artist...

Elizabeth G. Johnson

http://windandhoney.blogspot.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

 

always

I just love this word....      always

 

 always love you

 always be there

 always believe the best in others

 always forgive

 always have faith, even when I am not able to see clearly

 always look towards the horizon

 always remember.....

 

What better time for these sentiments with Valentine's just around the corner, so I created a book with this word...   always.

 

I listed this in my etsy.

newest books....

Here are a few of my newest books that I have ready....

 

This one is using a print from one of my past original art pieces.  I have attached it to a large blank book and incorporated acrylics, inks, pencils and vintage papers.

This is a large blank sketch book that I incorporated different mediums onto.

On this one, I incorporated image, acrylics, inks, pencils and resin.  This was applied to a watercolor blank book.

This is a small spiral watercolor book that I incorporated one of my prints from a past original art piece to the cover and applied, inks, acrylics, pencils and vintage papers.

This is a lined composition notebook that I applied acrylics, inks, pencils, image, vintage papers and wax to the cover.

Hope that you enjoyed seeing them as much as I did making them.  I have listed these in my etsy.

reflections

This is the title of my newest fabric book.  I have been working on this one for a bit. Hours go into making these kinds of books, but the joy that comes from the finished piece, is so worth the time.

I have incorporated a number of vintage laces, vintage trims, vintage fabrics, commercial fabrics, vintage buttons, vintage papers, acrylics, inks, pencils, images and words to make up this book.

30 pages of coffee stained paper was incorporated and if you count the backsides that would make 60 pages.

This could be used to journal, scrapbook, sketch, or display it as a piece of art itself.

I have listed this in my etsy.

Next artist for blog hop.....

This week's next blog hop to visit is going to be....   

                 Laura K. Aiken

You will want to make sure to visit her blog to pick up your newest secret word.

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, 
Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.
   
   

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Laura K. Aiken

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

http://www.laurakaiken.blogspot.com/

 

Cherish

I have been trying to come up with Valentine goodies and of course, everything is in stages of drying.  So, I thought that I would show them as they get completed. 

My first one is a journal.....   cherish

I incorporated paste, acrylics, texture, vintage and commercial fabrics, vintage buttons and 10 sheets of blank paper and if you count the backsides that would make 20 sheets.

I also, incorporated a sleeve on the front cover, that would hold your pencil.

I have listed this in my etsy.

More fun for 2012....

My "Home" canvas wall hanging class, has officially opened...yes!  I really enjoyed making this one.  I love the colors of Spring and this project is just that.  Click on the link below and it will direct you to my class, with all of the info.

The great thing about on-line workshops are, you never have to leave the comfort of your home.  You get to view them 24/7 and play in your jammies....:).

Creative Workshops