trash to treasure

Our task: create a bookmark from items destined for the trash or recycling....  it's a salvaged goods bookmark. 

For the front I used a discarded paper I had used as a paint pallet and added a piece of a paper coffee cozy, some plastic that came as extraneous packaging, scraps of craft paper, old foil, & an old coil.  To which I added scraps of ribbon with attached charms.

On the back I added some fun sentences from a rescued book.

This was a fast, fun project .... I LOVE functional art. 

What have you re-purposed recently?

...scatter joy...
lindy

word art

You know I love me some word art... this site, imagechef.com allows you to take any word or phrase, choose the shape and color and then they mash it up for you.... check it out!

What color are your words?

...scatter joy...

lindy

hope, believe, create

 

I recently did a series inspired by the phrase 'manifesting kindness'.  The goal was to create 3 pieces of positivity and send it out in the world.

I wanted to create cards that were linked...I liked the idea of 3 pieces that were similar but different.

I love inspirational cards... I collect inspirational card decks.  Maybe one day I'll create an entire deck that speaks to the soul.  

I started with 3 playing cards, gesso and paint.  I added layers of old book pages and more paint.  Then I began adding another layer which included stamped words and images, metal on which I embossed, wire, and metal word charms.  I think I am finally getting an understanding of mixed media and collage.  I'm excited to continue the education of lindy!

What makes your soul sing?

...scatter joy...
lindy

Eat your Green....

A recent swap had us creating ATCs that were GReeN... at least 80% had to be green aka 'most' .... and knowing how much I love green, you know I just had to sign up... but what to do... what to illustrate.... ???

Well my fave veg and my fave fruit, of course..... juicy and delicious...  I used chalk, watercolor, and pen on watercolor paper.

Today's craft moment....one of the more inspirational sites I follow... johnnie's work has a wonderfully positive energy...  http://www.savedbylovecreations.com/2010/03/winners-choice-giveaway.html  I'm so glad I found her site...!

fave fruit? fave veggie?

...scatter joy...
lindy

Hosting my first swap....

WELL.... I've decided to do it.... I'm going to 'host' my first swap.  I joined the Newfangled Zentangle Group on swap-bot and the founder, Tess, offered to make me an officer.  (It's a very official and everyone bows in my presence as I enter rooms....) ; ) 

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little.... but I DO get to post and host swaps for this group... so my first one is SPRING has SPRUNG... the challenge is to tangle your interpretation of that theme on a 3.5 square (typical zentangle size) and because this group likes to experiment with color and design it is not only encouraged, but embraced.  I can't wait to see the designs and hope that I can persuade people to send me pics of their creations for a later posting here!  (I will add my creation this weekend to this post... in the meantime here is a place-holder... one of the very first tangles I ever did on a scrap piece of paper)

If, after all my blogging on and on and on and on and on about zentangles you still do not know what they are, here is yet another link (compliments of Tess)  Beez in the Belfy

So I urge you to stop reading.  Put pen to paper. Do the Spring has Sprung dance of the of the tangle.

EDIT: oh guess what?! This is my 100th post WooHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 

What color is your spring?

...scatter joy...
lindy
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Harmony

The second in the Inspirational Words series.  Harmony.

... with an eye made quiet by the power of harmony & the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. --- wordsworth



How do you practice harmony?

...scatter joy...
lindy

... Balance ...

One of my favorite forms of art is word art... especially using inspirational or motivational words.  This card is called 'Balance' and is part of a set of two
(I'll post the other one the next post).

I had so much fun making the 'Skinny' that I continued with the same colors and techniques.  I'm going to have to make a set of inspirational cards for myself, I think....

How do you find your balance?

...scatter joy...

lindy

ride, run, walk, jump, etc etc etc LIKE A GIRL!!!!

The theme of this delicious ATC swap was 'Make a Statement'.  For those of you who know me, you know how passionate I am about women having and listening to their own powerful voice.                                                                   

One of my beautiful friends, Devin, ran in the SanFran marathon, and was sweet enough to send me the best postcard on the planet.  I used this postcard as the base... it turns the usual negative ....'like a girl' connotation on its head by proclaiming it as a positive.  We should ALL remember to run (or read or walk or ride or laugh or cry or talk.....) LIKE A GIRL... and that doing so is definitely a good thing... hell it's a GREAT Thing! 

Give your art a voice... build a community of women.

Who is in your community of women?  Who listens to the voice of your soul?

...scatter joy...

lindy

Live Your Most Succulent Wild Life...

As you may be discovering, word art 'speaks' to my soul... lol... I know, a bit hokey, but there is just something about it... it is beautiful and meaningful and whimsical.... and one of my favorite word artists is Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy... aka SARK.




If you haven't heard of her or read any of her fabulous books, take a peek... they are deliciously unique. I love to play with my 'Living Juicy' cards. When sending a handwritten note (yes.... I absolutely LOVE to send notes/cards) I often will think of the person I'm sending to and pull a card for her/him... it always amazes me just how fitting the sentiment is.... sometimes I will pull for myself and I did so the other evening...

What does your card say...?

... scatter joy...

lindy

Words to Live By

I love words... and word art... which is probably one of the reasons why 'collage' appeals to me *grin* I have been experimenting with creating word 'tags'... I'm using them in various ways... one of my favorite ways is to simply hang them in places where I will see them daily...

Wonderful things happen when you put such positivity out in the universe.

What words do you claim?

. . . scatter joy . . .

lindy

Taste Life

Part of my quest this year is to reclaim who I am & discover who I am becoming. Like the layers of the paper on my decoupage bowl, sometimes there is something gorgeous hidden by other layers. The process has been mostly fun and always intriguing... I wonder why, after I'd worked so hard to find myself the first time, I let go and covered up my soul with layers...

One of the things I'm reclaiming is my love of the visual and tactile.... colors... textures... art in every day things... and of course, art in words. I created a bouquet of color in a mug that reminds me daily, to Taste Life.

How do YOU create the fun and unexpected from the ordinary? Share... let me know!

Want to recreate the look? Word Art mug from Paper Source; Felt Tip Marker Pens in a tub of 100 (they have shades and shades that simply are glorious!) by Paperchase, picked up from Borders.