This week’s question is: “What am I taking for granted?”
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this was time. Time is passing so quickly lately. And sometimes I find myself wishing for it to go faster (so Nathaniel can sleep through the night, so the weekend can come, so Christmas can come, etc. etc.) but I really need to appreciate the value of time so much more. Time with my loved ones. Time to practice my art. Time to read. Even time to do my work. I don’t want to take a moment of my life for granted.
I was originally going to make another fabric piece for this week and started to but after a failed attempt, I decided to use the Maya Road clock. I inked my background and put the clock on it. I added a few buttons, some words, a little fabric with stitching, some bling and some small alphabets and that’s it.
I now sell some of these tags in my etsy store. If there’s a tag you like and are interested in, email me or leave a comment and I’ll be happy to add it.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
Weekly tags are posted every Thursday, you can see all of them by clicking here.
This was easy for me. Making these tags brings me so much joy lately that I wanted to celebrate them. Celebrate art. It’s such a joy to have the luxury to create art.
I’ve been stuck on fabric lately. Took a bunch of my favorite ones cut little squares, glued, stitched, added a few jewels and metal joys, punched a few eyelets with twine in them and here we are.
I now sell some of these tags in my etsy store. If there’s a tag you like and are interested in, email me or leave a comment and I’ll be happy to add it.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
Weekly tags are posted every Thursday, you can see all of them by clicking here.
This week’s question is: “What are you eating right now?”
This week’s tag was interesting. I originally did it a completely different way but I wasn’t happy with the results so I redid it last night. I will show you both versions just so you can see the stark difference. I love this one much more but the other one had me trying techniques too so I wanted to keep it here to remember.
As soon as I saw this topic, I knew I would make it about my morning coffee and my favorite lunch which is a poppy bagel toasted really dark with cream cheese and tomatoes. I cut out the definition of each from the dictionary and just did my art around them making sure they are highlighted.
One more detail.
The original idea I had was to create a cup and a bagel and use flocking with glossy accents to create the poppy seeds on the bagel and some inking and glossy accents to create the glass with coffee. Here’s how it looked:
I just didn’t like the way it turned out.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question is: “What sparks my creativity?”
Lately, I’ve been looking at a lot of other artists amazing work. That sparks my creativity more than anything else. The other thing that sparks it is limitation. These tags and their small size have made my creativity explode. I love doing them more than just about any other piece of art.
This tag is mostly fiber with some metal embellishments. Some hand stitching and some machine stitching.
Some recent events inspired me to open an etsy store to sell some of my tags. Just for fun.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question is: “What do you never want to forget?”
This one was easy. The very first thought that popped into my head was “I am so lucky, I need to remember that more often.” I am blessed. Lucky. So lucky. And here’s the tag to remember that.
Originally I wanted to use a wire this week but the wire I have isn’t malleable enough so I decided to punch four hearts and create a clover from that. I then glued sequins on each heart and since the only sequins I had were gold, I used alcohol inks to paint them green. Some fabric for the background, and some letters, some stitching, that’s about it for this tag.
The photo doesn’t really do justice to how sparkly this tag is and how the angle at which you look at it changes its colors so here’s a mini collage that shows it better.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
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This week’s question is: “What kind of goddess am I?”
Well the first thing that came to my mind, as usual, was someone who loves a lot. But I’ve done a lot of love themed ones lately so I wanted to do something different. I decided to make this one about nature. Nature is what calms me and makes me peaceful. Nature is what centers me. Nature. I am so thankful for it.
This tag was inspired by the amazing Rebecca Sower who awes me each and every single time she makes a piece of art. I pulled out a few nature-colored things I had and just let myself go. I did this really quickly and videotaped myself doing it just as an experiment. It was my first time videotaping so parts of it are off-camera. Apologies. I’ll do better next time. The only thing I added after the movie was some stitching. That’s it.
The song is “Fell in Love with a Boy” by the amazing Joss Stone.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question is: “How do you create your nest?”
I wanted to make this one simple. I create it with love. Lots and lots and lots of love. That’s really the only needed ingredient. And a lot of laughter wouldn’t hurt either.
I cut a heart out of this fabric I love and put some bling on it. I stitched around it and then stitched on a section on the top. I cut a smaller heart out of the same fabric and adhered it on the tag with some bling on it. I also inked the tag. That’s all this time around.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question is: “What are you crossing your fingers for?”
It’s always been my dream to get to work from home when I had kids. With David, I was able to accomplish this dream and I worked from home for the first 18 months of his life. It was totally what I imagined and dreamt of and I loved every moment of it. With Nathaniel, I didn’t think it was going to be possible. I work at a much bigger company now and people don’t work from home here. Especially in my position. So a few weeks ago, when I went in to talk to my manager, I didn’t think there was a chance he would let me work from home. I thought I was going to have to quit.
As it turns out, I am the luckiest girl in the world. It will take a title change and learning some new things, but it looks like I will be able to work from home full time. This is what I had been crossing my fingers for, for months. I am still crossing them for fear of jinxing anything.
I used a lot of paint on this one. I picked some papers I liked and collaged them on to the tag. Painted with white, off-white, brown, and light yellow paint. Inked edges and added some inking on the tag for dimension. I then cut out a house from grungeboard and painted it white. I took wings and painted them gold and then heated it up close for the texture. I inked my house a bit and added some words and a little key and bling and voila!
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
I thought about this one for a long time and then decided to do it about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. I seek validation from so many people. Oftentimes from sources where I’m unlikely to get it. And I don’t trust myself or my abilities and this is something I need to get better at. Each time the validation doesn’t come I find myself asking “why did i do that to myself?” because it hurts so deeply.
I did this tag to remind myself that I need to “trust me” and my ability to judge my art, my writing, my photography, my coding, etc. and not seek validation elsewhere.
I looked down my list and realized hand-stitching was one of the few things I hadn’t done so I stamped a few hearts and hand-stitched them.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question was: what 3 words would someone use to describe me?
I asked Jake and he said: intelligent, persistent, and genuine. So I used a heart tree for love, a clock for persistent, and a chinese coin for intelligence. I used distress ink on my background. I stamped with black ink. Added some perfect pearl-like shiny paint and restamped. I then used my pencils and gamsol to blend the red in and then added dimensional elements. A little bit of bling and the mini letters and that’s it.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here. <
This week’s question was “who do you need to thank?”
This one was obvious to me. I need to thank my parents. They have been incredibly generous and it allowed me to have a huge dream come true recently. Thank you mom and dad, I love you!
I used sticky back canvas with acrylic paint (used like water color) and some pretty hero arts stamps. I played around with stamping on ribbon. And I added some dimensional pearls. That’s it.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
This week’s question was: “Do you have a recurring dream?”
Since Nathaniel’s still not really sleeping much at night, I don’t dream much so I decided to make this about how I stay up at night and love him. I put a love tree, lights for staying up, a clock that shows how I’m awake at 4 in the morning and how he’s my #1 and this beautiful quote which I love.
I used stickles, distress stickles, liquid pearls, distress inks, embossing, and a lot of stamps.
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
