Thursday, February 22, 2007

Seeing Double


This is my grandmother, Mae DeYarmett. I've been wanting a colorized version of this picture for the longest time, and my friend, Samantha Franklin, made it possible. So, not only do I have a very colorful version of my grandmother to use in a project I'm working on, I have a most awesome present for my mother :D

Monday, February 19, 2007

I <3 wax paper



I've always loved wax paper, there's something about it that's always fascinated me. When I was little, my mother and I would take my crayon scraps and melt them between two sheets. I imagine everyone else has, too, but the pretty suncatchers we'd have at the end always impressed the hell out of me. Anyway, I always have it around, even if I'm not using it.

Tonight, I started wondering why I don't stamp on it. So I tried. I came up with a ton of crap and one good image. So what I've found is you can stamp on wax paper with Adirondack ink and a very fine stamp. Now I'll have to figure out just what I want to do with this knowledge.

But I have to say, I'm almost as impressed with these arches (Above the Mark) as I was with my most awesome suncatchers.
This (100 Proof Press) isn't quite as nice as the arches, but not as bad as the photo stamp try that is now in the trash.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Definitely a challenge


I am not much of one for journaling.. I'd rather make a book than actually let anyone who's not in my tiny circle know anything about me. But I'm going to give it a shot for a bit, because I've been inspired to make a space on the hell that is my art table by Michelle Ward's Crusades. So here are a few of my faves. People, book, movies, quote and, of course, zombie. Learning how to do this blogging stuff will be a challenge, too.
*Edit: Now that I've a bit more time (I'm at work) I can write a bit more. Although this scanned like shit, the pink shows up really well against the green when you're holding it in your hand. Unfortunately, few can actually read my scrawl so it's still illegible. The beautiful person on top is my daughter Sabrina, and the person below is one of our favorite people, Adrian. I was working on this spread while Sabrina and her boyfriend were putting their knight costumes together, hence the Holy Grail quote on the facing page. Pan's Labyrinth is the greatest new movie I've seen this year, so it's mentioned, as is my newest favorite book, World War Z. I also like the way Bub looks against the GPP stamp of the headstones.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

This made me happy.