Fabric Journal Cover

Recently Teesha Moore posted a tutorial on her blog making fabric journal covers. Teesha's journal covers are great. It was also a license to not be quite so perfect. I purposely threw out all worries about perfection with years of embroidery and quilting to come up with this:
Front Cover

Inside Front Cover

Inside Back Cover

Back Cover

Signature Detail

Embroidery and embellishment detail

I made the red tassels. Each tassel is one half a skein of standard embroidery floss. I would have made more but I only had three skeins and I wanted to hold on to a little left over red for future projects.

Overall the journal cover is 9 in x 10 in with two signatures of Fabriano Aristico 140 lbs Hot Press watercolor paper. I painted the signatures prior to sewing them in to the journal cover as painting journal pages can be messy. Now I just have to fill it up with journal stuff.

Mardi Gras

I am not a party person. But something made me create this for this week's Mixed Media Monday -Mardi Gras. The hand-drawn fleur-de-lis were tough.

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lb watercolor paper, Sharpie Poster Paint, Copic Markers, Liquitex acrylic paint, various magazine, catelog and junk mail cut-outs

Time

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lbs Watercolor paper, magazine, catalog and junk mail clips, Copic markers, Sharpie Poster Paint, Liquitex acrylic

Didn't scan as well as I would have liked. It was a piece started this evening when I picked up the mail and looked through a catalog I receieved. I worked on this continuously until finished.

Mixed Media Monday - Wings

9 in x 12 Canson 90 lbs watercolor paper, magazine and junk mail clips, clips from my old collages, Sharpie Poster Paint, Liquitex Acrylic Paint
The challenge this week for Mixed Media Monday is "Wings". When I think of wings, I think of airplanes. DH probably influenced this choice as he is mister airplane guy. I am still upset with myself for missing the Mixed Media Monday challenge for "Leftovers" as I really like what I created.

16 Page Journal Done!

All pages in a journal Fabriano Artistico Cold Press 140 lbs watercolor paper, magazine clips, Sharpie Poster Paint, Copic Markers, Liquitex Acrylic paint

Finally finished my 16 page journal a la Teesha Moore. Begun about Thanksgiving Day I got off to a really fast start. I previously posted five pages and these are the better of the remaining pages. A few pages I don't like and will not post.

Triberet

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lbs watercolor paper, magazine clips Sharpie Poster Paint, Copic Markers

Triberet is a form of belly dance style/dance that borrows elements of Tribal Fusion Belly Dance and Modern Caberet Belly Dance.

Creative Lettering - Final Lesson

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lb watercolor paper, Liquitex acrylic, Sharpie Poster Paints, Copic markers

I finished the final lesson for my Creative Lettering class last night. Unfortunately, I posted the first version, in a couple of photo sharing sites, with an minor error. This one is the correct piece.

The Start of Something....

I started a few projects today:

The knitting project is a Calorimetry. This is extremely easy pattern and might just get done this evening. For those of you who follow this blog, I frogged the Noro Scarf I started before Christmas. It wasn't stripping the way I hoped. It is now the Calorimetry.

The yellow page is a base partially painted and collaged for my Creative Lettering Class final project with the watercolor (in the sketchbook) for Monthly Sketch Project.

On a belly dance note, this morning was Rakkasah call-in. Usually it take less than an hour to get both troupes a spot. Ala Nar got their spot after two hours of calling and Rising Stars after three hours. I was able to get through for the last spot. I will be very happy never to hear a busy signal again.

Doodling

I wish the true colors scanned better than it did.

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lbs watercolor paper, Sharpie Poster Paints, Magazine cutouts, "Doodling" article from "The Week".

Seasons Greetings

9 in x 12 in Canson 90 lbs watercolor paper, Sharpie Poster Paint, various magazine and catalog clips.

Ready for the Holidays?

Every year we celebrate the holidays with DH's family. My family is mostly in Canada and back east - just me and Mom here. It is nice to have family to celebrate this time of year.
Last night I was up late again (very late, very very late) working on holiday and gift cards. I always try to make these cards. I don't measure just do. I created a fairly simple method to customize envelope to any card size (I have to post a video).

Only have to address the envelopes and create the greetings in the cards - (gift cards are done inside). Only three days to Christmas Eve - no problem. Oops still have to wrap gifts and buy one.

Mixed Media Monday - Just Hanging Out

9 in x 12 in Canson 90lbs Cold Press Watercolor paper. Various pieces from magazines. Sharpie Poster Paint, Portfolio Pastels
Submission for this week's Mixed Media Monday.

Holiday Card 2009

Holiday Card 2009
Originally uploaded by NeonFog

Card for some friends. The spelling and the idea for the red nose came from DH. Odds and ends of magazine and catalog clippings.

Creative Lettering

Already up to lesson four in my Creative Lettering class. One of the assignments this week was to copy this poem by Shel Silverstein in a mix of lower and upper case letter. Not as easy as it sounds. Good practice for the circle border which I wanted to use later.

A Fine Line

A Fine Line
Originally uploaded by NeonFog

One of my favorite quotes. I love the way this image turned out. She has a dress for a hat and a chess piece for a body and the arms somehow worked.