Birdies

Birds are so in right now. Who knew? I've got a few bird related collages on Etsy at the moment. Here is my latest picture frame. Here I've used a light blue background and accents of orange. I used some letter stamps to add the word "Sweet" above the area for the picture. The exclamation point stamp helped form the "paths" for the butterflies. There are some French ephemera stickers, too. I like French, I studied it in high school, so it's my go-to foreign language. Although I don't remember a lot of the language now. C'est la vie.

New Collage

I made this collage last night. Usually I make collage boxes, while this is more like a card with stuff on it. Uh, so I guess it's like regular art. (?) Anyway, it's a 4" x 6" piece of mat board covered with brown paper. The collage is made of various stickers and cut out butterflies. The little scene is from a book of geisha/japanese themed stickers. The Netherlands stamp is real. On the lower portion ther are five silk-covered buttons which I sniped off a throw blanket my friend Kasha made for me. Actually I snipped off all the buttons...not just the five. Er, back to topic. I really like this new collage! I think I will make more. I haven't listed this on Etsy, but it's on Lov.li right now. Click the Lov.li badge on the left if you're interested.

Featured Artist -Sue Lee

Sue is my crafting buddy. We shared a table at a craft show last year, and we will again in June. (very excited). Sue's specialities are mosaics and stained glass. This stained glass panel is one of my new favorites. I like the way the circles and swirls play off of the linear elements. And the colors are lovely. Sue does not have an Etsy shop (yet -resistance is futile). But her work can be found here: http://sue.smugmug.com/

Cool things on Etsy -Part 1

I just think this is so cool. This motorcycle sculpture is made out of cutlery by papafork. The pizza cutter wheels are my favorite part. Here's the link to papafork's shop on Etsy: http://papafork.etsy.com.

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Obsoleteworld calls this painting "Nothing to Offer". She sells prints in her Etsy shop at http://obsoleteworld.etsy.com. She brings you into another world with each of her paintings. Something a little dark, strange, and sometimes hopeful.

Springtime

Springtime! Not only is the weather improving, there's inspiration for starting projects that are colorful and cheerful! On Etsy I recently posted a Spring themed picture frame. I decorated a similar frame for my friends after there son was born last fall. I love the partial over-sized flower on the bottom of the frame. I also like the strip of paper with Chinese, Japanese and/or who-knows-what other languages. And who doesn't like butterflies?

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5641956