Blog Roll Problems

Maybe someone can help me. When I add new blogs to my blog roll there are some that don't appear on the blog. I can only view them while in dashboard. This happened before and I found how to fix it. Of course I can't remember how I did it. I have been checking blogger help, no luck yet.

Handy Work

These are so enjoyable to do. I used some henna art http://www.hennapage.com/henna/what/lineart/index.html in them. It is amazing what a few little marks on some paper can add up to! Give it a try!! Let me know what you come up with! Have Fun!

Ready for the Beach?

Just a silly page. The base is a cereal box. The rest is part magazine pics, part acrylics & colored pencils. Her legs are fuzzy yarn pieces. Mine are like that sometimes!! I may go back and doodle some more on this page later. Who knows ?!

Is It Spring Yet?

This is another page in my recycled journal. I gessoed the page and added the scissors a while ago. I just recently added the girl and my bunny. Here's looking forward to spring!!!!

A Cheeze-it Page

This is a fun page from my recycled journal. This is done on a cheeze-it box. The "back" of the page has a recycled envelope for a pocket. This bunny rabbit has a knack of showing up in my art work. He first showed up on some canvas wall hangings I made for children's rooms. So sometimes he looks happy and innocent. Other times (not on items for children) he grins very mischievously.

I Was Hungry

These are two pages I did when ,yes I was hungry. I don't (didn't) have any pages using or about food in any of my journals. These pages just fell together. Not much thought or work required. It sure is weird how sometimes things just fall together and other times so much trial and error(or gesso) is required just to get part of a piece done.

Speaking of trial and error. I am learning how to use Photoshop Elements. I found some very helpful youtube videos. Oh yeah I learned how to put my name on photos. I'll have to do that with the next photos I post.

New Zentangle

I treated myself and bought a 2 pack of dual tip sharpie markers! I didn't realize, until I used my new markers, how bad my old ones were. I have a tendency to want to get every last little bit of use out of them. I am like that with my razors. Oh, is that tmi? New markers make doing these "doodles" so much easier and more fun. I hadn't used the dual tip markers before. It is much easier than dealing with 2 pens. I was watching Millande, on one of her youtube video's, use the dual tips. But then she makes everything look like it has a gentle flow to it.

Works in Progress

These are a few of the pieces I have been working on. I like to have pieces in various stages of completion. I flip through my journals and look for a page to work on or something to do during drying time. Sometimes an idea just jumps out at me and sometimes I just sit and stare at a page that I want to work on. When I am stuck I start doodling on a page torn from one of my books. And usually I can use these doodles later. I have been doing pretty good with my goal of creating everyday. I just haven't been good at taking pictures lately!!

Skinny Book Pages

I have finished my 25 skinny book pages for a swap over at arttechniques@yahoogroups.com . Sherre is hosting this one. There are 3 groups of 25 participating. The theme is winter. This is the 3rd swap I've participated in. The first was the 2008 fat book swap of 120 pages (sherre hosted that one too!) and the other was a soul journal bookmark swap with Sarah W over at http://sarahwhitmire.blogspot.com/ .

Prompts from Sherre

This is my version of a self portrait. And there is space for more. I am a never ending creation. The other page I used a piece of cardboard to make the lines to journal on. I had to search to find a piece of cardboard that didn't have the ripples real close together. These were from prompts over at arttechniques@yahoogroups.com .

She Danced

This is something I have been working on. I saw this image in a magazine and felt it would be something fun to play with. I used it as a silhouette in one of my journals. I will play with this later. I used the silhouette again on one of my recycled journal pages. I had a whole other color scheme in mind. But I ended up with pinks, blues & greens. I am not usually a big fan of pink. She was fun to work on!! I am working on my lettering styles. I am finding that practicing can be fun. Aimee over at http://artsyville.blogspot.com/ has a lot of fun with her lettering.

Hopes and Dreams

This is my interpretation of Kathryn's prompt http://collagediva.typepad.com/souljournal/ Dream Weaver. I wasn't real happy with the end result of my weaving. I didn't find any "sweet spots". I attempted to make it look like a basket. The top blue strips are part of the weaving. I added flower pics behind them. It is a pocket, but I felt that small items would be hard to retrieve from it, so I added the brown bag to the other page. In that I have some left over weaving strips with my "hopes & dreams" written on them. I backed them with a purple paper and added fuzzy yarn. I figure I can use them like bookmarks.
While working on this I got to use my new toys-water soluble oil pastels! I used them to color the "basket". New toys are fun!! My sister (my WONDERFUL sister, if she is reading this) gave me an AC Moore gift card for christmas. So I bought a few fun items! I found a water pen to add to my supplies. The one thing I couldn't find was glossy card stock!!! I wanted to try a technique from the arttechnique yahoo group's 08 fat book technique swap. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to find!!!

Happy New Year

Well these pictures are placed strangely. I have been trying to arrange them but have had no luck. I learned a few things for next time. Life got a little, maybe a lot crazy lately. But I have had time to do some creating. The top pic is the soul journal prompt unmasking the soul. I started it along while ago. It took me a while to finish it. I think it is done now. The next pic is where I got brave and put a drawing in one of my journals. She isn't done yet. Also my writing practice. The next two pics were done the same day. They are the front & back of a page. I was hurting that day. The bottom was from what I could remember of looking at Jesse Russo's link. (which I didn't save so I can't link to it) . I will have to look around and find it. I like trying new styles, learning from them and taking bits and pieces from each one. So now it's time to catch up and look around at others blogs!! Oh yeah, I am working on my self portrait and my dreams page for the soul journal.

An Addition to My Recycled Journal

I am working toward the create everyday way of thinking and doing. I have to remind myself that to create everyday does not mean I have to finish something everyday. I want to incorporate more of my drawings into my art. I usually avoid drawing in my altered books because then it would have to be permanent. (Yes I question this line of thinking too. The stable voice in my head says you could just rip the page out or gesso over it you know.) So I did this piece on another ripped out page of that yucky art book, to add to my recycled journal. I will do something else on the other side, hhmm what will it be? I am growing to like my green girl.

A Quick Doodle with My Grandson

This was one of those pages that I prepared a while ago. My grandson loves to draw/write/color. He sticks to it for a while - he's 2yrs old. So in 2 yr old time I was able to write and doodle this much. I'll finish it up later. All of the border items seemed perfect. He loves kitties and the wording just seemed to flow.