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More MOMM, Creative Constipation

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 mud&stringLeave a comment

*MOMM

Here’s a look at this week’s mixed media project. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either.

Old colorwheel

Dylusions spray ink

Assorted stickers, homemade and store bought

Doodles

Stencils, homemade and store bought

Stamps

Acrylic paint

THE DOCUMENTED LIFE UPDATE

The week 31 challenge was to add a pocket to your project. I decided to draw a one instead of using the real thing and then adding odds and ends to fill it. What do you think?

I finally figured out how to produce the intense colors I envied on other people’s projects! Thanks YouTube!

SLUMP

I feel like I’m a little blocked as far as pottery goes. I see tons of stuff I want to make, but when I get into the studio, the only things coming off the wheel are bowls and more bowls. Maybe I need a break or maybe I’m spread a little too thin, with several different projects going at the same time. I can definitely feel my lack of focus. Maybe a couple of days of creativity rest, focusing on NOT being busy, would help. Could I even accomplish it without going nuts? Do I even want to try?

*My Own Mixed Media

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss. David Eddings

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Finally A FO, New MOMMs, Challenge Completed

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 mud&stringLeave a comment

OFF THE NEEDLES

Yay!!! I finally have a FO! I finished the Crazy Monkey socks and they turned out to be fabulous! I haven’t decided whether they will be a gift or whether they will take up residence in MY sock drawer, even though they’re a tad snug. If you missed the details, you can catch up here.

If you’re new to knitting two at a time toe ups or just want to try the technique, this pattern is a good one, well written with easy to understand instructions.

MOMM*/THE DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT UPDATES

I have a couple of mixed media projects to share, along with this week’s TDL completed challenge. The challenge this week was to add a wish list. My list ended up underneath my project layers, with just a word or two showing.

The bubbles on the facing page just sort of happened when I was trying out new markers and pencils, I love how it looks!

You can read more about The Documented Life Project here.

Here are some “freestyle” mixed media projects I’ve been working on.

I usually just start out with a color that appeals to me, then the layers of whatever catch my eye just happen.

Watch the Birdie

I’ve been a little fixated on birds for a while, so they show up pretty regularly. It helps that the bird shape is simple enough for me to sketch freehand.

Drawing flowers is another recent fixation, I found a photo of a gorgeous calla lily on Pinterest and tried to recreate it.

SOON TO BE BIG SISTER

My precious middle granddaughter and soon to be big sister, Babydiva

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

*My Own Mixed Media

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Wednesday! Again??, Booklove and It’s Nice To Be A Diva

June 25, 2014 mud&stringLeave a comment

ON THE NEEDLES

Wavy Garden Shawl is presently OTN, but not for long. (heavy sigh). I saw that somehow, what I call the backbone, where a pattern calls for a yarnover, knit, YO, is wonky, off a couple of stitches. So I suppose you could say it’s developed scoliosis. I hope I can take it back a few rows and reknit instead of frogging the whole shebang and restarting. Dang.

BOOKLOVE

I finished Wouk’s The Caine Mutiny Monday and am just as enamored as I was when I first read it, lo those 45 or so years ago. So, I’m giving away my age (you do the math), who cares??? In my head I’m 16. When does a person become a grownup anyway? OK, back to booklove. I started an smazing book right on the heels of Mutiny – The Snow Queen. I don’t have the author’s name right at my fingertips, but I’ll get it in here before I post. Take a minute check it out here. Michael Cunningham, that’s the guy’s name.

THE DOCUMENTED LIFE PROJECT

Here are a couple of *MOMMs that I’ve working on:

Curlicue Tree

Because I Like It #5

TDL Week 26 Challenge

Add a Bible verse or a line from your favorite book that inspires you

Mine is Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

ONE OF THE GRANDS

Babydiva

I think it was a reward for behaving in the store. She’s going to be a big sister here in about seven weeks!

Oh my gosh! That skin!!!!

Linking with Tami, Ginny and Frontier Dreams.

*My Own Mixed Media

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa

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On a Tuesday

June 17, 2014 mud&stringLeave a comment

TUESDAYS

Anyone remember the Seinfeld schtick about how Tuesdays just don’t have a “feel”? A feel as in “Mondays have a let down feel, just coming off the weekend and all; Wednesdays have a definite, halfway to the weekend feel; Thursdays carry that almost Friday and the end of the work week feel; and then that incredible Friday feel, which needs no explanation. Poor Tuesday, with no real “feel”, except maybe the “at least it’s not Monday” feel. This really isn’t going anywhere, just some random thoughts that run through my head, taking up some of the short term memory circuits until another totally random thought moves in and hangs out for a while.

TDL UPDATE

Week 25 Challenge

Cover Your Page with Hearts

One of my favorites so far!

More information on The Documented Life Project can be found here.

*MOMM

Here’s a look at my latest independent mixed media project-

As usual, this one has a bit of everything, paper, buttons, stamps, stencils, just whatever strikes my fancy at that particular moment. Mixed media has taught me that the concept of art is very, very fluid, with no right or wrong way to create. I totally LOVE that!

*My Own Mixed Media

PARTING SHOT

The only real valuable thing is intuition. Albert Einstein

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And There You Have It (I Think), Happy Father’s Day and MOMM

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014 mud&stringLeave a comment

Happy Father’s Day, everyone! Hug a dad today! Mr. iknead got a blueberry cake for his special day.

FRONT DOOR PURPLE, CONT.

I think we’ve come to an agreement on just which purple to paint our door – it’s called Deep Violet.

Here’s what it looks like in the sunshine

Now in the shade

And in my kitchen

Now to find a painter…….

TDL

This week’s challenge for The Documented Life Project was to cover your pages in hearts. I’m still mostly in the planning stage, but I did get my pages prepped and have an idea of what I want them to look like. This art journaling project has led to me trying a lot of new things; I’ve started sketching and painting different things on my own, which I enjoy, but what I’m really loving is mixed media. Think about it, up until a few months ago, I’d never even heard of mixed media art and now I usually have two or three different MM projects going. Here’s a look at one I just finished –

My Own Mixed Media 1

MOMM* 1

It has a little bit of everything, acrylic paint, stickers, colored pencils, Inktense blocks, marker, stencils, doodles, found objects. Nothing is sacred, if I see something interesting, you can bet it will find it’s place in some project. I really love how this one turned out!

*My Own Mixed Media

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. Washington Irving